Joseph Stachler

Lionel Showroom Layouts

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

Joshua Lionel Cowen

A model train layout is a wonder of the imagination and a gateway to another world, as evidenced in this presentation. First, follow a train club as it reproduces Lionel's legendary 1949 Manhattan showroom layout, the one that has inspired generations of model train enthusiasts. Next up is a trip to the Lionel Visitors Center in Michigan, where experts offer practical tips for wiring, scenery construction and more.

All About John Deere for Kids, Part 1

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

An exciting mix of new and antique John Deere equipment in action - tractors, excavators, cultivators, dozers, planters, and dump trucks. See John Deere's biggest and new tractors along with legendary Johnny Poppers - including the 1925 Spoker D. Also Windrowers and Hay Balers. How the field is prepped, seeds planted, and then cultivated. We visit a John Deere Auction and the two-cylinder Expo.

All About John Deere for Kids, Part 4

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

See a John Deere 9520 tractor and 1600 elevated scraper, decorated with over 20 miles of Christmas lights. See a John Deere Dozer help put out a brush fire and John Deere windrowers, hay balers, graders and back-hoes – all in action. All aboard for a spectacular exhibit featuring John Deere model trains and toys. Otto is back operating a remote control John Deere 9520!

All About John Deere for Kids, Part 2

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

Johnny Poppers at the Two-Cylinder Expo in Moline. Combines harvesting wheat and corn. Learn how grapes and pumpkins are harvested. We trace the history of the John Deere dozer, from the Lindeman crawler tractor to the dozers of today. More fun with jam-prone Otto. Diesels and steam locomotives delivering John Deere equipment. Wall-to-wall exciting John Deere action.

John Deere Fun on the Farm, Part 1

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

A fun and educational preschool video for the younger set. You’ll learn where food comes from and about the growing season – planting, cultivating, and the harvest in the fall. You’ll see tractors and combines and lots of farm animals. Doodle Rooster narrates and is joined by Harvey Horse and Bell, the dairy cow. Play the Cloud Game and try to find animals in the sky. You’ll be amazed at how many you will find. Visit the Farm in the Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo, right in the middle of Chicago. You will also go to the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois to see how John Deere makes their combines. All this fun is set to nine new original songs by our favorite singer/songwriter, James Coffey.

John Deere Action, Part 1

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

Picks up where our All About John Deere series left off. More wall-to-wall John Deere action. See twelve 8020s at the 8020 Reunion. Learn about the John Deere Cotton Picker, Motor Grader, and Skid Steer. We talk prepping the field and we visit John Deere Heaven to see toy trains, tractors, and trucks. Plus five new songs by James Coffey, more fun with Otto, and a parade of the craziest looking tractors you've ever seen. Prepare to be amazed.

All About John Deere for Kids, Part 3

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

More exciting John Deere action - Both new and vintage John Deere tractors. We visit Plow Day where 15 Johnny Poppers are plowing with everything up to a six - bottom plow pulled by powerful 820. We travel to the Northwest to see Feller Bunchers, Skidders, Knuckleboom Loaders, and Log Harvesters in action. Then we go to a log mill and see trees become lumber.

John Deere Heaven, Part 1

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

Welcome to John Deere Heaven -where all is mellow and even the cows are green and yellow. We first visited John Deere Heaven in All About John Deere Part 4, and people enjoyed the trip so much we decided to return and stay for an entire show. See John Deere toys come alive in this fanciful, fast-paced mix of toy trains, tractors, and big machines. TMs video magic will thrill and delight young and old alike. See O gauge and Standard gauge John Deere trains zip around elaborately detailed train layouts along with John Deere 1/16th, 1/50th and 1/64th scale tractors, cars, and trucks. Plus ten original songs by our favorite singer/songwriter James Coffey. Otto is in town and his little switch engine is blocking the mainline and here comes the Circus Train! Oh no!

Richard Kughn's Train Layouts & Collections

Joseph Stachler, Tom McComas

Richard Kughn

Join us for this exclusive TM video tour - a real-life fantasy of trains, classic cars, and toys - all the result of one man's unlimited passion and enthusiasm. We showcase Dick Kughn s spectacular Standard Gauge Carail layout, the 10x30 'O gauge layout, his train collections plus interviews with Dick and the layout builders - even a tour of Dick s personal Lionel O gauge layout in his home. Prepare to be amazed.