Lionel Trains, a beloved American toy train company, is celebrating its 125th anniversary. The iconic brand continues to enchant generations of children and collectors with its classic and innovative model trains.
Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic . From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic toy trains continue to captivate kids and collectors alike.Ken Bianco Sr. and son Ken Bianco Jr., owners of TrainLand in Lynbrook, New York are the largest retailers of Lionel trains in the nation.
As kids for generations have done, Landon Tennant looks longingly at a streamlined Lionel Santa Fe engine as it chugs around a tiny display with houses, mountains and bridges at TrainLand, a hobby shop on Long Island, New York. 'I think I want to get, like, another one of the locomotives,' Tennant said, barely containing his excitement,'because those look pretty cool, like that one.' When you think of Christmas, you might think of model trains around a Christmas tree. And there's a good chance it's a Lionel. The iconic American toy train company is celebrating its 125th anniversary starting this Christmas season and running through 2025.'Everybody likes Lionel. It's nostalgic,' said Ken Bianco, Jr., who's the third-generation owner of TrainLand and TrainWorld, the largest retailer of Lionel Trains in the country. 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?' Caden Renna watches the Lionel layout at TrainLand. He came to the store to buy his first Lionel train, a Christmas gift from his grandmother.His dad, Ken Bianco, Sr., says Christmas has always been their biggest and busiest time of the year, both in person and mail order. In addition to their regular items, Lionel makes'Christmas sets, Christmas engines, Christmas cars, Christmas accessories,' he explained.'You can do just a layout of Christmas items. And it's spectacular.' The company began making and selling toy trains in 1900, a time when electricity in homes was new and not yet widesprea
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