"Snow White And The Seven Dwarf Signals" - Snow White escapes her wicked stepmother (aren't they all?) and ends up in at LA Union Passenger Terminal where she is befriended by seven dwarf signals who keep trains from running into each other. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's keeping the train crews on the ball"?
"Frankenhobo" - Victor Von Frankenstein succeeds in creating a living being from dead flesh. The monster he creates escapes a howling mob, starts riding freight trains and earns his living as an itinerant farm worker during the 30's. He catches the eye of a Hollywood director and is hired to play the part of Lenny in "Of Mice and Men".
"The Thomas Crown Sheet Affair" - Thomas the Tank Engine's fireman fails to keep sufficient water over Thomas's crown sheet and if fails, killing the engine crew and blowing Thomas's boiler several hundred feet into a farmer's field. Sir Topham Hatt is torn between scrapping Thomas, or sending him into the shop for re-boilering. Not recommended for children due to graphic scenes of Thomas blowing up.
Andre
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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Last of the Mohawkans: New York Central tries to resist the coming onslaught of the RS tribe as their fleet of steamers slowly fall to the winds.
-Morgan
With respect for our good friend and favorite KCS fan, Jeff W..... Jeff post photos of his neatly painted 2-10-2 number 007.
Time for a Bond film ........ "Gold-Spiker"
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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"Mars Needs Trains" - However, there's a problem. With only 1/3 the gravity of earth, adhesion suffers. However, friction and inertia stay the same. After about 90 minutes of ludicrous footage, someone remembers that there were rack railways on earth and the problem is solved. Not the greatest movie, about on a par with "Trackplan 9 From Outer Space".
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How about "The Day The Trains Stood Still" - a sci fi movie wherein an alien stops all trains to prove the power of a galactic alliance. He gets killed for his efforts and his robot attacks. The phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" prevents him from doing so. It means "Klaatu is pining for the fjords".
Phoebe Vet wrote: Fazby:You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me...
Fazby:
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me...
You're schizophrenic? So am I ! Hey, that makes four of us!
Folks:
How about Model Railroading Unlimited? That's a classic Kalmbach movie.
The club-layout mini disaster film is pure genius.
andrechapelon wrote:"Mars Needs Trains" - However, there's a problem. With only 1/3 the gravity of earth, adhesion suffers. However, friction and inertia stay the same. After about 90 minutes of ludicrous footage, someone remembers that there were rack railways on earth and the problem is solved. Not the greatest movie, about on a par with "Trackplan 9 From Outer Space".Edit:How about "The Day The Trains Stood Still" - a sci fi movie wherein an alien stops all trains to prove the power of a galactic alliance. He gets killed for his efforts and his robot attacks. The phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" prevents him from doing so. It means "Klaatu is pining for the fjords".Andre
"Trackplan 9 From Outer Space" - A low budget klunker from "classic" model railroader Ed Wood. Bela Lugosi, who has come up with the worst track plan ever, dies during filming and his role is taken up by some unknown who tries to complete the trackplan all the while holding his cape in front of his face to hide the fact that he's not Bela Lugosi. Needless to say, the ultimate trackplan is even worse than Lugosi's original.
andrechapelon wrote: "Trackplan 9 From Outer Space" - A low budget klunker from "classic" model railroader Ed Wood. Bela Lugosi, who has come up with the worst track plan ever, dies during filming and his role is taken up by some unknown who tries to complete the trackplan all the while holding his cape in front of his face to hide the fact that he's not Bela Lugosi. Needless to say, the ultimate trackplan is even worse than Lugosi's original. Andre
For a minute, I was thinking, "Didn't John Agar star in that movie?" But then I realized, "No, he starred in "The Train From Planet Arous." This was a film depicting unspeakable horrors, mostly in the acting and directing categories. Locomotives float around, with no visible means of support, dangling brake hoses and MU cables below. Lionel Cowen contemplated switching to slot cars and RC planes after watching this movie.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley wrote: andrechapelon wrote: "Trackplan 9 From Outer Space" - A low budget klunker from "classic" model railroader Ed Wood. Bela Lugosi, who has come up with the worst track plan ever, dies during filming and his role is taken up by some unknown who tries to complete the trackplan all the while holding his cape in front of his face to hide the fact that he's not Bela Lugosi. Needless to say, the ultimate trackplan is even worse than Lugosi's original. AndreFor a minute, I was thinking, "Didn't John Agar star in that movie?" But then I realized, "No, he starred in "The Train From Planet Arous." This was a film depicting unspeakable horrors, mostly in the acting and directing categories. Locomotives float around, with no visible means of support, dangling brake hoses and MU cables below. Lionel Cowen contemplated switching to slot cars and RC planes after watching this movie.
I liked "Traintula" better. You know, the one where a SP reefer block going over Beaumont Hill morphs into a giant spider. It was that film that eventually led to "Trainsformers".
'Reefer madness' - The ultimate specialist, but despite all that ice, the modeller just can't chill out.
"Singin in the Train" Karaoke is taken to a ridiculous level with the train sound system.
The Magincent F-Seven .... Featuring Yul Bryner and Steve McQueen. A great movie.
"Rio Grande" --when John Wayne burns his wife Maureen O'Hara's plantation during the Civil War, he inadvertantly destroys his son Claude Jarman Jr.'s American Flyer layout in the plantation house basement.
Fifteen years later, Jarman runs away from West Point to his father's army base in Texas to complain to his father about the loss of all of his Reading 4-4-2's. O'Hara follows, to take Jarman back to the plantation where she's had a new HO scale model railroad built for him, based on the Western and Atlantic. Wayne shows Jarman the HO scale model of Tennessee Pass that he built along with some children he rescued from an Apache raid. O'Hara and Jarman stay in Texas with Wayne, though there is some friction about the layout--Wayne and the rescued children want to use Tunnel Motors for the main power, O'Hara and Jarman wants brass L-131 2-8-8-2's. At the end of the film, they've all agreed on first generation F-3's, and the Regimental Band plays "Dixie."
Tom
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andrechapelon wrote:"Wabash Cannonball Run" - An ensemble cast including Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., et al., make a mockery of speed limits on the old Wabash Railroad.Andre
"Wabash Cannonball Run" - An ensemble cast including Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., et al., make a mockery of speed limits on the old Wabash Railroad.
This one would be art imitating life. Most trains had the orders "Make best possible time consistent with safety." Which means give'r tarpaper, but if you wreck, it is your own fault.
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My personal favorites, classics really by George Lucas:
Train Wars
Episode I: the Phantom Trainmaster
Episode II: Attack of the Geeps
Episode III: Revenge of the F-unit
Episode IV: A New Mogul
Episode V: The Big Boy Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return of the Steam Engine
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OzarkBelt wrote: My personal favorites, classics really by George Lucas:Train WarsEpisode I: the Phantom TrainmasterEpisode II: Attack of the GeepsEpisode III: Revenge of the F-unitEpisode IV: A New MogulEpisode V: The Big Boy Strikes BackEpisode VI: Return of the Steam Engine
OB:
Ep 1 would have been better if so much time hadn't been spent on the Athearn Hustler Races.
And let us not forget the Greatest Train Movie Never Made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee Marvin Earnest Borgnine Bergie & Kate Blanchett
McHale's Navy on the B&O
I will let somebody take it from there.
What about:
The Odd Coupler: A horn-hook and a Kadee No. 5 share an apartment and drive each other crazy.
UP: A naked little alien runs a railroad with just his illuminated finger.
Whertigo: A train derails inside a tunnel and doesn't come out the other side.
The World's Greatest Escape: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn and Charles Bronson forget their troubles and conduct a big operating session in Hannes Messemer's basement.
Craig
DMW
Autobus Prime wrote: OzarkBelt wrote: My personal favorites, classics really by George Lucas:Train WarsEpisode I: the Phantom TrainmasterEpisode II: Attack of the GeepsEpisode III: Revenge of the F-unitEpisode IV: A New MogulEpisode V: The Big Boy Strikes BackEpisode VI: Return of the Steam EngineOB:Ep 1 would have been better if so much time hadn't been spent on the Athearn Hustler Races.
I don't know, I thought is was a nice change of pace, Though the action in Ep3 with the Geep wars and the rise of Darth Consalidation was Amazing. G. Lucas did a good job of tying it all together.
Robin Hood - Men on Trains - Another Mel Brooks spoof. This time, when the train stops, the robbers get off the train, steal stuff from the rich, and get back on the train to make their escape.
The Ten MR Commandments - John Allen appears to Moses as a burning Supertree. He gives him the laws of MR, including "Thou Shalt Not Use S-curves" and "Thou Shalt Not Run Autoracks with Thy Steam Engines." The Parting of the Red Sea is modelled using Woodland Scenics Realistic Water. Moses dies before reaching The Promised Layout.
How about this one:
They weren't Expendible-JohnWayne and Robert Ryan throw caution to the wind and aim their explosive loaded BigBoy at a convoy of cheap imports.
or Cat on a Hot Tin Reefer-Marlon Brando races against time to ice down a train load of produce.
aav wrote: "Layout of Dreams" ......."if you built it they will come"
"Layout of Dreams"
......."if you built it they will come"
Shouldn't that be "If you Dream, Plan, Build it, they will come"?
jesrr wrote: I'll never go to the movies again.
Given the cost of movie tickets, not to mention the cost of theater bought snacks and drinks, that's probably a good plan. You could come out of the theater missing an arm and a leg.
It'll give you more money for the hobby.
Obligatory Kalmbach Classic Movie: "The Longest Yard" - UP's Pocatello yard gets a makeover with the labor being done by convicts