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If you are a Railroad fan and I think we have a couple here, you have probably watched the TV show Hell on Wheels, a fictional show abou the building of the transcontinental RR.  They have several locomotives in that show, and here is the trivia. Did you know not one of those locomotives are real, they are all made of wood and either get pushed or pulled by a semi truck that is digitally removed later in editing. Sorry if I ruined the show for anyone.

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I knew that the locos were fake, and I could tell that the "fakery" was a combination of full-scale models and CGI.  Still, I think that is far more well-done per railroading - not just the equipment - than any other show or movie that I have seen. Ever.

In fact, I avoid "railroad movies/shows", as they are inevitably dismal in the RR sense, and almost always just bad productions that are boring in general.

HoW is the only exception to that with which I am familiar. Great models - last week's episode even got the slow-speed steam emission/chuffing correct - a big MTH smoke unit or some CGI I know not, but it worked.

And just how much more abuse and injury can Cullen Bohannon endure? At least the Swede ("But I am from Norway...") is gone. Or is he...?

 

  "How" in film, has fascinated me since it was explained to me that TV wasn't always "live"even when it looked that way. I think a western gunfight death got me yelling to call the cops  Lon Chaney Sr, and King Kong, and Flash Gordon production methods ate up a good chunk of time as a youth. It held more appeal than the B-movie effects of most modern productions.  Star Wars! I had  to know how. Mixing tech is the best and the most fun. Full CGI looks great!...but it is "keyboard work", not of any real interest to me anymore. Often, I just think ohhh aahhh..pretty cartoon .

   I've yet to see the show, and TV drama definitely isn't my favorite format, so I'm likely to not bother....No biggie. Zombies can't keep me from turning the drama off either. The last 2 months, I've only watched the news a few times, "Gran Torino",  Sat. Night Live once, South Park once, and two episodes of Thomas the Train

   

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