| Show Pro programs granis attuned to locale planned for luxury trains CHICAGO packaged entertainment fitted to the locale and produced by showmen in studios before the train ever leaves the station Is the latest promise in luxury travel by the railroads everything from physical comforts to psychological color and sound effects are being utilized by train designers to pleast pleas the passenger and make him fully conscious of the ease and relaxation of train travel latest in the long list of postwar improvements is the plan of the santa fe railroad to use wire recordings cor dings tor for reproduction over the public address systems in new passenger equipment now under construction st at shops of pullman standard car manufacturing company in chicago in designing programs 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 and waterfalls will call for sparkling tinkling music indian country may call for music with the chanting undertone so characteristic act of the early american indian folk and war songs because nothing short of a major catastrophe interferes with the railroad schedule of a fast cross coun try streamliner the producer in the studio will know in advance the exact time a train will pass through certain country he will select his entertainment accordingly his hi s ti timing am may call for the techniques of the radio producer Us his choice of music an intimate knowledge of human emotions and history of the country both santa fe and pullman standard engineers point out that the use of wire recordings has several advantages in this type of c cus us tom built entertainment the units are small and compact and several hours of entertainment can be recorded on a spool of wire no larger than the average fishing reel once set in motion the unit requires no attention as ann announcements ounce and dialogue will be worked into the program at the studio however should special announcements be required a flip of a switch will change the circuit to a microphone in the stewards office and another flip will bring back the wire recorder with practically no loss of time to upset the predetermined schedule |
