by Allegheny
I happened to be watching part of the movie "Ray" on HBO a couple weekends ago and had to chuckle at one scene which was supposed to be in the 50's. The scene was on a highway with a railroad overpass, in which a modern double stack train was slowly crossing overhead. Looked pretty out of place with all those 1950 era vehicles passing underneath! My wife says, leave it to you to pick out something like that! Most people wouldn't even notice something like this, but to me, if a movie scene is to be accurate, they should pay attention to all the details of the scene. How hard would it have been to round up some old boxcars that, even if they were somewhat newer than they should have been, would have been slightly less noticeable. However, even they should be lettered for some fallen flag railroad like Southern, L&N, or something of that time, not today's NS or CSX! What will we crazy railfans find to complain about next?