As my colleagues Joann Muller, Zack O’Malley Greenburg and Christopher Helman reported earlier this year, the United States is heading towards its second railroad boom here at the beginning of the ...

The 126-year-old Lionel toy train company has been acquired by private equity-owned collectibles company Round 2, to form the ...

A history of Lionel Trains ownership over the course of the company's storied 125 year history in the toy train industry.

CANFIELD, Ohio -- Lionel is one of the best-known model train makers in the world. It has fans (and customers) just about everywhere, and its products can sell for hundreds of dollars. In the last 113 ...

The recently announced Round 2 Lionel acquisition could reshape the model train industry, potentially changing the toy train hobby.

A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary. When you think of ...

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Ronald Saypol, who transformed Lionel Corp., the biggest U.S. maker of electric model trains, into a toy retailer that years later went bankrupt, has died. He was 85. He died Nov. 28 at a nursing home ...

NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - Legendary model train maker Lionel LLC has emerged from bankruptcy protection, the company's Web site and court documents show. "After more than seven long years of legal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With its loose shingles and rusted sides, the listing water tank looks as timeworn as the model steam engine that chugs around the 12-foot-by-24-foot display ...