I recently bought the movie End of the Line. I tried to ID the diesel that they borrow in the movie. It seems to be a Geep -30 or 60. The roof details are something my guide book makes no mention of. Just curious.
The name of the movie sounds familiar. But for some reason I cannot bring any details about it into mind. Who is in it? When was it made? Boxcab E50
Waasn't that movie supposedly set in the mid-west... OK, AR, somewhere like that? I vaguely remember the plot, but don't know the specifics.. Harold
I think I know which one this was now. A couple of old railroaders steal a train or some similar plot. There's a small black siderod diesel in the mix somewhere. That segment was filmed in Washington state. Hmmm. I haven't seen this movie for a long, long time. Boxcab E50
I'm still waiting for "Emperor of the North" to be re-released on DVD. My all time favorite rail theme movie!
All right, this movie is not academy award material. It has been released on DVD, the movie was made in 1988 or 89. It stars Wilfred Brimley, and Levon Helm as two railroad workers that borrow an engine to go to Chicago. They are going to meet with the President of Southland Railroad and try to save their jobs. The movie was shot in Arkansas and features a locomotive that looks a lot like a GP-30. It has what appears to be four exhaust stacks and some kind of raised section where the dynamic grids would be. While not a great movie, the characters make the whole thing fun to watch. BTW the Cotton Belt 819 makes a cameo in a flashback during the opening credits.
Thank God for Wilford Brimley. If not for him, all the world would be "irregular" and have run out of diabetic supplies. I'm not 100% sure but I think that loco was a GP-15 rebuild of some sorts. Looked like an ex MoPac unit the way it was painted if memory serves. Can you imagine the chaos that would insue if one just "drove" an engine to Chicago?
