While exploring the brand-new 252-page full-color catalog as legwork for developing the upcoming edition of Greenberg's Pocket Price Guide to Lionel Trains ... from the pre-World War II era.

Related: Hot toys for the holidays At its peak, Lionel Trains employed about 3,000 workers at its factory in Hillside, N.J. After World War II, the glamor of train travel was supplanted by planes ...

Cars. Oil refineries ... doing exactly what Lionel wants them to do. Thanks to a wave of fresh technology, they can bring pre-World War II trains into the 21st century. “When we bring sets ...

No one can say with certainty when the first Lionel model train was set up to chug around a Christmas tree and surprise children on Christmas morning, but it’s a safe bet that the idea and the ...

Lieutenant Russ Ewin (L) and David Mathews present Captain Matthews' medals to the War Memorial in Canberra.(ABC News: Adam Wyatt) The family of a decorated war-time hero imprisoned by the ...