Beth Davenport Wrote:
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> I saw the full portion of the episode involving
> the train and the first exterior shot shows two SP
> SDP-45s pulling pre-Superliner steam heated
> heritage equipment. Another scene later shows the
> train being pulled by a single Amtrak SDP-40F
> 500-class loco. Another scene has the camera
> close up alongside the train and that was filmed
> at LAUPT. The train was called the "Sunset
> Express" and Jim Rockford's dad Rocky reads a
> schedule, noting that the train will be making a
> stop in Thousand Oaks. Later on, James Garner and
> Ned Beatty are supposedly walking along the track
> where the train ran, looking for a piece of
> luggage that had been tossed off the train.
> They're walking along a very light density branch
> line and I wasn't able to figure out where it was
> filmed. Maybe the Santa Paula branch?
>
> Here's the episode. Fast forward to about the
> 36th minute.
>
> [dai.ly]

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