Guys , You are missing one of the best of all time. The Train starring Burt Lancaster. Set in france during ww2. Has lots of steam. Alan
Thank you for pointing the other one out to me. Instead of reading the whole thread I answered right away. Alan
That's Eric Roberts. He's excellent - better than his sister in my opinion. See The Pope of Greenwich Village, Best of the Best, La Cucaracha and Freefall as other examples. Charlie
My favorite is "Bad Day At Black Rock". It opens with a Daylight set being pulled by Black Widow F units across the desert terrain. And closes with Spencer Tracy boarding the train with great close-ups of the F's and the articulated Daylight cars. Doc
Rock -n- Roll Festival Express In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed. Documentary was finally released in 2003.
Yes, this is a great movie. Some history on this movie. It is a true story. All the wrecks were done using real locomotives......NO special effects. And perhaps the greatest of all, Burt Lancaster was trained to operate steam locomotives for this movie. He is really operating the locomotives in all the scenes. (And he does it very well too!)
Here is a brand new one--a very interesting model railroad is featured early in the just-released "Superman Returns." It is an excellent film as well. Worth seeing.
And tomorrow, at least here in the west, TCM has "Broadway Limited" on at 1330. Even though it's about that "other railroad" I am taping it. :teeth:
That western Shoot Out, starring Gregory Peck, is on right now. Darn! Wish I could identify that depot! :sad: Boxcab E50
Boxcab, isn't that the movie that has the Cedar Falls depot in it or am I thinking of Continental Divide?
Continental Divide. John Belushi. And believe her name was Blair Brown? At least some scenes on train were filmed between Cedar Falls, and Maple Valley. The wedding was filmed in the store house. Which was made into a retail shop. The depot had a teletype installed, and other items, that were never there in real operating days. They painted three sides of the depot, and even swept broken shingles off the roof. Painted other structures. Ran around the yard with rollers, painting rail tops silver. That was a hoot! Boxcab E50
I thought that movie was made before the MILW pulled out of the west? What year was it made? Were you up there when they were prepping things for the shoots?
