Like most train collectors, Ken caught the disease when he was a youngster. His dad had Lionel O gauge. In the early 1950s, Ken was still in school while working at his first job doing deliveries for ...

I collect original prewar trains in Standard and Wide Gauge, i.e. 2 1/8". Lionel created the gauge in 1906, and called their trains the "Standard of the World." Soon, Standard gauge caught on as a ...

The public is invited to celebrate all things train related at Railroads in the Park on June 1 and 2 at Lake Metroparks Farmpark in Kirtland. This event, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each ...

Frank Pettit had a problem — how to make a flag appear to be waving in the wind. So this 93-year-old inventor came up with a contraption that makes a scale model of a flag on a pole, used for O-gauge ...

Why it’s special: Boys never outgrow their toys. Trust me on this. I remember the excitement of Christmas 1972, when I received a Lionel O-gauge train from my Grandpa Simmons. I still have that train ...

Train Gang of Washington County member Donald Coulson describes some of the O-gauge Lionel trains that comprise the charitable organization’s winter train display. Visitors can see the 45-foot-long ...

“Railroads in the Park” is coming June 3 and 4 to Lake Metroparks Farmpark. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day attendees can celebrate railroads as the event will feature operating model train display ...