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If you haven't seen it, there's a beer commercial out now for Something and Artois beer that documents the frustration of a bar car counterman trying to pour a beer without slopping it.  He solves the problems of slack action by going out and uncoupling the bar car from the rest of the train.  (Funny, he knocks the head off the beer all over the beer glass.  Tacky.)There are a couple of exterior shots of the train, pulled by a steam locomotive.  It's got that tall, sort of top heavy look Chinese locomotives have in my mind, and it's pulling a Vanderbilt tender.  Whoever is firing the thing is doing a great job- the smoke is white.  The two car train appears to have British cars behind it.  And the interior of the bar car has a Springbok herald behind the bar, which makes me think it's set in South Africa.  The train is uncoupled on a very tall, curved trestle going over what looks like an ocean bay.So, having given an eyewitness and therefore highly flawed account of what I saw, maybe someone can answer the following:1) Where was the commercial filmed?2) What kind of locomotive was that?3) Is is still running, or was this a one time only restoration?Thanks!
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