Lionel Trains is no stranger to modeling preserved steam locomotives we know and love, including those still operating today. The latest offering is Soo Line 2-8-2 No. 1003 (No. 2531120), a local ...

The Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club was recently featured on WGN-TV’s Morning Show. In an email to Classic Toy Trains, President Herbert W. Koch shared the story and photos of the live June 25 event.

Last year a hustling little corporation with three big factories at Irvington, N. J. sold 1,000 miles of railroad track, 15,000,000 crossties, more sleepers than Pullman Co., more locomotives than ...

From an “L” train traveling through of downtown Chicago to a freight train delivering tanker cars to the Citgo oil refinery in Lemont, the locomotives chugging through an array of scenes amazed ...

The Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club (LRRC) and Lionel Trains have a history of collaborating to produce limited custom-run models for members and the general public. In 2025, they joined forces for a ...

NEW BERLIN -- There was an open house Sunday, April 7 at a hidden gem in New Berlin, where all types of trains were on display. The Lionel Railroad Club is unlike anything else in this area. "We love ...

Santa Claus made an appearance at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, which set up a Lionel Train Display for the holidays. Santa visited the museum on weekends before Christmas, giving ...

I haven’t operated a railroad since I got a Lionel train set for Christmas decades ago, but even I can see that something is wrong. Railroads in North America are struggling to keep trains moving.