On Turner Classic Movies right now. Whole thing takes place on a Chicago-Los Angeles train. Steam engine I didn't recognize. Pretty good train shots. Time is about 1951, I think. Maybe that is when it was made. [edit] Espee Daylight. Some type of GS. "Southern Pacific" was removed from the tender. [ November 12, 2005, 08:10 AM: Message edited by: sapacif ]
The Narrow Margin (1952) Plot Outline: A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles. Charles McGraw .... Det. Sgt. Walter Brown Marie Windsor .... Mrs. Frankie Neall Jacqueline White .... Ann Sinclair Gordon Gebert .... Tommy Sinclair Queenie Leonard .... Mrs. Troll David Clarke .... Joseph Kemp Peter Virgo .... Densel Don Beddoe .... Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes Paul Maxey .... Sam Jennings Harry Harvey .... Train conductor The film was shot in 13 days and the only part actually filmed on board a train was a few seconds of the arrival in Los Angeles. More info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044954/
Hmmm. Right now, I'm not recognizing those names. Only a few seconds actually on a train? Bummer! Anyone ever seen the original movie named "Silver Streak?" (Predates the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor/Jill Clayburgh flick of same title, by several decades.) Boxcab E50
Sounds like a good flick... Ken, nope, only seen the remake... Another cheesy train movie: Runaway Train (2 escaped cons jump a train, whose hogger dies of a heart attack, running away into the Alaska wilderness minus crew.... Yet another cheesier movie: Atomic Train--some illegal nuclear weapon movement finds its way onto a Denver-bound train, thru the mountains. (funny, none of the scenery looks like the Moffat Route it is portraying) Said train loses brakes somehow, and becomes a runaway, headed to the Mile High city. Train derails, and all heck breaks loose. Very long, tho. I lost interest about 2 hours into it... The engines seem to be former BC Rail, with wide cabs... Kinda far from home rails! Under Siege 2, Dark Territory was partly filmed on Tennessee Pass....
Check out this link to listings of favorite rail movies: http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/17/t/000437.html?
I didn't recognize any names, either. Good black and white film noir type movie. The whole movie takes place on a train. The rr car interiors were done in a film studio, I would think, so no filming done at trackside except at the station. There are some pictures of heavyweight pax cars at the beginning when they are boarding the train, but I couldn't make out any rr names. Lots of pictures of engine drivers and other canned stuff as the train progresses across country. BTW, the good guys win.
I've seen this one a couple of times. Always wonder what other footage of RR scenes they didn't use. Probably some neat stuff! Boxcab E50
