Tracklayer
I agree. While "Forbidden Planet" was a good movie, "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" was another of my all time favorites. It was that movie and "The Frogmen" with Richard Widmark that spurred my interest to take up scuba diving when I was young.
Dick
Texas Chief
In a British TV series called Heartbeat one of the characters named David ends up inheriting the model trains of a fella that passed away, his widow figured David would enjoy them. Never see much of the trains in that episode.
Heartbeat plays of public TV in Canada. Heartbeat frequently has scenes of a steam train in the series. I think it is set in the 1960's which makes the steamer a wee bit odd. When did steam stop running in britan anyway? Pretty much history by the 1960's here and based n the music and mini skirts in Heartbeat it was not set in the 1950's.
There is an independent filmmaker shooting a train film here in Portland, OR I believe the title will be "Trainmaster" it will have both real trains and HO models in it. The layout scenes were shot over 4 days last week at the Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club, which I am a member of. They deliberately shot to avoid showing the entire layout at once, there just aren't too many 4200 square foot home layouts, and that is what the scenes shot at the club are for. they are being used as the GrandFather's own layout in the movie
It is intended to be a regular theater run film, with an expected release in the Spring of 2008. I haven't yet seen any of the footage they have shot, but if you see any Union Pacific Steam or Veranda Turbines, they are very likely mine. It will be really fun seeing scenes from the club in a movie like that, and of course, even better if any of my own equipment gets any screen time .
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
i remember finding a website that listed all tv shows and movies that had a scene with trains in them.
can anybody else remember the website address?
i cannot seem to find it any more.