Films with transport inserted in the title...

[Leyland Bus]

Couldn't find a thread on this already but thought I'd start one when I had this little piece sent to me... Thought it abit of light relief from the usual threads...

Anyone else fancy carrying it on?


*pic shows a teletext/ceefax type page with the film title "Strangers on a Train-line.com"
Synopsis: Two men, who have never met, decide to swap murders but can't do them between peak hours of 8am to 10am, on any routes through Central London and must pay an admin fee of £6.95 each for some wholly inexplicable reason.

 

[py_megapixel]

Great Western Side Story.
Tells the plight of two star-crossed lovers in the face of a long-standing rivalry about track gauges.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Singing in the Train. Jolly musical in which Fred Astaire splashes through puddles on the platform

 

[Gloster]

My Fare Lady. Where Eliza Doolittle gets Professor Higgins to teach her how to correctly issue a Penalty Fare.

 

[Leyland Bus]

South by South Western Railway: Two lovers working as guards strive to meet each other but have to race against delays and cancellations to get to London Waterloo...

 

[eastwestdivide]

Dine Hard. Bloke in vest wreaks havoc when denied service in the buffet car.
Dine Hard 2. Bloke puts shirt over vest but finds the buffet car food overcooked and inedible.
Dine Hard with a Vengeance. Bloke in vest leaves a series of one star reviews after experience in buffet car.

 

[Gloster]

The Longest Away Day. About the time long past when you could move 150,000 people to where they were supposed to go on time.

 

[GatwickDepress]

Harry Potter and the GUV on Fire. A improperly secured Hungarian Horntail causes the newspaper train to Hogsmeade to be curtailed at Crewe. Stars 55020 'Nimbus' as Driver Potter's locomotive.

 

[Gloster]

Zulu. An epic battle to decide who can travel on one of the GWR’s top broad gauge expresses.

 

[edwin_m]

Snacks on a Train

 

[Leyland Bus]

Snacks on a Train

MI6 agent Neville Flynn faces the agonising choice between a curled up cheese sandwich or making a mad dash to Pret during a tight connection when he discovers the buffet car on his train has been removed by an evil megalomaniac...

 

[Gloster]

The da Vinci Headcode. A quest to find if 9X99 will take them to the Holy Rail.

 

[Sun Chariot]

The Departed.
A Friday night scene at Liverpool Street when the inebriated workers pile out of late opening bars - just a little bit too late for the last trains of the night.

 

[Gloster]

On Her Majesty’s Rail Replacement Bus Service. Bond tries to save the country but the bus misses out his destination as the access road is too narrow.

 

[eastwestdivide]

The Terminator. This train is going no further, but it’ll be back.

 

[Sun Chariot]

When the Wind Blows / Frozen.
A two-parter, adapted from the classics by Raymond Briggs and Disney.
A Network Rail instructional film, for dealing with leaves on the line and iced-up pointwork.

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(Lack of) Speed.
A London KX to Edinburgh service consistently drops below 50mph, causing impatient passengers' tempers to explode.

 

[OLJR]

Best thread ever. Scrolling through my film collection, I came up with:

All Quiet on the West Coast Mainline

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey - robot Bill & Ted from the future attempt to travel with fake tickets to frame the original Bill & Ted so Wyld Stalyns will never succeed, leaving the future to become considerably less outstanding - what will the real Bill & Ted do?

Dangerous Minds - an in depth discussion of obscure split ticketing opportunities by railforums members

Fantasia - DfT announces a best-in-class strategy for GBR

A Few Good Men - depicting a day in the life of Hadders and others on the Disputes & Prosecutions forum

A Fistful of Dollars - a day in the life of a revenue management analyst

For a Few Dollars More - another day in the life of a revenue management analyst

The Running Man holds an Advance Ticket

Scent of a Woman renders the loo in coach F temporarily out of order

Signs Not Working

Snatch the Last Seat

Revenue Protection Officers, The Untouchables

When the Wind Blows the Electric Cables Over

Withnail & I Forgot Our Railcards

Zero Dark Thirty, Catching the Milk Train

 

[Gloster]

Twelve Angry Men looking at the cancelled Northern trains on the departure boards.

 

[Sun Chariot]

28 Days Later / 28 Weeks Later / 28 Years Later.
The story of the class 701 introduction...

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Gone in Sixty Seconds.
A day in the life of a train despatcher at a busy railway station.

 

[Magdalia]

The epic story of an open access operator trying to establish a Liverpool Street-Norwich via Ely service calling at all stations.

The thirty nine stops.

 

[GusB]

Ocean's Eleven Years - One man's quest to build a Calmac ferry

 

[Statto]

What would the gist be for, Trainspotting?

 

[Leyland Bus]

What would the gist be for, Trainspotting?

Trainspotting: 4 young lads get involved in a world of drugs, alcohol, debauchery and underground heavies by taking jobs on the Glasgow Subway...

 

[Sun Chariot]

Trainspotting: 4 young lads get involved in a world of drugs, alcohol, debauchery and underground heavies by taking jobs on the Glasgow Subway...

And the early 1980s version:
Four young lads get sucked into a seedy world of McEwans, new romantic music, local "gen" of Whistlers and McRats on passenger workings, flailing along the climbs up Drumochter and Slochd.

 

[Falcon1200]

The On-Time Machine; TOCs discover a new way of avoiding Delay Repay claims.

The Riddle of the Woburn Sands; Will the station survive East-West Rail or not?

 

[THC]

The Many Saints of Newark Northgate. The backstory to Nottinghamshire's number one crime syndicate.

Miller's Level Crossing. A power struggle between two rival gangs is put on hold until the barriers rise.

Manchester Piccadilly by the Sea. The ultimate climate change story...

THC

 

[Leyland Bus]

And the early 1980s version:
Four young lads get sucked into a seedy world of McEwans, new romantic music, local "gen" of Whistlers and McRats on passenger workings, flailing along the climbs up Drumochter and Slochd.

Nice!!!

 

[GusB]

And the early 1980s version:
Four young lads get sucked into a seedy world of McEwans, new romantic music, local "gen" of Whistlers and McRats on passenger workings, flailing along the climbs up Drumochter and Slochd.

Nice!!!

It's not nice! No sane Scottish person would ever get into a world of McEwans!

 

[Sun Chariot]

It's not nice! No sane Scottish person would ever get into a world of McEwans!

 

[Magdalia]

The tale of a Siemens engineer trying to adapt an EMU to run on tram tracks.

A Streetcar named Desiro.