Celebrity model railroaders: 60 Photos
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Celebrity Train Layouts
1972, Rod Stewart, Model Railroading, and High School illustrations
Videos
Rod Stewarts model trains - CBS news
One of the finest and most famous model railroad layouts in the United States in HO scale
Rod Stewarts model train set is mind-blowingly realistic | Your Morning
Sir Rod Stewart talks about his model railway + photo slideshow of his model railway
Winnipeg Model Railroad Club: Tom Snyder and Mandy images
FAQs
Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks, the beloved Hollywood actor, is known to have a passion for model railways. His enthusiasm for this hobby encouraged him to take on the role of the conductor in the 2004 film, “The Polar Express”.
Frank Sinatra collected Lionel and tinplate model trains. He even had an entire cottage dedicated to his hobby. Frank Sinatra, a name that resonates with multiple generations, was an extraordinary figure in the 20th-century music scene.
Celebrity Collectors. Actor/singer Mandy Patinkin and singer/songwriter Neil Young are Lionel train collectors/operators. Frank Sinatra built a special building on his Palm Springs, CA, compound to house his operating 1949 train station layout.
Neil Percival Young. Young is also an avid train enthusiast and co-inventor on seven U.S. patents related to model trains. Neil Percival Young was born on November 12, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario to Scott Young, a journalist and writer, and Edna “Rassy” Young.
Model train building is a nostalgia thing, a spokesman for the company said. Dads and grandads alike are introducing their kids to it because it's what they themselves grew up with – they either collected Hornby as a kid or they were around for genuine old steam trains.