Tales of the Red Caboose was a short-lived primetime television series that aired on the American Broadcasting Company

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 television network, premiering 29 October 1948 and running for 2 1/2 months.

Production background

The series was very basic television, consisting of a small children's model trains going around various tracks. It was, in a sense, an early infomercial, as it was sponsored by Lionel Trains.

The series was a complete failure, resulting in its quick cancellation after less than three months. The narrator, Don Magee, would tell stories about trains to accompany the visuals. The 15-minute show aired Fridays at 7:30pm ET.

See also

• The Roar of the Rails
  The Roar of the Rails
  The Roar of the Rails is an American children's television series that aired on CBS from October to December 1948, and in October to December 1949. Each episode is 15 minutes long and was essentially a live commercial for the A. C. Gilbert Company...
  
  
• The Magic Clown
  The Magic Clown
  The Magic Clown was a NBC TV series which ran from 1949 to 1954. The final NBC broadcast was on June 27, 1954. The show then moved to WABD where it stayed until 1958. After that, It was renamed "Bonomo, The Magic Clown" and was broadcast on WNTA from September 29, 1958 to July 24, 1959. The show...
  
  
• 1948-49 United States network television schedule

External links

• Tales of the Red Caboose at IMDB