chedderchester Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Any Lucy fans, lets discuss this episode! do trains really have emergency brakes that anybody can pull? And I was just on an Amtrak train this weekend and it was nowhere near as fancy as the Lucy train! I saw some 2 story ones in Penn Station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Lucy and trains. The two things that dominant my house and life. The 2 story train you saw is NJ Transit commuter cars. Amtrak is nothing what train travel use to be like. Back then yes they had those breaks but not now. If you got train questions I'm your gal. I got married on one. You haven't lived until you walked down the aisle of a moving train car in a giant dress while the I Love Lucy theme plays. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 My top 10 I Love Lucy list is clogged and sometimes episodes come and go, but "Train" is certainly up there on my list. Everyone is in top form, including the production values, the set and the execution. Lucy walking down the hallway: she does it so nimbly as if she really is trying to steady herself on a moving train. I don't know if there were manual brakes or not, but usually these details are something the 3Bobs/Babe/Jess would check out. The only thing I found a bit strange if the unlocked door between compar'ments. The other downside, and this is not the episode's fault, is that it ends the wonderful Hollywood story arc. I don't know why they didn't keep the setting in CA. It didn't take them long to whisk to gang off to Europe after they returned to NYC and all those interim plots could have taken place in LA (except for "Homecoming" I guess). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I believe "Train Robbery" is the highest rated ILL episode on imdb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedderchester Posted September 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I love how many different people Frank Nelson plays throughout the 6 seasons. Freddy Fillmore, Ben Benjamin, the waiter, the US Customs officer, Ralph Ramsey, Sgt Nelson, and of course the conductor on the train. He has such an epic deep voice. lol! He was just as great in the TLS White House episode. I bet Ball loved having him on the show. especially playing a million different characters. I liked the snack car on Amtrak the best. I got a very tasty canned margarita! And ham & cheese on a pretzel roll. I wonder what kind of food the Mertzes kept trying to order and if Lucy ended up paying them for it, since I doubt the train staff would be responsible and reimburse them for 4 meals! We got stuck just outside of Schenectedy for 45 minutes because the train in front of us accidentally released it's emergency brake due to carelessness or something, and it had to be reset. My friend was like "I hope we get a voucher for free food on the way back." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneaLady Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 The scene where Desi runs into the train STILL cracks me up every time. Desi one upped his wife on physical comedy there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedderchester Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 WHAM BANG!!!! I wish we could've actually seen that. lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 "I.. I made a boo- boo." One of the funniest lines of the episode.. I also like "Why can't he see that that man is a criminal?" "Maybe it's because the detectives eyes are so far apart and his are so close together." It is a very enjoyable episode. I remember my first (and so far ONLY) time on Amtrak... I was so disappointed with the way it looked. I so expected at least an I Love Lucy train... I knew I couldn't expect Pullman Car Luxury.. .but what I got was UGH.. such a letdown lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 The glamour has gone out of train travel the same as flying. I take Amtrak about once a year to NYC but we also tour trains about once a year and it's amazing how luxurious they use to be, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedderchester Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 I love that Big Bang episode from last February where Amy took Sheldon on the vintage train for Valentines day and he met a fellow train enthusiast and they kept imitating different train sounds. lol. And Bernadette was like "Oh great there's 2 of 'em!" I was kind of expecting it to look like that one. They even had a skylight to look at the stars! haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Those are tourist railroads that have beautifully restored coaches. I should post my wedding car photo. My husband is already a Sheldon minus most of the weird social traits so he loved the train episode because that was so like him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Oh!! Another great moment in this episode is when Frank Nelson says "Goody .. I just won 10 dollars from the engineer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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