12-07-2009, 03:17 PM
I would have to suspect the money was good enough to allow the movie/TV show to use the property & equipment but whatever railroad was involved did not want to be directly associated with the show. It's a question of image. Unless the show is EXTREMELY favorable to the railroad involved the names are usually changed to protect the not so innocent.
At this moment a new movie titled UNSTOPPABLE is being filmed in the western PA, eastern OH area. The story is loosely based on the run away train on CSX several years ago in mid Ohio (Findleyville, OH, area). The fictitious railroad in the movie is the ALLEGHENY & WEST VIRGINIA RR. But, since it shows CSX in a poor light CSX refused to cooperated in any way in moving the prop train from one location to another. As a result one SD-40-2 and about a dozen cars (box, hopper, etc) had to be moved five miles by TRUCK for the next phase of filming. What a fiasco! But Hollywood spares no expense and paid out big bucks to move the equipment over the road.
At this moment a new movie titled UNSTOPPABLE is being filmed in the western PA, eastern OH area. The story is loosely based on the run away train on CSX several years ago in mid Ohio (Findleyville, OH, area). The fictitious railroad in the movie is the ALLEGHENY & WEST VIRGINIA RR. But, since it shows CSX in a poor light CSX refused to cooperated in any way in moving the prop train from one location to another. As a result one SD-40-2 and about a dozen cars (box, hopper, etc) had to be moved five miles by TRUCK for the next phase of filming. What a fiasco! But Hollywood spares no expense and paid out big bucks to move the equipment over the road.