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All My Posts
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- Midnight Limited 1940
- Trading Places 1983
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- Duel in the Sun 1946
- Girl Shy 1924
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969
- The Lone Wolf Takes A Chance 1941
- Last Train From Gun Hill 1959
- Eccentric Engineer 1976
- Breakheart Pass 1976
- Twentieth Century 1934
- Holiday Affair 1949
- Snow 1963
- Man of the West 1958
- Night Freight 1955
- Carson City 1952
- Boxcar Bertha 1972
- Rails into Laramie 1954
- The Billion Dollar Hobo 1977
- Wyoming Mail 1950
- Spy Train 1943
- Reach For The Sky Pardner 1966
- Rock Island Trail 1950
- Night Passage 1957
- Sunset in the West 1950
- Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day 1996
- The Canadian 1955
- The Bullet Train 1975
- Terror By Night 1946
- Without Reservations 1946
- The Iron Horse 1924
- Human Desire 1954
- Special Agent 1949
- The Great Locomotive Chase 1956
- Red Signals 1927
- Whispering Smith 1948
- Canadian Pacific 1949
- Union Station 1950
- Tricky Train 1964
- Train Trouble 1956
- Santa Fe 1951
- Berlin Express 1948
- The Major and the Minor 1942
- The Hucksters 1947
- The Harvey Girls 1946
- Night Train to Munich 1940
- The Great K&A Train Robbery 1926
- Lady On A Train 1945
- End of the Line 1987
- The Return of Casey Jones 1933
- Tough Guys 1986
- 3 For Bedroom C 1952
- Denver and Rio Grande 1952
- The Narrow Margin 1952
- Kansas Pacific 1953
- Runaway Railway 1966
- Go West 1940
- Terror Train 1980
- Suddenly 1954
- Chattanooga Choo Choo 1984
- Supertrain 1979
- Now Or Never 1921
- The Grey Fox 1982
- The Lively World of Great Northern 1968
- Why Risk Your Life? 1947
- Chartroose Caboose 1960 Revisited
- It Happened To Jane 1959
- Danger Lights 1930
- Dodge City 1939
- Runaway 1973
- Wild Boys of the Road 1933
- Thunder 1929
- A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950
- The Silver Streak 1934
- The Railrodder 1965
- Disaster on the Coastliner 1979
- Chartroose Caboose 1960
- Broadway Limited 1941
Train Hype Blogs
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- Great Northern Rwy's Mansfield Branch Line (1909-1985) and the Waterville Railway Co. (1910-1954)
- Milwaukee Road 5057 Project
- The Trolley Dodger
- Mike's Take On the Movies .......... Rediscovering Cinema's Past
- The CineTrains Project - Trains in the Cinema and TV
- Dogcaught: A Railroad Blog
- The Brothers Brick
- SP&S OREGON TRUNK
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Tag Archives: California
Girl Shy 1924
A Pathe Picture Whilst digging through my Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection (see my previous review of Now or Never 1921), I found another train-related silent in 1924’s Girl Shy. Not only is a steam train journey involved, but a key … Continue reading
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Tagged Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, California, Chatsworth tunnel, Electric Railroads, Espee, Girl Shy 1924, Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Jobyna Ralston, La Grande Station Los Angeles, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, Pacific Electric, Pathe Pictures, Santa Fe Railway, Southern Pacific Railroad, Steam Locomotive, Streetcar, Union Pacific Railroad
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Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day 1996
Stark Productions / Antarctic Pictures Train Hype! Hey, someone actually made an “Indie” film about a short line railroad! “Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day” even won some sort of award at the Sundance Film Festival. The movies’ … Continue reading
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Tagged California, California State Railroad Museum, Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day, Electric Railroads, Grand Canyon Railroad, Great Northern Railway, Merced, Nevada Northern Railway, North Coast Railroad, Orange Empire Railway Museum, Pacific Electric, Railtown 1897 Historical Park, Sacramento Northern, Sierra Railroad #3, Steam Locomotive, Sundance Film Festival, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley Railroad
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Go West 1940
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Go West! – One of the lesser-known Marx Brothers movies, featured a spectacular fifteen minute train chase to end the picture – filmed along the Sierra Railroad in California. The Marx Brothers took their vaudeville act to the Old West with … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Chico Marx, Go West, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Marx Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, Sierra Railroad, Steam Locomotive
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