Top Lionel train set for the money. Lionel New York Central Ready to Play Battery Powered Train Set. What you need to know: This battery-operated set has a 50- by 73-inch ready-to-play track. What ...

Line, Menards, and other 3-rail O gauge trains? Do you like big trains but have a small budget? This is the channel for you! Novices are welcome here! I received my first Lionel set when I was two ...

Lionel model trains get back on track. Published: Dec. 09, 2008, 1:00 a.m. By . ... The Polar Express and Harry Potter train sets have helped fuel Lionel's recent resurgence.

Q -I would appreciate an estimate of the value of a Lionel train set that dates back to 1928-32. It is Outfit No. 296 and is O gauge scale. The train set consists of Engine No. 253, two No. 207 ...

To celebrate the feat of surviving two world wars, the Great Depression, fads and radical changes in technology comes a two-volume video, "A Century of Lionel Trains." The set by T&M Books & Video ...

It is compatible with other Thomas train sets. What we dislike: Track pieces disconnect easily during play. Honorable mention train set for kids. Lionel Polar Express Battery-Powered Train: ...

Controlling Model Trains From Your iPad. In moving into the digital realm, Lionel has also entered the open source realm. In January, the company opened up its layout protocols to allow train sets ...

How it started: European Christmas villages and Lionel trains. ... Plus, you could add on more track,” Miller says. Train sets “can get more elaborate as time goes on,” Miller says.

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last ...

This set includes 1 x Steam Locomotive, 3x Coaches, 3rd Radius Starter Oval, with Track Pack A (includes point and buffer), 1x Train Controller (R7229), 1x Wall Plug Transformer, 1x Power ...

A display case in the lobby of Lionel Trains Inc. shows a miniature 735 Hudson steam locomotive looking as if it had been dismantled by a curious child. About 500 neatly labeled parts, from wheels ...