More than 230 pieces of Young’s collection of Lionel model trains sold for nearly $300,000, Julien’s Auctions said. A Prototype Lionel 1954 Western Pacific 6464-100 Boxcar and Prototype AEC ...

Neil Young is a long-time collector of rare model trains and at a recent auction, the songwriter sold off more than 230 pieces from his collection, raising nearly $300,000 in the process.

Young has pledged to auction off many of his prized possessions, including model trains, classic cars, guitars, recording gear, memorabilia and more, with a portion of the proceeds tipped to go to ...

President of southside's Tidewater Big Train Operators club Teya Caple-Woods checks out a model train collection aquired by Phoebus Auction Gallery in Hampton. The auction house has recieved a ...

Like kids in a candy store, their noses pressed against imaginary glass cases, the mostly male, over-50 crowd browsed the display tables with quiet intensity. Only these displays were eye candy wit… ...

Pete Waterman swapped music tracks for railway tracks and hailed his model train auction as "fantastic" with a sale total of more than £600,000. The pop producer's 56 finest scratch-built model trains ...

He met with them at the Choo Choo Barn, 226 Gap Road, less than two weeks later, where he impressed them with his knowledge of electronics, a key skill for the owner of a 1,700 square foot model ...

Neil Young sent a portion of his extensive model train collection to the auction block on Dec. 9 — and as expected, the items found eager bidders, with the set fetching roughly $300,000.

Only these displays were eye candy with names such as Lionel, Rail King and Weaver. And they were starring in what was billed Saturday as possibly the largest model-train auction ever in Florida.

Singer-songwriter Neil Young's extensive collection of model trains have fetched nearly $300,000 at auction, along with classic cars and musical equipment owned by the 72-year-old folk-rock icon.