Trains ?? are we talking toy ?? If we are don’t forget " The Adams Family "
Jim D.
a.k.a. SOCKO
Don’t forget to look for the new AFLAC comercial with the duck engineer and he is coming on a maiden tied to the tracks, he flies to throw the switch to save the maiden but gets hit with his own engine and you see lots o feathers. Good train commercial?
laz57
Great train commercial! [:)]
Toy train and Real Trains Count.
Seen the Adam’s Family. Great movie. Haven’t seen that Aflac commercial, though.
steel rails
There was an old thread on tv shows with toy trains. For movies, I’ll ad the recent The Legend of Zorro, which had a cool steam train in it.
Hey,
I saw that. It was great.
steel rails
The best EVER is Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid. Newman and Redford are awesome, the story is great–academy award, and lots of shots of the the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in it. That Railroad is awesome. I didn’t have time for the train ride on my honeymoon a few years back, but I walked the roundhouse, museum and walked and drove along parts of the line and made a stop in Silverton. The highway is A WHITE-KNUCKLER called the million Dollar highway. I take mountain roads over 60 mph, but this had me doing 15-20 in parts out of necessity.
Anyway Best movie for train lovers ever!
Under Seige 2 is set on a train and has some really interesting stuff. Also, the climax of Broken Arrow is set on a train.
Just finished watching “Emperor of the North” for the umpteenth time. No question about it in my mind–it is the best and most realistic railroad movie made to date. Not for the squeamish, to be sure, but for realistic railroading action this film has no peers. Heck, I even rank the theme song–“A Man and a Train”–sung by Marty Robbins, as one of my favorite railroad songs of all time.
Yep, a great film - no doubt about it. I like Marty Robbins’ version of that song, but I wonder how it would have sounded if Haggard had done it? The Hag is a big train nut, too.
Hey Ya’ll
I’ve never seen Emporer of The North. Where can I find it on DVD.
Also, the 1930’s movie Silver Streak with the Pioneer Zephyer is one I’d like to see. Can this be found on DVD too?
steel rails
I don’t believe “Emperor of the North” has been released as a DVD yet. I have it on VHS–bought a good number of years ago at a train show.
I just checked = it’s not out on dvd or vhs right now. Maybe it’s out on bootleg somewhere, but I don’t buy boots.
How about The Titfield Thunderbolt? Anybody seen it? It’s an old Ealings comedy and sounds very good!
Watched Godzilla’s Revenge with the kids today - about a kid who is alone most of the time and dreams of going to monster island and meeting Minilla and Godzilla etc. Anyway, the kid lives right next to a switch yard and his dad works (apparently 24 hours a day) switching cars with some kind of diesel engine. The kid talks to his dad who is in the cab a couple times and at one point the dad stops the engine and jumps down to help his kid. Lots of industrial stuff in the background and tons of real freight cars etc, but just in a few scenes. Most of the monster stuff looked like it was actualy footage from Son of Godzilla and Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster to me. No Tokyo stomping or model trains in the movie.
RE: The Titfield Thunderbolt
Plot Summary for
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
The residents of a small English village are about to lose their ancient railroad. They decide to rescue it by running it themselves, in competition with the local bus company.
Summary written by Blair Stannard {stannard@sonetis.com}
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition, to the extent that the whole project is threatened.
View the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/trailers
Sounds good! I might have to buy that set!
This has got to be the best train movie ever. Litterally just got done watching it for the first time.
Von Ryan’s Express.
Have been watching the tribute marathon to Don Knotts on TV Land this weekend and one episode had a scene where Barney was chasing a hobo away from the campfire that was next to a double line.
Not sure if the lingo above is correct but maybe a double mainline?
Anyways, Barney found a briefcase full of cash next to the track that some bank robber had thrown out of the window of the passenger train he was riding when the robber felt the heat getting close.
No trains where shown in this scene which was kind of a bummer.
Lyle R Ehlers
Was it on cable TV? If so, what channel?
Jim
I don’t see “The Station Agent” listed. Off beat, but we love it. Recently has been on TV several times, and is available on DVD. Check it out.[:D]