Does anybody know when doublestacks were 1st put into service, because I just watched "Riding The Bullet", a new Stephen King movie and a stack train was passing as he walked by the tracks and I thought that seemed strange. The movie was set in 1969, if anybody has a rough idea I like to hear it.
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This is most likely a movie goof. The people is Hollywood often have no clue WRT era correct trains.
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Late 70's...the movie "Ray" based on Ray Charles also has a Double Stack train in it..and that is like 1946 or something
I just watched "Auswich" (sp?) on video. The Russian Su class loco and train ran all the way to Munich. I know they exchange bogies on coaches at the Russian border, but steam loco wheels?
The original prototype went into service in 1977. See the following URLs for more info:
Did that really hurt the plot of the movie?
Probably not. But given how much era-specific detail Hollywood
*generally* puts into other (background) aspects of movies, it generally behooves Hollywood to be a little more careful when then make period pieces to make sure that *all* things are historically correct, and that includes any trains that pass across the 'background'. They are real careful to get all of the current vintage SUVs off the streets and roads when they shoot scenes featuring those streets and roads for some period piece. At the very least they can call up the RR and get some idea when there will be a *modern* stack train passing through and adjust their shooting schedule accordingly. Or at least take a 5-10 minute break when the train passes through (like they do when a modern jet plane passes over)."M> "M> "M>
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Google the prhrases "Riding The Bullet" & "low budget" together -- and you'll get a sense of how this movie was put together.
...recall an older western and while no specific date could be given from the rest of the film its time frame was probably 1880 1890...yet, a bunch of cowboys were herded off a cattle car which had a built date of 1910.
"> I just watched "Riding The Bullet", a new Stephen King movie and a stack train "> was passing as he walked by the tracks and I thought that seemed strange. "> The movie was set in 1969, if anybody has a rough idea I like to hear it.
This is most likely a movie goof. The people is Hollywood often have no clue WRT era correct trains. ============== A classic movie/train goof I recall was in the film Back To The Future
Paul - "The CB&Q Guy" (Modeling 1969 In HO.)
I saw that not so great movie on DVD a while agot. I also noticed the double stack goof - and also the end of the train had and EOT (End of Train) device on the last car's coupler! These surely weren't around in 1969!
It's funny that some movie makers go to extremes to make their work as authentic as possible, yet miss such obvious gaffs.
They should have hired a railfan as a consultant!
Bob Boudreau Canada
It ain't what a man knows that gits him in trouble. It's what he thinks he knows, but don't. Froggy,
Can't be any worse than a movie I saw a blooper about depicting ancient Rome and there a truck driving down the road in the distance reflected of some glass
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