in the movie Fried Green Tomatoes ther is a sign on 1 of the buildings that says Pritchard was this the town pritchard Ms or maybe Ala
if so what was the name of the RR in the movie i noticed the boxcars being pulled by a steam loco were the type used today they didnt look to old
i belive they had roller bearings & shortend ladders & hand brakes[8D]
All filiming occured in Georgia along the former Central Of Georgia line to Macon. For the life of me I can’t recall the actual name of the town.
Former Alantic & West Point 290 a Lima 4-6-2 provided the motive power, NS was approached about the use of of 611 or 1218, though receptive to the idea, the 290 was readily available.
According to the Internet Movie Data Base, "FGT " was filmed at :
Fayetteville, GA
Juliette, GA
Senoia, GA
Zebulon, GA
Orlando, FL
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA