Looking ahead, “we hope to continue to be the East Coast’s premier service center for all toy or scale model trains,” Hunnewell said. For his part, “I love seeing trains restored to their ...

Manufacturers in demand among collectors today are Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, Marx, LGB and a few others. Just a few years ago, World War II was a distinct dividing line for model train collectors.

Märklin also makes LGB trains, which are larger and designed ... allowing devotees to control their little model train as though they were sitting in the engineer’s chair.

All on separate tracks, the display includes a translucent LGB model train, a gold MTH train, and another MTH train. Sometimes, the train derails, but it's easy to fix. When the steady ...

There, running around the perimeter, is a G-scale LGB model train choo-chooing its way through a tunnel and delighting train aficionados of all ages. “We actually designed the dining room around ...