Meet Jon Zahornacky - Lionel's CTO

Here is an interesting article about Jon Zahornacky, Lionel's Chief Technology Officer. Jon talks about his company that he started and sold to Lionel and then getting the Legacy system to market and working with Neil Young.

2009 Product Video OnLine - Introduction by Jerry Calabrese

See the full 2009 Vision Line video from Lionel. Catch the vision from Lionel's President and CEO Jerry Calabrese, then learn more about the technology from Jon Zahornacky, Lionel's Chief Technology Officer. We have broken the entire video into 3 parts. The second 2 parts show all the Vision line products in great detail.

Lionel repairs

Lionel is combining 3 warehouses that may delay both preorder releases as well as obtaining parts for service. Acording to a Lionel represenative, Lionel will not be sending out any requested parts until August. We apologize for any delays this may cause.

Preorder Updates

The following items have been dropped from Lionel's production schedule. This means these items will not be produced.
Lionel 22281 Southern FM TM Diesel w/TMCC&RS
Lionel 21707 New York Central 18" Aluminum Bus
Lionel 27628 Wabash Northeastern Caboose
Lionel 24270 Operating Forklift Platform NIB V1

If you had an order with us you should receive an email explaining this.
Thanks for shopping with Trainz!
Marsha Bolton-preorders

Lionel & MTH Freight Car Sale - Ends On Memorial Day!

This week only! Save 20% off retail prices on select Lionel and MTH freight cars. The discount will be applied during checkout and expires on May 25, 2009.

• Click here to shop Lionel freight cars
• Click here to shop MTH freight cars
  

We are sold out of Lionel Grand Central Terminals

In case you are looking for the new Lionel 16859 Grand Central Terminal on our website, we have unfortuanately sold out. It turned out to be quite popular, and with production limited to only 250 pieces, they went pretty quick.

Tommy

Change in Lionel's Vision Line Pricing--No Rebates, Lower Prices

At the York Train show, Lionel announced that they are restructuring the pricing of Vision Line locomotives and eliminating the rebate program. The 11154 PRR CC-2 now has a MSRP of $1799 instead of $1999, the Santa Fe 2-10-10-2 has a MSRP of $2299 instead of $2499, the 28306 GE Hybrid now has a MSRP of $899 instead of $999, and the 28314 UP Genset switcher now has a MSRP of $699 instead of $799.

At Trainz, these prices are now:
11154--$1399.99
11155--$1799.99
28306--$699.99
28314--$539.99


If you have already ordered one of these locomotives from us, your order will now have the newer, lower price instead of the initial preorder price. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at customerservice@trainz.com.

Tommy