Extreme Trains show on History Channel... Featuring NYAR?

Was just watching the History Channel when I came across a commercial for Extreme Trains, a new series starting on Tuesday, November 11. The opening clip in the commercial is the host hanging out of an NYAR locomotive. I'm anxious to see the show. Anyone else know more about where they filmed on NYAR or what the show entails?

Joe

The History Channel promotes the show as the following:

Train conductor Matt Bown lends his expertise to this series that profiles the history of the longest, strongest, highest, fastest, and just plain coolest trains on the planet!

What, prey tell, could the longest, strongest, highest, fastest and coolest at NYAR? And what could it have to do with history? I bet this show has 5 or 6 episodes already filmed. After that, it's cancelled.

Jay

I looked on the history channel's website and it only showed one episode listed, Coal Trains. I'll be watching it :D I think after the 1st episode that night they will also have Modern Marvels - Bullet Trains.

jayrmli wrote:The History Channel promotes the show as the following:

Train conductor Matt Bown lends his expertise to this series that profiles the history of the longest, strongest, highest, fastest, and just plain coolest trains on the planet!

What, prey tell, could the longest, strongest, highest, fastest and coolest at NYAR? And what could it have to do with history? I bet this show has 5 or 6 episodes already filmed. After that, it's cancelled.

Jay

Longest time to move the least cars (mountain man). Makes for a very boring program--- 12 hours of near-inactivity.

I was thinking the largest pile of B.S. east of the Mississippi River (that would be located in the large building in the middle of the Fresh Pond wye.

Jay

Did anyone see the show lastnight? It was pretty good I thought. They showed the coal train making it's way from western Pennsilvania across the mountains, through Horse Shoe curve, and down the other side. I was kinda hoping they would have shown more of the conductor performing conductor duties (coupling and uncoupling, hanging hoses, riding the point of a shove, throwing switches etc) but it was still pretty cool. The website has a listing up of 6 or so episodes that are scheduled to be shown every week, Tuesday at 10. In 2 weeks the episode will be partly about the history of NY Penn Station (I'd assume both past and present), so that should be pretty interesting.

I saw it as well. This episode I liked, as it featured one of my favorite railfan locations - Altoona and the surrounding area. The host of the show comes off as too much of a foamer, and I'm in agreement that there was too much of the coal mining/loading and not enough of what the show advertises - trains.

I'm sure the Penn Station show will be a lot of recycled footage from their old show - Trains Unlimited, which had a whole episode on it.

Jay

anybody knows where I can get to see the commercial online? my dad forgot to pay the cable bill a month ago so my TVs out.
God I hope this isnt a heavy documentary show.

Was just watching the History Channel when I came across a commercial for Extreme Trains, a new series starting on Tuesday, November 11. The opening clip in the commercial is the host hanging out of an NYAR locomotive. I'm anxious to see the show. Anyone else know more about where they filmed on NYAR or what the show entails?

I should have figured this out earlier, but one of the NYAR employees is married to someone who does freelance work for A&E. That's why the promos were filmed at NYAR. So, nothing "extreme" enough about NYAR to film more than a commercial.

Jay

It seems as though the host watched too much BET: the way he walks, the talking with the hands and the delivery of his commentary. I found it to be distracting, but the train footage was pretty good. The Juniata Shops segment was cool.

You also didn't mention the foam forming from time to time out of the corners of his mouth.

I know they have to make it exciting for the general public, but I personally found it a little annoying that everytime they show a train moving, especially the freight trains, they speed up the film, giving a false sense of the train's speed and accelleration.

jayrmli wrote: I should have figured this out earlier, but one of the NYAR employees is married to someone who does freelance work for A&E. That's why the promos were filmed at NYAR. So, nothing "extreme" enough about NYAR to film more than a commercial.

Jay

That sucks as I was hoping to see some local action, although I enjoy the show was really hoping for some local flavor.

Is this show over now? Only like 8 episodes? Is it canceled now or just done with the first season?

-Mark