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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken I don't know about railfan, but Rod Stewart is an avid model railroader. I even loaded a Walthers box for him into a UPS trailer bound for California (This would be about 7½ years ago...) . [/quote] He is also quoted as saying that if he could make it onto the cover of Railway Modeller magazine that it would mean much more to him than being on the cover of Rolling Stone. As far as other celebrities not mentioned on here, I can think of a few more to add on. Frank Sinatra-Huge Lionel fan that had an incredible layout. Elton John-Garden railroader. Joe DiMaggio-Lionel enthusiast. Phil Colins-Model railroader. Sally Jesse Raphael-Z gauge modeller. Bruce Springsteen-Model railroader. Ward Kimball-His name may not exactly be a household word, but he was a Disney animator who created many characters that everyone knows, most notably Jiminey Cricket. He had one of the world's greatest toy train collections and also owned the "Emma Nevda", an old Mogul, plus other real railroad equipment. Walt Disney-Live-steam models. Buster Keaton-Had both Lionel and American Flyer trains throughout his life. Nat King Cole-Had a Lionel layout in the early 1960's. King Edawrd VIII-Model railroader. King George VI-Model railroader. Pope Pius XII-Had Lionel trains running in the Vatican. There's even a photograph of him dressed in his full Pope outfit with his trains. Winston Churchill-Model railroader. Hermann Goering-Definetly not someone that you'd brag about liking trains, but he did have an incredible O gauge layout. When he surrendered to Allied troops at the end of the war, he even had a suitcase filled with trains amongst his personal baggage. [quote]QUOTE: Pete Waterman - the man who discovered Kylie Minogue is a top rail fan, and owns a good proportion of the preserved locos in Britain to bbot. [/quote] Some more about Pete Waterman, he at one time owned the Flying Scotsman. He's also one of the hosts of the British version of Americn Idol. His first job was a fireman on British Railways, but he left when they switched to diesel and went into the music business. There was a segment on him on an episode of "Extreme Machines" on TLC (I have it taped) where he mentions that he's delt with every major rock star. He listed the names of those who have been mentioned on here, but he also mentioned Paul McCartney and U2. He went on to say that they're all railway fanatics and that when they come into his office and see that it's full of toy trains that they don't want to talk about music-they want to talk about trains. Then when they find out he's got the real thing, they want to go and see it.
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