Favorite train movie...

[gvdobler]

Does anyone know this movie?

It had Ben Johnson as an engineer. A ski train losses its brokes going down a mountain and Ben Johnson hooks the rear of the train before it hits the end of track in the station.

It was very exciting and I saw it years ago and don't know the name and have never seen it since. If anyone knows the name please post it, Thanks.

Also the Last of the Hard Men with Bert Landcaster, they run a Southern Pacific orange streamline steam engine across the Mexican border.

Jon - Las Vegas

[Anonymous]

Oh lets see, favorite train movies...

The Train, with Burt Lancaster.
Silver Streak, its hilarious.
Von Ryans Express...

Enemy At The Gates had several scenes using trains, including the climax of the movie. It took place in an abandoned railyard.

Good stuff,
Alvie.

[CFournier]

Thomas the tank engine according to my 5 years old engineer...

[Train1725]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid !
Some great train scenes, especially the "posse" train filled with cops on horses that jump out as the train stops !..

Also, was the Emperor of the North the one where Bourgnine was a conductor and Marvin a Hobo? Saw it as a kid and loved it, but never knew the name

Also, there is a bar in Sunnyside, Queens, NYC called Sidetracks (right on the #7 IRT Line) that used to have all these pictures of trains from movies. It also had an Arrival/departure board..and it now has a Caboose inside the building to sit in and eat !

[paulcorr]

"Runaway Train" (1985) with Jon Voight, Eric Roberts & Rebecca DeMornay
"Von Ryan's Express" with Frank Sinatra
"The Train" with Burt Lancaster.

[fishplate]

Lots of GREAT TRAIN movies listed[tup] [:o)] How about " THE GREATIST SHOW
ON EARTH"[:o)] Has great circus train scenes. Awesome modeling info!!!!!!!

Remember, when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.

[Anonymous]

I forgot about "Kansas Pacific" up 'til now. I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned yet. It's about the westward expansion of the Kansas Pacific Railroad prior to the Civil War and the sabotage being done by the Southern sympathizers who don't want the railroad to be completed. It's a pretty good story, and it's major emphasis is on the railroad! BTW, it's from 1953.

[twhite]

Fishplate--right about GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH and the train sequences, especially that GG-1 pulling the train at the first of the movie. However near the end, when the two trains collide, did you notice that the locomotive pulling the freight section is a 4-6-4? And lettered for the Rock Island? Bet the Rock was surprised to find that they had a Hudson on the roster, even if it was a 1/20th scale model live steamer!
Tom