"Freight Train" program last night....

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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…Only by coincidence {wife caught the program an alerted me}, that it was on. Enjoyed it…had lots of good photos of steam engines operating, etc…and an interesting part was the BNSF operation viewed from the cab climbing Cajon territory out west, etc…Thought the History channel presented an interesting program for us rail fans.

I even had it marked on my calender here and still forgot to tune in until the wife called to me to inform it was on.

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I just stumbled upon it when I was setting up my DVR to record Trains.

It was great.

Does anyone know the simulator program it was using?

Another Question.

20 years ago I stumbled upon an movie in French. 90% of it was in the cab of a french steam locomotive.

Also about 2 to 3 weeks ago. There was a OLD movie of a Milw. Rd engineer. He went after the boss’s fiancee. The boss got hurt by getting his leg caught in a frog and the engineer ran the train at warp speed to Chicago to save his life.

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i too enjoyed the show. the cajon climb was cool. of particular interest was the hump ops. seeing the cars moving around alone was erie. (intentionally misspelled) look listen and live takes on new meaning.

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Movie was called “Danger Lights” We had a thread last month about it. Interesting.
Edit: This is the link
http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/1027142/ShowPost.aspx

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What channel was “Freight Train” seen on?

Thanks.

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I didn’t catch the “Freight Train” but I did see a segment on History Channel’s Modern Marvels about high speed rail comparing the TGV to the MagLev. One thing I learned is that the MagLev is operator-less. That explains why the demo train hit an MOW crew last fall. No one to hit the emergency brake.

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Late last summer I had myself disconnected from our local cable provider as a cost saving measure while I was unemployed, so I am not able to catch anything produced and aired by the History Channel. However, some years ago the History Channel produced a program dealing with railroad police, and I have it on video tape. It is pretty good.

CANADIANPACIFIC2816

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…P Z: The History Channel.

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I caught the last half of it. I was impressed. Some programs I have seen that explain things to a broad audience can be inaccurate.