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As others have said, this probably will never happen and if it did, it would probably be failure. However, it could be possible. One thing for sure is that it would have to be a show that first and foremost would appeal to ordinary viewers and secondly, to railfans. What people have been suggesting so far have all been shows that involve people such as engineers, brakeman, etc. and the freight side of railroading. A show that focusses on a passenger train and the people who work on board would probably be much more successful. Now this has been tried and failed with Supertrain back in the 70's, but that involved a ridiculous cruise ship-sized atomic-powered train. Something a bit more reality-based could do better. This show could be a drama or a sitcom. Simmilar to others' observations, a drama would probably end up a primetime soap opera set on a train. I personally think that a sitcom would do much better. There's really no limit to the crazy situations that you could come up with involving the employees as well as the various eccentric people who might ride the train. I don't think the fact that it is set on a train woud hinder or help it. Like any sitcom, it would be the characters and stories that would make the show work. Now, here's one idea that I seriously think could make a good show, if done right. Have a sitcom that involves the corporate side of railroading about the people running the railroad. Actual trains probably wouldn't be in it too much. Back in 2000, when Sidney, Austrailia hosted the Summer Olympic Games, there was sitcom called The Games. It involved the people in charge of the planning and organizing of the Olympics (accomodations, ticket sales, drug testing, corporate sponsors, etc.). The characters faced dozens of hilarious problems and had to figure out how to deal with them (with mixed results). It was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. My idea is to have a show simmilar to this that involves people working at Penn Central. I thought of this after reading about PC in Trains' 70's issue. As we know, PC was a financial disaster and the company made a lot of dumb decisions and had many problems. The characters will have to deal with the many agonizing problems facing the company. Of course, these problems would be highly fictionalized in order to be made funny to the viewer. On many sitcoms the characters make decisions that end up failing. This show would have a historical background on which this would take place. The opening could go like this: [Show footage of NYC and PRR trains.] On February 1, 1968, two of the largest and most powerful railroads in the country, the New York Central and the Pennsylvania, decided to coem together to form one huge, collosal railroad, the largest transportation company in the North American continent, Penn Central. [Show a PC train. Then cut to footage of PC derailments.] But things did not fare well. Penn Central would go down in history as one of the biggest financial disasters of the twentieth century. And here's why... [Start playing theme music and showing cast members and credits.]
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