While I defer to those who know more about film production, it would appear that two Amtrak Superliners were coupled to the rear of a Metrolink train, the film reversed, and a good "post production doctoring" was done to come up with a P-42 looking "nose".
Otherwise, Chrysler's "And God made a farmer" got my "Oscar", Budweiser's little Clydesdale got my "runner up".
Posted by TBlack (Member # 181) on :
Gilbert, Your assessment of the creation of the "train" is probably correct. I wonder why they went to so much trouble.
I like your nominations for the Oscar, but you're showing your soft underbelly!
Thanks Mr. Vincent; I'm "just not into" the goings on out there in that foreign land.
I was last in LA during 1991; I guess Metrolink was being dreamed of then, but nothing too much in place.
And to our "lefty coasters", it's not a boycott and I could well afford to "come on out". But at this time there is just no reason to do so,
Posted by Vincent206 (Member # 15447) on :
No reason to go to the west coast? How about a railfan trip on a Talg ? You aren't waiting for the Hiawatha, are you?
Posted by mr williams (Member # 1928) on :
In recent years the BBC has covered the Superbowl over here so there was not one single ad anywhere in sight!!
A number of countries (not just in Europe) have channels which either have no adverts at all or strict legal limits on the amount of advertising that can be shown so you may not be aware that the NFL provides a full separate ad-free international feed for those countries with alternative American commentators/experts who just keep talking during the breaks in play.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Mr. Vincent, I only hope they can find a home for those things where they will generate productive rail transportation - and far away from this region.
As I've always noted, they are great for a market where their pendular technology results in a 30min reduction in schedule time over a 200 mile run (now where could I be talking about?). Were it not for the matter of accessing Grand Central and the resulting "dual mode" requirement, operating over 72 miles of already electrified lines, and their "infant technology" sixty years ago, they could have been worthwhile on the New Haven's NY-Boston run.
But RENFE's varietal made no friends with me.
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
Those new Hyundai Rotem cab cars are very nice looking, and they pass all of the new crash tests. However....there is no room in that little "room" for the engineer. I think they built they based upon the average size of a Korean---not the average size of an American railroader! There is only room for one person, and there ain't much of it! Lots of complaints from the engineers on this.
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
quote:Originally posted by smitty195: Those new Hyundai Rotem cab cars are very nice looking, and they pass all of the new crash tests. However....there is no room in that little "room" for the engineer. I think they built they based upon the average size of a Korean---not the average size of an American railroader! There is only room for one person, and there ain't much of it! Lots of complaints from the engineers on this.
Normally any properly written specification will give space requirements for operating positions, including seat positions, range of eye heights, range of person size to accomodate, so don't blame Rotem for this, blame whoever wrote the specificatons for the vehicle. (It is also possible that a variance was accepted by the contract administrator without his understanding the nature of the requirement he was allowing to be modified.)
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? You aren't waiting for the Hiawatha, are you?