ghost train riding off tracks

[Truemac]

let's see you explain this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajtMJokACUA&feature=related

I think it's either extremely good cgi-masking effects, or a track in dire need of a touch-up.

What's your opinion?

 

[jadebullet]

It is a truck. Also, is it just me or does that sign look more British than Californian.

 

[Euphod]

I like the auto rotating signage!

 

[Tokkyu40]

Nice professional job, though. I wonder if it's from a movie.
If that had been a real sign, it wouldn't have survived. It had to be rigged to turn like that.
To get the spacing right they might have buried rails in the grass. It would be tough for a truck to hit the sign just the way they want it too. Multiple takes would be a problem.

Claude

 

[Euphod]

Sure, but wouldn't it depend on how the sign was installed? If it's just on a pole hammered into the ground without concrete at the base I'm sure it could rotate like that. When I was younger, I remember, my buddies and I used to turn these kinds of poles around all the time.

 

[teddytoot]

It is a truck. Also, is it just me or does that sign look more British than Californian.

Both the sign and train look European to me, probably eastern Europe. The track could be that overgrown; I have seen pictures of American shortlines at the end of their lives looking as bad as that. The sign however looks a plant. I'm sure a real one would have bent rather than spun.

 

[Klinger]

Actually, I have seen pictures of Track in other countries. I can believe that. I will bet there is track under there, its just hard to see because its overgrown.

We had a similar problem at Lakeside Park where I work. The track was buried to the top of the rail, and during the summer, the grass grew up and took the shape of the train around the rails (and between them). Since we run a train ever 10-20 minutes, I can believe that grass can grow that much and completely engulf the train.

Plus, it looks to be a new road sign, perhaps poorly placed

If anything is edited in, I will bet its the road sign.

 

[Michael_Evans]

The sign is edited in. If you watch closely it spins even though the train isn't hitting it. Doesn't look like a truck to me, the rides to smooth. And I have seen tracks that are very overgrown and still in use. And that is not in Californian. Probably Europe. Looks Polish to me.

 

[pommie]

If you look carefully at the grass as the train passes it is pushed over, so the grass and train are real, the sign connects with the train more than once and ends up bent towards the viewer, also it casts a shadow along the train and is reflected on the passenger cars paint and windows, extremely hard to edit in.
If it was not just bad placement, which would be easy enough, the road workers probably would not even see the tracks in that grass, it would be set up as it would be easier to set it up than to edit in.
Most signs like that have a spear like end and are just rammed into the ground, so one spinning when hit like that would be normal.

Cheers David

 

[jkinzel]

Another give away that this is not edited, watch the cab window and the reaction of the engineer. I vote “unedited”.

 

[crman123]

The Train is Polish I believe, and real. I'm just curious about why they would put a sign that close...I think the engineer is thinking the same thing when they hit it, lol

 

[whistlehead]

Yes it's real, it's 750mm and I've downloaded one from a Hungarian site.

 

[nicky9499]

Yes, the engineer did stick his head out in surprise. Also, when the front right edge of the last car hit the sign squarely at the side, the sign twisted quite violently and by the time the train passed it looks like there won't be a next time.

Cheerio,
Nicholas.

 

[Stationbeem]

You will also notice that when it hits the last car the glass shatters.

 

[magickmaker]

Your tax dollars at work.

 

[Captain_Collins]

Your tax dollars at work.

It's obviously Eastern European. The lines down the centre of the road are white.

 

[valishara]

It's obviously Eastern European. The lines down the centre of the road are white.

Which is obviously bull poo because here in Western Europe some countries also have white lines. :wave:

 

[Sampug394]

Ha! Even better since this one Appears, and Vanishes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_vcazqVCQE&NR=1

 

[knil2gni]

The sign is European also used in Britain, it is a no overtaking road sign. The roadside verge looks Engish.
However I think it's a hoax, since at such a close range there should be visible signs of ballast and sleepers plus evidence of spilt oil, the grass is too clean for any track to have been laid.
The locomotive and rolling stock could be from any country in Europe, definately not British.

 

[deeelare]

...Snip... When I was younger, I remember, my buddies and I used to turn these kinds of poles around all the time.

Ed, are you confessing that you were a little devil even back then ? Shame on you !

--- ,dave