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QUOTE: Originally posted by Train Guy 3 Well as big as a BTTF fan I am i unfortunalty don't have any information on the engine's prior use. But while were on the subject of BTTF, did anyone notice there was no device used to keep the front wheels from turning left-to-right. The DeLorean would have went off the rails.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by wcfan4ever What about the diesels that slammed into the DeLorean? What railroad line was used and what company's locos were used?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by andyjay I've been subscribing to a Back to the Future messageboard as well, and apparently the place where the DeLorean was smashed by a diesel freight train was on a branch of the former SP in Oxnard, Ca. I know I haven't seen that livery before, at least not in this area: yellow with a blue lengthwise stripe. Maybe they just painted them that way for the movie so no real railroad would get bad publicity, not stopping after smashing into a car on the tracks and all. In the movie the steam train was on the old Central Pacific. What year did that become part of the UP?
QUOTE: Originally posted by NightCrawler the name on the sides of the switchers is Valley Central Railway. they are ex Southern Pacific locomotives of some type, but i cant tell which kind. maybe Alco or FM here is a picture (if it works)
QUOTE: Originally posted by andyjay Those who have seen this movie know that the time-traveling DeLorean car was mounted on rail wheels and pushed to 88 MPH by a steam engine. Apparently the engine, Sierra Railroad No. 3, was built by the Rogers Works in 1891 (though the film took place in 1885), and has been at the Sierra Railroad in northern California for some time. It and that tourist line, have been used in several Western movies and TV shows over the years, including Petticoat Junction in the '60s. But before it became a movie star engine, what railroad was that engine used for? When was it retired?
QUOTE: Originally posted by SLIC here is a picture (if it works)
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy QUOTE: Originally posted by Train Guy 3 Well as big as a BTTF fan I am i unfortunalty don't have any information on the engine's prior use. But while were on the subject of BTTF, did anyone notice there was no device used to keep the front wheels from turning left-to-right. The DeLorean would have went off the rails. Well, auto rims would be a dual flange, and I guess they decided that would be enough to hold it on the rails. It might work. And why would the stack explode? wouldn't the boiler be first? Remember: Hollywood
QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 QUOTE: Originally posted by wcfan4ever What about the diesels that slammed into the DeLorean? What railroad line was used and what company's locos were used? If a train slammed into a car on the tracks, wouldn't the train stop??? In the movie the train just goes on about it's business as if nothing happened. And this is after it has demolished a DeLorean. Dave
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