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The NCIS-NO that aired last week depicted a shooting on a train in New Orleans. Opening shots appeared to show a Northeast Corridor train. Later scenes were in two post WWII coaches parked in New Orleans. Any information available on the two scenes would be appreciated.
Ed Burns
If it's like the other NCIS shows most of the filming except for the occasional location shots which can't be easily faked is done in California. The Northeast Corridor shots were probably stock footage, the WW2 era coaches are probably in a California rail museum in the LA area.
Full disclosure, I'm just speculating here. I like the original NCIS show but the two newer one just haven't grabbed me. As a matter of fact I call "NCIS Los Angeles" "NCIS, The Frat Party."
Several years back there was a very interesting article in an entertainment magazine that described how "NCIS" and it's predecessor show "JAG" made extensive use of California locations and how they were very cleverly dressed to appear somewhere else.
Ed, I don't watch any of the NCIS's, so I didn't see the scene you described, but I'm thinking the two cars you saw may have been the two cars owned by the New Orleans Public Belt RR. If you go to this link:
http://www.nopb.com/
on the right side of the screen you will see boxes with 1, 2, 3, 4. Click on 4 and see if these cars look like the ones you saw.
As Firelock mentioned, much of the filming is done in California, but I remember hearing when the show started that a substantial part of the filming is done locally. Louisiana has a program of very generous tax incentives for movies and programs shot locally. In fact they are starting to realize that they have been a little too generous.
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Paul, thanks for that link. I followed your directions and clicked "4" to see those cars. They're neat, but I REALLY love that ol' steamboat in the background! Just fabulous!
The only thing missing is Mark Twain in the wheelhouse and Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson singing "Make Believe" on the hurricane deck.
Paul:
I looked on that website and those great looking cars were not them. The two coaches were probably located in California.
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No, I am not crazy for giving out my cell number. As information, the latest "Trains" has a great rear end view of an X-NP obs car. I would try and watch the North Coast Limited or Winnipeg Limited go by our yard office at old Northtown (present day 35th Avenue. One day the obs cars were there and on the next train, the "Lounge in the Sky" cars.
I'd guess Fillmore & Western? Pretty much all RR scenes in TV and movies are shot there.
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If there was nothing moving it could have been filmed at the "Travel Town" rail museum in LA's Griffith Park, filmakers go there quite often for TT's rail equipment and the park itself for other exteriors. As a matter of fact a segment for an "over 50" dating service was filmed there, we had a discussion about it a few months back in another thread.
I think the Orange Empire Rail Museum is also a favorite spot for filmakers in addition to the Fillmore and Western.
Firelock76 Paul, thanks for that link. I followed your directions and clicked "4" to see those cars. They're neat, but I REALLY love that ol' steamboat in the background! Just fabulous! The only thing missing is Mark Twain in the wheelhouse and Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson singing "Make Believe" on the hurricane deck.
The steamboat NATCHEZ was built in 1975 and equipped with the steam engine from an older boat. They did a good job of making her look authentic. When I was working in N.O., sometimes, rather than fighting the rush hour traffic, I'd walk along the riverfront, and if the timing was right, I'd watch them leave for the evening tour. There was an intercom between the wheel house and the stern. When ready to leave, all lines were cast off exept one near the stern, and the engine was put into slow reverse. When the slack was taken up, a deck hand would call, "Got a strain, cap'm" and the engine revved up faster, causing the bow to pull away from the dock. The engine was then stopped, the line was cast off, and the engine was put in forward. Sometime around 1990 I think they installed a bow-thruster because they ceased this routine and you could see the bow move effortlessly away from the dock. In case anyone is interested:
http://www.steamboatnatchez.com/
Thanks for the link, WAY cool!
A real steamboat and not a dressed up fakeroo. Putting a trip on the "Natchez" on the "bucket list," that's for certain.
And if there were bow thrusters available in the 19th Century I'm sure they would have used them.
When in New Orleans a couple of years ago I was standing along the waterfront observing and photographing the red Brookville replica streetcars when I heard an air horn. I turned and a NOPB SW1500 trundled past with those cars. They were very shiny and looked very well maintained. It was fun to watch.
Using Comcast's "On Demand", I re-viewed the "NCIS-NO" episode. Yes, the first train is from the NEC. The next scene shows a mentally disturbed man killing a woman on a "moving" train. The third scene shows two post WWII coaches on a siding while the NCIS crew investigates the crime. Both coaches have steel or stainless steel fluting below the window level. Any suggestions about the actual location of that siding??
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