GMA to broadcast from Amtrak

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Hello Forum members,

Just a heads up,Good Morning America will be broadcasting live via sattilite from an Amtrak train staring tomorrow…They showed a preveiw of it this am…Its suppose to last til Fri. I think,theyre traveling to several different places… Get your recorders ready !

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Interesting.

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look up a posting yesterday titled amtrak cab-tenna car

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which forum?

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The train is going to be making a stop at Lenox, MA at The Berkshire Scenic Railroad.

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Is there a schedule (where it stops) for this train? I bet security will be tight though, meaning there’s more cops… “Taking photos of trains is a terrorist act!”[banghead]

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http://cs.trains.com/forums/1528157/ShowPost.aspx

Ham549, you may want to look away… Let’s just say for an F40PH fan, looking at the CabTenna car is like looking at a desecrated corpse.

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From an email sent to me at 7:43pm Tuesday:

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I heard this morning, it was either Robin Roberts, or Diane Sawyer talking about the train, and one of them said that this was either “the”, or “their” “first broadcast from a moving train.” Not sure if they meant it was a first for GMA, or a first for television in general, which I would find hard to beleive.

Have any other TV shows, local, or national broadcast from a moving train???

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There was a network educational/cultural TV show in the 1950s called Omnibus that ran on Sunday nights. One segment documented the departure of the 20th Century Limited, with former Trains Magazine editor David P. Morgan reporting live from Grand Central Terminal. The TV show was hosted by Alistair Cooke, who did a live feed from the locomotive cab after it left New York.

I’m excited about this Good Morning America train. Can’t wait to watch!

Matt Van Hattem

Senior Editor

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ME either !

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there was a story in GMA about a horse in Arkansas, and I got a horse from that same place(all rescues(sp)) not about trains, but just to provide a connection to GMA

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I don’t have the link, but if you poke around GMA’s website, their is a short video and quick walk through an office car presented as a “behind the scenes” preview. I assume from Larry’s note above it is Bennett Levin’s car. Levin’s cars are nicely decked out in PRR colors.

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I guess because of the 2 PRR E’s he and son owns

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Here is a link that will give you a real time location of the train. http://www.lat-lon.tv/

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thanks

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Actually, I think this is a good use for it, much better than having it be scrapped or mothballed. Its nice to see Amtrak has turned the F40’s into something useful for today.

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and several years ago a F40 was rescued and preserved. MORE need to be saved.

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I don’t think this has come up before, or not in this thread anyway.

Where would the producers at ABC/GMA have gone to rent or borrow an entire streamlined train? Amtrak, or some luxury train-cruise operator? I’m sure GMA had plenty of time to prepare but I was impressed anyway. - a. s.

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Amtrak has run charters, perhaps as long as they have been in business, so all it would take is a call and a good sized expense account. I believe that the office car and and the two other classic streamlined cars are the property of Bennett Levin. As you may know, he also has a couple of E-8’s in his stable, all nicely trimmed in Pennsy Tuscan Red. I understand that Levin made his in realestate development. Who knows, Levin might be acquainted with the ABC/GMA producer who came up with the idea.