Best Railroad Movies (topic rehashed)

[espeefoamer]

[:D]A great movie just came out.The Station Agent is about a railfan who inherits an abandoned railroad station in New Jersey.It is a combinationof comedy and drama.whoever wrote this movie really knows railfans There is one scene at a railfan club meeting that is hilairous.[8D]

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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Now the latest bit of new is this. Pentrex is offering online gift certificates for us to buy and give to that special railfan (LIKE ME [:D] ) So if you know any railfans (LIKE ME [:D] ) that would appreciate videos for Christmas (LIKE ME [:D] ) you can get them ( ME [:D] ) a gift certificate. lol lol lol [:D]

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[vsmith]

I just remembered another great movie with a great train sequence...

Buster Keatons "Our Hospitality" If you havent seen this one RENT IT RENT IT RENT IT

Buster lives in New York in the 1840's and to claim his inheretance he has to travel to the wild untaimed west of Trenton ...east coasters will get the joke. So he goes BY TRAIN..

The train has to be seen to be believed... its a copy of Stevensons Rocket made just for the movie..complete with period coaches. The ride is HILARIOUS as the early railroad builders apparently werent too particular about where they laid the rails. Theyre laid over fallen trees, right thru streambeds, over roaks, and in once scene, theres a cow standing next to the track and wont move so they just pull the whole track asided from the cow and move on..The train ride is so rough and bouncy that when it finally smooths out and Buster exclaims " thats much better now" he looks outside the window to see that the train has come off the tracks and is rolling down a dirt road...I was absolutely ROLLING with laughter at this flick.. Check it out, you wont be sorry.

[vsmith]

I just remembered another great movie with a great train sequence...

Buster Keatons "Our Hospitality" If you havent seen this one RENT IT RENT IT RENT IT

Buster lives in New York in the 1840's and to claim his inheretance he has to travel to the wild untaimed west of Trenton ...east coasters will get the joke. So he goes BY TRAIN..

The train has to be seen to be believed... its a copy of Stevensons Rocket made just for the movie..complete with period coaches. The ride is HILARIOUS as the early railroad builders apparently werent too particular about where they laid the rails. Theyre laid over fallen trees, right thru streambeds, over roaks, and in once scene, theres a cow standing next to the track and wont move so they just pull the whole track asided from the cow and move on..The train ride is so rough and bouncy that when it finally smooths out and Buster exclaims " thats much better now" he looks outside the window to see that the train has come off the tracks and is rolling down a dirt road...I was absolutely ROLLING with laughter at this flick.. Check it out, you wont be sorry.

[jeffhergert]

I believe the movie was just called "Runaway." It was made on the DRGW in the early 70s'.

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by taylorl

If I remember right, I think it was called Avalanche Express.

THAT WAS THE NAME!

I thought it was also called "Runaway Train" Thats the movie, they used a big diesel to come up behind the runaway and used the brakes of the big diesel to slow it down.

MY FAVORITE train moment from any movie has to be from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid..

"Think ya used 'nough dynamite there Butch?"

[jeffhergert]

I believe the movie was just called "Runaway." It was made on the DRGW in the early 70s'.

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by taylorl

If I remember right, I think it was called Avalanche Express.

THAT WAS THE NAME!

I thought it was also called "Runaway Train" Thats the movie, they used a big diesel to come up behind the runaway and used the brakes of the big diesel to slow it down.

MY FAVORITE train moment from any movie has to be from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid..

"Think ya used 'nough dynamite there Butch?"

[jeffhergert]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by taylorl

If I remember right, I think it was called Avalanche Express.

THAT WAS THE NAME!

I thought it was also called "Runaway Train" Thats the movie, they used a big diesel to come up behind the runaway and used the brakes of the big diesel to slow it down.

MY FAVORITE train moment from any movie has to be from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid..

"Think ya used 'nough dynamite there Butch?"

[jeffhergert]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by taylorl

If I remember right, I think it was called Avalanche Express.

THAT WAS THE NAME!

I thought it was also called "Runaway Train" Thats the movie, they used a big diesel to come up behind the runaway and used the brakes of the big diesel to slow it down.

MY FAVORITE train moment from any movie has to be from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid..

"Think ya used 'nough dynamite there Butch?"

[adrianspeeder]

This is why Atomic Train really annoyed me. At least 3 people died while hanging between the moving cars to connect unhooked air hoses to quote "give the train brakes".

Adrianspeeder

[adrianspeeder]

This is why Atomic Train really annoyed me. At least 3 people died while hanging between the moving cars to connect unhooked air hoses to quote "give the train brakes".

Adrianspeeder

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

Always remember what the movies taught us, if you want to sabotage the brakes, cut all the air hoses. [:D]

Adrianspeeder

Hey, I learned that from watching "Silver Streak"

quote the Scatman...."Damn Hippies"

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

Always remember what the movies taught us, if you want to sabotage the brakes, cut all the air hoses. [:D]

Adrianspeeder

Hey, I learned that from watching "Silver Streak"

quote the Scatman...."Damn Hippies"

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nkloudon

I recall a movie I saw on TV MANY years ago, called "The Ghost Train". British. A group of people stranded at a remote station are told that the Ghost Train is due to pass through and to look upon it is certain death! Features a scene of train diving off an open drawbridge. Any one have details?

There were actually several British films by that name. I haven't seem any of them though, just read about them. In the one film from 1941there is a sequence that is supposed to represent a short train trip showing scenes of a train pulling out of a station, heading down the line and arriving at it's destination, but clips of 5 different trains are shown! Even if you aren't a railfan, you'd probably notice something like that!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nkloudon

I recall a movie I saw on TV MANY years ago, called "The Ghost Train". British. A group of people stranded at a remote station are told that the Ghost Train is due to pass through and to look upon it is certain death! Features a scene of train diving off an open drawbridge. Any one have details?

There were actually several British films by that name. I haven't seem any of them though, just read about them. In the one film from 1941there is a sequence that is supposed to represent a short train trip showing scenes of a train pulling out of a station, heading down the line and arriving at it's destination, but clips of 5 different trains are shown! Even if you aren't a railfan, you'd probably notice something like that!

[adrianspeeder]

Always remember what the movies taught us, if you want to sabotage the brakes, cut all the air hoses. [:D]

Adrianspeeder

[adrianspeeder]

Always remember what the movies taught us, if you want to sabotage the brakes, cut all the air hoses. [:D]

Adrianspeeder

[joseph2]

In the movie "Papa's Delicate Condition" Jackie Gleason was a 1900 division superintendent on the T&P.Him and most of his workers had a drinking problem in the movie.When the movie starts Gleason and the engine crew are singing "Won't you Come Home,Bill Baily" and passing around the bottle.Only movies I dislike are the ones that mis-represent how brakes work.

[joseph2]

In the movie "Papa's Delicate Condition" Jackie Gleason was a 1900 division superintendent on the T&P.Him and most of his workers had a drinking problem in the movie.When the movie starts Gleason and the engine crew are singing "Won't you Come Home,Bill Baily" and passing around the bottle.Only movies I dislike are the ones that mis-represent how brakes work.

[Anonymous]

If you have any railroad tapes that you think are really good why not tell us about them. [:)]

I have a bunch but not all are worth recommending. I will take a looksee and determind if any are suitable for memtioning here. Yall do the same ok?

[Anonymous]

If you have any railroad tapes that you think are really good why not tell us about them. [:)]

I have a bunch but not all are worth recommending. I will take a looksee and determind if any are suitable for memtioning here. Yall do the same ok?

[Anonymous]

I recall a movie I saw on TV MANY years ago, called "The Ghost Train". British. A group of people stranded at a remote station are told that the Ghost Train is due to pass through and to look upon it is certain death! Features a scene of train diving off an open drawbridge. Any one have details?

[Anonymous]

I recall a movie I saw on TV MANY years ago, called "The Ghost Train". British. A group of people stranded at a remote station are told that the Ghost Train is due to pass through and to look upon it is certain death! Features a scene of train diving off an open drawbridge. Any one have details?

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack

Crap! I almost forgot - THE GENERAL! Not just a train classic, but a cinema classic by any stretch. Buster Keaton is the Southern engineer in the W&A who has to get back his stolen 4-4-0. The General in the movie was an original Norris Civil War-era American working under its own steam; Keaton performs all his own stunts. Dated, yes, but it holds up remarkably well, and it's still pretty funny. (And it's a much better telling than Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase.)

And finally, has anyone seen The Titfield Thunderbolt?

See my earlier posts, I also stated that "The General" was the best train movie of ALL time. I also talked about "The Titfield Thunderbolt" which is another good train movie. Especially the scene where the two guys, drunk, try to steal a locomotive, and "drive" it off a turntable and down the strets and lanes of an English country town, its a very, very funny scene.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack

Crap! I almost forgot - THE GENERAL! Not just a train classic, but a cinema classic by any stretch. Buster Keaton is the Southern engineer in the W&A who has to get back his stolen 4-4-0. The General in the movie was an original Norris Civil War-era American working under its own steam; Keaton performs all his own stunts. Dated, yes, but it holds up remarkably well, and it's still pretty funny. (And it's a much better telling than Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase.)

And finally, has anyone seen The Titfield Thunderbolt?

See my earlier posts, I also stated that "The General" was the best train movie of ALL time. I also talked about "The Titfield Thunderbolt" which is another good train movie. Especially the scene where the two guys, drunk, try to steal a locomotive, and "drive" it off a turntable and down the strets and lanes of an English country town, its a very, very funny scene.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cudjoebob

HOW THE WEST WAS WON is a great movie for the history it tells of america, but it also has some great train action of the old west. and did you know that the stunt man in the fightout on the lumber flatcar really did lose his leg when the load of logs shifted?

cudjoebob [:)]

Welcome to the forums [:D] Glad you are here. [;)]

I didn't know about the stunt man, and am sorry to hear that. [:(]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cudjoebob

HOW THE WEST WAS WON is a great movie for the history it tells of america, but it also has some great train action of the old west. and did you know that the stunt man in the fightout on the lumber flatcar really did lose his leg when the load of logs shifted?

cudjoebob [:)]

Welcome to the forums [:D] Glad you are here. [;)]

I didn't know about the stunt man, and am sorry to hear that. [:(]

[cudjoebob]

HOW THE WEST WAS WON is a great movie for the history it tells of america, but it also has some great train action of the old west. and did you know that the stunt man in the fightout on the lumber flatcar really did lose his leg when the load of logs shifted?

[cudjoebob]

HOW THE WEST WAS WON is a great movie for the history it tells of america, but it also has some great train action of the old west. and did you know that the stunt man in the fightout on the lumber flatcar really did lose his leg when the load of logs shifted?

[Anonymous]

Scottydog,
There are some train movies you can see over and over again on AMC or Turner Classics, but I have yet to see Avalanche Express again unless I have had my head in the sand and missed it. There is another good one in which Glenn Ford played an engineer on an ALCO PA-1 on the old Chicago National. Even had some cab ride shots in the movie (B&W). Your turn: do you remember the name of this one?
Larry