WATSONTOWN — When he was 3 years old, Bill McCollin, of Watsontown, was given his first Lionel train set, complete with an engine, track and transformer. For Christmas that year, his dad purchased the ...

For some people, the aroma of Christmas is freshly baked cookies or a newly cut pine. For me, it’s the oily burn of my 71-year-old Lionel sparking across equally ancient tracks. The train is one of ...

For many baby boomers, and some younger folks as well, the December holidays are synonymous with model trains. Many in the postwar generation grew up with Lionel or American Flyer rolling stock ...