the train used in back to the future 3

[Anonymous]

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

[tree68]

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.

SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You weren't supposed to notice![8D]

[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.

[Anonymous]

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?