TOPPENISH, Wash. - A Toy Train Christmas, which was still being put together last week when I visited, will bring as many as 5,000 visitors to the Northern Pacific Railway Museum over the next three ...

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.

Mr. and Mrs. Claus greet 18-month-old Micah Lampman and his parents, Ralph and Noriko, on the way to the Northern Pacific Railway Museum's "North Pole" during the Toy Train Christmas event in ...

Ken Bianco Sr. and son Ken Bianco Jr., owners of TrainLand in Lynbrook, New York are the largest retailers of Lionel trains in the nation. (Sara Messinger for NPR) As kids for generations have done, ...

Did you know that model railroads are nearly as old as rail travel itself? America's first passenger and freight line, The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was founded in 1827. By the 1860s, wooden and ...

Christmas is just around the corner so it's time to make sure seasonal train displays are ready to deliver holiday fun – toy train style! Let's start with locomotives and rolling stock. Before trying ...

What's there to do near Delaware between Christmas Day and New Year's 2026? That's a good question. And you have some interesting options. Here's a look at some colorful events that are going down ...

FORT PIERCE −The Florida East Coast Railway's Christmas Train is expected to arrive Dec. 7, 2024, at the Orange Avenue railroad crossing at 12:15 p.m. Orange Avenue will be closed from North 2nd ...

As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby ...