I cannot decide between "White Christmas" and "Emperor of the North". These are the only (2) DVD's I own.
Donald
The Wild Bunch!
And finally, how could we forget the "Marx" Brothers in "Go West" .... pouring liquor down the smokestack to speed up that old woodburner and the popcorn in the firebox. Groucho leaning out a window of the house that's impaled on that engine saying "there's a lovely fire in the living room". Harpo sharpening an axe on one of the wheels as they're speeding along.
Steve24944 posted:The Railroad portion of "How the West Was Won" was pretty good.
Steve
Which reminds me "Once Upon A Time In The West". My top western movie.
balidas posted:Steve24944 posted:The Railroad portion of "How the West Was Won" was pretty good.
Steve
Which reminds me "Once Upon A Time In The West". My top western movie.
Wasn't that a Spaghetti Western filmed in Spain ?
Steve24944 posted:balidas posted:Steve24944 posted:The Railroad portion of "How the West Was Won" was pretty good.
Steve
Which reminds me "Once Upon A Time In The West". My top western movie.
Wasn't that a Spaghetti Western filmed in Spain ?
A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western yes. The opening scene was shot in Spain while the rest of the movie was shot in other parts of Spain as well as Rome & the US.
The opening scene set I want to replicate when I build my layout.
Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson, Peter Fonda, Jason Robards.... how can you go wrong?
Does the 1948 CNJ Promotional "The BIG little Railroad" count? 
As far as CGI, I'm pretty sure the scene in "Unstoppable" where the engine and cars have their wheels lift off the track on one side going around a tight curve wasn't 'real'....
wjstix posted:As far as CGI, I'm pretty sure the scene in "Unstoppable" where the engine and cars have their wheels lift off the track on one side going around a tight curve wasn't 'real'....
Bingo.
The laws of physics and gravity wouldn't allow it. Swell melodrama, bad science.
Rusty
What movie had a Southern Pacific (I think) run the border into Mexico at the end? It was a pretty good scene.
balidas posted:There is also the great train wreck in the movie "The Greatest Show On Earth" starring the venerable James Stewart & Charlton Heston.
Yes . The clip doesn't show the engineer whistling out the flag ________ __ __ __ and the rear brakeman heading out to protect the rear of the train just before the tail end collision. Great movie.
My vote goes to The Train tied with Von Ryans Express with the Emperor of the North a close second.
Breakheart Pass another great one with Charles Bronson. I will also agree with previous posts, The Train and Von Ryan's Express are also favorites.
GVDobler posted:What movie had a Southern Pacific (I think) run the border into Mexico at the end? It was a pretty good scene.
That would have been the movie "Tough Guys", staring SP 4449, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallic (sp), Charles Durning, and a host of others, like Doyle McCormack and the rest of us on the 4449 crew (behind the scenes anyway). For what it's worth, this movie is now finally, after being done in 1986, available on BluRay DVD, through Amazon.
My favorites are Emperor of the North, Von Ryan's Express, and the Train. All three classics. My favorite Christmas movie with a train is White Christmas with Bing Crosby. I think in White Christmas they show footage of a Santa Fe with palm trees. I guess in the movie Santa Fe was in Florida but it is okay with me. In my basement Santa Fe runs right next to the Monon, the N&W, the Katy, etc. All good fun. We grew up listening to Bing Crosby and White Christmas Album and it is still our favorite Christmas music. Brings back memories of Christmas from my youth.
Dean
Hot Water posted:That would have been the movie "Tough Guys", staring SP 4449, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallic (sp), Charles Durning, and a host of others, like Doyle McCormack and the rest of us on the 4449 crew (behind the scenes anyway). For what it's worth, this movie is now finally, after being done in 1986, available on BluRay DVD, through Amazon.
I've read a handful of hobby press articles on the making of that movie. Do you have any particular stories you'd care to share?
Here's another vote for "Emperor of the North".
For those concerned about a film without 'real' locomotives and/or trains...the equipment used to make "Emperor of the North" is about a real as it gets.
Pardon me if I miss your Thanksgiving dinner, I'll be riding the '19' to Portland.
Another wreck scene, this one from "The Train," featuring actual engines and rolling stock (no models or CGI). Can only imagine what would be involved if a producer tried to stage something like this today.
The Natural, has a locomotive in the early scenes starting at 6:50 into the film. I cannot determine if it is a Mikado or a Northern. The number plate on the front of the loco is visible briefly, but again I cannot make it out.
How can we forget Buster Keaton in 'The General" . Years later he did this film called "The Railrodder".
