Locomotives we love: Lionel No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine
The Lionel No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine and tender from 1950 did much to revive the passion dedicated O…
Read moreThe Lionel No. 773 4-6-4 Hudson steam engine and tender from 1950 did much to revive the passion dedicated O…
Read more
What do I collect? I collect S gauge Gilbert American Flyer, as it’s the scale and brand with which I…
Read more
Founded in 1830, the Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works grew into the world’s largest steam locomotive builder. Baldwin locomotives ruled the…
Read more
American Flyer’s No. 303 Reading Lines 4-4-2 Atlantic steam engine and tender helped to inspire a young boy growing up…
Read more
A quiet revolution changed the toy train industry in the 1930s. Firms aimed to introduce more realistic products. Advances in…
Read more
As the postwar era began for Lionel, concern for a more colorful, more highly decorative product was paramount, so Lionel…
Read more
Metal railroad heralds in cereal boxes offered boys and girls during the 1950s one more way to show their fascination…
Read more
The year was 1933, and the Great Depression was in full swing. Lionel was touting the new “Chugger” sound mechanism…
Read more
Lionel’s Nos. 2257 and 2357 cabooses changed the line of toy trains in notable ways. The all-but-identical models, first cataloged…
Read more
Manufacturers come and go in model railroading, and the O gauge market is no exception – 2 or 3 rail,…
Read more
Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains and the consummate cheerleader for Lionel trains of the postwar era,…
Read more
Lionel’s 75th Anniversary Commemorative Train Set arrived in stores in 1975. Fundimensions, a division of General Mills that was overseeing…
Read more