DID YOU KNOW?• Actor/singer Mandy Patinkin and singer/songwriter Neil Young are Lionel train collectors/operators.• Frank Sinatra built a special building on his Palm Springs, Calif., compound to ...

Jerry Calabrese readily admits he's not a "fan boy" when it comes to Lionel trains; he doesn't own every locomotive, freight car or caboose Lionel ever made. But Calabrese, a Montclair resident who is ...

Sign up for our LI Press email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Trainville Hobby Depot has once again compiled a ...

As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby ...

We are working on a new special issue! Classic Toy Trains' next special interest publication features 14 layouts you can visit across the United States, from the The Choo Choo Barn, the Chicagoland ...

For many baby boomers, and some younger folks as well, the December holidays are synonymous with model trains. Many in the postwar generation grew up with Lionel or American Flyer rolling stock ...

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