Just stumbled across this and had to post it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMg7PtCUyg
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Thanks for posting this clip, it really jollied up the morning! Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor’s station scene is probably one of the funniest pieces of comedy film ever made.
And the Silver Streak itself one of the funniest – or most absurd – representations of a passenger train ever to hit the screen, complete with rear-boarding passenger cars and baggage cars outfitted with shelves like a garage or basement workshop.
The real silver streak hit Chicago a few days ago. When the subway train at O’Hare ran off the end of the track onto the escalator.
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Lot of the film was shot in Calgary, Canadaland, lots of old CPR equipment used, I think they are still using some of that equipment on our so-called passenger service.
I dunno about Calgary, but the restroom was definitely Toronto Union station, and I’m pretty sure most of the other train station scenes were Toronto too.
As with a lot of films, IMDB has a location list for “Silver Streak” which shows various locations, including the sound stage at Fox studios in Culver City.