For all of You Train Lovers

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[SlingLow]

This bad boy snowplow train is parked in Skagway, AK. I've never seen anything like this. Pretty impressive but probably not OSHA approved for this century.

 

[YY1]

The first time I saw one of those circa 1979, I suspected this and just about 10 years ago it was confirmed-

was the inspiration for the Imperial Star Destroyers in Star Wars.

Confirmed by George Lucas himself.

 

[YY1]

I literally shouted "A-HA" at the screen, when I read that.

...and then mumbled "I've known that for 35 years".

 

[YY1]

I also figured out how they did the sound effects for the blasters around 1980-

I went to a local park and tapped on a 16 foot aluminum bleacher that no one was sitting on.

It was dang near 100% dead on.

What they really did was pluck a telephone pole guy wire like a guitar string.

Sounds 99% the same.

If you smack a spring reverb (like in an old school guitar amp) it also sounds 99% the same but real dang loud and can have overdrive gain which makes it even more spacey sounding.

 

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Strasburg Rail Road | Train Rides in Lancaster County, PA

Paradise Station

National Toy Train Museum & Train Collectors Assoc. | Strasburg, PA

A Railroad Treasure in the Heart of Lancaster County - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

After attending Chryslers at Carlisle, I stayed at the Red Caboose Motel and visited the above sites that were all within walking distance of each other.