Sales
New and vintage Lionel locomotives, rolling stock, track, and transformers. If Lionel made it since the postwar era, there's a good chance we've had one on the shelf.
Atlanta, Georgia · Est. 1973
Running trains
since 1973.
J.D. Lathbury has sold, serviced, and restored Lionel electric trains from the same Atlanta workshop for over fifty years. Bring us a tender that won't couple, a transformer that hums wrong, or a wish list for your layout — we'll sort it out on the bench.
Open Monday – Saturday, 9am to 5pm
What we do
Four ways we keep Lionel trains running
New sets, old sets, one broken headlight or a full teardown — this is what crosses the counter every week.
Repair & Service
Stripped gears, tired motors, scorched E-units, broken couplers — our bench has seen all of it. Most repairs are diagnosed the same day you bring them in.
Restoration
Bringing a grandfather's O-gauge set back to running condition, repaint included. We work from original Lionel specs, not guesswork.
Layout Help
Planning benchwork, wiring a block system, or troubleshooting a layout that won't run right — we'll talk you through it at the counter or take a look ourselves.
Shop history
Fifty years on the same street
A short timetable of how a garage full of O-gauge track turned into Atlanta's Lionel shop.
1973
J.D. Lathbury opens on Highland Terrace, selling Lionel sets out of a converted garage.
Departed
1980s
A repair bench goes in. Lathbury becomes the shop regional collectors call first.
On Time
1990s
Vintage and postwar trade grows alongside new Lionel stock on the shelves.
On Time
2000s
The shop expands into Unit #6, with a proper service counter up front.
On Time
Today
Same street, same family, same trains — still running Monday through Saturday.
Boarding
O Gauge & Standard Gauge
Postwar & Modern Era
Transformers & Track
Trade-Ins Welcome
Come by the shop
Visit us on Highland Terrace
Bring the locomotive in, or just come browse the shelves. We're a short walk off the street, in Unit #6, with parking right out front.
Platform Information
Address
959 Highland Terrace NE, #6
Atlanta, GA 30306
Atlanta, GA 30306
Phone
(404) 892-3113
Founded
1973
Hours
| Monday – Saturday | 9:00 – 5:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |