List of notable rail transport modellers
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[edit] Notable within the model press
| Name | Scales modelled | Prototypes modelled | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Allen | |||
| John Armstrong | |||
| David Barrow | |||
| Bruce Chubb | HO | ||
| Leslie Eaton | |||
| Frank Ellison | |||
| Cyril Freezer | Editor of Railway Modeller 1950-1980 and a prolific model railway author. | ||
| Al Kalmbach | |||
| Jim Kelly | |||
| Tony Koester | |||
| W. Allen McClelland | |||
| David Popp | |||
| David Rose | |||
| Iain Rice | |||
| Cliff Robinson | |||
| George Sellios | |||
| Whit Towers | |||
| Wayne Wesolowski | |||
| Linn H. Westcott | |||
| Bill Wright |
[edit] "Celebrity" modellers
| Name | Occupation | Scales modelled | Prototypes modelled | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Alexander[1] | Austrian singer and actor | |||
| The Rev. W. Awdry | British clergyman and author of The Railway Series. Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. |
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| Jimmy Barnes | Scottish-Australian singer | |||
| Kurt Biedenkopf[1] | German politician | |||
| Claude Bolling | French jazz pianist | |||
| Tom Brokaw[2] | American television journalist | |||
| Johnny Cash | American singer and songwriter | Made TV commercials and endorsements for Lionel Trains in the 1970s.[1] | ||
| Winston Churchill[2] | British politician | |||
| Gary Coleman | American actor | N | Part owner of Caboose Hobbies in Denver, Colorado. Layout featured in the September 1990 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman.[2] | |
| Phil Collins[2][3] | British musician and singer | |||
| Regis Cordic | American radio personality and actor | |||
| Bob Costas | American sports journalist | |||
| Richard Crenna | American actor | |||
| Roger Daltrey | British musician | |||
| Joe DiMaggio[2] | American baseball player | |||
| Walt Disney[2] | American film producer, animator and entrepreneur. | |||
| James Doohan | Canadian actor | |||
| John Entwistle | British musician | |||
| Leopold Gratz[1] | Austrian politician | |||
| Harper Goff | American artist, musician and actor | |||
| Hermann Göring[4] | German politician and military leader | |||
| Rick Green | Canadian comedian and writer | |||
| Michael Gross | American actor | N | Model of the Month Award in the March 1992 issue of Model Railroader.[3] | |
| Gene Hackman | American actor | |||
| Merle Haggard[2] | American singer and songwriter | |||
| Tom Hanks[2] | American actor | |||
| David Hasselhoff | American actor | |||
| Josef Hesoun[1] | Austrian politician | G | ||
| Tommy Hunter | Canadian singer | |||
| Elton John[2] | British singer, composer and pianist | |||
| Ollie Johnston | American animator | |||
| Michael Jordan[2] | American basketball player | |||
| Buster Keaton[5] | American actor and film director | S | ||
| Ward Kimball | American animator | |||
| Gil Melle | American artist and musician | |||
| Vaughn Monroe | American singer and musician | |||
| Mandy Patinkin | American actor | |||
| Ricardo Patrese[2] | Italian racing driver | |||
| Jim Pattison | Canadian entrepreneur | Purchased Frank Sinatra's collection in in 1995.[4] | ||
| Sam Posey | American racecar driver and sports journalist | |||
| Joe Regalbuto | American actor | G | Layout featured in the March 1993 issue of Model Railroader.[5] | |
| Fred Rogers | American television host | |||
| Jim Scancarelli | American cartoonist | |||
| Gerhard Schröder[3] | German politician | |||
| Frank Sinatra[2] | American singer | Collector of Lionel and tinplate models. | ||
| Bruce Springsteen[2] | American singer | |||
| Tom Snyder | American television personality | |||
| Rod Stewart[2] | British singer | OO, HO | ||
| Donald Sutherland[2] | Canadian actor | |||
| Mel Torme[2] | American singer | |||
| Gerhard Tötschinger[1] | Austrian actor, director and writer | |||
| Pete Waterman | British songwriter and record producer. | |||
| Daniël Wayenberg | Dutch pianist and composer | |||
| Anders Wejryd | Archbishop of Church of Sweden | |||
| Neil Young | American singer and songwriter | Part owner of Lionel Trains. | ||
| Frank P. Zeidler | American politician | Foundation member of the National Model Railroad Association. |
[edit] Fictional modellers
- Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) had a Lionel layout. He was noted for setting trains on a collision course, then blowing them up with explosives.
- Bobby Baccalieri (The Sopranos) has a layout in his garage.
- Richard Channing (Falcon Crest) had a model railroad in his office.
- Dr. Jeffrey Geiger (Chicago Hope), played by real life model railroader Mandy Patinkin.
- Joe Heffernan, Doug's Father on The King of Queens entered a competition in one episode.
- Steven Keaton (Family Ties), played by real life model railroader Michael Gross.
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy (The Simpsons) has been portrayed in several episodes running model trains in his basement.
- John Patterson (For Better or For Worse) has a garden railroad.
- Mary Ellen Rogers (Leave it to Beaver), (Wally's Girlfriend)'s Dad has an American Flyer layout in her basement in one episode.
- Wallace and Gromit have a model railway which is central to the plot of The Wrong Trousers.
- Mr X & his archenemy Glowface {The X's} are model trains fanatics.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Eisenbahnfreund
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o NMRA - Why Build a Model Railroad?
- ^ a b Boyes, Roger. "Sex and violence as life with model trains goes off the rails", The Times, 2007-02-08. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
- ^ Hermann Göring's Model Railroad
- ^ Carp, Roger. "Buster Keaton's Trains", Classic Toy Trains, May 2003.
