“The guy who owned Lionel was so enamored riding it, that he made a train set of the Blue Comet,” said Tom Gallo of Keyport, a railroad historian and author of “The Seashore’s Finest Train.” ...

Emmons’ film also features another aspect of the Blue Comet’s legacy — a holy grail, of sorts, for model train enthusiasts. “Joshua Lionel Cowen, the founder of the Lionel Corporation ...

Shrouding the mecha in blue plasma it became a veritable and indestructible blue comet, hence the show ... been able to finish its run. Its true legacy though is how it has inspired a whole ...

“The guy who owned Lionel was so enamored riding it, that he made a train set of the Blue Comet,” said Tom Gallo of Keyport, a railroad historian and author of “The Seashore’s Finest Train.” ...