But where there's a floor, he says, there's a place to run Lionel trains. JACK MARTINEK: I bring them out Christmas time. Fourth of July, I set up. Halloween, I set up. St. Patrick's Day ...

"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.

"But since it's Christmas, I'm heavy on the gingerbread this time of year." A Lionel Thomas the Tank Engine train set enters a tunnel at TrainLand. It's one of the many brands Lionel licenses.

A Lionel toy train around the Christmas tree continues to be a fixture of holiday tradition in some families. The iconic American company is about to roll into its 125th anniversary. KUOW is ...