Would You Show the "Supertrain" At YOUR Museum?

NS 3322 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:24 pm

Bobharbison wrote:

Thin plot, campy acting, bad scripts. Pretty sure the first model train saw the script and committed suicide.

Nicely said lol.

And this:
"[President of NBC] Fred Silverman was so fed up with the series, he notoriously went to the studio and broke his toe after kicking one of the iron model trains."

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1087

Charlie wrote:

The Wikipedia article says that the show finished 69th out of 114 shows for the 1978-79 season. It boggles the mind to think of what 70-114 were like.

An article, citing 53 other works, that explains the 79 television season and how Supertrain fit in it: Television Obscurities - Mid-Season 1979

ADM#4 wrote:

If this thing showed up at your gate, would you find a way to incorporate it into a display,

That's an interesting question. My first thought is that it could be used in a "Trains in Popular Entertainment" display that would also cover all the western movies and tv shows from the 60s and the Johnny Cash tv specials from the 70s, etc.

I also wonder if it could be used in a special weekend event, perhaps something celebrating the 1970s or bad television -- maybe do something that would attract visitors who are interested in bad and/or cult television programs?