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Trains in Films

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    #32
    LordSutch
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    I happened to see it over the Christmas, mad as a box of frogs but no shortage of 1960s trains, young ladies, hockey sticks, and a very young George Cole (arthur Daly) & Frankie Howard :D

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    #33
    tricky D
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    big list here:: http://www.goletadepot.org/trains_movies.php


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    #34
    im invisible
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    Snakes on a train


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    #35
    Our man in Havana
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    im invisible wrote: »
    Snakes on a train
    Was that about the 0703 from Cobh to Cork that became defective at Fota?


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    #36
    CaptainSkidmark
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    flyingsnail wrote: »
    Was that meant to be a drama or a documentary?

    a drama.....


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    #37
    Judgement Day
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    Since I can't take a decent shot of the GSWR Directors' Saloon from "Underground", this Lobby Card is the next best thing. :D

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    GSWR Directors' Saloon at Enniscorthy Station.


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    #38
    Niles
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    I've vague, vague recollections of seeing a US film (made for TV?) years ago, in which some children team up with a retired driver to steal a a due-to-be-scrapped steam loco and drive it head across the country for a museum. (There was a scene where they narrowly avoid colliding with a diesel hauled freight). Can't remember the title, it was probably made in the 90s.

    Funny, when scanning this board the "Train Porn" and "Trains in Films" threads where close together, for a second my eyes misread them as "Trains in Porn Films"! :eek::D Then again, maybe someone can provide us with examples... (Joke).:pac:


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    #39
    Losty Dublin
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    Niles wrote: »
    Funny, when scanning this board the "Train Porn" and "Trains in Films" threads where close together, for a second my eyes misread them as "Trains in Porn Films"! :eek::D Then again, maybe someone can provide us with examples... (Joke).:pac:

    Will this do you for now? :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThCNUDwHW1k


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    #40
    Judgement Day
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    Anybody remember the truly awful Remington Steele American TV series? One episode (Series 3 Episode 6) was shot in Ireland circa 1984 and featured a 'typical' Irish train at a level crossing. Incredibly the train consisted of Acrylonitrile tanker wagons and passenger carriages hauled by a J15! The episode was called "Steele your heart away" - hours of fun for somebody to track down online.

    I think this pic from the episode says quite enough about the Ireland being depicted. :D

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    #41
    Our man in Havana
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    Niles wrote: »
    I've vague, vague recollections of seeing a US film (made for TV?) years ago, in which some children team up with a retired driver to steal a a due-to-be-scrapped steam loco and drive it head across the country for a museum. (There was a scene where they narrowly avoid colliding with a diesel hauled freight). Can't remember the title, it was probably made in the 90s.

    Funny, when scanning this board the "Train Porn" and "Trains in Films" threads where close together, for a second my eyes misread them as "Trains in Porn Films"! :eek::D Then again, maybe someone can provide us with examples... (Joke).:pac:
    There are quite a few porn films with trains in them. :D


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    #42
    Judgement Day
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    The Flockton Flyer was an excellent 1970s British TV series shot on the West Somerset Railway. Available on DVD. I have mine. :D

    Flockton%2BFlyer.jpg

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flockton_Flyer


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    #43
    Judgement Day
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    The Ghost Train (1941) A group of travellers get stuck at a country junction station when they miss their connection. Having missed the last train, they must wait at the station for the first train next morning. The station master tells them the story of the ghost train which is sometimes seen going out over the bridge. Story has it that it is the ghost of a train that was lost in the river 43 years earlier when the swing bridge wasn't closed. This is actually all a cover for some gun runners, and the intervention of the passengers ruins the plans of the criminals.



    Harmless fun and, needless to say, I have a copy. :D


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    #44
    Cicero
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    The taking of Pelham123....1974 original edition...well worth watching...Robert Shaw is at his best ....

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    #45
    Judgement Day
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    The Signalman by Charles Dickens is another railway tale and the BBC produced an excellent version back in 1976. The BBC used the Severn Valley Railway for their movie. I always fancied remaking it at Barnagh Station on the North Kerry line - a really spooky spot and very similar to the location used by the BBC. Available on DVD and no train buff should be without one!The Health & Safety people could use it as a training video too. :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZrCHY6B5KM


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    #46
    Judgement Day
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    "Minder on the Orient Express" (1985) George Cole's second railway film! If you like trains, George Cole, Denis Waterman and Patrick Malahide you should have a copy of this. Still available on VHS and DVD.

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    #47
    roundymac
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    Noel Cowards Brief Encounter with Trevor Howard & Celia Johnston. Railway shots were at Carnforth railway station.


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    #48
    CaptainSkidmark
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    The Flockton Flyer was an excellent 1970s British TV series shot on the West Somerset Railway. Available on DVD. I have mine. :D

    Flockton%2BFlyer.jpg

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flockton_Flyer

    That loco looks like a black version of Duck on thomas the tank engine :D


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    #49
    Niles
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    A short but entertaining nonetheless...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1QY2A2C5pc


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    #50
    dmcronin
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    Surprised no mention of Bridge On The River Kwai. Went out to the area where the novel/movie was located in real life (Kanchanaburi, Thailand). They're really milking it out there, River Kwai this-and-that, two dedicated museums, a couple of NBL 4-6-0s, a Beyer Garrett and a Japanese rail truck on display around the village. Steam specials and sound and light shows in December to coincide with the King's birthday who's a bit of a railway buff.
    The movie was filmed in Ceylon or Sri Lanka if you will.


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    #51
    ardmacha
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    And as IMDB informed us, the rail aspect of things is a big dodgy.

    Both scenes are wrong: the actual line would have been 1 metre gauge, as it connected existing Thai and Burmese metre-gauge routes. Share this
    In the opening scene, the railway is 5'6" (1.676 m) broad gauge, as used in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the filming location; but when we see tracks on the finished bridge, they're much narrower, about 2' (60 cm).

    You wonder whether they built a train to blow up, or used old stock. Sri Lanka (venerable island for anglophone zealots) had some 2' 6" lines, perhaps these provided the hardware.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskoqCtRFD4


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    #52
    dmcronin
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    I was aware of the gauge inaccuracy alright.
    While examining some display boards outside Bangkok Rail station, I wasn't aware that Thailand, or Siam at the time, had regauged their system from 4' 8 1/2'' to metre gauge back around 1919, I presume to link up with French colonial lines in Cambodia or did the Brits build their lines in Malaya and Burma in metre gauge first?? (Wikipedia is on strike so can't check!)


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    #53
    Judgement Day
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    "This Other Eden" (1959) A comedy shot in Dublin and Wicklow contains some interesting railway footage. A train is caught in Kingsbridge and makes its way to Wicklow! Despite being set in 1945 it's Metrovick C-class haulage and a mixed bag of stock including Bredin 1334. Shot at various locations on the Connolly/Rosslare line. Only available as a bootleg but worth tracking down as it's a quality movie too.


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    #54
    Todd Gack
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    #55
    im invisible
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    anybody say O'Horten yet?


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    #56
    LoonyLovegood
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    Cáca Milis - the film which terrorised thousands of children in Irish!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UleuAxTpmF4


    A blind man (Paul) is getting onto his usual train and he sits beside Catherine. He has no manners and he will not leave Catherine alone he eats his cake with no manners and annoys Catherine. She says that there was a worm in his cake and tries to make him think he is on the wrong train.

    Essentially a low budget murder film, but the entirety is set on a train, some great shots of MK2 carriages.


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    #57
    demanufactured
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    Runaway train.


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    #58
    gobnaitolunacy
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    Watched The Good, The Bad & The Ugly the other night, I'm assuming they used a Spanish broad gauge loco and coaches? The gauge looks REALLY wide!


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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    "This Other Eden" (1959) A comedy shot in Dublin and Wicklow contains some interesting railway footage. A train is caught in Kingsbridge and makes its way to Wicklow! Despite being set in 1945 it's Metrovick C-class haulage and a mixed bag of stock including Bredin 1334. Shot at various locations on the Connolly/Rosslare line. Only available as a bootleg but worth tracking down as it's a quality movie too.

    Is there any decent sound of the Crossley engine?


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    Judgement Day
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    Here's one to stump even the smartest spotter. The only clue is that 1954 is the year the movie was released. Name of the location or movie will do.

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    cml387
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Here's one to stump even the smartest spotter. The only clue is that 1954 is the year the movie was released. Name of the location or movie will do.

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    Happy Ever After?


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