MS Train Simulator Used in Tribute Recreation of Los Angeles Train Disaster
MS Train Simulator Used in Tribute Recreation of Los Angeles Train Disaster
September 22, 2008
The recent Metrolink train crash which claimed the lives of more than two dozen people in Los Angeles has been memorialized by a young railroad buff who used Microsoft Train Simulator to recreate the accident.
As the Los Angeles Times reports:
One teen, an Internet-only acquaintance of the [L.A. rail fans], used Microsoft Train Simulator, a popular computer railroad program known in the railfan community as "MSTS," to recreate the accident.
"This video is for education purposes," reads a disclaimer at the beginning of the video posted on YouTube. "If you take this offensively please close the video now."
The simulation, set to the tune of the Journey song "Open Arms," begins with the Metrolink 111 departing Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and is so detailed you can see the rust on the ceiling of the platform. It ends with a long shot of the train rounding the curve above the Chatsworth station and cuts off at the moment of impact.
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I have no problem with this
Is this the same train crash that was caused by the bung hole of a conductor who was texting while he was operating the train?
But terrorists could use this simulator to train (no pun intended) for an attack!
An odd choice of song, not a BAD one, but an odd one.
Still, nicely done.
People continue to show the Expressive use of video/computer games, even when they weren't initially designed with Expression in mind. I know they say it's for Educational use, but it also represents Expressive use as well.
Again, nicely done.
Nightwng2000
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I won't be suprised if some tabloid or media outlet blows this thing out of context Columbine RPG-style. :(
Agreed, I was thinking the same thing.
Check out his YouTube page. seems like a few ignorant fools didn't read his discliamer. Morons.
Its very tasteful.
I was hoping it would be more educational than that, like explaining how and why it happened. In the video, it just looked like some other random train was parked on the tracks. I guess I will go read Wikipedia to find out what really happened, too bad this video didn't explain it...
My dad almost took that train that crashed, he took the one after and it had to stop when it came to the collision.
Oh and it killed a teacher at my brother's school (but he didn't know him).
From what my Dad told me after the collision most people are refusing to ride in the front car now.
i think it a really good video but need more information tho it does good at giving a time line of the things and i did read his youtube site people need to calm down, he did not even include a crash.
Thanks
Zaruka
Reminds me of another video where someone set "Hurt" by Johnny Cash to a MS Flight Simulator 2004 recreation of JL123. It's impressive, to say the least.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYvcNe4NJrg