Somewhere here someone posted a short list of the trains seen in the movie, but I searched & can't find it.
A friend, Don Spiedel (former TCA President), once told me that he was in the movie running the trains because Lou Redmond (Mr. TCA) was ill at the time of filming.
I found the following information posted on-line somewhere else.
Incidentally, the trains in the movie were provided by Don Spiedel, a former TCA National President, and Bill Cus, another Cleveland TCA pal who passed away last year. The movie's director and others in charge were not fussy about historical accuracy. The steam engines and trains are post war and would not have been made when the setting of the movie took place in 1940. The purpose of the movie was to entertain; not be a historical piece on Lionel trains.
NWL
I'm not sure if that report can be relied upon, because there were certainly some prewar models in that scene.
Rob
Pre-war or post-war trains or no, if you've ever read the book "A Christmas Story" is based on, "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepard, you'll know the movies time frame (1940) is incorrect. It should take place in the early 1930's. The story's told in the 1960's by a mature Ralphie who's also a World War Two vet, impossible if the movie's set in 1940.
On the other hand, the film was narrated by Jean Shepard himself, and if he didn't have a problem with it who am I to complain?
If you've never read the book, find it and do so, a very entertaining, funny, and at times bittersweet story.
Heres a link to what you may be thinking of http://cs.trains.com/ctt/f/95/t/185098.aspx?sort=ASC&pi350=1
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
That was it! Thanks.
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