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Greatest Train Scene in movies?

August 23, 2004 12:24AM
The below thread on hokey train scenes in movies got me to thinking about movies that did it RIGHT. I could come up with a few, but to me the best RR scene in ANY movie is the robbery scene in Sam Peckinpah's "THE WILD BUNCH" As Bill Holden and his band of not so merry cutthroats wait in 1913 to steal the head three cars of a munitions train, here she comes, an 1884 or so Baldwin mogul with a straight stack, an electified round case oil headlight etc. All black and filthy (and actually N de M 650). The gang gets the drop on the guards without alerting the army or the bounty hunters chasing them in the coach behind, but can't uncouple the car they need to because the slack is stretched! This is the only movie I have ever seen where they cut the air and have to "get the pin" to uncouple. Peckinpah even manages to capture the power of a steam engine on screen. Every time the throttle is widened, he cuts to the same shot of just the headlight and stack with roaring loud exhaust and just the right amount of camera shake-WONDERFUL! Peckinpah ached to direct "Emperor of the North Pole", too bad he didn't. Oh well, perhaps Scorsesse will do a RR scene some day! What is YOUR favorite RR scene?
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Greatest Train Scene in movies?

D. W. Bassett August 23, 2004 12:24AM

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Lukas Rosenthaler August 23, 2004 11:06AM

"East of Eden"

El Coke August 23, 2004 02:57PM

Von Ryan's Express

Kevin Cook August 23, 2004 03:48PM

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Hugh Odom August 24, 2004 03:55AM

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Hugh Odom August 24, 2004 03:59AM

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Gavin Hamilton August 24, 2004 01:05PM

Peckinpah's details !

El Coke August 23, 2004 09:03PM

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Chile John August 24, 2004 08:14AM

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Bruce R. Pier August 24, 2004 11:25AM

The General

Josh McNeal August 24, 2004 10:33AM

"How the West Was Won"!

RonRit August 24, 2004 12:58PM

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El Coke August 24, 2004 10:01PM

Magma Arizona *LINK*

RonRit August 25, 2004 10:13AM

How the West was Won And Emperor of the North!

Casey Carlson August 25, 2004 01:42AM

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Will Gleckler August 27, 2004 03:10PM

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Tom U. Leaton August 24, 2004 05:35PM

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Paul Hagglund August 25, 2004 08:57AM

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Mike Trent August 25, 2004 06:04PM

Dr. Zhivago

John West August 26, 2004 11:34PM

Rent these

El Crítico de la Película August 27, 2004 08:08AM

Hurricane Express

Douglas vV August 27, 2004 09:08AM

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Movie RR Scenes

Ed Kelley August 28, 2004 06:27PM

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Paul Hagglund August 27, 2004 10:21AM

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