Tales of the Red Caboose explained

Tales of the Red Caboose was a short-lived primetime television series that aired on the American Broadcasting Company television network, premiering October 29, 1948 and running until January 14, 1949.^[1]

Synopsis

The 15-minute series, sponsored by Lionel Trains, was broadcast on ABC television on Fridays at 7:30 to 7:45pm ET from October 29, 1948 to January 14, 1949. The narrator, Don Magee, told railroad lore as model trains raced around railroad tracks.^[2]

The series was popular enough for a December 1948 Emerson TV advertisement to state that children entertained by television were "thrilled to the Tales of the Red Caboose."^[3]

Preservation status

No recordings of the program are known to survive.

See also

• The Roar of the Rails
• The Magic Clown
• 1948-49 United States network television schedule

Notes and References

1. Book: Woolery . George W. . Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series . 1985 . The Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1651-2 . 497-498.
2. Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present (Seventh Edition), Ballantine Books, 1999, page 1002
3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/868064317/?terms=%22Tales%20of%20the%20Red%20Caboose%22&match=1 Advertisement, The Sunday Star (Washington, DC), December 5, 1948, page D-14