| Show programs attuned to locale planned r for or luxury trains CHICAGO packaged entertain ment fitted to the locale and pro deuced by showmen in studios before the tram ever leaves the station is the latest promise in luxury travel by the railroads everything from physical corn forts to psychological color and sound effects are being utilized by tram designers to pleas the pas and make him fully con of the ease and relaxation of tram travel latest in the long list of postwar improvements is the plan of the santa fe railroad to use wire re coddings cor dings for reproduction over the public address systems in new pas equipment now under con at shops of pullman standard car manufacturing corn pany in chicago in designing programs tor for these new trains it is planned to have a producer study their specific routes and then select music and entertainment to fit the locale rivers creeks an and d waterfalls will call for spar kling tinkling music indian country may call for music with the chanting undertone so char act of the early american indian folk and war songs because nothing short of a major catastrophe interferes with the rail road schedule of a fast cross coun try streamliner the producer in the studio will know in advance the exact time a tram train will pass through certain country he will select his entertainment accordingly his tim ing may call for the techniques of the uie radio producer his choice of music an intimate knowledge of hu man emotions and history of the country both santa fe and pullman standard engineers point out that the use of wire recordings has sev eral advantages in this type of cus torn tom built entertainment the units are small and compact and several hours of entertainment can be re corded on a spool of wire no larger than the average fishing reel once set in motion the unit re quires no attention as announce ments and dialogue will be worked into the program at the studio how ever should special announcements be required a flip of a switch hyill will change the circuit to a microphone in the steward stewards s office and another flip will bring back the wire re corder with practically no loss of time to upset the predetermined schedule |
