Here's the ones I can think of....
Movies:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Addams Family (I don't remember if it was in the first, sequel or both.)
TV:
The Sopranos
One of the gangsters gets into the hobby for a few episodes. And then he gets whacked in a hobby store and wrecks the train layout as he's going down! I believe that episode is titled "The Blue Comet" named after the model train.
The Addams Family
The Station Agent
A model train in the beginning as part of the set of a hobby shop.
Great little movie.
Check it out if you haven't since it features both model and real trains.
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I just saw The Station Agent over the weekend. I must agree - great little movie! Early scenes in a hobby train shop, but the rest of the movie used trains, an old train station, and some wonderful cinematography to hold together a touching film about friendship. Currently available on Netflix streaming
Also, another movie about a train, (briefly) had a model train circling the Christmas tree near the end:
Although not shown on tv, two and a half men (when charlie sheen was the star) mentions that allens exs new boyfriend has a model train room in her house. Only 1 episode does that. Sorry I'm not good with the names lol.
I am watching a league of their own with my wife, and shortly after the "there's no crying in baseball" scene, they pan the field and there is a Lionel Trains advertisement. Thought that was cool
I know these aren't exactly models (unless you count 1:1), but you've got to hand it to the Australians. I love a good spy thriller, and now they have something of some real value to protect!
In Big Bang, Sheldon has some kind of O scale locomotive sitting on his shelf in his room.
It looks like a Lionel santa Fe F-3, but not sure
Love that show!:laugh:
There are some trains in some new commercials I just didn't catch what the commercials were for! And my mom watches the amazing race reality show, a few weeks ago the contestants had to put together a train set.
In a recently seen Perry Mason b/w episode from about 1960, "The Case of the Deadly Toy", an O/027 gauge model railroad with an F3A unit and other cars was shown briefly.
in the opening credits to A Christmas Story, there is a model train (looks like HO) in the store window. and I thought "The Toy" with Richard Pryor there was a model train sequence with a simulated cllision. havent seen that movie in 30 years though so i could be mistaken. sorry if someone already mentioned that.
Just saw "The Giant Gila Monster", where they messed up at least one Lionel passenger set and several 1:24 scale car kits. What a hoot...the hero's hot rod even alternated between white and black wall tires thru the movie and, they blew up a Buddy L tank truck pulled by a string to boot.
That must be what gunrunner John's house looks like with his carpet layout.
Though his would not have the accident with all the electrical gizmos he would build to run it.
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