Classic Era Trains in Classic Era Films!

[MisterBeasley]

Emporer of the North Pole was made in 1973, but is set back in the depression on the 1930s.  The train is a short local steamer with Ernest Borgnine as the conductor and Lee Marvin as the hobo trying to ride it.

[The Milwaukee Road Warrior]

Two of my great loves combined!  Pre 1970s trains in pre 1970s film.  I'm sure I have left off something obvious but here are some of my favorite classic films which feature trains.  Curious what others will add to this list.

The General (1926) - classic film with Buster Keaton set during the Civil War.  One famous scene after another.  Keatons character has "two great loves": his locomotive, and a girl.  In that order lol.

The Narrow Margin (1952) - classic film noir with great exterior and interior shots of a Santa Fe run from Chicago to Los Angeles.

White Heat (1950) - great Jimmy Cagney film with a brief sequence where a steam train (almost certainly a SP or ATSF) is robbed.

North by Northwest (1955) - Hitchcock classic with extended sequences on an ATSF (I believe), and a great scene inside a classic era station's Great Hall.

The Lady Vanishes (1938) - another great Hitchcock film set almost exclusively on a train.  Margaret Lockwood is at her most gorgeous.  Plus, you get Caldicott and Charters for laughs!

Night Train to Munich (1940) - wonderful Carol Reed WW2 spy film set on a train - again with Caldicott and Charters - and Lockwood.  I say ole chap!  Isn't that Dickey Randle?!?

High Noon (1950) - Not a lot of train in this film, but it plays a suspenseful part as we look down the empty tracks and wait for the whistle...

3:10 to Yuma (1957) - great character study with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.  Like High Noon, not a lot of train in this one, but its arrival is eagerly anticipated.

Call Northside 777 (1948) - The Chicago EL features a little bit in this one.  Marvelous atmosphere created by the production design team.

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) - Great Otto Preminger film with one of my favorite scenes: Dana Andrew trying to sneak Kenneth Payne's body into the back of his car in a dark alley in the middle of the night as the EL train races by overhead.

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - great Burt Lancaster film where repeated camera shots thru an open window show EL trains crossing a large bridge at night: a key plot device.

This Gun for Hire (1941) - Very cool scenes shot at a rail yard where Alan Ladd is hiding with Veronica Lake (lucky bum!).

Of course there are others that came to mind:

Lancaster in The Train, Butch Cassidy, Once Upon a Time in the West, Red River, Pickup on South Street, the classic opening scene of The Asphalt Jungle where Sterling Hayden is sneaking around and thru an empty train yard, Joseph Cotton arriving in Vienna by train in The Third Man, and of course, Bogart getting a "dear John" letter from Ingrid Bergman at the train station in Casablanca.  That would be enough to make me jump in front of the train...