Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When I was a very young boy, the first rendition of "I'm a Train" that I listened to was James Coffey's version from I Love Toy Trains #2, 2002 re-release (which was the only version I had at the time). I used to think it was an original James Coffey song, that is until I got his album "My Mama was a Train" for Christmas in 2015. And I noticed that the credit was given to Albert Hammond who originally recorded it in 1976 in which it was featured in TM's first film: Lionel around the time the song came out. In 1997, James Coffey covered it for Lionel: The Movie 2 where we see Lionel Postwar trains running around TM's studio in the dark making it look like it was nighttime. That scene was also shone in later versions of I Love Toy Trains #2. So I decided to put Albert Hammond's original version into a music video that'll be like from Lionel: The Movie 2.
Credit goes to @RailroadingArchives for the VHS Rip of Lionel: The Movie 2
Credit goes to TM Books and Video for the footage.
Song belongs to Albert Hammond.
Updated version:
youtu.be/HHAcuPZY1e4
When I was a very young boy, the first rendition of "I'm a Train" that I listened to was James Coffey's version from I Love Toy Trains #2, 2002 re-release (which was the only version I had at the time). I used to think it was an original James Coffey song, that is until I got his album "My Mama was a Train" for Christmas in 2015. And I noticed that the credit was given to Albert Hammond who originally recorded it in 1976 in which it was featured in TM's first film: Lionel around the time the song came out. In 1997, James Coffey covered it for Lionel: The Movie 2 where we see Lionel Postwar trains running around TM's studio in the dark making it look like it was nighttime. That scene was also shone in later versions of I Love Toy Trains #2. So I decided to put Albert Hammond's original version into a music video that'll be like from Lionel: The Movie 2.
Credit goes to @RailroadingArchives for the VHS Rip of Lionel: The Movie 2
Credit goes to TM Books and Video for the footage.
Song belongs to Albert Hammond.
Updated version:
youtu.be/HHAcuPZY1e4
