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[quote user="Enzoamps"]Tunnel for sure, but where was the catenary the whole rest of the scene in the outdoors? Pretty hard to fly a helicopter over all the catenary hanging a rope down for someone to climb, eh?[/quote] There was no catenary. The train must have had a diesel locomotive upfront as there is no diesel TGV. Standing up under a 25 kV catenary wouldn't a good idea either. We have a number of death each year caused by arcing when kids climb freight cars under catenery. For the same reason, arcing between pantograph and carbody, I think the pantograph is shut-off in the lowered position. What is about the helicopter? I'd expect the rotor blades go to pieces when they hit the tunnel portal. IIRC according to the movie script the scene is between London and Paris. The tunnel is supposed to be the Eurotunnel. That tunnel has two tubes with one track each. The correct train would have been an Eurostar. It has additionally a 750 V 3rd rail shoe for use on some British rails. The max. speed is then less than 100 mph. So the missing catenary might be correct, but train and tunnel are wrong. Regards, Volker Edit: The Channel Tunnel always had a catenary. The change over to 3rd rail of the Southern Region of British Rail took place between Folkestone Shuttle Terminal and Dollands Moor Freight Yard about 4 miles from the tunnel portal. It was 750 V 3rd rail to London until November 2007 when the high speed line with catenary was completed. Eurostar bogie: <a href="http://extra.southernelectric.org.uk/news/eurostar/img/cd373202pickup131107.jpg">http://extra.southernelectric.org.uk/news/eurostar/img/cd373202pickup131107.jpg</a> As consequence the 3rd rail shoes were removed.
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