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Conductor
Back to Atomic Train... my favorite part is when the Conductors on the Caboose (already funny) talk about how anyone could possibly stop the train... while LEANING on a HANDBRAKE!!!
Ha.
Ha.
IMDb user reviews for Atomic TrainOnly to avoid it at all costs.wellHow bad was Atomic Train?It couldn't possibly be worse than Supertrain.
1.brake fluid leaking from air hoses lol
2. brake lines came disconnected making the train a runaway cause no brakes.
thats what i know what do you know.
Here's a list of goofs at IMDB. Too many to list here.
IMO the worst one; "During the entire film, many different attempts to prevent a nuclear disaster where attempted. One thing they didn't attempt, was to simply disconnect the box car."
Did somebody here write that review?Complete Stupidity, 24 January 2001Author: Seth Hostetler ([email protected]mailto:[email protected]) from USA
Working for a railroad in train operations as an engineer, I know how trains work. Several things are wrong with this movie and personally it surpasses what I know as being just plain stupid to reach a new plateau of stupidity and retardation of normal people which I've never known before. For example:
a - when a brake pipe hose between two cars breaks its connection, the rapid drop in break pipe pressure will cause a train to immediately go into emergency and stop. (in the movie they were trying to put it back together to try to stop the train)
b - when a train has electrical problems, such as even a weak battery, safety systems will cause an emergency application of the brakes. This did not happen in the movie.
c - I have never in all my railroading days seen a boxcar with railings on the side and extruding steel for a footwalk to gain access to the door.
d - when the train was creeping at walking speed at the top of the mountain, the people could have EASILY walked to the cars and tied hand brakes stopping the train. Even if all the hand brakes failed (which is an impossibility due to required initial terminal testing on the trains brakes before departure from a yard) a large limb from a nearby tree could have been used to stop the train. *I've done it while working in the yards using a 2x4*
e - when the engine was attached to the rear end and trying to pull the train to a stop, use of dynamic brakes couldn't create so much "strain" as to break a knuckle (the coupling mechanism in a coupler) as depicted in the movie. The knuckle part of a coupler is solid steel, and given the circumstances would be EXTREMELY difficult to break.
f - the crew on the caboose had control of the emergency brake valve on the caboose, and could have placed the train into emergency from the rear.
Yeah, a runaway plane.Remember - this show only has this one episode on the train. Next week it will be something entirely different plot wise.
Can you say "Super-Train" ( you are lucky if you DON'T remember that abomination of a tv show decades ago....... When I saw the promo for this, that was the first thing I thought of).............. YUCK!also the fact that trains don't use brake fluid like in a car. cause it showed the same train parked in the yard leaking brake fluid.
The Tesla Roadster apparently is capable of going almost 250 miles (presumably at roughly the same speed as a conventional train) on batteries. I don't think that's sufficient energy density (kilowatt hours per pound) to make a 220 MPH trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles without recharging multiple times in the middle of the trip, but I bet we're going to see some battery powered commuter rail within ten years.No source of power. No diesel exhaust, no engine, no overhead electric wire, no third rail.
If I were a gambler, I would be inclined to take you up on this, so long as slow for a short distance is not included. (The San Francisco electric trolley buses can run a short distance with the poles down, primarily for the purpose of getting to the side of the road if the poles dewire.). . . but I bet we're going to see some battery powered commuter rail within ten years.No source of power. No diesel exhaust, no engine, no overhead electric wire, no third rail.
We are Americans Neil. We believe everything we see on TV. :unsure:And in breaking news....... It's a TV show, you do realise it's not actually real life?! :lol:
A classic comedy that not enough people have seen. Great script and great one-liners! I especially like the part in the piano lounge when one of the passengers says he only has six months to live and the piano player starts playing and singing - "Six Months to Live - only Six-Months to live"!I always liked The Big Bus-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/
Really?We are Americans Neil. We believe everything we see on TV. :unsure:And in breaking news....... It's a TV show, you do realise it's not actually real life?! :lol:
Unfortunately some do. It's pretty scary actually.Really?We are Americans Neil. We believe everything we see on TV. :unsure:And in breaking news....... It's a TV show, you do realise it's not actually real life?! :lol:
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