The Wonderful World of Trains (1960)

A train-loving little boy falls asleep and dreams his toys have come to life.

[@modelrailpreservation]

Some of the scenes were filmed in the Lionel showroom, with the 1958 Showroom Layout. Lionel reused buildings from one showroom layout to the next, and I manage a replica 1949 Showroom Layout at the Wisconsin Auto Museum. Color footage of some of the buildings that were used on both the 1949 and 1958 showroom layouts has been very handy for me, to make exact replicas of the originals. So, thanks for making this available, and keeping a small piece of history alive.

[@richarddrum9970]

I liked trains before seeing this promo by Lionel, but at 11 years old I was hooked forever. HO scale modeler ever since. Still enjoy seeing this video.

[@blairterry9435]

Lionel showing their product line in the 1960s. The Santa Fe F3, 2-8-4 Berkshire, the Great Northern EP-5 electric, the General, the Alco PAs, Geeps, and others including the Hudson.

[@kevinmills8437]

Wow.

[@williamsantangelo]

Wow watched this as a kid almost 60 years ago how cool!!!

[@furripupau]

well that was scary

[@ransomewalraven81]

Still watching in 2020

[@mykaltlewis1]

The Suzari puppets! Take that Muppets!

[@pearsooo6972]

This is great

[@SuperColonel91]

Imagine What Chucky Would Do Here!

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Sweeet Train Movie

[@timpriddy349]

How did that boxcar become magically attached at the beginning??

[@averagerobloxian9077]

They used real water for the river going through the layout

[@gunnerdavidson7287]

Neat

[@kuhnskuhn4465]

I once stumbled upon a video on the internet, which showed people controlling toy trains. The layout grew bigger and bigger, and at one point some electical problem happened. The guys had to switch and control runaway trains while one man went fixing the problem, which he did just before the trains crashed. Sadly, I cannot find that video again. Do you have any clue concerning that video?

[@Nico93]

Your thinking of the movie Model Railroading Unlimited, it fits your description, its a movie about some boy who gets train crazy and ends up building a entire computer controlled railroad, som electrical fault causes the whole railroad to go nuts with full speed ahead.

[@kuhnskuhn4465]

@@Nico93 Oh my god, after all this time!! That's indeed the title, thank you so much haha, I'll be rewatching that shortly

[@Nico93]

@@kuhnskuhn4465 No problem! your description was helping a big time on it.

[@rogerlollar4325]

Was this film ever released on VHS

[@isolationdisorder]

I worked in a train and hobby store through the 90’s, and we had an official Lionel issued copy of this on VHS that we watched hundreds of times on repeat in the store. I still have most of it memorized, all these years later. It was given to dealers for in store promotion, I don’t know if it was ever available for sale to customers.

[@josephkearney9319]

Those puppets are freaks

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

this flim is what caused Lionel sales to decrease

[@yeoldeseawitch]

imagine if they just kept the train scenes without the uncanny puppets

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

@@yeoldeseawitch yeah that would be a lot better, I wouldn't call the puppets uncanny, just ugly

[@insultmeifyouhategod4167]

@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory kind of a mix

[@Vezzo55]

the Puppets were CREEPY

[@DirtyHarryLarryDickman]

Everything is creepy oh my Godzess Reeeeeeeeeeee ​@Vezzo55

[@Vezzo55]

Creepy LOL LOL

[@DirtyHarryLarryDickman]

Oh my Godzess Reeeeeeeeeeee