 The scene on the railroad tracks is a reference to the final  adventure in Mexico of beatnik figure Neal Cassady (qv),  Jack Kerouac (qv)s inspiration for Dean Moriarty in "On the  Road". Author Robert Stone (III) (qv) had traveled with Cassady  and Ken Kesey (qv)s Merry Pranksters. Furthermore,  Nick Nolte (qv) was in the midst of extensive research on Cassady  for his portrayal in the film _Heart Beat (1980)_ (qv).