Elegant lounges
Linking the private suites of The Blue Train are two wood-panelled cars: the lounge and club cars.
Our elegant lounges are ideally positioned for an apéritif, an interlude between meals or an
after-dinner conversation over coffee, cognac and Cuban cigars.
Smokers will feel at home instantly in the burnished surroundings of the club car, where mellow
lamplight sets the tone for quiet reflection or the glow of good company.
You can while away the miles with a game of cards, chess or backgammon, tune in to the
big-screen television or browse through a volume from the library while savouring your beverage
of choice from the well-stocked bar. Unwind, relax, and indulge.
Linking the private suites of The Blue Train are two wood-panelled cars: the lounge and club cars.
Our elegant lounges are ideally positioned for an apéritif, an interlude between meals or an
after-dinner conversation over coffee, cognac and Cuban cigars.
Smokers will feel at home instantly in the burnished surroundings of the club car, where mellow
lamplight sets the tone for quiet reflection or the glow of good company.
You can while away the miles with a game of cards, chess or backgammon, tune in to the
big-screen television or browse through a volume from the library while savouring your beverage
of choice from the well-stocked bar. Unwind, relax, and indulge.
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The Blue Train has an aura of mystique about it. Kings
and presidents have travelled on this magnificent
moving five-star hotel. And of course it is time to
welcome you as well on board this extra special train as
our most welcome an d honored guest . Its very name
has become synonymous with the ultimate in luxury and
personal service.
and presidents have travelled on this magnificent
moving five-star hotel. And of course it is time to
welcome you as well on board this extra special train as
our most welcome an d honored guest . Its very name
has become synonymous with the ultimate in luxury and
personal service.
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First, the Track Imaging Recorder camera is facing aft,
meaning this is the trailing locomotive in the consist and is
pointed in the direction opposite of travel. That's fairly
obvious.
Now, note how the rain is pelting the windshield of this
locomotive. This train is moving at 40+ MPH, yet the
raindrops are still striking the windshield. This is akin to
raindrops hitting the back window of your car as you drive
down the road. Never happens, right? Generally there is a
rain shadow that keeps the drops from hitting an object that
is moving away from the falling rain. Same thing happens
when you walk or run through the rain. The front of you gets
wet while your back stays comparatively dry. This isn't
happening here, indicating the intense force of the rotating
winds as the train enters the center of the storm cell. Look for
trees along the right-of-way being bent and blown over.
As the tornado passes over the train, you get a brief glimpse
of it moving right to left. This happens at about the same time
you hear the train go into emergency brake application, a
sudden "pisshhh" sound that every engineer dreads to hear
when he/she has not initiated an emergency brake
application. What has happened is the couple of Hi-Cube
boxcars behind the head car have been blown over and the
train's air brake line has separated, applying all the brakes
on the train. When an emergency brake application occurs,
the "PCS Knockdown" activates, and keeps the locomotives
in power for twenty seconds to allow the slack in the train to
remain stretched ( in a best case scenario), or to move the
locomotives away from the calamity unfolding behind, as in
this case. Unfortunately, the locomotives are still dragging a
couple of now derailed cars and come to a stop in short
order.
Once the head car finally goes into the ditch, we see the the
rear portion of the train catching up to the head end at a high
rate of speed, the leading set of wheels on the tank car
derailed and sparking eerily as it roughly follows what is left
of the track structure. This part of the train is in emergency,
but has so much inertia behind it that it's not coming to a stop
anytime soon; that is until it catches up to its own train. This
is one of those “OH YIKES moments that make you want to
put your head between your legs and kiss your ass
goodbye. When it finally does, the shit really hits the fan and
things start piling up in short order. The tank was supposedly
containing some kind of HAZMAT, but it appears not to have
ruptured. The crew is very fortunate indeed...
On another note for you railroaders, contrary to popular
belief and rumor, the audio you hear is not coming from a
microphone mounted in the cab. The microphone is mounted
underneath the cab, in order to catch the sounds of the horn
and bell that might not otherwise be heard in an enclosed
cab (windows and doors closed) in the event of a grade
crossing collision. Big Brother is watching, but not necessarily
listening. Not yet, anyway…
My humble apologies if this is repetitive for you. Tom
Frederick
meaning this is the trailing locomotive in the consist and is
pointed in the direction opposite of travel. That's fairly
obvious.
Now, note how the rain is pelting the windshield of this
locomotive. This train is moving at 40+ MPH, yet the
raindrops are still striking the windshield. This is akin to
raindrops hitting the back window of your car as you drive
down the road. Never happens, right? Generally there is a
rain shadow that keeps the drops from hitting an object that
is moving away from the falling rain. Same thing happens
when you walk or run through the rain. The front of you gets
wet while your back stays comparatively dry. This isn't
happening here, indicating the intense force of the rotating
winds as the train enters the center of the storm cell. Look for
trees along the right-of-way being bent and blown over.
As the tornado passes over the train, you get a brief glimpse
of it moving right to left. This happens at about the same time
you hear the train go into emergency brake application, a
sudden "pisshhh" sound that every engineer dreads to hear
when he/she has not initiated an emergency brake
application. What has happened is the couple of Hi-Cube
boxcars behind the head car have been blown over and the
train's air brake line has separated, applying all the brakes
on the train. When an emergency brake application occurs,
the "PCS Knockdown" activates, and keeps the locomotives
in power for twenty seconds to allow the slack in the train to
remain stretched ( in a best case scenario), or to move the
locomotives away from the calamity unfolding behind, as in
this case. Unfortunately, the locomotives are still dragging a
couple of now derailed cars and come to a stop in short
order.
Once the head car finally goes into the ditch, we see the the
rear portion of the train catching up to the head end at a high
rate of speed, the leading set of wheels on the tank car
derailed and sparking eerily as it roughly follows what is left
of the track structure. This part of the train is in emergency,
but has so much inertia behind it that it's not coming to a stop
anytime soon; that is until it catches up to its own train. This
is one of those “OH YIKES moments that make you want to
put your head between your legs and kiss your ass
goodbye. When it finally does, the shit really hits the fan and
things start piling up in short order. The tank was supposedly
containing some kind of HAZMAT, but it appears not to have
ruptured. The crew is very fortunate indeed...
On another note for you railroaders, contrary to popular
belief and rumor, the audio you hear is not coming from a
microphone mounted in the cab. The microphone is mounted
underneath the cab, in order to catch the sounds of the horn
and bell that might not otherwise be heard in an enclosed
cab (windows and doors closed) in the event of a grade
crossing collision. Big Brother is watching, but not necessarily
listening. Not yet, anyway…
My humble apologies if this is repetitive for you. Tom
Frederick
A lot of you have seen the attached video on the
right, but many have not. For my non-railroader
friends and family, here are some things to look for
in the video:
right, but many have not. For my non-railroader
friends and family, here are some things to look for
in the video:
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