Cho Cho Charlie
Engineer
Did anyone else watch last week's episode of Covert Affairs on the USA cable channel?
The one CIA agent, and the girl, attempt to sneak out of the country by taking an Amtrak train to Montreal. What I noted....
The one CIA agent, and the girl, attempt to sneak out of the country by taking an Amtrak train to Montreal. What I noted....
- The Amtrak train number was 4-digits... 3,000-something.
- The Amtrak train went from Washington DC to Montreal, by way of a stop at Albany, NY. At Albany, the train split and only 1/2 continued onto Montreal while the other half went to Toronto.
- The Amtrak "tickets" were plastic cards with a mag strip on the back. The map strip apparently didn't contain simply one's reservation number, but instead all of your trip's info. The two were able to edit (hack) their Amtrak cards while in route, to change their destination from Montreal to Toronto (screwing up the FBI who were following them too).
- For all the exterior shots, the engine nor the cars had any visible "Amtrak" logo nor even any Amtrak blue, even though it was ID'ed as an Amtrak train.
- In the dining car, apparently couples were allowed to have tables all to themselves. Plus, the tables were elegantly set with rather large water goblets of glass with cloth napkins arranged neatly in them. And coffee (tea?) was served in dainty gold trimmed porcelain cups.