The List of Railway Movies

Mike Trout & Mark Brader

For some time Mark Brader has maintained the List of Railway Movies. Since Mark is no longer able to post updates regularly, I am maintaining this copy on the WWW for him. When I get a chance, I will convert it to HTML. Meanwhile, here is the final posting of the list, plus subsequent minor editing.

Please note that Mark's email address has changed again, to <msb@vex.net>.


Subject:      List of Railway Movies, possibly final edition, March 1997
From:         msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
Date:         1997/06/25
Message-Id:   <1997Jun25.195340.28371@sq.com>

As I am leaving SoftQuad (and Usenet, at least for the moment) today,
I thought I would take this opportunity to repost the current version of
the following list, which I have been maintaining and which has appeared
several times in these newsgroups or their predecessors.
 
Followups this time are directed to rec.arts.movies.lists+surveys and
misc.transport.rail.misc.  If someone else wants to grab this document
and take over maintenance of it, they are welcome to do so.  As it says
at the end, it's in the public domain.  Please direct NO further email
about it to me.
 
				*

 [The actual list starts about 120 lines down.]

* An Aperiodically Posted Article

 This is a canned article which I have reposted at irregular intervals in
 the railway and movie newsgroups.  The list was last modified on March 2,
 1997; it was last posted on December 5, 1995, on that occasion to
 uk.railway, misc.transport.rail.americas, misc.transport.rail.europe,
 and misc.transport.urban-transit.

* What This Is About

 The list is restricted to what I like to call Railway Movies of the
 First Kind:  those where the railway aspect can be considered one of
 the most important elements in the movie.  Trains or tracks or subways
 or stations, or railway construction or railway employees, will be in
 the movie generally for at least 1/3 to 1/2 of its length, and usually
 more than that.  Some latitude is granted for films based around a
 *single* train robbery, and there are a few other exceptions based on
 our discretion.  "TV-movies" and video releases are included as well
 as real movies.

 Some examples of movies with notable railway scenes which nevertheless
 do *not* qualify for the list are: "Before Sunrise", "Strangers on a
 Train", "North by Northwest", "Go West", "The Seven-per-cent Solution",
 "Doctor Zhivago".  Movies of less than feature length (say 75 minutes,
 or somewhat less for older films) are also excluded; for example, Buster
 Keaton's 1965 film "The Railrodder", and the famous 1936 British doc-
 umentary "Night Mail", are both shorts and so not listed.

* What This is Not About

 This is not a list of *good* movies about trains; that would be too
 subjective to be useful.  Many films on the list are simply trash.
 It is not a list of *realistic* movies about trains; I'm not qualified
 to evaluate all the technical details, but I can certainly say that many
 of the films have serious flaws in their depiction of railways.  However, 
 since I am posting the list anyway, I have taken the liberty of adding
 a "*" beside the title of a few movies that I have seen and particularly
 enjoyed *as movies*.  Use these as recommendations at your own risk.

 I have no idea which movies have or have not been released on home video.

* Who Did It

 The list was originally compiled by Mike Trout, who is no longer on
 Usenet, and has since been maintained by me, Mark Brader.  Many sources
 were used for descriptions of movies that we haven't actually seen, to
 judge whether or not to list them; but when possible, all dates, running
 times, and cast information are taken from the annual guidebook now
 called "Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1996" (Plume, 1996, ISBN
 0-452-27327-7), with this source being generally taken as authoritative.

 The best single reference now available for the question of what is a
 railway movie is "Railways on the Screen" by John Huntley (Ian Allan,
 1993, ISBN 0-7110-2059-0); Huntley lists a vast number of short films
 not included in this list, gives many more details of each film than
 I can do here, and rates every film for the degree of railway content,
 from 1 to 5 engines.  However, his coverage of British movies is clearly
 significantly better than that of American ones or other countries'.
 Also, he does not distinguish releases made directly for home video, and
 his "engine" ratings appear to be based on some factor such as the degree
 to which *real* railways were used in filming.  This list now incorporates
 information from Huntley's listings.  I have adopted the policy, for
 films I have not seen and have no other information about, that a Huntley
 rating of 1 or 2 engines suggests that they don't belong on the list;
 a rating of 3 to 5 suggests that they do.

 Another source of entries was the list of movies that "either take place
 on trains or feature memorable train scenes" given in "The Movie List
 Book: A Reference Guide to Film Themes, Settings, and Series", by
 Richard B. Armstrong and Mary Willems Armstrong (1990, McFarland, ISBN
 0-89950-240-7).  Again, at my discretion I have rejected some films that
 they listed, based on other (sometimes incomplete) information.

 I have also used information from the Internet Movie Database, available
 to WWW users at <http://us.imdb.com> and <http://uk.imdb.com> as well as
 by email (write to mail-server@imdb.com with the subject line "HELP"),
 when no other source was available.

* Notations

 For each movie where I have seen a cast list, I cite two performers.
 If I have the director but not any performers, I give the director with
 "(D)" following.  The performers are always the first two listed by
 Maltin, or if Maltin does not list the movie, then by Huntley, if he
 does.  This information is only provided to help people identify the
 movie; to keep the list entries short, I am *not* interested in giving
 further credits, or plot information.

 The following words and phrases are abbreviated to their initial single
 letters: Black and white, Color, Silent, Partly, Tv-movie (written
 after the date, and includes releases direct to home video), minutes.
 Thus PB113m means "partly black and white (and hence partly color),
 113 minutes long".  A "?" in the data indicates uncertain information.
 Any known alternate titles the movie may be known by are listed in "[]",
 separated by semicolons if there is more than one; if I have the original
 release title, I always use that for the main listing, even if another
 title is better known.

 A few movies, marked "?" *before the title*, are listed provisionally,
 based on incomplete information.  For example, for films where no running
 time is listed, it's possible that they're really shorts and should be
 deleted; in other cases it may be unclear whether the film is a Railway
 Movie of the First Kind.

 Finally, since Huntley's book includes a large number of documentaries,
 many of them intended specifically for railfans and issued for home
 video.  I have included those that are of feature length, but split
 them out into a separate listing below the main list.  Some companies
 are now issuing such videos as periodicals; these are not included in
 the list.  If the documentaries section becomes very long in the future,
 I may delete it as well, as it is not my main interest here.

				--+--

* And so...           THE LIST OF RAILWAY MOVIES

				--+--

  1.  Alberto Express (France/Italy, 1990) C88m,
                                              Sergio Castelloni, Nino Manfredi
>>>>  Alias Bulldog Drummond (1934) -> #20
>>>>  Alistair Maclean's Death Train (1993T) -> #37
  2.? The American Friend (USA/France/Germany, 1977)
                                   [Der Amerikanische Freund; L'ami Américain]
                                              C127m, Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz
>>>>  Der Amerikanische Freund (1977) -> #2
>>>>  L'ami Américain (1977) -> #2
>>>>  Andrews' Raiders (1956) -> #65
  3.  Atomic Train (USA, 1999T) C180m?, Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis
  4.  Avalanche Express (USA, 1979) C88m, Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw
  5.  Background to Danger (USA, 1943) B80m, George Raft, Brenda Marshall
>>>>  Baltic Express (1959) -> #126
  6.  La Bataille du Rail (France, 1946) [The Battle of the Rails]
                                                          B87m, Salina, Lozach
>>>>  The Battle of the Rails (1946) -> #6
  7.  Beggars of Life (USA, 1928) PSB100m, Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks
  8.  Bergensbanen plyndret i natt (Norway, 1928) SB105m
  9.  Berlin Express (USA, 1948) B86m, Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan
 10.  La Bête Humaine (France, 1938) B90m [The Human Beast;
                                Judas was a Woman], Jean Gabin, Julien Carette
 11.  Bhowani Junction (USA/UK, 1956) C110m, Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger
 12.  Black Diamond Express (USA, 1927) SB95m, Monte Blue, Edna Murphy
 13.  The Block Signal (USA, 1926) SB87m [Tragic Railway],
                                                      Ralph Lewis, Jean Arthur
 14.  The Blue Express (USSR, 1929) SB85m, Sergei Minin, I. Chernyak
 15.  Boxcar Bertha (USA, 1972) C97m, Barbara Hershey, David Carradine
>>>>  The Brain (1969) -> #28
 16.  Breakheart Pass (USA, 1976) C95m, Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson
 17.  Brief Encounter (UK, 1945) B85m, Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard
 18.  Brief Encounter (UK, 1975T) C72m, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren
 19.  Broadway Limited (USA, 1941) B74m, Dennis O'Keefe, Victor McLaglen
 20.  Bulldog Jack (UK, 1934) B73m [Alias Bulldog Drummond],
                                                Jack Hulbert, Ralph Richardson
>>>>  The Bullet Train (1975) -> #150
 21.  Buster (UK, 1988) C102m, Phil Collins, Julie Walters
 22.? C'era una volta il West (Italy/USA, 1969)
            [Once Upon a Time in the West] C165m, Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda
 23.  Cafe Express (Italy, 1981) C89m, Nino Manfredi, Adolfo Celi
 24.  California Straight Ahead (USA, 1937) B67m, John Wayne, Louise Latimer
 25.  Canadian Pacific (USA, 1949) C95m, Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt
 26.  The Cassandra Crossing (UK, 1977) C127m, Richard Harris, Sophia Loren
 27.  Caught on a Train (UK, 1980T) C90m, Peggy Ashcroft
 28.  Le Cerveau (France, 1969) C100m [The Brain],
                                               David Niven, Jean-Paul Belmondo
 29.  Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train (France, 1998)
                                        [Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train]
                                C122m, Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
 30.  Chartroose Caboose (USA, 1960) C75m, Molly Bee, Ben Cooper
 31.  Chattanooga Choo-Choo (USA, 1984) C102m, Barbara Eden, George Kennedy
>>>>  Closely Observed Trains (1966) -> #114
>>>>  Closely Watched Trains (1966) -> #114
 32.  Cock o' the North (UK, 1935) B84m, George Carney, Marie Lohr
 33.  Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (USA, 1996) B87m,
                                                Peter Alexander, Michael Stipe
 34.  Cruel Train (UK, 1996T) C100m?, David Suchet, Saskia Reeves
 35.  Dakota (USA, 1945) B82m, John Wayne, Vera Ralston
 36.  Danger Lights (USA, 1930) B73m, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur
>>>>  Dark of the Sun (1968) -> #89
 37.  Death Train (USA/UK/Yugoslavia, 1993T) C100m [Detonator;
              Alistair Maclean's Death Train], Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart
 38.  Deathline (UK, 1973) C87m [Raw Meat], Donald Pleasence, David Ladd
 39.  The Denver and Rio Grande (USA, 1952) C89m,
                                               Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden
>>>>  Desire in Motion (1993) -> #95
>>>>  Detonator (1993T) -> #37
 40.  Disaster on the Coastliner (USA, 1979T) C100m,
                                                   Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr
>>>>  Dynamite Man from Glory Jail (1971) -> #55
>>>>  Emperor of the North (1973) -> #41
 41.  Emperor of the North Pole (USA, 1973) C118m [Emperor of the North;
                        Emperor of the Northwest], Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
>>>>  Emperor of the Northwest (1973) -> #41
 42.  End of the Line (USA, 1930s?)
 43.  End of the Line (USA, 1987) C105m, Wilford Brimley, Levon Helm
 44.? The Engine Driver (UK? Japan?, 1964)
 45.  Europa (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany, 1991) PB113m [Zentropa],
                                                Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr
 46.? Express to Terror (USA, 1979) Robert Alda, Broderick Crawford
 47.  Il Ferroviere (Italy, 1956) B116m [Man of Iron; The Railroad Man],
                                                Pietro Germi, Luisa Della Noce
 48.  Final Run (Canada, 1999T) C90m?, Robert Urich, Patricia Kalember
 49.  Finders Keepers (USA, 1984) C96m, Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo
 50. *The First Great Train Robbery (UK, 1978) C111m
                    [The Great Train Robbery], Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
>>>>  Flame Over India (1959) -> #108
 51.  Flashback (USA, 1990) C108m, Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland
 52.  Florida Special (USA, 1936) B70m, Jack Oakie, Sally Eilers
 53.  The Flying Scot (UK, 1957) B68m, Lee Paterson, Kay Callard
 54.  The Flying Scotsman (UK, 1930) PSB63m,
                                         Moore Marriott, Raymond (Ray) Milland
 55.  Fools' Parade (US, 1971) C98m [Dynamite Man from Glory Jail],
                                                 James Stewart, George Kennedy
 56.  From Russia With Love (UK, 1963) C118m, Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi
 57. *The General (USA, 1927) SB74m, Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
>>>>  Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1967) -> #67
 58.  The Ghost Train (UK, 1927) SB82m, Guy Newall, Ilse Bois
 59.  The Ghost Train (UK, 1931) B72m, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge
 60.  The Ghost Train (UK, 1941) B84m, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch
 61.  The Girl in the Train (USA, 1927) SB103m,
                                              Mady Christians, Marcella Alboni
 62.  Grand Central Murder (USA, 1942) B73m [Grand Central Station],
                                                     Van Heflin, Patricia Dane
>>>>  Grand Central Station (1942) -> #62
 63.  The Great Barrier (UK, 1937) B85m, Richard Arlen, Barrie Mackey
>>>>  The Great British Train Robbery (1967) -> #67
 64.  The Great K&A Train Robbery (USA, 1926) SB53m, Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan
 65.  The Great Locomotive Chase (USA, 1956) C85m [Andrews' Raiders],
                                                   Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter
 66.  The Great Train Robbery (USA, 1942) B61m, Bob Steele, Claire Carleton
 67.  The Great Train Robbery (West Germany, 1967) B104m; T version, 240m;
             [The Great British Train Robbery; Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse;
                               Der grosse Postraub], Horst Tappert, Hans Cossy
>>>>  The Great Train Robbery (1978) -> #50
>>>>  Der grosse Postraub (1967) -> #67
 68.  The Harvey Girls (USA, 1946) C101m, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger
 69.  Hatter's Castle (UK, 1941) B90m, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
>>>>  Helltrain (1977) -> #193
 70.  Heroes are Made (USSR, 1944) B78m, V. Perist-Patrensk
 71.  Horror Express (Spain/UK, 1972) C88m [Pánico en el Transiberiano;
          Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express], Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
>>>>  The Human Beast (1938) -> #10
 72.  Human Desire (USA, 1954) B90m, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame
 73.  The Hurricane Express (1932) B79m, John Wayne, Shirley Grey
>>>>  Illusion Travels By Streetcar (1953) -> #74
 74.  La Ilusión Viaja en Tranvía (Mexico, 1953) B90m
                  [Illusion Travels By Streetcar], Lilia Prada, Carlos Navarro
 75. *The Incident (USA, 1967) B107m, Tony Musante, Martin Sheen
>>>>  Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953) -> #164
 76.  The Iron Horse (USA, 1924) SB119m, George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
 77.  Istanbul Express (USA, 1968T) C94m, Gene Barry, John Saxon
 78.  It Happened to Jane (USA, 1959) C98m [Twinkle and Shine],
                                                        Doris Day, Jack Lemmon
 79.  Joe Hill (Sweden, 1971) C114m, Thommy Berggren, Ania Schmidt
>>>>  Judas was a Woman (1938) -> #10
>>>>  Junalinnut (1998) -> #223
 80.  Kansas Pacific (USA, 1953) C73m, Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller
 81. *The Lady Vanishes (UK, 1938) B97m, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave
 82.  The Lady Vanishes (UK, 1979) C99m, Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd
 83.  The Last Journey (UK, 1936) B66m, Hugh Williams, Godfrey Tearle
 84.  Last Train from Bombay (USA, 1952) B72m, Jon Hall, Christine Larson
 85.  The Lost Express (USA, 1926) SB70m?, Helen Holmes, Jack Mower
 86.  The Lost Special (USA, 1930s?)
>>>>  Love Train for SS (1977) -> #193
 87.  Ludzie z Pociagu (Poland, 1961) [Night Train]
                                          Aleksander Fogiel, Danuta Szaflarska
>>>>  The Mad Train (1925) -> #116
>>>>  Man of Iron (1956) -> #47
 88.  The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (UK, 1953) C83m [The Paris Express],
                                                     Claude Rains, Marta Toren
 89.  The Mercenaries (UK, 1968) [Dark of the Sun]
                                             C101m, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux
 90.  Midnight Alarm (USA, 1923) SB50m
 91.  The Midnight Express (USA, 1924) SB70m,
                                            Elaine Hammerstein, William Haines
 92.  Les Milles (France, 1994) [Les Milles: Le Train de la Liberté]
                                    C103m, Ticky Holgado, Jean-Pierre Marielle
>>>>  Les Milles: Le Train de la Liberté (1994) -> #92
 93.  Minder on the Orient Express (UK, 1985T) George Cole, Honor Blackman
 94.  Money Train (USA, 1995) C130m?, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson
 95.  Mouvements du Desir (Canadian, 1993) [Movements of Desire;
              Desire in Motion] C94m, Valerie Kaprisky, Jean-Francois Pichette
>>>>  Movements of Desire (1993) -> #95
 96. *Murder on the Orient Express (UK, 1974) C127m,
                                                  Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall
 97.  Murder on the Orient Express (USA, 2001T) C100m,
                                                Alfred Molina, Meredith Baxter
 98.  Mystery Junction (UK, 1951) B67m, Sydney Taffler, Barbara Murray
 99.? Nairn's Journey (UK, 1974)
100.  The Narrow Margin (USA, 1952) B70m, Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor
101.  Narrow Margin (USA, 1990) C97m, Gene Hackman, Anne Archer
102.  The Navigators (UK/Germany/Spain, 2001) C92m, Dean Andrews, Tom Craig
103.  Night Passage (USA, 1957) C90m, James Stewart, Audie Murphy
>>>>  The Night the Earth Shook (1972T) -> #151
>>>>  Night Train (1940) -> #106
>>>>  Night Train (1959) -> #126
>>>>  Night Train (1961) -> #87
104.? The Night Train to Kathmandu (USA, 1988T) C105m,
                                              Pernell Roberts, Eddie Castrodad
105.  Night Train to Memphis (USA, 1946) B64m, Roy Acuff, Allan Lane
106.  Night Train to Munich (UK, 1940) B93m [Night Train],
                                               Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood
107.  Night Train to Venice (Germany, 1995) C98m, Hugh Grant, Tahnee Welch
108. *North West Frontier (UK, 1959) C130m [Flame Over India],
                                                   Lauren Bacall, Kenneth More
109.  Oh! Mr. Porter (UK, 1937) B85m, Will Hay, Moore Marriott
110.  On the Right Track (USA, 1981) C98m, Gary Coleman, Lisa Eilbacher
>>>>  Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) -> #22
111.  One Way to Love (USA, 1945) B83m, Chester Morris, Janis Carter
112.  Orient Express (USA, 1934) B71m, Heather Angel, Norman Foster
113.  Orphan Train (USA, 1979T) C150m, Jill Eikenberry, Kevin Dobson
114.  Ostre Sledovane Vlaky (Czechoslovakia, 1966) B89m
                            [Closely Watched Trains; Closely Observed Trains],
                                                  Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova
115.  Our Hospitality (USA, 1923) SB74m, Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge
116.  The Overland Limited (USA, 1925) SB71m [The Mad Train],
                                                Malcolm McGregor, Olive Borden
117.  Overland Pacific (USA, 1954) C73m, Jock Mahoney, Peggie Castle
118.  Panic on the 5:22 (USA, 1974T) C78m, Ina Balin, Bernie Casey
>>>>  Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express (1972) -> #71
>>>>  Pánico en el Transiberiano (1972) -> #71
119.  Paradise Express (USA, 1936?) B54m, Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby
>>>>  The Paris Express (1953) -> #88
120.  Peking Express (USA, 1951) B95m, Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet
>>>>  People's Enemy (1938) -> #130
121.  The Perils of Pauline (USA, 1947) C96m, Betty Hutton, John Lund
122.  Petschki-Lawotschki (USSR, 1973) C102m,
                                       Wassilij Schukschin, Lidija Fedossejewa
123.  The Phantom Express (USA, 1925) SB77m, David Butler, Ethel Shannon
124.  The Phantom Express (USA, 1932) B66m, William Collier Jr., Sally Blane
125.  Piccadilly Third Stop (UK, 1960) B90m?, Terence Morgan, John Crawford
126.  Pociag (Poland, 1959) B90m [Night Train; Baltic Express],
                                                Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk
127.? Pociag do Hollywood (Poland, 1987) 97m [Train to Hollywood]
                                                 Krystyna Feldman, Jerzy Stuhr
>>>>  The Pointsman (1986) -> #217
128.? Poslednji Kolosek (Yugoslavia, 1956) Zivojin "Zika" Mitrovic (D)
129.  Powderkeg (USA, 1970T) C100m, Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole
130.  Prison Train (USA, 1938) B84m [People's Enemy],
                               Fred Keating, Linda Winters (Dorothy Comingore)
131.  Proryv (USSR, 1988?) C
>>>>  The Railroad Man (1956) -> #47
132.  Rails Into Laramie (USA, 1954) C81m, John Payne, Marie Blanchard
133. *The Railway Children (UK, 1972) C102m, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins
134.  The Railway Station Man (UK, 1992T) C100m,
                                             Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
135.  Rallare! (Sweden, 1947) B109m
>>>>  Raw Meat (1973) -> #38
136.  Robbery (UK, 1967) C114m, Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet
137.  Rock Island Trail (USA, 1949) Forrest Tucker, Bruce Cabot
138.  Romance of a Railway (UK, 1935) B58m, Carl Harbard, Donald Wolfit
139.  Romance on the Orient Express (USA, 1985T) C100m,
                                                    Cheryl Ladd, Stuart Wilson
140.  Rome Express (UK, 1932) B94m, Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston
141.  La Roue (France, 1921) SB122m [The Wheel], Severin Mars, Ivy Close
142.  La Roue (France, 1956) B92m, Jean Servais, Pierre Mordy
143.  Runaway! (USA, 1973T) C73m [The Runaway Train], Ben Johnson, Ben Murphy
>>>>  The Runaway Train (1973T) -> #143
144.  Runaway Train (USA, 1985) C111m, Jon Voight, Eric Roberts
145.  Santa Fe (USA, 1951) C89m, Randolph Scott, Janis Carter
146.  Scalplock (USA, 1966T) C100m, Dale Robertson, Diana Hyland
147.  Scherben (Germany, 1921) [Shattered]
                                 SB62m, Werner Krauss, Hermine Strassmann-Witt
148.  Seven Sinners (UK, 1936) B70m, Constance Cummings, Edmund Lowe
149.  Shanghai Express (USA, 1932) B80m, Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong
>>>>  Shattered (1921) -> #147
>>>>  Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night (1946) -> #173
150.  Shinkansen Daibakuha (Japan, 1975) C89m [The Bullet Train]
151.  Short Walk to Daylight (USA, 1972T) C73m [The Night the Earth Shook];
                        also revised later version; James Brolin, Don Mitchell
152.  The Silent Passenger (UK, 1935), B88m, John Loder, Peter Haddon
153.  Silk Express, The (USA, 1933) B61m, Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry
154.  The Silver Streak (USA, 1934) B72m, Sally Blane, Charles Starrett
155. *Silver Streak (USA, 1976) C113m, Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh
156.  Simplon Tunnel (West Germany, 1958) B91m, Hans Fincher, Brigitte Krause
157.  Sleeping Car (UK, 1933) B72m, Ivor Novello, Madeleine Carroll
158.  The Sleeping Car (USA, 1990) C87m, David Naughton, Julie Aronson
159.  Sleeping Car to Trieste (UK, 1948) B95m, Jean Kent, Albert Lieven
160.? Speedy (USA, 1928) SB86m, Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy
161.? Spione (Germany, 1927) SB130m, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch
162.  Spy Train (USA, 1943) B61m, Richard Travis, Catherine Craig
>>>>  The Station (1990) -> #163
163.  La Stazione (Italian, 1990) C92m [The Station],
                                                 Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy
164.  Stazione Termini (USA/Italy, 1953) B87m [Terminal Station;
           Indiscretion of an American Wife], Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift
>>>>  Stop Train 349 (1963) -> #207
165.  Streamline Express (USA, 1936) B71m, Victor Jory, Evelyn Venables
166.  Struggle Will End Tomorrow (Czechoslovakia, 1953) C80m
167.  Subway (France, 1985) C104m, Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert
168.  Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (USA, 1997T) C80m,
                                                    Jerry Stiller, Denis Leary
169.  Svampe (Norway, 1990) C79m
170.  Tag till Himlen (Sweden/Ecuador, 1988) C85m, Carlos Lopez, Hugo Alvarez
171. *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (USA, 1974) C104m,
                                                   Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw
172.  The Tall Target (USA, 1951) B78m, Dick Powell, Paula Raymond
>>>>  Terminal Station (1953) -> #164
173.  Terror by Night (USA, 1946) B60m [Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night],
                                                   Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
174.  Terror on a Train (UK, 1953) B72m [Time Bomb], Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon
175.  Terror Train (Canada, 1980) C97m, Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis
>>>>  Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998) -> #29
176.  Three for Bedroom C (USA, 1952) C74m, Gloria Swanson, Fred Clark
177.  Thunder (USA, 1929) SB90m, Lon Chaney, James Murray
178.  A Ticket to Tomahawk (USA, 1950) C90m, Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter
>>>>  Time Bomb (1953) -> #174
179. *The Titfield Thunderbolt (UK, 1953) C84m, Stanley Holloway, George Relph
180.  Tough Guys (USA, 1986) C104m, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
181.  Tracks (USA, 1976) C90m, Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power
>>>>  Tragic Railway (1926) -> #13
182. *The Train (USA, 1964) B133m, Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield
183.  Le Train (France, 1973) C101m [The Train],
                                        Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant
>>>>  The Train (1973) -> #183
>>>>  Train Birds (1998) -> #223
184.? Le Train de 8H47 (France, 1927) SB, Max Lerel, Georges Gauthier
>>>>  Le Train de 8H47 (1934) -> #185
>>>>  Le train de Berlin est arreté (1963) -> #207
185.  Le Train de Huit Heures Quarante-Sept (France, 1934) [Le Train de 8H47]
                                                         B80m, Fernandel, Bach
186.  Train 523 (France, 1947) B97m
187.? The Train Goes East (USSR, 1949) 83m, Lydia Dranovskaya, Leonid Gallis
>>>>  Train in the Snow (1976) -> #209
188.  The Train Killer (European, 1983) C
189.  Train of Events (UK, 1949) B89m, Valerie Hobson, Jack Warner
>>>>  Train of Gold (1987) -> #220
190.  Train Ride to Hollywood (USA, 1975) C85m,
                                     Bloodstone "Charles" Love, Willis Draffen
191.  The Train Robbers (USA, 1973) C92m, John Wayne, Ann-Margret
192.  Train Robbery Confidential (Brazil, 1962) B102m,
                                               Eliezer Gomes, Reginaldo Farias
193.  Train spécial pour SS (France/Spain, 1977) [Helltrain;
                       Love Train for SS] C108m, Monica Swinn, Christine Aurel
194.  Train to Alcatraz (USA, 1948) B60m, Donald Barry, Janet Martin
>>>>  Train to Hollywood (1987) -> #127
195.  Train to Tombstone (USA, 1950) B56m, Donald Barry, Robert Lowery
>>>>  Trains'n'Roses (1998) -> #223
196.? Trans-Europe Express (France, 1966) C94m,
                                   Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier
197.  Transcontinental Limited (USA, 1926) SB82m,
                                               Lionel Barrymore, Madge Bellamy
>>>>  A Trenul de Aur (1987) -> #220
198.  Tube Tales (UK, 1999T) C84m, Frank Harper, Liz Smith
199.  Turksib (USSR, 1929) SB88m
200. *Twentieth Century (USA, 1934) B91m, John Barrymore, Carole Lombard
>>>>  Twinkle and Shine (1959) -> #78
201.  Tycoon (USA, 1947) C128m, John Wayne, Laraine Day
202.  Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (USA, 1995)
                                          C130m?, Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian
203.  Underground (UK, 1928) SB109m, Elissa Landi, Brian Aherne
204.  Union Depot (USA, 1932) B75m, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell
205.  Union Pacific (USA, 1939) B135m, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrae
206.  Union Station (USA, 1950) B80m, William Holden, Nancy Olsen
207.  Verspätung in Marienborn (West Germany/France/Italy, 1963) B94m
      [Stop Train 349; Le train de Berlin est arreté], Jose Ferrer, Sean Flynn
208.  Viva Maria! (France-Italy, 1965) C119m, Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau
209.? Vlak U Snijegu (Yugoslavia, 1976) [Train in the Snow]
210. *Von Ryan's Express (USA, 1965) C117m, Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard
211.  Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (Australia, 1988) C90m, Wendy Hughes
212.  The Warriors (USA, 1979) C90m, Michael Beck, James Remar
>>>>  The Wheel (1921) -> #141
213.  Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (USA, 1988T) C100m,
                                                      Willie Nelson, Jack Elam
214.? Whispering Smith (USA, 1916) SB, Helen Holmes, Belle Hutchinson
215.? Whispering Smith (USA, 1926) SB, H.B. Warner, Lillian Rich
216.  Whispering Smith (USA, 1948) C88m, Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall
217.  De Wisselwachter (Netherlands, 1986) [The Pointsman]
                                  C97m, Jim van der Woude, Stéphanie Excoffier
218.  Without Reservations (USA, 1946) B107m, Claudette Colbert, John Wayne
219.  The Wrecker (UK, 1929) SB59m, Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker
>>>>  Zentropa (1991) -> #45
220.  Zloty Pociag (Poland/Romania, 1987) 158m [Train of Gold;
                                            A Trenul de Aur] Bohdan Poreba (D)
221.  Zuckerbaby (West Germany, 1984) C86m, Marianne Saegebrecht, Eisi Gulp
222.  Der Zug (Austria/West Germany/Italy, 1989T) C208m,
                                                 Ben Kingsley, Dominique Sanda
223.  Zugvögel... einmal nach Inari (Germany/Finland, 1998) [Junalinnut;
                 Train Birds; Trains'n'Roses] C87m, Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää

DOCUMENTARIES AND INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS

D01.  America on Rails (USA) PB85m
D02.  The Big Little Railroad (USA, 1940s) 60m?
D03.  Branch Ride to Whitby (UK, 1987T) C110m
D04.  Cab Ride: Harrisburg to Huntingdon (USA, 1988T) C100m
D05.  Cab Ride: Huntingdon to Johnstown (USA, 1988T) C100m
D06.  Cajon Pass / Tehachapi Loop (USA, 1986) C120m
D07.  The Cambrian Coast (UK, 1988T) C80m
D08.  Chiltern (UK, 1990T) C90m
D09.  Diesel Train Driver (UK, 1959) B84m
D10.  Diesels on the Union Pacific (USA, 1984) C120m
D11.  Driver's Eye View: HST West (UK, 1986T) C85m
D12.  The East Broad Top (USA) C120m
D13.  The Far North (UK, 1991T) C104m
D14.  Farewell to the Deltic (UK, 1983T) C90m
D15.  Flying Scotsman Diamond Jubilee Celebrations (UK, 1983T) C180m
D16.  Flying Scotsman and Pendennis Castle in West Australia (UK, 1989T) C76m
D17.  Freight Train: Volume One (UK, 1990T) C125m
D18.  Freight Train: Volume Two (UK, 1991T) C125m
D19.  FT 103, the Diesel that Revolutionized American Railroading (USA, 1990)
                                                                         C115m
D20.  Great Western Journey (UK, 1985T) C73m
D21.  Main Line 1988 (UK, 1989T) C120m
D22.  Maintenance of Electrical Signalling Equipment (UK, 1958) B63m
D23.  The Man Who Loves Giants (UK, 1990T) C75m
D24.  Measured Packing (UK, 1953) B67m
D25.  Mechanical Point Operation (UK, 1954) B68m
D26.  Mechanical Signal Operation (UK, 1955) B64m
D27.  Metropolitan and District: a Driver's Eye View (UK, 1990T) C85m
D28.  One Day in Severn (UK, 1990T) C105m
D29.  One Way Ticket (UK, 1983T) C80m
D30.  Railfanning the Silverton (USA, 1985T) C110m
D31.  The Railfilms Collection (UK, 1989T) C80m
D32.  The Railfilms Collection: Volume Two (UK, 1989T) C80m
D33.  Railtour Special (UK, 1990T) C120m
D34.  Reflections of American Railroads (USA) PB78m
D35.  Safety Precautions on Electrified Lines (UK, 1964) B71m
D36.  Saluda Mountain (USA) C75m
D37.  Santa Fe Odyssey: Volume 1 (USA) C126m
D38.  Santa Fe Odyssey: Volume 2 (USA) C108m
D39.  Santa Fe's Seligman Sub and New Mexico Main (USA) C120m
D40.  Settle to Carlisle Line (UK, 1987T) C150m
D41.  Severn Valley 1988 (UK, 1989T) C120m
D42.  Skye Train (UK, 1987T) C90m
D43.  The Southern Knights (UK, 1983T) C120m
D44.  Southern Steam in the Sixties (UK, 1989T) C120m
D45.  St. Louis 1990 Steam Spectacular (USA, 1990T) C120m
D46.  Steamfest 1990 (USA, 1990T) C120m
D47.  Steaming to LA (USA, 1989T) C105m
D48.  Super Cabs and Steam (USA, 1991T) C88m
D49.  Susquehanna Spectacular (USA, 1990T) C107m
D50.  Taking Coals to... (UK, 1991T) C120m
D51.  Tehachapi (USA) C120m
D52.  Transport in Vision: Diesel Train Driver (UK) C75m
D53.  Twilight of the Rio Grande Trilogy (USA) C85m
D54.  Union Pacific Last Steam Giants: Heavy Freight (USA) C80m
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