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George Marks/istockphotoIf you think vintage train sets have lost their luster, think again. For collectors and hobbyists, ...

Caden Renna watches the Lionel layout at TrainLand. He came to the store to buy his first Lionel train, a Christmas gift from his grandmother. An employee shows a custom-made Lionel train hat at ...

Some of us circled the toys and left the catalog open to strategic pages for all to see. Or tore out pages and added them to ...

By the early 1900s, Lionel began producing electric trains, introducing a new level of realism and interactivity. Their first product, the Electric Express in 1901, was designed as a store display ...

From Lionel Trains to Barbie, Nintendo and Star Wars ... James demonstrated the Slinky in 1945 at Gimbels Department store in Philadelphia during Christmas season and it became an instant hit ...

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 ...

His idea of Christmas shopping was a trip to a plain neighborhood hardware store that sold the makings ... were kind enough to distribute free Lionel train catalogs. And what did it cost to ...