Wife and I watched the new Taking of Pelham 123 last night on DVD due to the big snow storm. On the DVD their is a lot of extra segments on how the movie was made, and talks about how they did things like convert a car that can run as a single to look like the new cars that can not run single.
The best line was Travolta was surprised he and the film crew had to take 8 to 12 hours of safety class time before they could go in the tunnels.
Here is my question: The director was talking about the contrast of the gritty tunnels to the modern rail control center. I am not a huge transit fan so I don't know a lot about the subway but do they have a modern CTC dispatch center as portrayed in the movie or are they still controlled by a lot of towers?
If towers are the main control I know there has to be a DS even if he pushes paper. But tell me how a dispatcher on the subway would differ from a Class 1 DS?
T2
The best line was Travolta was surprised he and the film crew had to take 8 to 12 hours of safety class time before they could go in the tunnels.
Here is my question: The director was talking about the contrast of the gritty tunnels to the modern rail control center. I am not a huge transit fan so I don't know a lot about the subway but do they have a modern CTC dispatch center as portrayed in the movie or are they still controlled by a lot of towers?
If towers are the main control I know there has to be a DS even if he pushes paper. But tell me how a dispatcher on the subway would differ from a Class 1 DS?
T2
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