Watch This: Contemporary Video of the Prototype "Train of Tomorrow"

Great video but the part that says special shock absorbers to keep your food on the table cracks me up!!!

It certainly was a different time--referring to the "all electric" kitchen for food prep as "scientific" is evidence of that, along with other "futuristic" optimism.

Carl...I really enjoyed this!!  Thanks for posting it!

Alan

Truth be told, I had no idea what the "Train of Tomorrow" was, or why there was so much hoopla about the arrival of a scale model--we have the importer reporting on the loading of the containers; the containers departing asia; the containers scheduled arrival in California; and, etc.  It reminds me of the "tracking" of Santa Claus as he makes his way delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls that takes place each year.

Curiosity aroused, I googled "Train of Tomorrow" and found a fair amount of interesting reading; drawings of the cars; GM's marketing efforts (nothing comparable comes to my mind, although much of the Tesla auto coverage has similarities); and, then this contemporary newsreel video appeared incorporating much of the information--in color no less.

Glad you and others have enjoyed the newsreel video; for myself, I was glad to learn about a real train presumptuously (?) calling itself the "Train of Tomorrow."

THANK YOU!

1) I loved it!  It makes me even more anxious to get my 3rd Rail ToT, hopefully by Christmas.

2) I watched it four times, twice just to see the train and the details, and twice to listen to the words - the 1950s PR-copy type written text the narrator is reading is fasincating, the use of adjectives ("scientific,"  and "ample." etc.) is particularly nifty.

That video would be great to show when operating the T of T for yourself and/or guests.  There may be something similar for other "break-out" locomotives or trains, but I've never seen one.

Interesting video.  I had never seen it.  Thanks for posting.