TV alert for May 3--train safety

zardoz

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From: Kenosha, WI
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Posted by zardoz on Thursday, May 3, 2007 8:01 AM

Documentary: Developmental science makes trains safe.

National geographic channel:

Thursday, May 3 7:00 PM
Thursday, May 3 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 5 1:00 PM
Thursday, May 10 6:00 PM
Friday, May 11 1:00 AM

times listed are CDT.

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Wisconsin Railfan

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December 2006
From: Reynoldsburg. Ohio
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Posted by Wisconsin Railfan on Thursday, May 3, 2007 8:17 AM

thanks for the heads up!

The train came by and I got on, that’s when it all began

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Railfan1

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From: The Beautiful North Georgia Mountians
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Posted by Railfan1 on Thursday, May 3, 2007 12:53 PM

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

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Poppa_Zit

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September 2002
From: West end of Chicago's Famous Racetrack
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Posted by Poppa_Zit on Thursday, May 3, 2007 1:58 PM

While we're on the topic of train-related TV shows, when will the History International Channel find some different documentaries for its Voyages shows?

I mean, for over a year they've been showing the same 10 Trains Unlimted episodes:

Toy Trains
Steam Trains
Trans-Canadian Railway
When Giants Roamed: the Golden Age of Steam
Trains In War
Railway Marvels
Great Train Disasters
Urban Trains
Built For Speed
The Circus Train

The Trains Unlimited series -- released in 1997 -- was in my opinion the best railroad-specific documentary series ever made. I believe there were 27 done, in total. Missing from the current TV lineup:

Stokin' the Fire: What Makes Trains Go
The Wabash Cannonball
Great Railroad Visionaries
The New York Central: Water Level Route
Power and Speed: Diesel Locomotives
Railroad Police: From the Pinkertons to the Present
Grand Central
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Angels or Villians
Great Train Robberies
Manhattan Gateway: Penn Station
Presidential Trains
The American Streamliner
The Caboose
The Engineers
The Locomotive
The Pullman Palace Cars

Let's hope they show these one day, instead of repeating the same 10 as they have for the last 13 months.

PZ

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. They are not entitled, however, to their own facts." No we can't.

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Modelcar

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From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania
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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, May 3, 2007 2:06 PM

....I'd love to see the: Manhattan Gateway: Penn Station

Have a soft spot for that cathedral like edifice as it once was.....

Quentin

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spokyone

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July 2006
From: Aledo IL
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Posted by spokyone on Friday, May 4, 2007 3:22 PM

I watched the show last night in HD. Good but....

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zardoz

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From: Kenosha, WI
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Posted by zardoz on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 1:13 PM

zardoz wrote:

Documentary: Developmental science makes trains safe.

National geographic channel:
Thursday, May 3 7:00 PM
Thursday, May 3 10:00 PM
Saturday, May 5 1:00 PM
Thursday, May 10 6:00 PM
Friday, May 11 1:00 AM
times listed are CDT.

Updating this for those who wanted to see the program but missed it.

It is also broadcast on 5/17 and 5/22.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/daily/20070510.html

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Railfan1

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From: The Beautiful North Georgia Mountians
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Posted by Railfan1 on Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:01 PM

Thanks for the link.

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

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