Rent these

Dr. Zhivago was a good one, indeed. But since West has us going down the path of unlikely choices, here are a couple more:
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK - The story is set up perfectly by an opening aerial shot of a SP passenger train, diesel powered, making an unscheduled stop at an obscure western desert town. You see the tracks in the center of the frame going on forever to their vanishing point, interrupted only by this jerk water town called Black Rock with no apparent reason to even exist. Spencer Tracy as a mysterious one-armed stranger (who steps off the train) and Lee Marvin as the town’s thug-in-chief are at their best.
RUNAWAY TRAIN - Yeah, I know the locomotives could've been easily stopped, but don't let that bit of artistic license get in the way of a good film. Though filmed in color, it registers on your brain as black and white, perfect for conveying a "railroad" feel as well as a stark Alaskan winter backdrop. Listen closely and you’ll even hear a reference to “an F-unit,” which turns out to be integral to the final action sequence. The film's not over till you read the words from Shakespeare's Richard II at the very end. A literate man’s train movie. Dress warm.