As my colleagues Joann Muller, Zack O’Malley Greenburg and Christopher Helman reported earlier this year, the United States is heading towards its second railroad boom here at the beginning of the ...

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 ...

When you think of Christmas, you might picture a model train looping around a Christmas tree, and there's a good chance the train is made by Lionel. The company is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

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 ...

Two-year-old Matteo Volpi’s eyes sparkled as he looked at a Lionel Train setup at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday. As Thomas the Tank Engine passed in front of him on a miniature train track, Volpi ...

NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - Legendary model train maker Lionel LLC has emerged from bankruptcy protection, the company's Web site and court documents show. "After more than seven long years of legal ...