GUEST: This is a train set that was my dad's. APPRAISER: Uh-huh. GUEST: It was given to him on his first Christmas in December 1930. Obviously, he didn't get to play with it that year, but ...

He points towards the model trains. "This layout here has three different Lionel train sets on it running and kids could operate the remotes over there. You see him pressing the horn?" His dad ...

Nearly 20 years after the initial review in Classic Toy Trains' Feb. 2008 issue, the O-gauge Hogwarts Express remains a steady set for Lionel, along with the accompanying Harry Potter-branded ...

No one can say with certainty when the first Lionel model train was set up to chug around a Christmas tree and surprise children on Christmas morning, but it’s a safe bet that the idea and the ...