Favorite Train Movies

[GG1onFordsDTandI]

Thanks for the suggestions boyz on The General and Danger Lights.

Old Buster must have really loved trains. If you enjoyed the Keaton, try another, "Our Hospitality" has a working "Rocket" copy and stage coach style passenger cars in it. Just watching them begin the journey and you can see why these style of cars didn't last. Not as funny as the others but watching any working Stephenson engine is pretty darn cool.
Another silent one, this whole version, is written in English but also has French subtitles.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxMBpZbwubU

[jbrock27]

How come no one else has commented on "Horror Express" ??

[Pops]

GG1 - thanks for the find.  Great old film. Had never heard of it before, and loved it!

[FlatoniaSubdivision1994]

Okay.The Texas State Railroad was featured in a pair of mini series from the '90's:
(1)"Streets of Laredo".The official sequel to Larry mcMurtry's"Lonesome Dove".
Woodrow Call(James Garner)is hired by the railroad to hunt down train robber Joey Garza(Alexis Vega).Great scenes of Texas State RR freight and passenger equipment on the Texas Pacifico*(*Former South Orient,P&SF)Marfa-Presidio Line in West Texas.
(2)"Rough Riders".The TNT Mini Series about Teddy Roosevelt(Tom Beringer)and the Spanish American War.The Texas State RR is featured prominitely throughout it.

A few others:2010's"Unstoppable";the 2007 remake of"3:10 to Yuma";2008's"Appaloosa";2003'ssequel to"Gettysburg":"Gods and Generals".
Trains feature in two Chuck Norris movies:"Lone Wolf McQuade"from 1993 has a few scenes of the SP switching at Fort Bliss and 1995's"Firewalker"features the National Railways of Mexico.

[Doneldon]

2003'ssequel to"Gettysburg":"Gods and Generals".

FlatSub-

The relationship of these movies is more complicated than this. Michael Shaara wrote the first book, The Killer Angels, which was mainly about the battle of Gettysburg. Then his son, Jeff Shaara, wrote the prequel to The Killer Angels, Gods and Generals, which dealt with events leading up to Gettysburg. Later still, Jeff Shaara wrote the sequel or end of the Trilogy, The Last Full Measure, about what happened after Gettysburg. Michael Shaara won a deserved Pulitzer for his volume; Jeff Shaara didn't win any important prizes for his works. The Killer Angels is the book upon which the movie "Gettysburg" was based so the movie "Gods and Generals" was actually a prequel to Gettysburg.
                                                                                                                                                             -- D

[rbryce1]

They were suppose to make the third movie, but so far, never have.

[81F]

Some good British ones are the Titfield Thunderbolt - an Ealing Comedy about some people trying to save their local railway, Couldn't find a suitable clip of the film but this one about the making gives a flavour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-pEqKxXkus

Another Ealing comedy is the Lady Killers 1955 version

Arthur Askey's "The Ghost Train" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0u0jkYWHw There is rare shot of the Great western Railway's streamlined King Class loco just before the train is stopped.

Also Train of events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUw-p8gTe3M & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFf7yB7ofQQ give just a taste.

[jbrock27]

Speaking of good British, good British actors, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (not to mention American Telly Sevalas)  were in "Horror Express".  Has no one else seen that movie?!?

[GG1onFordsDTandI]

Speaking of good British, good British actors, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (not to mention American Telly Sevalas)  were in "Horror Express".  Has no one else seen that movie?!?

I Don't remember it but will have to check that out.

[jbrock27]

For me to say it was "memorable" would be overselling it.  I did always enjoy watching it as a kid.  If you are into horror/scifi, it's worth a look, at least once anyway GG1. 

[Doneldon]

Is it just me or has this thread turned into let's name every
movie we've ever heard of that has a train in it? Or even the
sound of a train.
                           -- D

[jbrock27]

Yes, it has Doc.  And see Jonathan's separate post about the new movie "42", to your point.

[GG1onFordsDTandI]

Dr Zhivago has an Armored train in it. I don't think its "real" but still that black with a red boiler plate is mean lookin. Did this make the armored thread?

[jbrock27]

You mean the Axis steam loco thread?  Good question.  Since the Bachmann Overlords wiped out the thread, I would ask J3a-614, he would know.

[J3a-614]

I don't believe the "Doctor Zhivago" train was in that thread (the thread got deleted because the administrators were afraid there were viruses in the links), but here is material on the movie, including comments about the production.  Interestingly, the movie was mostly shot in Spain in the summer--including the winter scenes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(film)

Streinikov's train is being pulled by a made-up Spanish 2-8-2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hCczioWiZk

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAWrXTn5Www

This reminds me--it's not available in any clips on YouTube, but does anybody remember that there are some trolley scenes in "Doctor Zhivago," and that the sparks from the pole on the wire symbolize the first sparks of passion for its main characters?