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B 67
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:31 am
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| John of Melbourne wrote: | I saw Polar Express last night. Not bad.
You see lots of detail of the (animated) steam train, which looked pretty accurate to this gunzel (who wouldn't be able to pick faults in a steam cab anyway). 
The token obnoxious kid on the train was a gunzel!  (Well, at least a know-it-all including knowing that the loco was a Baldwin whatever built in 1931 (from memory) etc. etc.). By the way, I wonder why Santa, living at the North Pole and travelling around the world, has an American-style steam train?? |
We could fill an entire forum on that one. But probably best left alone.
| John of Melbourne wrote: | | Ever see a steam train do a handbrake turn? You see it in this movie! True! (Think Lake Baikal for a clue.) |
I also found it interesting how it was possible to steer the train on ice. Apparently the wheels on either side must be able to turn at different speeds or directions.
| John of Melbourne wrote: | | The grades were a touch steep for a steam train though--in fact some made the Katoomba Scenic Railway look flat! |
And weren't the speeds fantastic. I understand the movie was also released in the US on IMAX 3-D. I'll be travelling to an IMAX cinema if and when the IMAX version makes it here.
| John of Melbourne wrote: | | And I'm sure that there was a continuity problem or three with the number of carriages on the train. |
And whatever length the train was, interestingly the only people on it were those in the last 2 carriages. Nobody got off the other carriages at the North Pole.
I loved the way the loco and cars became somewhat flexible as they curved around the tight curves at the top of the spiral up a mountain. I've built a model of this track in N scale. The train only goes up the lower part of the spiral and disappears down to ground level. Children keep waiting to see it appear on the upper level.
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Railfan9949
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PalmerEldritch
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:08 pm
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I saw Romper Stomper the other day on video and I was wondering if anyone knows why Richmond station was passed off as Footscray station, near the beginning of the movie?
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DavidB
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:18 am
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Did anybody happen to see NCIS last night? There was a scene supposedly at an Amtrak station, with an E unit (definately not in Amtrak livery) moving at low speed and a yard full of older style wagons and cars. Anybody know where it was?
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Maikha
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:43 pm
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Did anyone see last Friday, "Scooter X, the spy" or some kids show at 1600 on Ch10.
Full of Puffing Billy scenes. An NA class locomotive in a park that kept getting stolen, and so Scotter and his sidekicks tracked down the location of the locomotive, only to be caught and escaped on the NA (7A) by accidently pushing the regulator and it steaming off.
The antagonists try to stop them by driving Scooter's car infront of the path of their loco at a level crossing. They keep going and smash through his car.
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Maikha "V" Ly
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4BJ
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:03 am
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| PalmerEldritch wrote: | I saw Romper Stomper the other day on video and I was wondering if anyone knows why Richmond station was passed off as Footscray station, near the beginning of the movie?
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PE |
I must remember that next time I see it. I have spent time at Richmond and Footscray, so thanks for the tip, PalmerEldritch.
One movie that hasn't been mentioned is The Silver Streak, which was a Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder movie. The one thing that gets me is maybe vigilance controls in the USA are different to what we have here. Other than that scene and the scene where Gene Wilder collides with a signal, it wasn't bad.
I'm not crazy, M'Lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years!
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K160
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:07 pm
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| Maikha wrote: | | Did anyone see last Friday, "Scooter X, the spy" or some kids show at 1600 on Ch10. |
Yep, I saw that one. Had to laugh at it  . Especially the villan, Mr Coal Bunker.
Bad guy: "Why do you want this train Coal Bunker?"
Coal Bunker: "So I can stage full-size train crashes!"
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qr3900
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:27 pm
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I don't know if anyone has heard of this movie, but I saw it a few years ago on Channel 9. It was called "Seconds To Spare" or something and it featured what appeared to be the Westlander, which was hauled by two 2300 class locos.
Does anyone know where I could get it on Video/DVD and when will it be back on TV again?
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Jamie
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Maikha
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:37 am
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| K160 wrote: | | Maikha wrote: | | Did anyone see last Friday, "Scooter X, the spy" or some kids show at 1600 on Ch10. |
Yep, I saw that one. Had to laugh at it . Especially the villan, Mr Coal Bunker.
Bad guy: "Why do you want this train Coal Bunker?"
Coal Bunker: "So I can stage full-size train crashes!" |
The bit where they're outside the shed...
Bad guy: "Do you hear that noise?"
Coal Bunker: "Yes, it sounds like an NA Class locomotive, number 8A"
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Maikha "V" Ly
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K160
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:47 pm
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It was so amateur, but funny
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Railfan9949
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HardWorkingMan
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HardWorkingMan
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DavidB
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:43 am
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Seconds From Disaster: Wreck of the Sunset Limited - 10.30pm tonight on Seven. This is a National Geographic doco about the accident in 1993 when the train fell into a river after a barge hit a bridge.
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David
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K160
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:04 pm
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That was a good show too. Fancy the swing bridge not being secured properly. 
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