@trainnerd posted:I agree with you. If you remember in the movie,the woman paid $1,100 for that set. That was a lot of money...even back than.
Yes, that WAS a lot of money for that set! In the original 1949 version, Lionel had just come out with the Santa Fe F3 2333s, which were featured in the film. However, Lionel had no matching cars to go with the new diesels. So as I recall, they used the older Pennsylvania cars with the logo “The Red Rocket,” or some such. Looked kind of funny.
That’s another reason I liked the updated version with David James Elliot and Cynthia Gibb. At least, the Amtrak F3 diesels matched the gleaming Amtrak aluminum cars. 😉
