Lionel trains in the movies

It's "Holiday Affair" starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh from 1949.

Don't think it was a Santa Fe, though. Isn't that the movie that had the "Red Rocket" or something similar? I think there was a thread on this a year or so ago.

Remake of Holiday Affair in 1996 staring David James Elliot and Cynthia Gibbs. Not sure which set it was but it stared a silver passenger set.

Thanks Jknapp, this is the movie!  I will try to find it on Netflix, watch it over the weekend, and report back to the forum which train set Robert Mitchum buys for the boy.

 

I really seem to remember he is holding a 2333 or 2343 Sante Fe, but we shall see.

 

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She isn't married, she's widowed.

 

 

 

What was the first year the Santa Fe F3 came with the Madison cars as shown in the above picture?  I am not sure it was 1949?

Here's a great TV episode - Ellery Queen

Most heart wrenching part of that movie is when the kid is in an elevator and a woman steps on one of the cars. Well, sacrifices must be made for the good of the entertainmenet industry, ya know. 

keep an eye on TCM, they'll be playing it closer to the holidays. The remake isn't near as good as the original.

I saw an interview with the guy who played the kid.  they filmed the movie in the summer and he was disappointed he had to give the trains back, so that Christmas, the director sent him a big box with the whole train in it.  He still has it apparently.

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I saw that interview also. I think it was on the network during the movie.

I thought it was neat that he still had it.

Did anyone notice a brief glimpse of a train layout in the background in one scene from the recent film Rickki and the Flash? It was in the ex-husband's fancy basement.

Yes, Rudy, I did see that and it made me feel good. Hope all is well with you and all.

 

RAY

Check out 1951's People Will Talk with Cary Grant. There is a great scene near the end where they have a floor layout running three trains out of three different rooms - what could possibly go wrong!!!

Beep beep...

 

 

That early Lionel Ad was interesting to watch especially when the various "new" cars were being introduced.  Has this layout been discussed in the past.  If so where can a diagram be found? Thanks

Yes, I was trying to recall the movie with Cary Grant and they were running trains in all the upstairs rooms... great movie... for that scene, it is.  As for the movie "Holiday Affair", the F3s would have been 2333s for that date.  The first F3 engine with a passenger set was in 1952 with the 2343 and extruded aluminum 2500 series cars.. set #2190W.  2333s, St Fe and NYC, headed sets in 1948 and 49, but were all freight sets. The Madison car sets were pulled by either a 671, 726 or the 2332, and then the 773 in 1950.  Even when the 2343 came out in 1950, they pulled only freight sets, as did the 2344s that debuted that same year.

Huh? There are no ads linked in this thread, they're clips from feature-length films.

Risky business is another film that had Lionel trains in them. The beginning of Tom Cruise career.

Don't forget the under-the-bed layout in 1951's "The Day The Earth Stood Still". Klatu barada nikto!