Films that feature the railways

[Arch9enius]

Coming up in a while on Great! Action, Denver & Rio Grande, Two railway companies begin a deadly race to lay a railroad through a mountain pass.

And 5action has the original Taking of Pelham 123, so that's the one I'll be watching.

 

[Trackman]

There is an episode of the Avengers featuring the Stapleford Miniature Railway, Gravediggers, where Emma Peel is tied to the rails by its deranged owner, who tries to run her over.

There's a cast plate celebrating (if that is the right word) this at the location on the railway.

 

[EYFanatic]

The Wrong Trousers features a chase scene involving a dog and an eccentric inventor in pursuit of a chicken impersonating penguin on the railways

 

[John Luxton]

Coming up in a while on Great! Action, Denver & Rio Grande, Two railway companies begin a deadly race to lay a railroad through a mountain pass.

On a similar theme there is Tycoon (1947) starring John Wayne as a railroad engineer Johnny Munroe.

Film includes a spectacular (or it was when I first saw it as a young child) bridge collapse.

 

[High Dyke]

The Wrong Trousers features a chase scene involving a dog and an eccentric inventor in pursuit of a chicken impersonating penguin on the railways

"Cracking" film lad.

There's also a couple of episodes of Endeavour, the Morse prequel, that feature railways. One was filmed on both Mid-Hants and at Quainton Road.

 

[oldman]

I like the attention to detail in 'The Third Man' where a character is supposed to catch a train from Vienna towards Switzerland. In the background is a genuine announcement with a long list of stations in a dull monotone '...Salzburg, Bischofshofen, Schwarzach St. Veit, Zell-am-See, ...'

 

[gazthomas]

I watched the award winning film "I Swear" last night, about Tourette syndrome sufferer and campaigner John Davidson and his own experiences and challenges.

I enjoyed the film but I did want to swear at the screen when Nottingham railway station was portrayed while he was obviously sitting in a ScotRail EMU or DMU!

I couldn't quite work out which railway station it really was though it did have that dour Scottish stone you get commonly, for example at Glasgow Central.

Also, towards the very end of the film as he travels on the train the footage looks reversed as the DMU is on the right hand track not the left hand one on a double track line.

 

[Ziggy3legs]

The much acclaimed (and rightly so) BBC series "Happy Valley" features the line at Sowerby Bridge and the stations at Hebden Bridge and Leeds.

 

[Arch9enius]

I like the attention to detail in 'The Third Man' where a character is supposed to catch a train from Vienna towards Switzerland. In the background is a genuine announcement with a long list of stations in a dull monotone '...Salzburg, Bischofshofen, Schwarzach St. Veit, Zell-am-See, ...'

I thought she was only going to the airport. TBH that would be excellent connectivity for the era

 

[Arch9enius]

On a similar theme there is Tycoon (1947) starring John Wayne as a railroad engineer Johnny Munroe.

Film includes a spectacular (or it was when I first saw it as a young child) bridge collapse.

I watched Pelham 123 for the ...the time. Also on a subway theme, The Warriors and the episode of What We Do in the Shadows it inspired . There was a brief scene at the end of the third series at a LIRR? PATH? station. (Probably the Toronto Metro) . Also there's a portmanteau TV film called Subway Stories : Tales From the Underground. I don't know if we've had Mimic yet? Zootropolis had the main characters joyride a subway car that appeared older than anything else in the titular city. Both that and Pokémon Detective Pikachu featured futuristic high speed rail at the beginning.

 

[oldman]

I thought she was only going to the airport. TBH that would be excellent connectivity for the era

Air travel was for VIPs, military etc.; she would go by train. The Thomas Cook timetable for 1947 via timetableworld.com has trains running Vienna-Paris via Switzerland.

 

[150219]

Anyone fancy having a stab at this location? Looks to be a former marshalling yard/depot location left of the tracks and a 2-car Class 108 unit passes shortly before the camera pans to the left.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

The old building at Wakefield Westgate stood in for the fictional "Denton" station in A Touch Of Frost.

 

[Gloster]

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Anyone fancy having a stab at this location? Looks to be a former marshalling yard/depot location left of the tracks and a 2-car Class 108 unit passes shortly before the camera pans to the left.

Any idea of which programme it came from? Production company details can give an idea of the area.

 

[Pegpilot]

No mention yet, I think, of the British 1999 TV mini series "The Last Train". A pretty dodgy set-up sees our heroes on the point of arriving into Sheffield when their train crashes in a tunnel, at which point they're all cryogenically frozen for 50 years (don't ask). After coming round, they emerge from the tunnel into a post-apocalyptic world (a fair shout for a valid Delay-Repay case, you feel). From that point, the fun lies in betting on which characters won't reach the end of each successive episode. All very dark.

 

[EYFanatic]

No mention yet, I think, of the British 1999 TV mini series "The Last Train". A pretty dodgy set-up sees our heroes on the point of arriving into Sheffield when their train crashes in a tunnel, at which point they're all cryogenically frozen for 50 years (don't ask). After coming round, they emerge from the tunnel into a post-apocalyptic world (a fair shout for a valid Delay-Repay case, you feel). From that point, the fun lies in betting on which characters won't reach the end of each successive episode. All very dark.

I think I mentioned it once before

 

[Pegpilot]

I think I mentioned it once before

Thanks EY, I did skim read all previous posts but may have missed it. Re-watching it this afternoon, it was fun to see them departing an unelectrified St Pancras but then the aerial train shots clearly showed an electrified WCML. Internal carriage scenes were of a Mk 2, but external shots clearly featured Mk 3s.

 

[150219]

Any idea of which programme it came from? Production company details can give an idea of the area.

BBC this, but no details on the railway locations (at least on line that is). The street scenes associated were filmed around Rochdale, but I don't sign the route and I have no idea whether the scenes pictured fit the bill for this area or not.

 

[John Luxton]

Stumbled across a classic war film on Saturday which I found on Youtube. "The Key"

Starring William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard and Charles Grey made in 1958.

It's about RN Salvage Tugs during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Holden is a former US tug skipper who is serving in the Canadian Army but is volunteered to to "Wavy Navy" as a commander. Charles Grey is his C/O.

It appears much of the filming was around Portland but some quayside shots look as though they were Devonport one or two dock locos appear.

The tug used for the movie was HMS RESTIVE .

The title "The Key" refers to a flat which is passed on from onr tug master to snothrt tug master before their demise but with the flat comes Stella played by Sophia Loren.

At the very end GWR Hall class loco ROOD ASHTON HALL makes brief appearance. Station is hard to identify.

This is another of those war film gems which have never appeared on mainstream TV or at least I have never seen it and I have seen quite a few.

Worth a watch the sea scenes are pretty authentic though on the first rescue mission the ship being rescued goes from being a grey hulled Liberty Ship to a black hulled one then back to grey again! Someone editing stock footage? Also the U boats appear to be RN T class which looks somewhat different.

Railway components are fairly small apart from the final scene - though as many rail enthusiasts such as myself are also interested in ships this is a good watch. Just seach YouTube for it.

 

[Gloster]

Stumbled across a classic war film on Saturday which I found on Youtube. "The Key"

Starring William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard and Charles Grey made in 1958.

It's about RN Salvage Tugs during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Holden is a former US tug skipper who is serving in the Canadian Army but is volunteered to to "Wavy Navy" as a commander. Charles Grey is his C/O.

It appears much of the filming was around Portland but some quayside shots look as though they were Devonport one or two dock locos appear.

The tug used for the movie was HMS RESTIVE .

The title "The Key" refers to a flat which is passed on from onr tug master to snothrt tug master before their demise but with the flat comes Stella played by Sophia Loren.

At the very end GWR Hall class loco ROOD ASHTON HALL makes brief appearance. Station is hard to identify.

This is another of those war film gems which have never appeared on mainstream TV or at least I have never seen it and I have seen quite a few.

Worth a watch the sea scenes are pretty authentic though on the first rescue mission the ship being rescued goes from being a grey hulled Liberty Ship to a black hulled one then back to grey again! Someone editing stock footage? Also the U boats appear to be RN T class which looks somewhat different.

Railway components are fairly small apart from the final scene - though as many rail enthusiasts such as myself are also interested in ships this is a good watch. Just seach YouTube for it.

Reelstreets reckons that the port filming was done at Portland while the end was done at the old station at Henley-on-Thames. It is noted elsewhere that the British Railways markings have barely been painted out on Rood Ashton Hall.

 

[John Luxton]

Reelstreets reckons that the port filming was done at Portland while the end was done at the old station at Henley-on-Thames. It is noted elsewhere that the British Railways markings have barely been painted out on Rood Ashton Hall.

Thanks for confirming the station - I still think some, perhaps stock footage of Devonport was used, as one view which includes a locomotive looks like the part of Devonport Dockyard adjacent to Keyham Road. Google Earth shows track inside the yard wall at the same location today.

 

[45Fox]

Train of Events....a 1949 black & white thriller about a Camden driver - played by Jack Warner of Dixon of Dock Green game. He and his fireman's fates become intertwined with those of various different passengers when the West Coast Main Line express that he is driving collides with a petrol tanker on a level crossing.
Although many passengers are killed or seriously injured, our hero survives and - after recovering from his injuries - is promoted to become an inspector, which enables him to retire with an increased salary and pension.

A slightly odd thing about this film: It was scheduled to be shown on television (either BBC2 or Channel 4) on the afternoon of 12th. December 1988 but was pulled from the schedule because of the Clapham Junction accident that morning; it went on to be rescheduled for showing on the afternoon of 4th. March 1989 but was pulled again because of the Purley accident earlier that afternoon.

 

[D6130]

A slightly odd thing about this film: It was scheduled to be shown on television (either BBC2 or Channel 4) on the afternoon of 12th. December 1988 but was pulled from the schedule because of the Clapham Junction accident that morning; it went on to be rescheduled for showing on the afternoon of 4th. March 1989 but was pulled again because of the Purley accident earlier that afternoon.

A strange twist of fate indeed.

 

[John Luxton]

A slightly odd thing about this film: It was scheduled to be shown on television (either BBC2 or Channel 4) on the afternoon of 12th. December 1988 but was pulled from the schedule because of the Clapham Junction accident that morning; it went on to be rescheduled for showing on the afternoon of 4th. March 1989 but was pulled again because of the Purley accident earlier that afternoon.

I remember that well. I had first seen that film in the 1960s or 70s when I was a youngster and always wanted to see it again. However as it was a day time viewing I was out of work I duely set the video recorder and was somewhat miffed to find it had been substituted on both occasions.

I must admit the BBC have always seemed to be the worst for rescheduling in such circimstances and they still do it from time to time. Annoys me that they think they have right to be guardians of concience!

 

[DaleCooper]

If you like American steam - Support Your Local Gunfighter.

Available on YouTube:

 

[Peter Mugridge]

How about an Austrian 1044 in Dallas series 12, episode 23?

 

[Gag Halfrunt]

A slightly odd thing about this film: It was scheduled to be shown on television (either BBC2 or Channel 4) on the afternoon of 12th. December 1988 but was pulled from the schedule because of the Clapham Junction accident that morning; it went on to be rescheduled for showing on the afternoon of 4th. March 1989 but was pulled again because of the Purley accident earlier that afternoon.

John Adams's piece Short Ride in a Fast Machine was dropped from the Last Night of the Proms twice under similar circumstances.

The work was performed at the BBC Proms in 2004, 2014 and 2019. Scheduled performances at the Last Night of the Proms were cancelled twice: in 1997 after the death of Princess Diana, and in 2001 after the September 11 attacks.

 

[side effect]

Just done a search on YouTube and managed to locate Caught on a train and enjoying. Every other time I had no joy but this seemed to be uploaded 6 year ago.

Many thanks again

 

[Mr. SW]

I was doing a little research into what was once my local branch line to Brentford and this popped up in my searches.

It's a B feature from 1963, made on a demonstrably very low budget with a B script, B actors and B production. But it is set in and around the Dock at Brentford and was obviously filmed on a Sunday (no locomotives). The dock was on its last legs at the time but there was still enough going through. Closed 1964.

 

[Poolie]

The Ipcress File starts at Marylebone with a train to Nottingham and a glimpse of a Black 5