Cool New Releases From Lionel Trains! 2025 Big Book Catalog Volume 1

And here it is, the Lionel 2025 Volume 1 Big Book Catalog. I was hoping to get this video out sooner, but winter weather affected my internet service, so I had an unavoidable delay. There are numerous YouTube videos already out there giving a page-by-page accounting of the catalog, so I decided to do mine a little differently, and I've organized the catalog by item type for this summary, and I hope you find it useful. So let's start with steam locomotives for individual sale. And the first one, of course, that we come across is the brand new Vision Line Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson. These steamers will operate on 054 and wider radius curves, and they all come with a list price of $1799.99. The available options are a gold-plated Joshua Lionel Cohen version for the 125th anniversary, a number 2025 125th anniversary edition, a number 265E in red with an available four-pack of pre-war style passenger cars for $1099.99 for the passenger cars. We also have a number 265E pre-war throwback in blue with available matching four-pack of passenger cars. The cars are again $1099.99. We have the traditional New York Central version with spoked drivers. We have the New York Central version with Baldwin disc drivers. We have the Halloween Flying Dutchman version. We have the Polar Express, and we have the North Pole Central. Next, we come across the new Legacy Scale S2 Turbine. This is not your grandfather's post-war turbine. This is a scale model with all of the Legacy bells, whistles, and visual features. These steamers operate on 072 and larger curves, and come with a list price of $1399.99. Available models are the number 671 Pennsylvania post-war throwback, the Pennsylvania number 6200 in as-built configuration, Pennsylvania 6200 with smoke lifters added, Pennsylvania 6200 in the Raymond Loewy-inspired scheme, Pennsylvania 6200 in a Tuscan red scheme, and some fantasy versions, the C&O The Chessy version, and the Southern Pacific Daylight version, as well as a Baldwin Demonstrator version. Next to the Legacy line is the 442A6 Atlantic. These models will navigate 031 and larger radius curves. They come with a list price of $999.99. There is one variation as a throwback to the Scout locomotives of the late pre-war and up to today. One of the models is numbered 1684, one of the pre-war numbers, and comes as a 242 instead of as a 442. Calling this a Scout locomotive to me is a bit of a stretch, but that's the idea. The others available in 442 configuration and road name specific details are Ann Arbor, Santa Fe, C&O, Chicago and Alton, Burlington, and Erie. Still in the Legacy line is the brand new Legacy Heisler. These models will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $1699.99. Available models include Blue Jay Lumber, Clearwater Timber, Juniata Railroad, Middle Fork Railroad, Weyerhaeuser Lumber, and U.S. Signal Corps. Now in the Lion Chief 2 Plus line we have a Pacific 462. These models will navigate 031 and wider radius curves and come with a list price of $699.99. To me, the casting somewhat resembles the post-war 2046 Hudson, but here it is as a Pacific. Available models include an Angela Trotta Thomas number 1900, a B&O decorated as the President Monroe, a Reading Crusader, Texas and Pacific, and Western Pacific. And rounding out our separate sale steam locomotives is the Lion Chief 080. These models will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $239.99. Available road names are Southern, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, and B&O in blue. Now separate sale diesel locomotives we start with the Legacy ES44AC. These are available in powered versions for $749.99 each and non-powered versions with no electronics, no super bass sound for $429.99. These models will navigate 054 and wider radius curves. Available road names include Florida East Coast, CSX Atlantic Coastline Heritage, CSX Western Maryland Heritage, CSX Family Lines Heritage, CSX New York Central Heritage, CSX RF&P Heritage, Norfolk Southern Conrail Heritage, Norfolk Southern Interstate Heritage, Norfolk Southern Nickel Plate Heritage, Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern Heritage, Norfolk Southern Southern Heritage, and the new CPKC and Canadian National models. Next in the Legacy line is the new Legacy Train Master. Again, this is not your grandfather's post-war train master. This is a scale model in the Legacy line with added features. These models will navigate 054 and larger curves and come with a list price of $649.99. Available road names include Central New Jersey, Chicago and Northwestern, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania, Reading, and Southern Pacific. Also in the Legacy line is a GP35. Again, with railroad-specific details. These models will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $649.99. Available models include Santa Fe, Great Northern with a strobe, Chesey Systems C&O, Housatonic, Illinois Central Gulf either with or without dynamic brakes, and Wabash. Also in the Legacy diesel line is the SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor Diesel. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $699.99. Again, with road-specific details. We have Bessemer and Lake Erie, Canadian National, Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Wheeling and Lake Erie, Rio Grande, Wheeling and Lake Erie, Union Pacific, and for $50 more there is a special Southern Pacific version with Union Pacific tags and fading lettering for $749.99. Wrapping up the Legacy line is the Legacy FA-2 AA set. These again are not your post-war FAs. These are Legacy line with added features and details. The AA set retails for $1199.99 or you can get a separate powered B unit for $549.99 or a B unit with super base also for $549.99. These models will navigate 031 and larger curves. Available road names include Santa Fe, B&O Sunburst, CP Rail, Chicago and Now in the Lion Chief 2.0 Plus series, we have F3 AA sets with a powered A unit, a dummy A unit for $899.99 or a separate powered B unit for $499.99. These models will navigate 031 and larger curves. Available road names include Santa Fe, Florida East Coast, Reading, and Southern Pacific. And rounding out our separate sale diesels is the Lion Chief RS3. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $229.99. Available road names include Conrail, New Haven, Southern Pacific Black Widow Scheme, and Western Maryland Fireball Scheme. Next we have separate sale passenger car sets. First we have the previously mentioned pre-war inspired red and blue four packs. These will navigate 054 and larger curves and come with a list price of $1099.99. The sets include a baggage, two coaches, and an observation. Next we have the post-war inspired four pack which is a 21 inch streamlined car reminiscent of the 2400 series streamliners of the post-war era but stretched to scale dimensions. The set includes a baggage, two coaches, and an observation decorated in Lionel Lines Green for $999.99. This set will navigate 054 and larger curves. Next is the Niagara Falls Deluxe, a scale set that navigates 054 curves. These heavyweight cars are available as pack A combine and coach with crew sounds for $599.99, pack B coach and diner with custom recording crew talk and train sounds for $799.99, and pack C coach and observation car with crew talk for $599.99. Next is the 20th century limited add-on cars with sounds. These navigate 054 and larger curves and they are available in a two-pack observation and combine for $599.99. They are available as add-on set number one which is two Pullman cars for $599.99, add-on set number two two more Pullmans for $599.99, and in New York Central Buffalo East diner with station sounds for $499.99 or Michigan Central Buffalo West diner with station sounds for $499.99. These cars either work as individuals or as add-ons to the 20th century limited set that we will discuss later. Also an add-on passenger cars is the new Sleeper Sounds Pullman cars. These will navigate 054 and larger curves and have a list price of $499.99. They are available in Pullman green, Pullman in New York Central gray, and a red white and blue Minutemen war bonds car. Next we have 15-inch aluminum four packs. These cars are just like your 2500 series post-war aluminum cars but with upgrades for today. The cars come as a four-pack for $1099.99 and navigate 031 and larger curves. The four packs are available in Santa Fe, Florida East Coast, Redding, Lionel lines with a red stripe, and Southern Pacific. There is also a new 15-inch aluminum station sounds diner for each of these road names available for $399.99 each. Next we have train sets. The first train set we see is the pre-war Hudson set featuring a Visionline Hudson numbered 763E as a pre-war throwback. Also a Freight Sounds PS1 box car, a PS5 gondola, a tank car, and caboose. The locomotive will navigate 054 and larger curves. The rolling stock will navigate 031 and larger curves, and the complete set together has a list price of $2,399.99. The next set we come across is the Lackawanna Trainmaster post-war set featuring a number 2321 Lackawanna Legacy diesel, a Rutland PS1 box car with Freight Sounds, a PS5 gondola, an operating hotbox reefer, and a bay window caboose. The rolling stock will navigate 031 curves. The Trainmaster will navigate 054 and larger. The complete set comes with a list price of $1,199.99. Next up is the Lion Chief 2025 passenger set. The set includes a reissue of the post-war number 2025262 in Lionel lines, and a three-pack of 2400 series-inspired short streamliner cars. The set will navigate 031 and larger curves, and comes with a list price of $549.99. Next is an interesting conventional-powered set, a New York Central conventional what-if set featuring an AA set of New York Central number 2333 locomotives in black instead of the New York Central gray, a Southern Pacific automobile box car, a Sunoco tank car, a number 3469 reissue dump car, a Lionel SP type caboose, and yes, a traditional conventional transformer. The set will navigate 031 and larger curves, and comes with a list price of $1,199.99. Next is the 20th Century Limited set, with a Visionline J1E Hudson and 5 scale heavyweight passenger cars, most with sounds. The set will navigate 054 and larger curves, and comes with a list price of $3,599.99. Next is the Florida East Coast Auto Rack set, featuring a Florida East Coast ES44AC Legacy diesel, three 89-foot auto racks, and one Vision auto rack with sounds and lights, including up to 64 LED lights, car loading and unloading sounds, car-horse sounds, and more. The set will navigate 054 and larger curves, and comes with a list price of $1,399.99. Next we have the Donner Pass Freight set, featuring a Southern Pacific SD40T-2 diesel, a PS-1 Freight Sounds box car, a modern 50-foot rail box car, a 40-foot tank car, a Rio Grande 4 bay hopper car, and a Southern Pacific bay window caboose. The set will navigate 031 and larger curves, and comes with a list price of $10,999.99. Next we have the Navy Lion Chief Freight set, featuring a Navy RS-3 diesel, an operating submarine car, a derrick car, and a bay window caboose. The set will navigate 031 and larger curves, and comes with a list price of $3,999.99. Next is the latest edition of the Pennsylvania Keystone Lion Chief set, featuring a Pennsylvania 080 steamer, a flat car with a bridge girder, a traditional box car, and caboose for $3,999.99. The set will navigate 031 and larger curves. Next we have the new Star Wars RS-3 sets, available in either the Empire or the Rebels. The Empire set comes with a RS-3, two illuminated box cars featuring scenes from the original movie trilogy, and a lava tank car. The Rebels set comes with a RS-3, two different illuminated box cars with original trilogy film scenes, and a blue milk tank car. Next is an updated Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set. The set lists for $4,999.99 and will navigate 031 and larger curves. The set includes a 460 steamer, a Dementors coach with sounds, another coach, and a combine. Next is the North Pole Heisler set. This set will navigate 031 curves and comes with a list price of $19,999.99. The set includes a new Legacy Heisler steamer with six Christmas Disconnects cars. And rounding out the train sets is the Peppermint Railroad Lion Chief Christmas set, featuring an 080 steamer, a traditional reefer car, a vat car, and a caboose. The set will navigate 031 and larger curves and comes with a list price of $399.99. Also available are 027 bump and go trolleys for $159.99 each. These are available in Peanuts Halloween Trolley, Peanuts Christmas Trolley, Area 51 Glow in the Dark, and the Christmas Lighted Trolley. Next we have the new GMCC High Rail truck. These will navigate 027 curves and come with a list price of $199.99. Available road names include John Deere, Budweiser, Area 51, Jack's Patch Halloween, Polar Express, and the Kris Kringle Railway. Moving now into separate sale rolling stock, we first come across the new Vision Auto Racks with sounds and lights. These cars will navigate 054 and larger curves and come with a list price of $349.99. As mentioned before, the cars come with an optional EOT device, 64 separate LEDs representing automobiles on the auto rack, loading and unloading sounds, car horn sounds, and more. Available road names include Florida East Coast, Santa Fe, Chicago Northwestern, Conrail, Grand Trunk, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific. Next we have the regular 89-foot auto rack cars. Again, these will navigate 054 and curves and come with a list price of $159.99 without sounds or lights. Available road names include Rio Grande, Kansas City Southern, Louisville and Nashville, Milwaukee Road, Norfolk Southern, and Norfolk and Western. Next we have the new PS5 scale gondola. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $119.99. Available road names include Central New Jersey, Green Bay and Western, Lehigh Valley, Wabash, and for $10 more, Atomic Energy Commission with glow-in-the-dark canisters or Polar Express with removable Christmas present canisters. Next we have scale PS1 boxcars with freight sounds. These cars will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $219.99. Available road names include Chicago and Illinois Midland, Rio Grande and Maine Central. PS1 boxcars without sounds list for $109.99 and is available as the Christmas 2025 edition. Next we have ACF 50-foot modern boxcars. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $89.99. Cars include a clean rail box version, two rail box versions with graffiti, a Hillsdale County incentivized per diem car, a Middletown and New Jersey incentivized per diem car, a New Hope and Ivyland IPD car, and a Norfolk Southern original IPD car. Next we have scale four bay hoppers. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and are available for $89.99 each or $259.99 for a three-pack. Road names include Chicago Northwestern, Chicago Northwestern Bicentennial, Bessemer and Lake Erie, Bessemer and Lake Erie Bicentennial, Conrail, Southern, Rio Grande, and Union Pacific. Next we have 40-foot modern tank cars. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $99.99. Available road names include ACFX, Archer Daniels Midland, Englehart, two different versions of LLTX with graffiti, HOKX, Simplot Acme Dynamite, and Harry Potter Butterbeer. Next we have 40-foot double door boxcars. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $84.99. Available road names include Atlantic Coastline, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, and Union Pacific. Next we have maxi stack intermodal cars. These will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $99.99. Available road names include Ford and Chevrolet. Next we have a bay window caboose based on a B&O prototype and these will navigate 031 and larger curves and come with a list price of $149.99. Available road names include the B&O Safety Caboose, Susquehanna, and Southern Pacific Railroad Police. Next we have a large collection of 027 style traditional boxcars. Starting with those listed at $89.99 are the Sled X Christmas and Christmas 2025 editions. For $99.99 are the new Joshua Lionel Cohen car, Thomas Kincaid Santa's Final Touch, Lionel 125th Anniversary Edition, a line of personalized boxcars, DC Comics Batman, DC Comics Superman, DC Comics Wonder Woman, Thomas Kincaid DC Comics The Trinity Number One, Thomas Kincaid Superman, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Thomas Kincaid Harry Potter Hogwarts Express, Thomas Kincaid Harry Potter the Great Hall, Thomas Kincaid Mickey and Minnie Sleigh Ride, Thomas Kincaid Mickey's Victorian Christmas, Thomas Kincaid Mickey and Minnie in Florida, Angela Trotta Thomas Commodore Vanderbilt, Angela Trotta Thomas Christmas Anticipation, Angela Trotta Thomas Well Stocked Shelves, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Thomas and Friends 80th Anniversary, Barbie the 1980s, Barbie the 1990s, Mattel Uno, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Anniversary, Orange Blossom Special Anniversary, Stockton and Darlington Anniversary, the Star Wars Mandalorian Joy to the Galaxy car, Star Wars Christmas Merry Force Be With You car, Disney Frozen Christmas car, Disney Stitch Christmas car, and for $109.99 we have the Star Wars Luke Skywalker car, Star Wars R2-D2 and C-3PO, Star Wars Stormtroopers, Star Wars Darth Vader, the Tom and Jerry Anniversary boxcar, Bob Ross A Walk in the Woods, Mr. Rogers Behind the Scenes, another line of personalized boxcars, the Mattel 80th Anniversary boxcar, Peanuts 75th Anniversary boxcar, Wings of Angels Catherine, Wings of Angels Rock in the Red, Wings of Angels High Altitude Hotties, U.S. Navy 250th Anniversary, Paul Revere's Ride 250th Anniversary, Lexington and Concord 250th Anniversary, Battle of Bunker Hill 250th Anniversary, Mickey and Friends Lonesome Ghost Glow-in-the-Dark car, Star Wars Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark car, Nightmare Before Christmas Glow-in-the-Dark car, and Disney Stitch Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark. There is also an 027 Sounds boxcar for $119.99 available as the 2025 Christmas Sounds edition. Also in 027 boxcars are the new illuminated lightsaber boxcars. These are available in Star Wars Vader vs. Obi-Wan, Star Wars Rey vs. Kylo Ren, and Star Wars Qui-Gon Jinn vs. Darth Maul. Also in the 027 line is a new illuminated TV boxcar featuring scenes from various television shows or movies. These cars list for $149.99 and include Batman the Television Series, Tom and Jerry, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, and Budweiser. Also in the 027 line is a traditional wood-sided reefer. These list for $99.99 and are available in Harry Potter Butterbeer, Bob Ross Happy Tree Farm, John Deere Waterloo Boy, John Deere Quality Equipment, and Budweiser. Still in the 027 line is an operating aquarium car for $139.99. Available options include Star Wars Tie Fighter vs. X-Wing, Nightmare Before Christmas, and a Charlie Brown Christmas. Still in the 027 line is an operating gondola car for $129.99. Available as the R2-D2 C3PO Chasing a Jawa, Stormtroopers Facing a Repair Droid, Tom and Jerry, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Still in the 027 line is a traditional size gondola car, a Bob Ross Happy Trees Gondola is $89.99, or a Christmas Gondola with Trees and Presents is $109.99. Also in the 027 line is a new surfing box car for $139.99. Available as Surfing Stitch or Surfing Santa. And the operating mail car makes another appearance in the 027 line for $129.99 in the Mr. McFeely's Speedy Delivery Car. Classic 027 post-war style piggyback cars make a return for $119.99. Available in Lionel 125th Anniversary Editions, Navy, Lionel Kitty City, Liberty Eagle Rail, Harry Potter Hogsmeade, Transylvania Transit, and Winter Wonderland. An 027 flat with load is available for $79.99 in Area 51 Take Me to Your Leader. Three old time style 027 cars are available for $79.99 each. They include the Halloween Wings of Raven Box Car, the Halloween Tonic Water Tank Car, and the Haunted Hollow Hearts Stock Car. An 027 Mint Car appears for $109.99 in the version of a Christmas Special Delivery Car. New in the 027 line is a series of what Lionel is calling Disconnects. These are single truck cars based on what you might find on a logging railroad, for example. They are available as a USA 4-Pack for $189.99, a Halloween 4-Pack for $189.99, and a Christmas 4-Pack for $189.99. Or as Dump Car 4-Packs in Halloween or Christmas for $179.99 each, or in Rocket versions in USA Rocket or Acme Rocket for $99.99 each, and as a Caboose in Green Caboose, USA Caboose, Halloween Caboose, or Christmas Caboose for $49.99 each. Also returning is the Mechanical Hand Car for $199.99. Similar to the Mickey and Minnie Cars released last year, these come as Lenny the Lion with Santa. The cars are available in Blue, Orange, or Bronze. Moving on now to accessories, we encounter the Command Control Crane for $449.99. The cranes are available decorated in Lionel Lines, Navy, and Union Pacific. There is also a There is a Billboard 3-Pack for $29.99. The Classic Station Platform returns for $54.99 as Lionel 125th Anniversary, Halloween, or America WWII editions. Coal Loads are available for the 4-Bay Hoppers for $23.99 for a 6-Pack. The Classic Post-War Track Cleaning Car makes a reappearance in the 027 line for $179.99. The car is available in Pennsylvania, Burt's Sweepover, Area 51 Glow-in-the-Dark, and North Pole Central versions. Next we have the Elevated Storage Tank for $99.99. These are available as DC Comics Kryptonite, Acme Instant Tunnel Paint, Harry Potter Butterbeer, Ford, Chevrolet, and Atomic Energy Commission Glow-in-the-Dark. A Covered Bridge appears for $89.99 as a Bob Ross edition. The Operating Concession Stand returns for $159.99, available in Budweiser, Halloween, or Fake News No. 2 versions. A new Trailer Home accessory appears, with lighted versions for $119.99 in either Halloween or Christmas, or unlighted versions as Beach Trailer or Patriotic Trailer for $99.99 each, and the return of the Operating Wind Turbine for $89.99. And that's it! The 2025 Lionel Volume 1 Big Book Analog. Keep the trains running, and we'll catch you next time on Toy Train Tips and Tricks!