famous people who are model railroaders

[Ray Dunakin]

I read somewhere that Gummo Marx was a model railroader. He was one of the Marx Brothers but was never in any of their movies.

[john tricarico]

i know gummo marx was the brothers publicity manager his name was milton,  he must have been into tinplate lionel

[kpsdjs]

Who could forget...
The Master Demolition Man;

Gomez Addams (John Astin) of The Addams Family!!

     If you've never seen an episode where he heads two trains straight at each other, (Very large, G or larger) destin to crash head on at the bridge ahead.......But they never hit each other...

     Any recall?
Kelly

[RobBob]

Thanks for the memory, I recall the explosive action quite well.  That was a Lionel O gauge set as I recall.  I'd like to see that on Big Bang Theory!

[kpsdjs]

Wow,

     There is an "exploding bridge" in HO that I've seen in recent past. I will seek it out again, and post it here later!!


Too Much Fun,
Kelly

[Woody Elmore]

There was no such thing as G gauge trains when the Addams Family TV show was playing. If I recall correctly, the trains were by Lionel.

[Terry Toenges]

Addam's Family
This one's from the TV show -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMxJtMoTnx8
This one's from the movie -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZSk8yPJfE

[Southwest Chief]

Mandy Patinkin is another:

Mandy Patinkin Trains

[Terry Toenges]

Jim - The first Mandy link worked for me.

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

Actor Michael Gross, the dad from Family Ties.

[tac]

Pete Waterman

tac
www.OVGRS.org

[RAM]

Well he is not famous, but his wife is.  I don't know what her name is,but she wrote for better or for worse.

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

Well he is not famous, but his wife is.  I don't know what her name is,but she wrote for better or for worse.

The comic strip? Lynn Johnston.

http://www.fbofw.com/strip_fix/

I remember the sequence she did of the husband getting into model trains. I have a tee-shirt with a panel of the family with the trains. The caption is something like, "Model railroading isn't a hobby, it's a way of life." 

[Jim Banner]

JBJ,

I believe this link will take you directly to the strip you mention:

http://catalog.fborfw.com/indexid.php?q=10928&Submit=Search



Terry,

It looks like Southwest Chief has fixed his link, so I have removed my previous post.

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

JBJ,

I believe this link will take you directly to the strip you mention:

http://catalog.fborfw.com/indexid.php?q=10928&Submit=Search

Thanks, Jim--though that's not the image on my tee-shirt.