More than a century after they were invented, toy trains remain popular Christmas toys. Showing a Lionel train set in motion with smoke and train sounds at the Pittston Train Shop, owner John Merlino ...

It always seemed to be a damp December evening when my father escorted me to Heller’s Govans Hardware Store on York Road for Christmas browsing. There, amid the saws and paint cans, were miniature ...

Chris France’s neighbor looked out the window of her Beltsville home recently and saw something in Mr. France’s yard that startled her. “She thought it was an animal at first,” Mr. France remembers.

All aboard! The first-ever National Lionel Train Day takes place Saturday on Long Island. Celebrating 115 years, the iconic model train company is kicking off the holiday season with family-friendly ...

For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...

DOVER -- This photo of the Harris Hobby Shop and Train Center on State Street in Dover was taken in 1956. The store, where merchandise such as bicycles and archery equipment were sold, was a popular ...

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 ...