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How a model railway fights pancreatic cancer 28 Jun 2013 | 02:04 am
When Peggy Keyes lost her husband to pancreatic cancer, she came up with a unique way to honor his memory. She bought a building, and she created a model railway. Not just any model railway. She bui...
Lionel Embraces iOS with ‘Battle Train’ and iOS Control Modules 17 Jun 2013 | 04:51 am
Lionel trains have been around forever. The old ones are worth a bundle, and the new stuff they’re putting out is ridiculously rad. They had a tiny booth at E3, where they were showing off a game call...
In Memorian, Remembering Donald Brill, Our Train Buddy 22 May 2013 | 02:36 am
Longtime toy train collector, Donald Brill, promoter of the Northwest Jersey Train-O-Rama, the Dover Train Show, and member of METCA’s Board of Directors, died April 11, 2013, at age 73. He was very a...
Lionel Events Manager Tom Nuzzo Stopped By TrainLand To Demonstrate The Legacy System 21 May 2013 | 08:47 pm
Click here To Watch It In Action!
Grand Centennial Parade of Trains May 11 – 12, 2013 | 10AM-4PM Vanderbilt Hall, Tracks 34-37, and other locations in Grand Central Terminal 1 May 2013 | 09:25 pm
Join us for a free, family-friendly weekend filled with an extraordinary assembly of historic train cars, a model train collectible show, and fun activities at “Kid Junction,” sure to appeal to railro...
Walt Disney the Railroader 16 Jan 2013 | 03:37 am
Did you have a fascination with trains as a child? I had a Lionel train set and one of my granddaughter’s favorite new toys at our house is the Walt Disney World Railroad train set. Seeing her playing...
Train enthusiast looking for the original owner of a 1932 model train he restored 5 Dec 2012 | 07:45 pm
Herk Perschon loves model trains. He fell in love with toy trains when he was 9 years old. That’s when his sister gave him his first train for Christmas. Six years ago, the 85-year-old bought a train ...
LCCA Interview – The Sopranos Layout with Ken Bianco of Trainland 27 Aug 2012 | 04:57 am
A special thanks to the Lionel Collectors Club of America for filming a great interview…See the interview here…
‘American Pickers’ on History Channel Have a Lionel Postwar Train Wreck 15 Aug 2012 | 12:45 am
Fans of the highly popular American Pickers show History Channel witnessed a Lionel Postwar Train Wreck recently, when pickers Mike Wolfe & Frank Fritz paid $8,000.00 for Lionel Trains and see the set...
For years, Lionel Trains came from Hillside, N.J. 25 Jul 2012 | 02:33 am
See a picture of workers assembling components of Lionel trains at the company’s factory at 28 Sager Place in Hillside, NJ, not long before the location was closed by the Lionel Corp, and read the ent...
