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My two cents: No doubt about it, The Train is the best railroad movie ever, period. Great story, great action - supplemented by some great trains! You know the air raid scene? Or the derailment? Take a good look - no models. The "special effects" were truly special in that it was all full-sized equipment being blown to h-e-double-hockeysticks. But don't watch it just for the trains: at its core it's a great piece about a little-known chapter in World War II history, and a grand tribute to the French resistance. And there's something to be said for Von Ryan's Express. We all remember Guns of Navarone and The Great Escape... this is pretty much the same fare: World War II action-adventure. Sure, you really have to suspend belief for a few aspects of the movie (I assume that while they took over the entire Operating Department of the Italian state railways was out on a smoke break...) but it's still a classic, great fun, well worth it. Catch it on AMC from time to time. And Silver Streak was funny, of course. There's also minor but memorable train moments in other movies - I think someone mentioned the "Use enough dynamite, there, Butch?" scene in Butch Cassidy, and the scenes on the train in North By Northwest. But there are some baddies, too - Atomic Train, Runaway Train, Emperor of the North, etc. Let's just say that, to put it mildly, they aren't exactly cinematic gold. If you get a chance to see them... save the 90 minutes for something worthwhile. "You'll get your Iron Cross for this, Von Ryan!"
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