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From: Chuck.Weinstock@a.sei.cmu.edu
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Subject: Railroad Movies
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Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 23:56:19 EST
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I saw the new Disney movie, "The Journey of Natty Gann" this weekend.  It
was an interesting story set in the Depression, made more interesting by the
presence of lots of railroad photography.  Natty's journey is mostly by
train, riding the rails.  I'm not sure which railroad it was filmed on, but
it had several operating steamers.

Other commercial movies with interesting railroad photography:

The Grey Fox: about a stage coach robber who goes to prison in the 1800's,
and when freed discovers that technology has passed him by (they no longer
rob stage coaches, trains are the big thing) so he turns to train robbery.
Excellent acting and photography.

Danger Lights: A 1930's early talky set on the Milwaukee Road, with
virtually all of the action on the railroad.  Lots of action, and not too
much stretching of reality.

Silver Streak: A late 1930's railroad movie starring the original Zephyr in
a story about getting an iron lung to the Boulder Dam construction project
in time to save the railroad president's son's life.  I would love to get a
copy of this on video tape if anyone has it.

Silver Streak: the 1970's comedy starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.
Marred by some silly inaccuracies, including scenes of approaches to three
different stations at the climax.

North by Northwest: the Hitchcock movie staring Cary Grant and Eva Marie
Saint has a wonderful (and historically accurate) sequence on the 20th
Century Limited.

There are lots more of course.  Anyone else care to list their favorites?