Set includes: locomotive; coal tender; passenger coach with two opening doors; observation car with “disappearing hobo” feature and opening door; three Polar Express figures; G-Gauge track (55” x 72” oval); RC remote controller (with two AA batteries included); easy-to-repack storage box. Operate this train using a 9.6 volt rechargeable battery (not included) or use six conventional C batteries (included).
— Cynthia Phillips Strinich, owner of Phillip's Toy Mart in Nashville, Tenn., told TDmonthly in a Summer 2012 survey that Lionel train sets were among her best selling collectible items.

Now you can own the Polar Express train featured in both the best-selling book and the hit movie. Set includes: 2-8-4 Berkshire locomotive and tender; two passenger coaches; one observation car; four Polar Express figures; enough FasTrack to create a 40" x 60" layout; powerful CW-80 Transformer. Locomotive features die-cast metal body and frame, operating headlight, puffing smoke. Passenger cars feature interior lighting.

Now you can bring the magical world of HARRY POTTER™ to life with the new HOGWARTS EXPRESS™ ready-to-run train set by Lionel! Set includes: 4-6-0 locomotive and tender; two passenger coaches; one observation car; enough FasTrack to create a 40" x 60" layout; powerful CW-80 Transformer. Locomotive features die-cast metal body, operating headlight, puffing smoke. Passenger cars feature interior lighting.

Blow the whistle and pull into town—your adventures in the Wild West are ready to begin! Set includes: General-type steam locomotive and tender; wood-sided reefer; flatcar with horses; baggage car; enough FasTrack to create a 40" x 60" layout; PowerMax transformer; smoke fluid; two Lincoln Logs buildings. Locomotive features operating headlight and puffing smoke unit. Train length: 48.25"

Perfect for traversing the terrain around a Christmas tree, this set comes straight from the North Pole to a living room near you.

This colorful O-gauge Christmas caboose completes a holiday train display. It features die-cast metal trucks and operating couplers and interior illumination. The caboose measures 7-1/4". Launch date: 2006.

In this G-gauge homage to the classic Lionel train sets, the fully animated Lionel Holiday Tradition Express is ready for a festive adventure. Leading the way, the locomotive features bright Christmas lights, true-to-life train chuffing and steam whistles, and two favorite holiday tunes. Just behind the tender, the animated bell car is powered by two elves who crank the handles, swinging the bells into action. The animated work caboose carries Santa’s bag, and Santa stands waving at the rear of the train. With five separate animations, the Lionel Holiday Tradition Express is the train set that families will proudly display for years to come. Launch date: 2006.

Decorated in the colors of the Virginian Railway, this locomotive can haul coal. It features a precision motor, stamped metal frame, handrails and pantograph, detailed molded body, trucks, pilots and fuel tank. It also features an operator-activated electronic horn, operating headlight and interior illumination. “Mostly men” collect Lionel, said Cynthia Strinich, co-owner of the 60-year-old Phillip’s Toy Mart in Nashville, Tenn.

This O gauge set includes a steam locomotive and tender, boxcar, gondola with four canisters, caboose, track and transformer. It has forward, neutral and reverse selections, a die-cast body and frame, traction tires, headlights, electronic whistle, opening doors and a smoke unit, complete with smoke fluid. The patented FastTrack snaps together easily. The track dimensions are 40” by 60” when assembled.

This O gauge set brings to mind memories of the popular book and movie, in which a group of children have the chance to ride a train on Christmas Eve to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus himself. It includes a steam locomotive and tender, two passenger coaches, one passenger observation car with rounded deck, track, transformer, articulated movie characters, air whistle, operating headlight and interior lighting.