War of the Worlds

[dharmon]

molotov cocktails!!!!!!

shaken or stirred?

[chad thomas]

Thrown of course

Unless I can borrow one of those new missle launchers from Amtrak.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Thrown of course

Unless I can borrow one of those new missle launchers from Amtrak.

i guess that means..Shaken![;)]

[chad thomas]

It will be shaken somthin that's for sure [xx(]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by npr765

Does the word special effects ring a bell?

From the trolley perspective, actually more of a clatter-gong [:)].

[Anonymous]

come on!!!

all i really wanted to know was if a locomotive could runaway like that!!

now we are talking about picking up one another in specially armored suburbans while we stock up on whisky and how tom cruise's teeth stay white while some schlub is popping popcorn with death rays?!?!?!?!?

yes i do know that this make believe, but at the same time i am learning a little somthing about locomotive systems!!!

wow, i never realized that this would go this far when i posted it!!

[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Thrown of course

Unless I can borrow one of those new missle launchers from Amtrak.

missle launchers from amtrak? so..thats where the billion dollor 06 FY opporating buget for amtrak is for..not trains but train defence from ETs..lol
I chose to reject your reality..and substitue my own...lol
csx engineer

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Entertainment........not documentary.......fiction......

Is this correct? [:0] Can I unbolt the steel door and come out of my basement? [8)] What a relief !!! Now I have to go see if I can get my money back on all this ammo I just bought.....[:(!]..

Nope...still too dangerous...in fact you need to crack the door open, slide all beer and snack food out, then quickly lock the door. The aliens are attracted to beer. I'll be by to pick them up in specially sheilded Suburban....

Sorry Dan, No beer. This one is way too big for beer. Had to stock up on Whiskey instead. If I would have opted to stock up on enough beer to get me through this I would have to sleep verticaly in the corner. Besides whiskey bottles make better malatof cocktailes to get even with them for burning up our trains. But you can still swing by, just don't forget to bring a gas can and a chunk of garden hose.

All the better, the aliens used the ethanol to fuel their spaceships (they must be from a corn belt).

If I may quote Roger Miller:
"Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Make you want to holler hi-de-ho
Burns your tummy, don'tcha know
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug"

[chad thomas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Thrown of course

Unless I can borrow one of those new missle launchers from Amtrak.

missle launchers from amtrak? so..thats where the billion dollor 06 FY opporating buget for amtrak is for..not trains but train defence from ETs..lol
I chose to reject your reality..and substitue my own...lol
csx engineer

Reality ???? My reality is that the actual population of the universe is one. And you are all figements of a deranged imagination. That's the story I'm stickin' with.

[chad thomas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by thaddeusthudpucker

come on!!!

yes i do know that this make believe, but at the same time i am learning a little somthing about locomotive systems!!

What are you learning? How an F40PH is affected by death rays? Or how far from reality Hollywood can distort railroads?

I mean dude, seriously.[;)]

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by thaddeusthudpucker

come on!!!

all i really wanted to know was if a locomotive could runaway like that!!

now we are talking about picking up one another in specially armored suburbans while we stock up on whisky and how tom cruise's teeth stay white while some schlub is popping popcorn with death rays?!?!?!?!?

yes i do know that this make believe, but at the same time i am learning a little somthing about locomotive systems!!!

wow, i never realized that this would go this far when i posted it!!

Hehehe.... OK seriously..... HAHAHAHAAA!

I think if the top end of a P42 was sheared of by a Martian heat ray, it would stop, because all the electrical system would be disconnected or short circuited, and any that was still would be fried by the fire, same for the diesel and then generator assembly. Too much of it is computerized today. The whole system would shut down and the train would likely come to a stop, also wouldnt the Dead Man controls automaticly kick in after about 90 seconds? Or more likeley the melting control system would trigger the system into Stop mode.

If the scene in the story was set back in the 1953 version, an E-unit and some streamliner car aflame, it would be far more beleivable because almost all the control systems, fuel pumps, etc. were mechanically driven and more likely to continue running even if the rest of the engine was in flames.

Would anyone else concur that a modern engine would shortly come to a complete stop if it was suddenly set aflame[?]

[chad thomas]

OK I'll be serious (or at least try)

I think the alerter system is what would do it. But if not for that I think the heat of the fire (or death ray) would cause breakers to trip as soon as things got hot and long before wires started melting.

[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Thrown of course

Unless I can borrow one of those new missle launchers from Amtrak.

missle launchers from amtrak? so..thats where the billion dollor 06 FY opporating buget for amtrak is for..not trains but train defence from ETs..lol
I chose to reject your reality..and substitue my own...lol
csx engineer

Reality ???? My reality is that the actual population of the universe is one. And you are all figements of a deranged imagination. That's the story I'm stickin' with.

i think i read that in a book? "the hitch hikers gide to the gallaxey" id do believe
csx engineer

[chad thomas]

I got it off the series on TV, but your correct.

[vsmith]

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[chad thomas]

Are you sure your asking the right question though?

By the way... your second quote in your sig is one of my favorite scenes. The one I like the best is when they are stealing Disaster Area's ship and they are trying to figure out how to start it, especialy the spew about trying to find a black button on a black background that lights up black when you find it. And Marvin knew all along because he parked it but no one bothered to ask him.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Are you sure your asking the right question though?

By the way... your second quote in your sig is one of my favorite scenes. The one I like the best is when they are stealing Disaster Area's ship and they are trying to figure out how to start it, especialy the spew about trying to find a black button on a black background that lights up black when you find it. And Marvin knew all along because he parked it but no one bothered to ask him.

"..Well you said you wanted Adventure, Excitement, and Really Wild Things..."[(-D]

[chad thomas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Are you sure your asking the right question though?

By the way... your second quote in your sig is one of my favorite scenes. The one I like the best is when they are stealing Disaster Area's ship and they are trying to figure out how to start it, especialy the spew about trying to find a black button on a black background that lights up black when you find it. And Marvin knew all along because he parked it but no one bothered to ask him.

"..Well you said you wanted Adventure, Excitement, and Really Wild Things..."[(-D]

"Yea, But were all going to die, arn't we?-Aurthur Dent

[Anonymous]

Hey guys the answer to most of if not all the answers pertaining to the movie IS THAT IT IS JUST THAT A MOVIE like others have said[#dots] SO LETS NOT HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN PLEASE [banghead][V][banghead]

[Anonymous]

Would anyone else concur that a modern engine would shortly come to a complete stop if it was suddenly set aflame[?]

[Anonymous]

Remember, the crew was vaporised, and all electronics fried. So, it was just a run away.

I also thought about it while I was watching, but it added to the movie.

[fuzzybroken]

Wife and I saw it yesterday, we both liked it. It is a movie, and I noticed other "inconsistencies" in the movie, like after the first attack on (New York?), nothing electrical works, but then you see one person taking pictures with what looks to be a digital camera, and another guy videotaping -- how does their stuff work when nobody else's does?

Nonetheless, very entertaining movie. I was surprised at the ending, but I had started thinkin' it was the crows.

-Mark
www.fuzzyworld3.com

[Anonymous]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOLIER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Actually, it was all of the germs that us humans are now amune too. The aliens were not used to it, so they died. Simple, yet it made a great movie, book... and radio broadcast...

[Anonymous]

ok then, let's try this...

lets say i managed to get into an F40PH with a couple malitoff cocktails, threw the throttle into the eigth notch, hot wired any alertor/deadman pedal contraption, and chunked the malitoffs into the back....

what would happen?

[ericsp]

I suspect that once the wires from the control stand burned up the engine would go to idle. I would not be long before that engine overheated and would shut down. It is a stupid movie. If you see something about a train in a movie, it is probably wrong. A locomotive could not run for long if it were "completely on fire".

[chad thomas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by thaddeusthudpucker

ok then, let's try this...

lets say i managed to get into an F40PH with a couple malitoff cocktails, threw the throttle into the eigth notch, hot wired any alertor/deadman pedal contraption, and chunked the malitoffs into the back....

what would happen?

Like I said before as soon as the breakers got hot they would kick off. Then you would roll to a stop or if you were going downhill you would be a runnaway. Unless something in the trainline air pipe failed then the air would dump and if you were not going too fast already the emergency brake app would stop the train. But I don't think there is much in the brake pipe that would fail from just heat.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Are you sure your asking the right question though?

By the way... your second quote in your sig is one of my favorite scenes. The one I like the best is when they are stealing Disaster Area's ship and they are trying to figure out how to start it, especialy the spew about trying to find a black button on a black background that lights up black when you find it. And Marvin knew all along because he parked it but no one bothered to ask him.

"..Well you said you wanted Adventure, Excitement, and Really Wild Things..."[(-D]

"Yea, But were all going to die, arn't we?-Aurthur Dent

"I wish you'd stop saying that..." Ford Prefect[:D]

[chad thomas]

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[chad thomas]

"You people are all mad. The wheel is the single most simple invention in the whole universe and you guys can't even get that right !"

"OK, If your so smart then you tell us what color it's supose to be"

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

"You people are all mad. The wheel is the single most simple invention in the whole universe and you guys can't even get that right !"

"OK, If your so smart then you tell us what color it's supose to be"

"And we'll be saying a Big Hello to all intelligent species out there, and to the rest? The Secret is to bang the rocks together, guys!"

Could go on like this for days[;)] "Just time enough for one more bath"