| 3 programs on one DVD
I Love Toy Trains, Part 10
The Paradise Railroad which includes the longest 12-inch gauge trestle bridge in the world. Boxcar Boogie. Jeff takes us for a ride on the Sugar Train on the gorgeous Hawaiian Island of Maui and tells about two of the biggest steam engines ever built, the Big Boy and the Challenger. Rock Island Line. The first five inductees into the Toy Train Prewar O Gauge Hall of Fame. Toy Train Hall of Fame. Look At Me I'm A Train, I Love Toy Trains. (33 minutes)
I Love Toy Trains, Part 11
See vintage streamliners like the Burlington Zephyr, Empire State Express, M10,000, Commodore Vanderbilt, Mercury, Dreyfuss Hudson, AeroTrain and Hiawatha. Ghosts of the Rails. Visit an aquarium in Maui and learn about the ocean, see Jeff perform mystifying magic tricks he changes a black Hudson into shimmering gold right before your eyes. Choo Choo Blues. Race with the speediest Grand Prix drivers in the world, and find out who are the first five inductees into the Postwar Toy Train Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame. Even aliens in a spaceship! Aliens Visit Us. All this plus zany bloopers, and Vinnie the puppet does an encore. (35 minutes.)
I Love Toy Trains, Part 12
We have a gorgeous model of the American Freedom Train, footage of the real train, and a new song, American Freedom Train, by Jim Coffey. A segment on 1930’s streamliners includes the UP M10,000, Burlington Zephyr and Hiawatha. See the PPR’s DD-1 Electric, an operating layout with trains over 100 years old, and a Modern Era Lionel layout. 900 Miles. (35 minutes.) |
