For some people, the aroma of Christmas is freshly baked cookies or a newly cut pine. For me, it’s the oily burn of my 71-year-old Lionel sparking across equally ancient tracks. The train is one of ...

Edinboro Area Historical Society is featuring classic model railroad displays during a free Christmas Open House ...

The Blue Comet. The Hudson. The F-3 Santa Fe. If you are a toy train enthusiast, these names no doubt produce the same rush of nostalgia that the Caterpillar, Cyclone and Whip do for roller coaster ...

Perhaps there was a demand for a game that would help old timers relive the glory days on the bustling railroad era. That would explain why Black Lantern Studios decided to develop Lionel Trains on ...

No one can say with certainty when the first Lionel model train was set up to chug around a Christmas tree and surprise children on Christmas morning, but it’s a safe bet that the idea and the ...

Jeff Haertlein wandered around the La Crosse Center on Saturday with a pile of papers, listing the parts he needed to repair one of his first-ever model trains. When one of his oldest engines began to ...

Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Lionel has been making ...