JoAnneK01 Loc: Lahaina, Hawaii

Remember my brother, sister & I receiving our first Lionel electric train for Christmas in 1952. It was already set up and ran around the Christmas tree. We all had a lot of fun with it. After Christmas was over with the tracks, which had been screwed to a 4'x8' piece of plywood was placed under the beds of my brothers. It was at this time I had the most fun for I could run the trains without my brothers for they played sports after school. Each Christmas the trains would come out and we would play with them under the tree and around all of the presents. Mahalo for bringing back some very lovely memories.

Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca

I don’t know about you, but we would go to bed on Christmas Eve and wake up the next morning to a house fully decorated Christmas trees in living room and gift for my two brothers and I, and it was later, when I started to sing at the midnight mass tha we started to have « à réveillon »

Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca

I don’t know about you, but we would go to bed on Christmas Eve and wake up the next morning to a house fully decorated Christmas trees in living room and gift for my two brothers and I, and it was later, when I started to sing at the midnight mass tha we started to have « à réveillon »

ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

Mine was the American Flyer two rail S gauge. Set it up every Christmas around the tree and later on plywood in the basement. Had it set up until the sixties when it was put away when slot cars became the thing. My dad built us a huge figure eight slot car track in the basement for me and my brother. My cousin had one and my neighbor also. I still have my American Flyer put away in a box. Great memories.

drc023 Loc: North Little Rock, Arkansas

I was 4 or 5 when I got mine in the early 50's. 4x8 sheet of plywood with an oval layout. Lionel 2055 engine with coal tender, box car, flat car, caboose and a few others. Many hours spent watching it go round and round. The detail and quality that went into these trains was phenomenal. I still have everything, even a bottle of smoke pellets, except the track. The set still looks like new. The locomotive is now a much loved treasure and proudly displayed in a display case, but I take it out often just to hold it and think of the happy hours as the engineer.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

Thanks for posting this. Brought back lots of memories.

I still have my Lionel train sets from the 50s and 60s with lots of tracks, all the controls, plastic houses and all the accessories. Also my Aurora road racing slot cars and tracks. They all still work, but I just have them on display.

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