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We haven’t looked at model train tech since we were, like, tweeners hangin’ out cool fraggin’ up the 7-11. But UK-based Hornby is about to bring the pain to apple-pie-and-freedom-fries Lionel as they ...

The toy train company wants to marry digital technology such as iPhones and apps with its traditional products. Miniature worlds of model trains and aeroplanes that have to be built by hand might seem ...