# Traveling Wilburys: Video question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088 "2017-12-10T07:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/1 "2017-12-10T07:00:17Z")
Does anyone know what old train line was featured on the Wilburys video “End of the Line”? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/2 "2017-12-10T09:27:59Z")
You’re in the wrong section. Ask this in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/3 "2017-12-10T09:30:36Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from GQ to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/4 "2017-12-10T10:29:02Z")
It’s the classic steam locomotive known as “a studio set”. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/5 "2017-12-10T14:46:10Z")
[Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA) is the video in question. **GuanoLad** is correct; there is simply not enough room on a railroad car – even a baggage car – to comfortably film anything. Besides, the landscape passing by the windows looks like a [process shot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_projection_effect) to me. My vote would be “on a set.” However, the landscape looks like California, specifically the north end of the Central Valley, so assuming they used stock footage of a real railroad and not just something shot out the window of a moving auto, I’d guess they are of the [Sierra Railroad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Railroad) up in Gold Country, [site](http://www.moviesites.org/sierra.htm) of countless movies and TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/6 "2017-12-10T17:27:33Z")
Thanks for the insight. The song has always meant a lot to me, and I enjoy the video too. It’s disappointing to think the vid is a product of a stage/film lab. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/7 "2017-12-10T17:31:16Z")
George had previous experience playing on a train as you can see in [this clip](http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/1001909/Hard-Day-s-Night-A-Movie-Clip-I-Should-ve-Known-Better.html). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/8 "2017-12-10T22:18:33Z")
There is a brief shot of a locomotive in the clip, but I am no expert on trains so couldn’t name it. It’s likely stock footage and could be from anywhere in the world. ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/9 "2017-12-10T22:37:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > … It’s likely stock footage and could be from anywhere in the world. Got it. Don’t rub it in.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/10 "2017-12-10T22:51:40Z")
Always ready and willing to spread disillusion and ruin the magic of Hollywood, that’s me. ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/11 "2017-12-10T23:08:01Z")
You just ruined my life, but no prob… However, what are your qualifications to be in the position as _destroyer of dreams?_ It appears you are in the business. Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/12 "2017-12-11T00:17:21Z")
> [@ZurBob](#): > > It appears you are in the business. Just curious. Only as a hobbyist. I dabble a bit in visual effects for short films, and made my own film with a lot of CGI backgrounds in it. There are a few other Dopers here who are professionals though. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/13 "2017-12-11T01:07:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There is a brief shot of a locomotive in the clip, but I am no expert on trains so couldn’t name it. It’s likely stock footage and could be from anywhere in the world. I couldn’t ID it either. It’s too quick and from a weird angle plus the lack of the ability to stop and step-frame on YouTube defeated me. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/14 "2017-12-11T02:13:47Z")
I can’t help with the locomotive ID, but I can tell you that you can use the comma and period keys to step-frame a paused YouTube video. (This assumes you’re on a computer, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-wilburys-video-question/804088/15 "2017-12-11T02:18:13Z")
Eureka! Thank you VERY much!