Cartoons and Railroads

Thanks for sharing, I like it also.

Sounds like the antithesis to "We Are The World"  

And that's OK.  It's just a hobby.  

I like the hat and overalls.

Rusty

Then there is "Toy Trunk Railroad"....

Also, one of my favorites carrying a serious message:

Rusty

Another that I received today on a Facebook group devoted to NYC railways and subways.  Hope it's good for a chuckle.

Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Steven J. Serenska

All funny...and you can see the OneBig Happy scenes on the nightly news all too often..

This has always been one of my favorites. I think of it every time I see a very large and complex layout.

I love the short WB cartoon where Tweety, Sylvester, and the Buldog were in the same baggage car.  Tweety loved pulling the brake cord.

I had forgotten about Rev. Lovejoy of the Simpsons. Maybe not as true in the US, but in England it's apparently very common for 'the vicar' to be a model railway enthusiast.

"For Better or For Worse" by Lynn Johnston had many strips about model railroading, apparently based on her husband actually taking up the hobby.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

Does anyone have a track plan for this?

This one is great!!!

John23 posted:

This one is great!!!

And here it is:

Enjoy!

Andre

Gotta Love Wallace and Gromit.

Steve

https://youtu.be/jrmZIgVoQw4

Rusty Traque, I'm trying to recall who was the cartoon character you pictured above, in the cap who asks what he's missing.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

Personally, I don't see a problem with that layout.

Andre

RJR posted:

Rusty Traque, I'm trying to recall who was the cartoon character you pictured above, in the cap who asks what he's missing.

Ed Crankshaft: Schoolbus driver.

Rusty

Thanks

My daughter found this one:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Gotta Love Wallace and Gromit.

Steve

https://youtu.be/jrmZIgVoQw4

Nice video Steve!

Gotta love Wallace and Gromit.

John23 posted:

This one is great!!!

That was an homage to Walt Disney, a past president of Los Angeles Live Steamers (1.5-inch scale), by Ward Kimball (another railroad enthusiast at Disney) and the animation crew. Ward had model trains plus some 12" to the foot scale equipment. The Grizzly Flats Depot at his home (unfortunately I wasn't able to get the model) was based on one on the Disneyland Railroad as I recall. A great cartoon. Walt's Carolwood layout was pretty detailed as depicted in the cartoon. His barn/workship is in Griffith Park in Los Angeles at the LA Live Steamers site.

Since we're on a train cartoon kick... here's another Walt Disney train cartoon...

Isn't it fun still being a kid?

Andre

Here's a Work-In-Progress I stumbled across a while ago that I found enjoyable:

I suspect Linus was a little too close to Disney's "Casey Jr" as a possible reason it was never completed.

Rusty

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Gotta Love Wallace and Gromit.

Steve

https://youtu.be/jrmZIgVoQw4

I love the Wallace & Gromit series.

The scene with Gromit chasing the penguin, and the inexhaustible box of track, always with the correct piece that Gromit needs, is one of the funniest and best chase scenes produced.

Stuart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njTbUtrKFYA "Play Safe"

Here's an old Max Fleischer cartoon with a safety message.  Good detail on the trains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-PjY5tcOI  "The Billion Dollar Train"  from 1942.

John23 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-PjY5tcOI  "The Billion Dollar Train"  from 1942.

I remember seeing this on Boomerang!  I'll give it a watch before I go to bed.

Thete is WB cartoon where Wilie E. sets up a dummy rail crossing to catch Beep-Beep.  He stats up the highway warning signs.  Jumps on track.  Ready to catch the blue bird.  Gets run over by train.  See tracks, think train!

The Donald (Duck) on the Big Boy:

IT BURNS COAL!

John23 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-PjY5tcOI  "The Billion Dollar Train"  from 1942.

I have several of these Superman cartoons in my DVD collection, but have never seen one that was so crisp, clear, and with such good color. Thanks!

Here's one I saw in 2011.  Since I'm an S gauger, I changed the original "Lionel" to "American Flyer" using a photo editing program (sorry my 3-rail cousins).   But the sentiment is the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5EAVKiWAqY

I remember seeing this a while ago.  I don't quite understand who its intended audience was, but quality programming nonetheless.  

laming posted:

John23 posted:

This one is great!!!

And here it is:

Enjoy!

Andre

Brilliant!!!

When the BB gets to LA, Disney should let Donald Duck measure the locomotive.  Of course, because it is the real thing, it would be, "Out of Scale."

Here's one I made approx. 15 yrs ago. We hung it up in the district and field offices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK82fcqu5hw

One of my personal favorites.  Really gives you an insight into how they make some of these!

It's the Super Chief!

The vids on 11foot8 site.

Here's another.  We've all been here....

Steven J. Serenska

poniaj posted:

Here's one I saw in 2011.  Since I'm an S gauger, I changed the original "Lionel" to "American Flyer" using a photo editing program (sorry my 3-rail cousins).   But the sentiment is the same.

Maybe he is modeling a dinner train??

The Tex-Mex Express which ran Corpus Christi to Laredo in the mid 1980's used a caboose for baggage and express.

PR&NJRR posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5EAVKiWAqY

I remember seeing this a while ago.  I don't quite understand who its intended audience was, but quality programming nonetheless.  

Hello PR&NJRR,

These were informational shorts that were shown to potential clients (engineers in the auto or rail business) to show them the advantage of using their latest products.  In this case Timken was promoting the use of thrust roller bearings.   This single innovation dramatically changed the world in improving the ability of getting all kinds of rotating equipment to run smoother, quieter and extended life while minimizing maintenance and down time.   

Still love this one:

Maybe this is the same and different at same time, no intention to hijack.......anyway while running my trains around the loop, I had TV on and first episode of Simpsons played and had trains in it , A Christmas episode as well, and they played episode two and it had trains in it as well, was finished playing by then to watch episode three......To bad Bart did not stay with trains

Rusty

Starting in the pre-WWII period and extending into the mid 1950's MR ran a strip titled "The Silver Plate Road"  which featured the trials and tribulations of millionaire VanderHat and the adventures associated with his model railroad hobby.  Two of my favorites fall into the category of if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em.

The graphic novel, Murder on the Rockport Limited, made #4 on today's NYT Best Seller Fiction list.  I find, that like the old Superman-era comics, graphic novels are a great cartoon source for trains and trolleys.

Most of the graphic novels I own have tight bindings, so no scans for you today.  This'll have to do. 

TRRR

From an old New Yorker (of course) ...

Sylvia Siamese and Norma Bates Kitteh's constant attempts to swipe real trains "for under the Christmas Tree" are a staple of my weekly comic strip,  "The Couch Kitties"...  

http://couchkitties.smackjeeves.com/  Updates every Saturday!   

Mitch