Freight Train on the movie Used Cars

Anonymous · January 11, 2006, 5:41pm

What railroad company was it that went by towards the end of Used Cars when Gerrit Graham’s character drove his car onto the tow truck and jumped over the moving train? My guess would be either Southern Pacific or Santa Fe.

emd_SD_60 · January 11, 2006, 6:14pm

I was wondering also… the engines looked like Baldwins… they were smoking like crazy too. This also happens to be my favorite movie and have it on DVD.[^]

adrianspeeder · January 11, 2006, 6:31pm

Never heard of it, whats it about?

emd_SD_60 · January 11, 2006, 7:43pm

This ought to give you a clue: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081698/ [;)]

adrianspeeder · January 11, 2006, 9:03pm

I’ll check it out…

joseph2 · January 11, 2006, 9:30pm

I enjoyed watching it back in the 1970’s.If the locos were Baldwins I wonder if it would be the Trona or the Sierra railroads? Joe

emd_SD_60 · January 11, 2006, 9:36pm

In the commentary on the DVD the director said it was a private mining railroad or something.

svobronco · February 9, 2025, 2:26pm

Raising the long dead here.
The railroad in question was the Magma Arizona RR in Superior AZ. They used Baldwins # 10 DRS-6-6-1500 and #9 S-12 both former McCloud River RR units.