RE: "Extreme Trains"
History Channel had another show I recorded and watched...
Modern Marvels: History of the Locomotive....
It was pretty good... they went for a ride along at Strasburg...
They let the engineer talk about how he controls the train etc as they were riding...and showed the controls...
They talked to the fireman about what his job was, and how he keeps the steam presuure up.... they did a little tech on how a steam train works...
they went to the shops...showed the inside of the firebox and boiler on a loco they were refurbing... showed them changing a tire...
Thren they went into Diesel Electrics... and they went to EMD and showed them making a locomotive from bottom to top... that was cool...
Then they went to the CSX Maintenenace facilities and they showed them getting some locos ready to go...
Fuel, sand, anti friction for the flanges, wash etc...
They they went to the test facility and showed how they check for cracked wheels etc... showed them crash testing a few trains...
showed some newer locos with Anti Climbers on them...
they showed the locos at the Panama canal... that was neat...
then they hit the TGV in france... showed its world record speed run...
Then they did a small bit on Mag Lev trains at the end...
I think the best train show I've seen on TV in quite some time...
Not too much to turn regular folks off... and enough to kep my attention.... my 6 year old son liked it too...
Philip
History Channel had another show I recorded and watched...
Modern Marvels: History of the Locomotive....
It was pretty good... they went for a ride along at Strasburg...
They let the engineer talk about how he controls the train etc as they were riding...and showed the controls...
They talked to the fireman about what his job was, and how he keeps the steam presuure up.... they did a little tech on how a steam train works...
they went to the shops...showed the inside of the firebox and boiler on a loco they were refurbing... showed them changing a tire...
Thren they went into Diesel Electrics... and they went to EMD and showed them making a locomotive from bottom to top... that was cool...
Then they went to the CSX Maintenenace facilities and they showed them getting some locos ready to go...
Fuel, sand, anti friction for the flanges, wash etc...
They they went to the test facility and showed how they check for cracked wheels etc... showed them crash testing a few trains...
showed some newer locos with Anti Climbers on them...
they showed the locos at the Panama canal... that was neat...
then they hit the TGV in france... showed its world record speed run...
Then they did a small bit on Mag Lev trains at the end...
I think the best train show I've seen on TV in quite some time...
Not too much to turn regular folks off... and enough to kep my attention.... my 6 year old son liked it too...
Philip
