I suspect that you are referring to the Georgia Operation Lifesaver Mobile Unit.It was originally a CONRAIL unit used by them, until about 2000 when it was aquired by a local Atlanta area railroad equipment company, who had blind purchased it in a auction lot of CONRAIL equipment.They did not know what it was til it arrived there in Georgia! The "video" is from a Conrail locomotive and lasts 2-3 minutes with the same scenerio and same ending everytime (you can't stop the train fast enough before hitting the car). If you ever run into the Huntleys and this simulator, be sure to say hello (they're really nice folks) and take a turn with the simulator. They bring the trailer to many scheduled Operation Lifesaver presentations, and I also bumped into them with the trailer on an overnight stop for the UP 844 steam locomotive in Boone, Iowa during its recent tour. The program is supported by the State of Iowa. It's a great tool for lay persons to get some hands-on perspective of just what all is involved with operating a train, and the many safety-related details that have to be performed and even if you're an old hand with railroading, it's still a lot of fun. as it passes through cities and through countryside, past stopped trains, etc. It displays a video that was shot from the engineer's perspective on an operating UP train and the person sitting in the simulator seat gets to "control" the train speed, operate the bell and horns, etc.
They manage a special simulator housed in a trailer that allows people to experience what it's like to engineer a locomotive. We recently hosted a safety workshop at my workplace, and among the guest presenters were David and Kit Huntley,who are representatives of Operation Lifesaver in this area (and David is a longtime UP engineer). Perhaps this has been mentioned here in the past, but I just wanted to share something really interesting that any railfans in the Iowa area should be on the lookout for.
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