Almost anybody would know that there is no city in PA with 3/4 of a million people. Did the filmmakers have their brains shut off when they decided this, or did they think that we viewers would have our brains shut off and not notice this error? After super-large Philadelphia, the 2nd-biggest city in PA is Pittsburgh, which now has less than 350,000 people.
#WHERE WAS REDLINE THE MOVIE MADE MOVIE#
But the most salient detail, which ruined the movie a bit for me, was the monitor repeatedly showing that Stanton had a population of 752,000. I’d like to know what city was photographed that was actually (or allegedly) under the curve. Otherwise, someone gave Jerry bad info, and the scene was actually shot someplace else. If Jerry is right that the scene was shot at Bellaire and Benwood, then the computer wizards must’ve done something amazing to graft the footage of the railraod bridge & curve with the footage of a city that is elsewhere. So those downtown shots had to be of some other place than Benwood, unless they were computer-generated. I checked and learned that Benwood has less than 2,000 people. But Google Maps, in Satellite view, clearly shows that there is practically no urbanization under that curve in the railroad track.
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There were multiple shots of a downtown with several blocks full of buildings, including tall buildings, indicating this. The city in the movie clearly was a city of at least 50,000 people, maybe even over 100,000 people. There’s more that needs to be explained about “Stanton”, which Jerry said is actually Benwood, WV. But I would (and did) buy tickets to the movie version. – or a crippled rookie leaping from the pickup’s bed to the speeding train. The moment did not involve a redneck racing his dually alongside the train at 80 m.p.h. But 8888 was stopped after it was slowed to 11 m.p.h., and a CSX employee was able to jog alongside, and hop back on. Yes, 8888 was also stopped by another engine that chased it down, and pulled it to a slower speed. Engine 8888 was, in fact, launched by a derelict rail yard employee who jumped out of the locomotive to flip a switch, and then couldn’t run fast enough to get back on, as the now-unmanned train picked up speed. A couple of news media choppers did shadow the train, but there was no media circus.Ĩ. Much of the country 8888 rumbled through was wide open flatlands. It was over before most people even knew it had started authorities had little time to take precautions such as closing rail crossings and setting up command posts – in fact, it happened a few months before 9/11 in a period of time before “Homeland Security” came into being, and made America a bit more prepared for catastrophes. The whole Crazy Eights Incident lasted less than two hours, start to finish. The actual Crazy 8888s train never exceeded 47 m.p.h.ħ. was suggested at one point – which would have been a pretty good feat for a single ST40-2 pulling 47 cars. The Need for Speed: Movie makers need to hype the action, so runaway Engine 777 was shown being clocked by police radar at speeds of up to 71 m.p.h.Įven 80 m.p.h.
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