The top mistakes in Cassandra Crossing http://www.moviemistakes.com/film245 en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:55:12 +0000 10276 When the train take off from Nürnberg, the locomotive is on "backwards". A few seconds later is it rotated 180 degrees. 19052 The train consists of nine cars - six RIC cars of the Swiss Federal Railways (two 1st class with nine compartments each, two 2nd class with eleven compartments each, one 2nd class with twelve compartments, and one dining car between the classes), an MU sleeping car belonging to the CIWL (International Dining And Sleeping Car Company) between the two first class coaches, and at each end one older Swiss baggage car. The first class has 108 seats, the second class has 204 seats, and the sleeping car has 36 berths; so the train has space for 348 passengers - or 400, adding the 52 restaurant places. I wonder where they put 1,000 people on this train. 1490 When they are attempting to lower things onto the moving train with a helicopter, it conveniently changes from overhead-powered electric to diesel. Immediately afterwards, it changes back. 20035 The model of the Viaduc de Garabit in France, the real Cassandra bridge, is really well done, but it lacks the typical French AC catenary which can be seen on the original shots. 11163 It would be impossible to rescue the dog by helicopter from a moving electric train because the poles along the side of the track holding up the wires would get in the way.