Re: Movie making and narrow gauge railroading

Trevor Heath Wrote:
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> I'm currently watching (or trying to) The TV
> series "The men that built America" on Prime.
> Steam features in the programming extensively but
> oh boy talk about historical inaccuracy.
>
> I mean we are at about 1875 in the program, I've
> seen British Railways 1960's (standard gauge),
> South African (2 foot gauge 1990's) and Indian
> (Broad Gauge 1980's) footage used. Even the big
> Northern 261 is used. All stock footage I assume
> as no railroad credit's are given at all.
>
> Looking forward to the C&T in late August.
>
> TH

A lot of the scenes from that program, which depicted the actors interacting with trains, were clearly shot at the Strasburg Rail Road. But yes, the B-roll stuff showing trains on running at high speed and such were from all over the world. I just rolled my eyes. I think the producers assume that most people don't know the difference, and on that point, they are probably correct.

/Kevin Madore