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"Loco Locomotive" segment [Oct 1961]
on "The Yogi Bear Show" syndicated TV series
 | Jellystone Park's new kiddie train ride wakes Yogi and Boo-Boo from their hibernation . . . Produced by Hanna-Barbera for Screen Gems TV; main voices by Daws Butler & Don Messick credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [7:16] online at Funnier Moments |
"Locomotive Loco" segment [Feb 1960]
on the "Quick Draw McGraw" syndicated TV series
 | Bandit Loose Caboose steals the Golden Spike from the railroad . . . Produced by Hanna-Barbera for Screen Gems TV; main voices by Daws Butler & Don Messick credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [7:12] online at Funnier Moments |
"The Lone Ranger" [Disney July 2013]
Lots and lots of trains; starring Johnny Depp & Armie Hammer full credits from IMDb
see The 'Lone Ranger & Tonto' Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
"The Lone Ranger: Behind The Scenes" promo film [Disney U.K. 2013]
watch 6/2013 promo short [2:42] online at YouTube
"Riding The Rails of The Lone Ranger: Behind The Scenes" short film [2013]
11-minute color film; credits from IMDb
watch 10/2013 short film [10:39] online at YouTube
"The Lonedale Operator"
[17 mins.; Biograph March 1911, rereleased Nov 1915]
Filmed in Inglewood, California; when her father becomes ill, a young girl takes over as telegraph operator at a lonely Western
railway station; a payroll train is on its way and two ruffians are planning to rob it; she holds them at bay until help arrives.
Produced & directed D.W. Griffith; written by Mack Sennett; starring Verner Clarges & Blanche Sweet; preserved by
MoMA-NYC and available only on "Treasures From American Film Archives" box set full credits from IMDb
"Long Summer of George Adams" [] w/James Garner
"The Lost Express" 15-episode silent serial [Signal/Mutual Sept-Dec 1917]
 | A train carrying a valuable formula for granular gasoline {sic} disappears enroute . . . Chapter Titles: 1. The Lost Express; 2. The Destroyed Document; 3. The Wreck At The Crossing; 4. The Oil Well Conspiracy; 5. In Deep Waters; 6. High Voltage; 7. The Race With The Limited; 8. The Mountain King; 9. The Looters; 10. Fire and Water (aka The Secret of The Mine); 11. When North Was South (aka A Fight For A Million); 12. Law Is Law (aka Daring Death); 13. Disowned (aka The Escape); 14. Trapped (aka Unmasked); 15. The Found Express (aka The Return of The Lost Express)
Co-written & directed by J.P. McGowan; co-written by Frederick Bennett; starring Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, Thomas G. Lingham, Omar Whitehead, William Brunton, Edward Hearn, John McKinnon, William N. Chapman DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb |
"The Lost Express" silent feature [Rayart Pictures Aug 1926]
 | Kidnapping and other drama aboard a millionaire's private train; the only surviving version is from a 48-minute 16mm print. Directed by J.P. McGowan; starring Helen Holmes, Jack Mower, Henry A. Barrows, Fred Church, Elita Proctor Otis, {baby} Lassie Lou Ahern, Eddie Barry & Martin Turner
Alpha Home Ent. b&w double-feature DVD [3/2012] for $7.98 with "In Danger's Path" [1915 short] credits at IMDb |
"Maine-Oc้an Express" [France April 1986] /tt0091461/
Several young people meet on the train from Paris to Saint-Nazaire on the Breton coast; upon arrival, the action is mostly at the beach.
"Malcolm" [Australia 1986]
  | Charming Australian comedy film much like Britain's 1950s Ealing comedies; mechanical genius Malcolm is fired from his job with Melbourne's tramway (streetcar) company; he takes in a boarder named Frank who turns out to be a crook, then helps Frank rob several banks with ingenius variations of tram cars; filmed in Melbourne, Victoria and in Lisbon, Portugal. Co-produced & directed by Nadia Tass; written by David Parker; starring Colin Friels, Lindy Davies, Chris Haywood, John Hargreaves, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Beverley Phillips, Judith Stratford, Heather Mitchell & Tony Mahood
Televista color DVD [9/2007] for $24.95 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Mandie and The Cherokee Treasure"
[Lost World Pictures 2010]
 | Partly filmed on the Tweetsie Rail Road of North Carolina; direct-to-video family movie based on 'Mandie Series' book #2, set at the Turn of The Century; former orphan Mandie's Uncle John sets out on a mysterious mission, ordering Mandie to stay at home; but curious Mandie follows and discovers a Cherokee legend of a gold mine with a curse on it. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Joy Chapman; co-produced & co-written by Owen Smith; starring Lexi Johnson, William Smith Yelton, Amanda Waters, Terrell Anthony, Lisa Winters II, with Hayley Mills
Bridgestone color DVD-R [1/2011] for $5.70 full credits at IMDb official movie site "Mandie: The Cherokee Legend" [#2 = 1983] by Lois Gladys Leppard Bethany House Publns mass pb [7/83] out of print/used Bethany House Publns mass pb [7/83] out of print/200+ used |
"Matt Clark, Railroad Detective
[Republic TV Jan 1954-March 1955]
  | "Based on Newspaper Files and Records" The 39-episode b&w Western TV series was called "Stories of The Century"; later syndication was called "The Fast Guns"; used much stock footage from Republic's Western features & serials; each episode had star Jim Davis and a female sidekick solve some problem with bad guys, usually interacting with a historical Western character, including Sam Bass, Billy The Kid {Richard Jaeckel}, 'Black Bart', Chief Crazy Horse, The Dalton Gang, The Doolin Gang, Geronimo, John Wesley Hardin, 'Doc' Holliday, Tom Horn, The James Gang, 'Black Jack' Ketchum {Jack Elam}, Bill Longley, Joaquin Murietta, Quantrill, Johnny Ringo, Belle Starr {Marie Windsor}, Tiburcio Vasquez, The Wild Bunch, The Younger Brothers, many others Starring Jim Davis, Mary Castle & Kristine Miller; guest actors included Don 'Red' Barry, Louise Beavers, James Best, Veda Ann Borg, John Dehner, Jack Kelly, Fess Parker, Paul Picerni, Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, Lee Van Cleef, Stuart Whitman, Sheb Wooley & Victor Sen Yung
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [8/2007] 39 episodes on 3 disks for $15.67 St Clair Ent. Group b&w DVD [7/2005] 36 {sic!} episodes on 3 disks - out of prodn/used series credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia |
watch the January 1954 'Billy the Kid' episode [26:33] online at Internet Archive
watch the February 1954 'Cattle Kate' episode [26:18] online at Internet Archive
watch the March 1954 'Doc Holliday' episode [25:48] online at Internet Archive
"Mickey's Choo-Choo" b&w sound cartoon
[Disney/Celebrity Media June 1929]
 | Very simple early sound cartoon; Mickey oils and fuels his locomotive and feeds his dog, then Minnie arrives with her fiddle; the locomotive has trouble climbing a hill and slips backward, Mickey chases after the loose boxcar with Minnie on top, they crash into a farmer's wagon stranded on the tracks, the debris forms a handcar, and Mickey & Minnie ride away into a tunnel.
Directed & animated by Ub Iwerks; voices by Walt Disney full credits at IMDb film entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [6:53] online at YouTube |
"Midnight Limited" [Monogram Pictures March 1940]
 | Train shots are stock footage; the plot is simplistic B-movie fare. When a 'phantom robber' steals a fortune in jewels from a passenger on the Midnight Limited train to Canada, a railroad detective and his pretty assistant are assigned to the case; the crook robs three more times, and then commits murder; the detective disquises himself as a wealthy Canadian in an attempt to trap the killer . . . Directed by Howard Bretherton; script by Harrison Carter & Charles B. Williams; starring John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Edward Keane, Monte Collins, I. Stanford Jolley, Pat Flaherty, Herbert Ashley, Lita Chevret
Alpha Video b&w DVD [3/2005] for $7.98 full credits at IMDb |
"Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip" color cartoon [Disney/R.K.O. Radio Nov 1940]
 | Mickey and Pluto need to get from Burbank to Pomona, but dogs are not allowed on the train - as conductor Pete makes perfectly clear; Mickey sneaks Pluto onto the train in his suitcase, but Pete finds out and chases them through the train Directed & animated by Clyde Geronimi; original music by Ed Love & Oliver Wallace; voices of Walt Disney {as Mickey}, Lee Millar {as Pluto} & Billy Bletcher {as Pete}
69-minute Disney Studios Home Ent. color/b&w DVD [4/2009] for $7.50 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $24.57 full credits at IMDb film entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [9/2012 upload; 7:46] online at YouTube |
"Murder In The Private Car" [M.G.M. June 1934] /tt0024359/
plot involves a kidnapped heiress, a runaway train, several on-board murders, and the wreck of a circus train
"Murder In The Pullman" /tt0165887/
two-reel short #8 [W.B./Vitaphone May 1932]; based on characters created by S.S. Van Dine
starring Donald Meek as Doctor Crabtree & John Hamilton as N.Y.P.D. Inspector Carr
"Murder On The Orient Express"
[E.M.I./Paramount Nov 1974]
 | 11"x17" movie poster available at AllPosters.com
The Orient Express is blocked by a snow storm, and famous detective Hercule Poirot is asked to solve the murder of a passenger. Directed by Sidney Lumet; based on the Agatha Christie novel; starring Albert Finney {as Poirot}, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark & Michael York; won Best Supporting Actress Oscar [IB], nominated for Best Script Adaptation, Best Actor [AF], Best Cinermatography, Best Music, Best Costumes; won BAFTAs for Best Supporting Actor & Actress [JG & IB], nominated for 7 others including Best Film; won W.G.G.B. Award for Best Script Paramount widescreen color DVD [7/2004] for $9.98 Paramount color VHS [2/98] 2 tapes / out of prodn/used D.R.G. soundtrack CD [1/2003] for $9.98 full credits at IMDb |
 | based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie [1890-1976] Berkley mass pb [8/2004] for $6.99 Black Dog & Leventhal 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $9.60 |
"Murder On The Orient Express" TV movie [British 2001]
 | In a modern-day setting, Poirot's train is returning from Istanbul, and is blocked by a landslide Directed by Carl Schenkel; starring Alfred Molina {as Poirot}, Meredith Baxter, Leslie Caron, Amira Casar, Nicolas Chagrin, Tasha de Vasconcelos, David Hunt, Adam James, Dylan Smith & Peter Strauss
Allumination color DVD [12/2005] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
  | 2017 color feature film [Fox Nov 2017]  'Everyone is a suspect' Filmed in Malta, Italy & England; co-produced & directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh {as Hercule Poirot}; adapted by Michael Green; also starring Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Johnny Depp, Pen้lope Cruz, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Willem Dafoe, Lucy Boynton, Olivia Colman, Miranda Raison, Derek Jacobi, Tom Bateman, Marwan Kenzari, Sergei Polunin DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch 6/2017 official trailer [2:26] online at YouTube watch 9/2017 official extended trailer [3:50] online at YouTube |
"My Little Chickadee" [1940]
starring W.C. Fields & Mae West
"The Mystery of The Blue Train"
[Granada/I.T.V./A&EDec 2005]
 | Private detective Hercule Poirot takes a train to the French Riviera; an American heiress is murdered in her compartment, and her world-famous ruby is missing. Directed by Hettie Macdonald; teleplay by Guy Andrews, based on the Agatha Christie novel; starring David Suchet, James D'Arcy, Lindsay Duncan & Elliott Gould episode credits at IMDb
A&E color DVD [5/2006] out of prodn/used available as part of 4-disk set [Dec 2005] which also includes "Taken At The Flood" [April 2006], "After The Funeral" [Dec 2005], and "Cards On The Table" [Dec 2005] A&E color DVD [5/2006] 4 disks for $49.99 "The Mystery of The Blue Train" novel [1928] by Agatha Christie [1890-1976] Berkley mass pb [6/2000] for $6.99 Pocket mass pb [7/79] out of print/many used Amereon 8¾x5¾ hardcover [1/99] for $22.95 |
"The Mystery Train" [Standard Photoplay Co. Aug 1931]
 | Passengers trapped on a runaway Pullman car. Co-written & directed by Phil Whitman; co-written by Hampton Del Ruth; starring Hedda Hopper, Marceline Day, Nick Stuart, Bryant Washburn, Al Cooke, Mary MacLaren, Carol Tevis, Joseph W. Girard, Spec O'Donnell & Eddie Fetherston
Alpha Video b&w DVD [7/2009] for $7.98 full credits at IMDb |
"Mystery Train" [Orion Pictures Nov 1989]
Jim Jarmusch's independent film does not have trains; the story begins at the Memphis train station.
"The Narrow Margin"
 | R.K.O. b&w feature film [May 1952] {French title "L้nigme du Chicago Express"} A cynical cop escorts the tough-as-nails wife of a mobster from Chicago to Los Angeles by train for her testimony before a grand jury. Directed by Richard Fleischer; script by Martin M. Goldsmith, Earl Felton & Jack Leonard; starring Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Gordon Gebert, Jacqueline White, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey & Harry Harvey; Oscar nomination for Best Script Turner b&w DVD [7/2005] for $17.99 Turner b&w VHS [4/91] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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Carolco color remake of Sept 1990 A witness to a killing by a top Mafia boss goes into hiding; first the authorities find her, then the mob tries to rub her out. A deputy district attorney escorts her by train across Canada, with the bad guys hot on their heels. Adapted & directed by Peter Hyams; starring Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J.A. Preston & Harris Yulin Lions Gate widescreen color DVD [11/98] for $12.99 Live/Artisan color VHS [12/93] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb |
"Nayak (The Hero)" [India 1966, USA July 1974]
 | Set on the Rajdhani Express train travelling overnight from Calcutta to Delhi {800 miles, 1300 km} in India; an insecure movie actor travels at the last minute in coach, meets a pretty feminist journalist, and reveals to her his troubled dreams and secret tales from his past. Written, directed & music by Satyajit Ray; starring Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose, Nirmal Ghosh, Premangshu Bose, Sumita Sanyal, Ranjit Sen, Kamu Mukherjee, Susmita Mukherjee & Jogesh Chatterjee; won 2 awards at Berlin International Film Festival, won India's Silver Lotus Award
New York Film Annex b&w DVD [6/2006] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Nevada City" [1941]
starring Roy Rogers & George 'Gabby' Hayes full credits at IMDb
"Night Mail" [British Lion/M.G.M. May 1935] /tt0250616/
Directed by Herbert Smith
"Night Mail" [General Post Office Film Unit/A.B.F.D. UK Jan 1936]
 | 25-minute documentary short about the mail-only train from London to Edinburgh, Scotland; mail car interior shots filmed in studio; narration includes excerpts from a poem by W.H. Auden; PAL format DVD includes second short film "West Highland" [1960] Co-produced & co-directed by Harry Watt & Basil Wright; music by Benjamin Britten; featuring Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae
BBC Region 2 (PAL format) b&w DVD [10/2002] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Night Passage" Western [Universal Pictures July 1957] /tt0050763/
Technicolor movie partly filmed on the Durango & Silverton RR in Colorado, including footage of the train traversing
the 'High Line' above the Animas River Gorge; starring James Stewart & Audie Murphy
"Night Train", Part 1
"The Night Train" [Egypt 1953] /tt0316102/
"Night Train" [Poland 1959] /tt0053176/
"The Night Train" [Finland 1996] /tt0118212/
"Night Train" [1998] /tt0169083/
"Night Train" video release [A-Mark April 2009]
 | Filmed in Bulgaria; two train passengers and the conductor discover a dead fellow passenger, then find a package of diamonds on his person; they conspire to keep the gems, but their mutual trust soon unravels . . .
Written & directed by Brian King; starring Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Matthias Schweig-h๖fer, Takatsuna Mukai, Togo Igawa, Richard O'Brien, Jo Marr, Constantine Gregory, Harry Anichkin & Geoff Bell full credits at IMDb E1 Ent. color Blu-ray [7/2009] for $2.95 + s/h National Ent. Media widescreen color Blu-ray [7/2009] for $8.83 with extras National Ent. Media widescreen color DVD [7/2009] for $6.07 |
"The Night Train" [2011] /tt1361323/
"Night Train", Part 2
"Night Train For Inverness" [1960] /tt0054121/
"Night Train To Lisbon" [K-5 Film/Germany March 2013]
 | A Swiss college teacher chances upon a woman about to jump off of a bridge; he grabs her and she runs, but leaves behind a red raincoat with a book in the pocket. He follows the clues at hand and breaks with his cloistered life by impulsively boarding the night train bound for Lisbon, Portugal. Directed by Bille August; written by Greg Latter & Ulrich Herrmann, based on the bestseller novel by Pascal Mercier; starring Jeremy Irons, M้lanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck, Tom Courtenay, August Diehl, Bruno Ganz, Lena Olin, Burghart Klau฿ner, Nicolau Breyner, Charlotte Rampling, Helena Afonso, Beatriz Batarda, Christopher Lee
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Night Train To Lisbon: A Novel (Nachtzug nach Lissabon)" [2004 bestseller] by Pascal Mercier, Translated by Barbara Harshav Kindle Edition from Grove Press [2008 edition] for $8.25 Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2008] for $13.03 Grove Press 9x6½ hardcover [12/2007] out of print/many, many used |
"Night Train To Memphis" [1946] starring Roy Acuff & band /tt0038775/
"Night Train To Milan" [Italy 1963] aka "Il criminale" /tt0276037/
"Night Train To Munich" [1940] /tt0032842/
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Train-Munich-Criterion-Collection/dp/B003D3Y65G/
"Night Train To Paris" [1964] /tt0058402/
"Night Train To Venice" [1993] /tt0107683/
"October Sky" [Universal Pictures Feb 1999]
  | Location filming in Tennessee; the locomotive used in this movie was Southern Railway #4501, owned by Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. October 1957: Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite; a teenager in a small West Virginia town is inspired to build and launch his own rocket; he enlists three friends in his endeavour but they face stiff opposition, most of all from Homer's own father, the manager of the local coal mine. Directed by Joe Johnston; adapted by Lewis Colick, from a memoir by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.; starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg, Natalie Canerday, Scott Thomas/Scott Miles, Randy Stripling, Chris Ellis, Elya Baskin, Courtney Cole-Fendley, David Dwyer, Terry Loughlin, Kaili Hollister, David Copeland, Don Henderson Baker, Tom Kagy, Donald Thorne, Justin Whitsett, Larry Rue, Neva Howell, Terry Nienhuis, Brady Coleman, Rick Forrester, Terrence Gibney, Douglas Swander, Keeli Hale Kimbro, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Blaque Fowler, Don Tilley, Rockford Davis, John Bennes, Jonathan Fawbush, Larry Black, Frank Schuler, Ida Ginn, Richard Lumpkin, Mark W. Johnson, Don Taylor, Don G. Campbell, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Dave Hager, Ray Elder, Andy Stahl, Joe Digaetano {as Wernher von Braun}, O. Winston Link {as locomotive driver}
Universal Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2017] for $9.99 Universal Studios Home Ent. Special Edition widescreen color DVD [1/2005] for $6.99 Universal Studios Home Ent. Special Edition color VHS [2/2000] for $6.81 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [9/2011 upload; 2:47] online at YouTube "Rocket Boys" aka "October Sky" New York Times bestselling memoir [1998] by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. "Rocket Boys": Kindle Edition from Dell/Random House [1999 edition] for $8.99 "Rocket Boys": Delta 8x5¼ pb [1/2000] for $8.29 "Rocket Boys": Delacorte Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/98] for $22.79 "October Sky": Dell mass pb [2/99] for $6.79 "October Sky": Dell mass pb [2/99] out of print/used |
"Off The Rails: The Darius McCollum Story" documentary
[Zipper Bros Films April 2016]
 | The remarkable true story of a man with Aspergers syndrome whose overwhelming love of transit landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. Co-produced & co-written by Tchavdar Georgiev; co-produced & co-written & co-directed by Adam Irving; featuring Darius McCollum, Charles Bilal, Sally Butler, Michael John Carley, Rey Cusicanqui, Jude Domski, Sherry Dooley, Wanda Forden, Michael Stuart Garfinkle, Howard Irving, Elizabeth Loebman, Elizabeth McCollum, Ray Sanchez, Marcia Scheiner, Lori Shery
Passion River widescreen color DVD [6/2017] for $14.29 full credits at IMDb official movie website movie entry at Wikipedia watch 10/2016 official trailer [1:47] online at YouTube |
"Off The Rails: Based On A True Story" [MarVista Ent./Lifetime Network Aug 2017]
 | There are a few scenes on a commuter train; the 'inspired by true events' tale revolves around a train wreck that leaves one married woman with amnesia, with soap opera challenges as she discovers that her former self had a secret life . . .
Filmed around Troy, New York; directed by David Jackson; written by Tracy Andreen; starring Hannah Barefoot, Thomas Beaudoin, Andreas Damm, Andrea Cirie, Vanessa Kai, Nicholas Baroudi, Campbell Dunsmore, David Anthony Buglione, John Scurti, Robert Stoeckle, Leigh Strimbeck, Eric LaJuan Summers, Barbara Tirrell, Richard Marshall DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb watch full TV movie [9/2017 upload; 1:22:25] online at YouTube |
"Oh, Doctor Beeching!" TV series [BBC-TV 1995-97]
 | The series was filmed on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line [re-opened 1974] in Worcestershire, with the part of Hatley Station being played by the Arley SVR Station in Upper Arley. The locomotive driven by Arnold and Ralph is L.M.S. Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 engine #46521 'Blossom' from the Severn Valley Railway; it was later sold to the Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group, overhauled at the Great Central Railway, and returned to service there in 2012. The series is a comedy set around a railway station in 1960s rural England; the employees of the state-run railway system are the usual bunch of misfits, all wondering if Dr. Beeching will close them down. Pilot plus 19 ฝ-hour episodes produced & co-written by David Croft; directed by Roy Gould; starring Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Barbara New, Stephen Lewis, Ivor Roberts, Perry Benson, Terry John, Lindsay Grimshaw, Paul Aspden, Julia Deakin, Tara Daniels, Richard Spendlove, Felix Bowness, Daphne Goddard, John D. Collins, Angela Easterling, Thomas Connor, Jonathan Cross, Sherrie Hewson, Donald Gee, Sally Grace, Windsor Davies, Jessica Roberts
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia the Region 2 DVD box set contains all 19 fun-filled episodes and does NOT include the pilot episode Acorn Media UK Region 2 color DVD box set [9/2017] for $29.69 |
"Oh, Mr. Porter!" [Gaumont U.K. Oct 1937]
 | British stage, radio & movie comic Will Hay [1888-1949] stars as the new station master in an Irish village; railroad filming on the London & North Eastern Railway, on the Southern Railway, and on the then-closed Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway in Hampshire (all in the U.K.). Directed by Marcel Varnel; starring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt & Moore Marriott Region 1 VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Once Upon A Texas Train" TV movie
[Rastar/CBS-TV Jan 1988]
 | Partly filmed on location at the Northern Nevada Railway Museum. Paroled after 20 years in prison, outlaw John Henry Lee seeks revenge on the Texas Ranger who put him there; when the outlaw robs a bank of $20,000 in gold, Ranger Capt. Hayes comes out of retirement to track him down again. Co-produced, written & directed by Burt Kennedy; starring Richard Widmark, Willie Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Kevin McCarthy, Dub Taylor, Stuart Whitman & Harry Carey Jr. Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD + music DVD [9/2009] 2 disks for $5.41 Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD [8/2004] for $4.05 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"One More Train To Rob" [Universal Pictures June 1971]
 | Partly filmed at Old Tucson Studios in Arizona and at Spahn Movie Ranch and Calabasas in California; After a train robbery, the gang lies low before dividing the spoils; but Hark is cornered and framed and sent to prison for 2½ years. When he gets out, he is determined to get his share of the loot . . . Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen; starring George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon, France Nuyen, Steve Sandor, Soon-Tek Oh, Richard Loo, Robert Donner, John Doucette, C.K. Yang, Marie Windsor, Timothy Scott, Joan Shawlee, Hal Needham, Harry Carey Jr., Jim Burk, Ben Cooper, Ray Dimas, Guy Lee, Charles Seel, George Chandler, Don 'Red' Barry, Pamela McMyler, Merlin Olsen, Phil Olsen, Lane Chandler & Walker Edmiston
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available full credits at IMDb 27"x41" poster from Amazon for $20.00 |
"Orient Express" [Romania Sept 2004]
 | An aging prince interacts distantly with his subjects, but they still have an effect on each others' lives . . . Co-written & directed by and starring Sergiu Nicolaescu; co-written by Ioan Cใrmใzan & Corneliu Dragomir-escu, based on a novel by Tudor Teodorescu-Braniste [1899-1969[; also starring Gheorghe Dinica, Dan Bitt-man, Maia Morgenstern, Daniela Nane, Alina Chivulescu, Diana Dumbrava, Imola K้zdi, Ioana Moldovan, Marina Procopie, Dan Puric, Cristian Sofron, Valentin Teodosiu, Florin Zamfirescu, Vlad Zamfirescu Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available full credits at IMDb watch full movie with no subtitles [1:53:34] online at YouTube |
"Our Hospitality" [Schenck/M.G.M. Nov 1923]
 | A young man raised in the city learns that he has inherited property in the wilds of Appalachia; disre-garding the family feud between the Canfields and the McKays, he travels by train and meets and falls for a local girl. Visiting her family, he learns that they are Canfields but that 'Southern hospitality' prohibits killing a guest in one's house; the Canfields are determined to get him outside so that they can kill him. Location filming in Oregon and Truckee, California; co-directed by Buster Keaton & John G. Blystone; written by Jean C. Havez, Clyde Bruckman & Joseph A. Mitchell; starring Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Roberts, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward, Monte Collins, Joe Keaton & Kitty Bradbury
full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia newer Kino Intl. disks include "The Iron Mule" 2-reeler [1925] with the same rickety train Kino Intl. Ultimate Edition 75-min. b&w Blu-ray [3/2011] for $22.00 Kino Intl. Ultimate Edition 75-min. b&w DVD [3/2011] for $21.85 older Kino DVD/VHS also contains "Sherlock Jr." [BKP/M.G.M. 1924] Kino Video b&w DVD [11/99] out of prodn/used Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $27.42 watch the full film free at Internet Archive [1:13:10] |
"Out of Scale" color cartoon [Disney/R.K.O. Radio Nov 1951]
 | Donald Duck has built a large-scale model railroad in his back yard; he removes a real-life tree that is 'out of scale'; when Chip and Dale return and find their home gone, they realize that the scale-model house is just right for them . . . Produced by Walt Disney; directed by Jack Hannah; voices of Clarence Nash, Dessie Flynn & James MacDonald
full credits at IMDb no entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [7:25] online at YouTube |
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