Celebrity |
Famous for |
Model railroading notes |
Tim Allen |
comedian |
? |
Roseanne
Barr |
TV personality "The Roseanne Show" |
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Claude Bolling |
composer, jazz pianist |
American H0, 1930's |
Tom Brokow |
newscaster |
H0 |
Yul
Brynner |
actor |
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Billy Butterfield |
swing band conductor |
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Roy Campanella |
baseball player |
Lionel |
Johnny Cash |
country music singer songwriter |
Lionel |
Gary Coleman |
actor "Diff'rent
Strokes" |
"Currently I'm doing Lionel trains. I'm doing them as
prototypically as possible, even though they are toy trains. I
still like to do it as realistically as possible." From an online
interview at ABC News
Also, reportedly an N-Scale modeller. (Marc)
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Phil
Collins |
rock singer |
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Kevin Costner |
actor |
"...is said to be a railroad enthusiast, and there was at least
one report I read somewhere which state he was one of the
individuals which the C&O 614 steam locomotive was to be
auctioned to in the late 1990s (but he did NOT purchase it)."
Rhett
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Richard Crenna |
actor |
LGB modeller. Was once chided by his wife for cleaning his track
over her new carpet
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Roger Daltrey |
Lead singer of the Who |
Building an extensive European H0 layout in his
loft |
Joe DiMaggio |
baseball player |
Lionel |
Walt
Disney |
producer |
live steam &
other various train interests |
James Doohan |
actor (Star Trek) |
"... seen in a TV Guide issue in the mid-1990s working on the
brake cylinder of a coach in the L.A. area, and the feature article
said he was heavily into trains, was in an L.A. area railroaders
club, and had an extensive collection of model trains on display in
his home."
Rhett
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Ed
Dougherty |
pro golfer |
Lionel - "Houses his collection in a two-story
building behind his home." |
John Entwistle |
the Who |
H0 modeller and collector |
Arthur Godfrey |
TV show host |
Lionel |
Hermann
Göring |
head of German Luftwaffe |
rumored to have had an extensive Märklin
layout |
Whoopi Goldberg |
actor |
Reported to be a train fan, and travels by train
when practical. |
Rick Green |
comedian "The Frantics",
"The Red Green Show" |
Member of a Toronto model railroad club |
Michael Gross |
actor "Family
Ties" |
A passionate trainfan, who prefers train travel to flying. He is
a railway historian, photographer, and modeller.
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Merle Haggard |
country singer |
active H0 modeller, he recorded an album titled
"My Love Affair With Trains" |
Tom Hanks |
film star, producer |
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David Hasselhoff |
Actor |
LGB |
Tommy Hunter |
country singer |
building a layout in his basement |
Elton John |
rock star |
garden railroad |
Michael
Jordan |
basketball player |
(Rumored to be a model railroader. There's a
Cincinatti model train collector named Michael Jordan, but is he
the Michael Jordan?) |
Jay Leno |
TV talk show host |
? |
Gil
Melle |
Jazz saxophonist |
frequent contributor to Rail Model Craftsman |
Roger
Miller |
singer |
|
Vaughn Monroe |
singer, trumpeter, leader of the Vaughn Monroe
Orchestra |
Relaxed by tinkering with model trains. He built his own H0
scale locomotives.
"Wish I could carry a small layout with me. We travel by air so
much to meet engagements that I'd have to leave some of the
instruments behind to get one in the plane. Guess that's out."
Sang the railroad song "In the Middle of the House".
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Mandy Patinkin |
actor
"Chicago Hope" |
Lionel |
Ricardo Patrese |
formula 1 race car driver |
collects Märklin |
John
Pertwee |
actor "Doctor Who" |
? |
Sam Posey |
race car driver |
layout featured in Model Railroader |
Sally Jesse Raphael |
TV talk show host |
Z-Scale. N-Scale. |
Joe Regalbuto |
actor "Murphy
Brown" |
garden railroad featured in "Garden Railways" magazine |
Lionel Ritchie |
Singer |
LGB |
Jim Scancarelli |
cartoonist "Gasoline Alley" |
photos featured in Walthers catalog |
Rick Schroder |
actor "Silver
Spoons", "NYPD Blue" |
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Frank Sinatra |
singer |
had extensive Lionel layout in his home. |
Tom
Snyder |
TV talk show host |
Lionel |
Bruce Springsteen |
rock star |
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Patrick Stewart |
actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
"... was quoted as saying he's 'a big-time railway buff'. In
'The making of Star Trek: First Contact', the movie used Los
Angeles Union Station as the setting for a holographic dance
sequence."
Rhett
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Rod
Stewart |
rock star |
"He stopped in at Spotlight Model Railroad in Kansas City. The
owner was telling me he looked out front and saw this limo, next
thing he turns the corner and there's Rod Stewart at the counter
looking at brass.
"He points to this one and that one says I'll take this this and
this. A guy with him cuts the check.
"Sounds like just what I would do if I ever became a rich and
famous rock star. :)"
"Dave in Kansas"
"Rod Stewart has two layouts that I know of; in LA he models the
Pennsy and at his home here at Epping he models the English East
Coast line in British Railways days.
"He lives not far away from me in distance but a whole world
away in reality. It's not a house he lives in, it's a mansion with
acres of land."
another Dave
"I'd love to be on the cover of Railway Modeller. That
would mean more to me than the cover of Rolling Stone."
Rod Stewart
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Danny Sullivan |
race car driver |
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Donald
Sutherland |
actor |
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Mel Torme |
singer |
On his divorce, he said "I prefer my trains to my wife"?
"Several years ago, I think around 1992~93, one of my co-workers
had arranged a meeting between Mel Torme and myself about
refurbishing a small-ish layout (I believe it was either a 6 x 10
or 8 x 12 table top HO). The work was to consist of re-wiring and
turnout replacement, and perhaps some assistance for the scenery
too. As I remember it, Mel obtained the layout from a friend of
his.
"My co-worker and I met Mel at his home near Beverly Hills where
I was to examine the layout. Mel greeted us and led us into what is
best described as a library - except instead of wall-to-wall books,
Mel had wall-to-wall trains! I would say better than 80% was
vintage lionel or tin-plate, and most of the collection was in
near-prestine condition. I must admit I was never much of a fan of
Mel Torme before the meeting (way before my time, I suppose), but I
suddenly liked everything about him from then on out. Each time I
heard his name mentioned, I recalled the short meeting at his home
and his wonderful (and impressive) train collection. :o)
"A sad when Mel died several years back...I wonder what ever
became of those glorious trains...?"
Marc
|
Neil
Young |
rock star |
Part owner of Lionel Trains, tours with Lionel layout in a trailer |