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Post by markm on Feb 23, 2022 11:45:51 GMT -5
Majel Barrett was born this day in 1932. Why should you care? Well aside from her work in sci-fi and in particular Star Trek, she also did voice work, including announcements for trackside detector boxes. The boxes were used on a number of eastern roads, rumored to have been used on SP and still used on the UP.
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Post by cwrr on Feb 23, 2022 15:31:12 GMT -5
That's some cool history!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 16:05:37 GMT -5
"Happy" ? She died 14 years ago ...
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Post by zscalehobo on Feb 23, 2022 23:31:28 GMT -5
I have been looking for a sound clip one of my buddies had from the Cuesta Grade - it had "STOP YOUR TRAIN" at the end. The video above I found on YouTube - same voice from the clips my friend had.
I never knew whose voice it was. Thanks for the added knowledge. 😎👍
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Post by markm on Feb 23, 2022 23:49:36 GMT -5
"Happy" ? She died 14 years ago ... It's an American thing. We just celebrated George Washington's Birthday and he's been dead two centuries. |
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Post by markm on Feb 24, 2022 10:13:51 GMT -5
I have been looking for a sound clip one of my buddies had from the Cuesta Grade - it had "STOP YOUR TRAIN" at the end. The video above I found on YouTube - same voice from the clips my friend had. I never knew whose voice it was. Thanks for the added knowledge. 😎👍 Majel Barrett and SP is a bit iffy. Wikipedia reports the relationship but without citations. defectdetector.net/railroad/spReports this as urban myth and and reports SF voice artist Katherine Reynolds did the voice work, although being an SF boy I don't recognize the name. Then there is: www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1829175 So take your choice. I'll look into the SPTHS to see if they have the definitive reference. |
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