Johnny Cash for Lionel Trains

[lioneltrainfan1]

awesome commercial!

[bigstickatdragstrip]

gee, Johnny Cash strummin' on his guitar while the kids play with their toy trains... oh yeah, those were the days...

[TheDeanmartinfan1]

wow a set where everything is in it!! now your have o go out and buy every part seperatly

[Trolleymoose]

Johnny Cash would make me NOT buy this train.

[JBofBrisbane]

But he didn't start the ad with "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash..."

[Petemonster62]

I think Lionel had a good idea here. Besides capitalizing on the late 1970s popular interest in semi trucks & their drivers ( Any Which Way But Loose & B.J. & The Bear ). freight trains and semi trucks do exchange lading in the prototype transportaion grid - freight stations & transfer warehouses. Also, there are manfacturing plants that use both modes - obtaining raw materials & shipping finished goods.

[Petemonster62]

I do not recall this particular commercial but I do recall one with Johnny Cash in the mid 1970s with some kids operating a layout in the background.

[tony46214]

Wow, To see Johnny Cash playing a guitar on the front of an L & N Engine while it is moving, you sure wouldn't see that today if CSX had anything to do with it....

[mmandmcb14]

ohnny Cash playing a guitar on the front of L & N Engine #404?

[VilquinProductions]

Cool! 5 thumbs up!

[BurgerChefGuy]

I Love It!!!!! Five Stars*****

[Leveractionjake]

I don't believe it... I got that exact set for Christmas in 1977.

[nardp96]

the only lionel commercial u see now adays is the lionel coin bank no accial sets being advertise.

[JohnnyCashShow]

Really good! Thanks for posting!

[anthony1962]

Cash did two other television commericla for Lionel that ran around the holidays in 1975-77 (not sure which year exactly). The company was marketing a series of trains that had "the mighty sound of steam" which Cash incorporated into a song. Been looking for that commerical for years though I can still recall the song really well.

[lehigh310]

It's set #1761, Cargo King, cataloged by Lionel in 1977 and 1978. It was one of two sets sold under the Trains n' Truckin' banner; the other was #1760, Steel Haulers.

[mabmb1987]

What's that train set called?

[anthony1962]

Sounds exactly like HIT THE RAOD AND GO that Cash recorded for his RAGGED OLE' FLAG lp. I recall other commericals Johnny Cash did for Lionel in the 70s - one of which was a song he sang about Lionels having "The mighty sound of steam."

[Cortexmelon]

Really awesome, thanks for posting it!