> EXTREMELY OT, but if that's the Union Drydock Company, that > is the dock where Blondie shot their video for "Union City > Blue". However, I guess that kind of brings up an on-topic > discussion, that is the appearance of Erie/ DL&W/ E-L > equipment and structures in music videos. I can think of two > off the top of my head: What's perhaps even more startling is the classic black-and-white film "On the Waterfront," which prominently features Hoboken Shore 44-tonners and the floatbridge yard at that same location. Worth a rental to check it out! > Cyndi Lauper- "Time After Time" The closing scene is her > leaving the Morristown station (on a NYS&W passenger car > though!?) Eric Clapton with Babyface- "Change The World" The > video is shot in and around the Hoboken Terminal waiting room > and platforms. I thought the intro to "Time After Time" was filmed on the NYS&W at Little Ferry, as well. There have been many latter-day movies/commercials that have been filmed along the EL (the most recent Chase credit card commercial, where they show a Metro-North passenger train diving into the Bergen Tunnels at Jersey City comes to mind), but was there any movie filming done in DL&W, Erie or EL years? (not counting Edison's original "Great Train Robbery" movie :) - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------ End of EL List Daily V3 #1915 *****************************
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