The Illusionist

Noting some of the last scenes, with Paul Giamatti in one of those glassed over European (Vienna?) train stations - would there be catenary wires overhead in the late 19th century?

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Steve Caple
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Not in Vienna or any of the mainlines in Austria. The Austrian railways were suspicious of electricity for a long time, and there was no plan to electrify them until after WW1 (by which time almost all that what was left of the various state and private railroads had been amalgamated.) Electrification proceeded slowly, largely because the requisite generating works had not been built. AFAIK, only a few "Nebenbahnen" (branchlines) were electrified by 1900, as testbeds for the concept. The mainlines weren't fully electrified until sometime in the 1960s.

HTH

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Wolf

Steve we dont watch movies like this with foul words and bad ratings. Please take this off topic stuff to an adult board not a train board

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curtmchere

snipped-for-privacy@aim.com spake thus:

Curt: *f*ck you*. (Speaking for many in the congregation here.)

Oh, and have a nice day.

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David Nebenzahl

Curt not only downloads adult movies, he has stared in a few of his own.

Was that you I saw on dateline NBC bringing condoms in to meet a 13 year old?

Sick f*ck.

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brad

Now you think Wolf is Steve? Oh yeah, I forgot, we are all Steve's here except for Mark "Curt" Mason.

Curt, finish off the six pack and go crawl into bed with your mum.

Paul^H^H^H^H Steve the Other

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Steve Stevenson

Curt can't reply; he's all worn out from deprogramming Ted Haggard; they used the old "catch the kid smoking, make him smoke a whole pack" aversive technique. Curt said it was his Christinane duty, but Rev. Billy Bob is suspicious of Curt's secret smile.

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Steve Caple

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curtmchere

Mark, who is Curt?

Saved form sin ... now there is a gruesome thought!!

Paul^H^H^H^H Steve the Other

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Steve Stevenson

Steve Stevenson spake thus:

No, goddamnit, *I'm* Steve!

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David Nebenzahl

Why do you speak oddly like Pocahontas?

Too much firewater before using computer? Or still typing with one hand? Be careful, you will get hair on your palm if you keep that up.

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brad

By the same token, why don't you take your constant off-topic God ravings elsewhere? This is a TRAIN board!

Jeff

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1shado1

Except for Mark we are all Steve in this group.

I'm getting nostalgic for the Fireside Theater, I wonder where those licorice pizzas are? Screw that, where the hell is the turntable??? Nice seqway back to RailRoadin' ... HUH!!

Paul^H^H^H^H Steve the Other

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Paul Newhouse

Wouldn't that be FireSIGN Theater? : )

Jeff

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curtmchere

Shutup strokedaddy

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brad

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