Not too many laugh-riot moments in "The Train," but Hauptmann Schmidt's "Good morning!" visit from that 4-6-0 is one of them!
"Surprise!"
Remember that no matter how unexpected your wake-up call, it is unlikely to ever be as traumatic as Hauptmann Schmidt’s experience at Rive-Reine.
“We are home, Tauber. We are in Germany.”
That is truly amazing. The flying tank, gave the Nazis fits.
Yeah Vince, I remember reading news stories about the "Gold Train" right about that time (2015), there was even a History Channel show about it that unfortunately didn't answer the question or resolve the issue.
No-one would be more thrilled than me if something like that would be unearthed, who knows what else could be on the train? Gold, missing art masterpieces, the "Amber Room," in addition to other cultural artifacts. But I really have a hard time believing there's anything there.
Hey, remember I mentioned earlier artifacts being found in lakes? Check this thing out! A Sturmovik found in a lake in Russia and restored to flying condition.
The commentator speaks in Russian, but it doesn't matter, the plane speaks for itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FrM9_PcwPk
Who knows ?
In late August 2015, news stories began circulating about two unidentified men who had obtained a death-bed confession about a buried gold train.[6] The two were later identified as Piotr Koper of Poland and Andreas Richter of Germany,[1] co-owners of the mine exploration company XYZ S.C.[7] Using lawyers as an intermediary, the two men opened secret negotiations with the Polish government for a "finders' fee" of 10% of the value of the train in return for information leading to its location.[6] They would reveal the exact location once the documents were signed.[9]
Koper and Richter would later claim information about their discovery was leaked by someone within the government, resulting in a worldwide media circus. "The media uproar around the 'gold train' was unleashed not by us, finders, but because of the leak of confidential documents that were filed in state offices."
On 28 August, Polish Deputy Culture Minister Piotr Żuchowski announced that ground-penetrating radarimages taken by Koper and Richter confirmed with 99% probability that a train of 100 metres in length had been found.[6][10] However, on August 31, Tomasz Smolarz, Governor of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, told reporters that "There is no more proof for this alleged discovery than for other claims made over the years," saying, "It's impossible to claim that such a find actually exists at the location indicated based on the documents that have been submitted."[11]
ChuckCobleigh Miningman There is still a whole train loaded with gold missing in Poland. I'm sure PSR will take care of that!
Miningman There is still a whole train loaded with gold missing in Poland.
I'm sure PSR will take care of that!
I don't know, I really have my doubts about that.
If there was one to begin with I'm sure it's been found by now. If the Soviets suspected there was one they'd have beaten the location out of those they suspected knew about it.
However, there have been some dramatic finds in Eastern Europe since the Iron Curtain came down, but up until now they've been tanks and aircraft pulled from rivers, lakes and swamps, both German and Soviet.
MiningmanThere is still a whole train loaded with gold missing in Poland.
As my husband's favorite comic said on golf. Here's the late great Robin Williams on golf.
https://youtu.be/rFhCyrdjMV8
Flintlock76Honestly, I did try golf a couple of times and just couldn't get into it, not my bag. Although I do enjoy miniature golf from time to time.
Although I do enjoy miniature golf from time to time.
The only time I find golf enjoyable is when I play with people I enjoy being with. I have never gone out and shot a round by myself - nor will I.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Honestly, I did try golf a couple of times and just couldn't get into it, not my bag.
Flintlock76 Matter of fact every time I see a golf course all I can think of is "There's a beautiful rifle range gone to waste!"
Matter of fact every time I see a golf course all I can think of is "There's a beautiful rifle range gone to waste!"
Had to laugh out loud when I read your comment! My excuse is, I spent WWAAAYYY too much time chasing cows around a pasture while growing up to want to spend an afternoon of leisure chasing a ball around a pasture. One positive for golf, you don't have to dodge as many meadow muffins.
Just remember this about occupied countries that had a strong resistance force in WW2. They literally made the German Army lives hell with all the crap they pulled off.
d&henginner cow pasture pool
cow pasture pool
Huh? What's that mean? What I think it does?
Something full of bovine scat?
I suspect the real stories are way more out there. There is still a whole train loaded with gold missing in Poland. They kinda think they know sorta where it is. Lots of entire trains of looted gold and art, valuable personal effects and so on were intercepted, diverted, tricked, delayed and so on.
My maternal Grandmother, ( only one of the 4 that survived the war) was in the underground in Holland, France and Belgium. I've related some of her accounts to me and others in detail in personal emails, including David Klepper. She personally 'dispatched' 2 Nazi's herself. Government sent 2 military officers to her funeral, late 80's.
Truth is way stranger than fiction.
BaltACDFrench Resistance duping the Nazi's (great for a movie plot - I have a hard time believing it could be pulled off in reality)
I dunno. I knew a WWII POW. My parents told me that he said that "Stalag 13," with some of the POW antics, wasn't far off the mark. The staff at the POW camps wasn't exactly the elite. I can imagine that might have been the case with some of the folks charged with transportation/logistics away from the fronts.
The bravado of some German officers might play into it as well - not believing that they could be duped...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
The Belgians pulled off something very similar to the plot in "The Train," but in the Belgians case it was a train full of Allied airman who were POW's being shipped to Germany.
I saw it on a History Channel documentary a few years back, I don't remember all the details but basically Belgian railroad workers delayed the train by various means long enough for advancing Allied forces to catch up with it.
The French railroad workers DID stop a German train loaded with stolen art, but it wasn't as dramatic as it was in the film. They managed to tie it up and delay it with bureaucratic gymnastics, for lack of a better term. It never got out of Paris.
MiningmanThe Nar-zees, at the point of a machine gun, that's who.
French Resistance duping the Nazi's (great for a movie plot - I have a hard time believing it could be pulled off in reality)
The Nar-zees, at the point of a machine gun, that's who.
Who is doing the Dispatching? The engineer?
tree68 Flintlock76 One of the reasons I don't play golf. Matter of fact every time I see a golf course all I can think of is "There's a beautiful rifle range gone to waste!" A nice walk in the country spoiled by a little white ball...
Flintlock76 One of the reasons I don't play golf. Matter of fact every time I see a golf course all I can think of is "There's a beautiful rifle range gone to waste!"
A nice walk in the country spoiled by a little white ball...
charlie hebdo Labiche. He's supposed to be French, not Teutonic.
Labiche. He's supposed to be French, not Teutonic.
Bien reçu; Je me suis trompé!
Flintlock76One of the reasons I don't play golf. Matter of fact every time I see a golf course all I can think of is "There's a beautiful rifle range gone to waste!"
You're welcome Miningman!
Oh, and Burt did all his own stunts. That good circus training paid off!
One bit of trivia. In between filming Burt injured his ankle playing golf, of all things! The limping he does toward the end is no affectation. They wrote in a scene where he gets clipped by a German bullet as a cover for the limp.
Hey, golf can be dangerous! A co-worker of mine injured his hand when a brand-new super-duper-special club he'd just bought came apart in his hands, cutting him!
One of the reasons I don't play golf. Matter of fact every time I see a golf course all I can think of is "There's a beautiful rifle range gone to waste!"
Ahh; a favorite. “You are a nothing Labisch!”
I have the DVD but; will still watch it when it’s “on TV”.
Flintlock76 Yes, THAT one, with Burt Lancaster! It's on Turner Classic Movies tonight at 8:00, probably the best railroad movie ever made, and I'll be watching it! Thought everyone would like to know. About the movie that is. I doubt anyone wonders what I do in the evenings.
Yes, THAT one, with Burt Lancaster!
It's on Turner Classic Movies tonight at 8:00, probably the best railroad movie ever made, and I'll be watching it!
Thought everyone would like to know.
About the movie that is. I doubt anyone wonders what I do in the evenings.
7:00 pm CDT. Thanks for the heads up. Excellent film. I think I heard once that the athletic Lancaster did most of his own stunts.
Good good. Even way up here on the Shield in Northern Saskatchewan i get TCM. It's been a long while since I've seen it. I will be there, thanks for the heads up.
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