To hell with Health and Safety! This is how you make a film! Been to the place where they filmed this. The line is closed, but the track and the station building (which is now an office of sorts) is still there and isn't fenced off. Felt awesome to walk down the platform in the footsteps of Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, John Frankenheimer and all the hundreds of people that made this fantastic film possible
Thank you. Without question my favorite movie of all time (despite the problems in production, see Burt Lancaster's biography). A movie with so many memorable lines (including the best movie line of all time, in my opinion), where I could identify with every character. The only movie I wish I could have been a part of.
Oh Boy! This is a great movie. I wore out my VHS copy and will probably wear out the DVD. There are more crashes than just this one in the movie. And those are the REAL actors doing all those stunts! The movie is "The Train" starring Burt Lancaster.
For shunting, the brake hoses are disconnected and the brakes disabled by pulling a cord on the wagon. This train was presumably running with the wagon brakes disabled; unless any of them had been railwaymen in peacetime, the German guards wouldn't have been any the wiser.
" THE TRAIN " was an excellent movie. The French Underground did everything it could do to constantly wreck havoc upon the Nazi,s. The (late) Burt Lancaster preferred to do his own stunts and even in the scenes done for the mid 1980s Motion Picture " Tough Guys " with SP #4449 being robbed was in very good shape and in " THE TRAIN " Movie did learn how to run the Locomotives shown in this production and did a damm good job doing it.
This is a great film! I saw it for my 12th birthday in '65. The photography is very good in this Frankenheimer film. It was made at the time that the French Railway (SNCF) was modernizing and they were getting ready to scrap a-lot of old equipment (Locomotives, etc). See this film! you'll enjoy its great story too!
@MrCSXboy98 indeed. those are SNCF vintage class 230's, and as SNCF was starting the conversion to Electric, John Frankenheimer got permission to smash up a few.
Uncharacteristically between "TRAIN" shoots, Burt played golf. He stepped in a gopher hole twisting his ankle. Reporting to director John Frankenheimer in tears, Burt cried he needed 6 weeks down time to recover. Frankenheimer said: "I'm gonna shoot you." "What?" said Burt. "I'm gonna SHOOT you. LISTEN: "Can you give me just ONE GOOD standup run?" "YES", said Burt. "FINE. We'll GUN YOU DOWN NEXT SCENE! You limp through the rest of the movie. OK?" "OK."
"The Train" is one of those movies they just don't make anymore. Burt Lancaster did his own stunts. In fact, he injured his ankle doing one scene. So they wrote in the scene where the Germans on the train shoot at him and wound him in the leg (seen here)! It wasn't in the original script, but it explained away why he limped for awhile after that.
This is a lovely vintage clip! But why didn't they just leave the wagons attached to the train to cause more damage? Still, after seeing this, I gotta see the whole movie!
This movie was filmed on the old line between Rouen and Orléans at Acquigny (this sequence) and Auteuil-Autouillet (final sequence) (line totally closed in 1989) A section of this line including Auteuil-Autouillet is now a touristic railway since 1997 between Breuilpont and La Croix-St Leufray (Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure)
Awesome clip, the only problem I have with it is that they destroyed what appears to be a long-boilered 0-6-0 goods engine. If you look closely (particularly in the making of movie) It is very clearly of Victorian make. I liked it's gothic styling of metalwork and it is a pity they didn't put it in a museum... However I still like how in the older generation of high budget movies they would do realistic full scale battle/crash scenes like this!
Yeah! Did it occur to you "Hmm, perhaps I should see the movie instead of posting a stupid comment"? I guess not. Thanks for uploading 01276. Great movie.
During filming Lancaster injured his leg playing golf, so they added the scene where he is shot in the leg to explain his limp for the rest of the film.
@Smoofie92 if you're talking about the enigne crashed across the tracks, it's a 0-6-0 or 0-8-0. either way, you can tell if you've seen it crash that it had no guide wheels. the other engines are all 4-6-0's. and the Larger seagull was English. this is france. all french.
@Smoofie92 the engine crashed across the tracks was a 0-6-0 or 0-8-0, based on the camera angles, i could tell it had no guide wheels. all the other engines are 4-6-0's
@DarkTower97 unfortunately, the reason these engines were trashed was because SNCF, french railways, was switching to Diesel and electric, and wanted a cheap way to get rid of some steamers, so it's not likely these were rebuilt.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE, BUT THE THING I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHY THE ENGINEERS JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN (DRIVERLESS) AND MADE ‘EM CRASH WHAT IF THERE COULD HAVE BEEN KIDS ON THE TRACKS?! THAT KIND OF TAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR BACK THEN.
A lot of the actions to delay the train were based on those in a film called "La Bataille de Rail" made just after the war to honour the "Resistance Fer" (railway resistance). It's also worth seeing if you get a chance.
@take4jazz1 this is "the Train" written by Jules Bricken and Directed by John Frankenheimer. in it, a French Railway inspector, Labiche (Burt Lancaster) is trying to stop Colonel Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) from stealing a trainload of Paintings from a Paris art museum. through a series of sabotage attempts, air raids, turnarounds, and Crashes, Labiche and the Resistance hamper the German efforts every step of the way.
Uncoupling the moving train was also dangerous, and that was not a stunt double doing it. The actor insisted on being instructed on how to do it, despite the danger.
@AWKman259 This is from the 1964 film "The Train" starring Burt Lancaster. It isn't real but the scenes with the trains were. No cheesy special effects then. Same director, John Frankenheimer, who did the original "Manchurian Candidate".
The crash at 3:35 was a real train. The camera that almost got wiped out was a remote control. Just before the shot, the director removed the camera man. Good thing too.
@WhyAyeMann these are old French class 230's, i beleive, built in 1915. and you are correct. in fact, if you wath the Air raid scene, several clips show Modern (Post-war) French Steamers!
If they had shown Burt Lancaster's fireman closing the brake pipe cock on the first wagon as he backed off the coupler, that might have explained it. But for the most part, the intricasies of continuous automatic train brakes escape most screenwriters and directors.
Hello aeolus! i am Belgian an i have not a good knowledge about french steam locomotives, but in my documents it seems that the 230B were issued from Compagnie du Midi and PLM
I've never understood why they had to disconnect the cars from the engine. They were jumping off anyway. Open up the throttle and let the whole train crash, the then back up engine would smash into it causing additional damage.
Definatelly not.. no one should ever think to remake this classic movie.. not even crap hollywood. They would loose the magic and point of this film as they would be too interested in blowing things up rather than getting the message accross
France had no diesel locomotives in service during WW2. Period accuracy required steam, and in any case in 1964 nobody was about to wreck any brand-new Diesels!
To hell with Health and Safety! This is how you make a film!
Been to the place where they filmed this. The line is closed, but the track and the station building (which is now an office of sorts) is still there and isn't fenced off. Felt awesome to walk down the platform in the footsteps of Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, John Frankenheimer and all the hundreds of people that made this fantastic film possible
Thank you. Without question my favorite movie of all time (despite the problems in production, see Burt Lancaster's biography). A movie with so many memorable lines (including the best movie line of all time, in my opinion), where I could identify with every character. The only movie I wish I could have been a part of.
Oh Boy! This is a great movie. I wore out my VHS copy and will probably wear out the DVD. There are more crashes than just this one in the movie. And those are the REAL actors doing all those stunts! The movie is "The Train" starring Burt Lancaster.
"El tren", fantástica pelicula que he visto decenas de veces, y cada vez que la veo mas me gusta.
Gran actuación de Burt Lancaster.
I love this film!!! the fact all the actors are doing all the driving is the best bit of all!
For shunting, the brake hoses are disconnected and the brakes disabled by pulling a cord on the wagon. This train was presumably running with the wagon brakes disabled; unless any of them had been railwaymen in peacetime, the German guards wouldn't have been any the wiser.
Very impressive piece of action..
The Mad Bomber.
" THE TRAIN " was an excellent movie. The French Underground did everything it could do to constantly wreck havoc upon the Nazi,s. The (late) Burt Lancaster preferred to do his own stunts and even in the scenes done for the mid 1980s Motion Picture " Tough Guys " with SP #4449 being robbed was in very good shape and in " THE TRAIN " Movie did learn how to run the Locomotives shown in this production and did a damm good job doing it.
One of the most spectacular train wreck scenes of ALL TIME! :)
This is a great film! I saw it for my 12th
birthday in '65. The photography is very
good in this Frankenheimer film. It was
made at the time that the French Railway
(SNCF) was modernizing and they were
getting ready to scrap a-lot of old
equipment (Locomotives, etc).
See this film! you'll enjoy its great
story too!
J'habite à côté de cette ville du tournage du film dans le département de l'Eure, le décor n'a toujours pas changé.
@MrCSXboy98 indeed. those are SNCF vintage class 230's, and as SNCF was starting the conversion to Electric, John Frankenheimer got permission to smash up a few.
Uncharacteristically between "TRAIN" shoots, Burt played golf. He stepped in a gopher hole twisting his ankle. Reporting to director John Frankenheimer in tears, Burt cried he needed 6 weeks down time to recover.
Frankenheimer said: "I'm gonna shoot you."
"What?" said Burt.
"I'm gonna SHOOT you. LISTEN:
"Can you give me just ONE GOOD standup run?"
"YES", said Burt.
"FINE. We'll GUN YOU DOWN NEXT SCENE! You limp through the rest of the movie. OK?"
"OK."
"The Train" is one of those movies they just don't make anymore. Burt Lancaster did his own stunts. In fact, he injured his ankle doing one scene. So they wrote in the scene where the Germans on the train shoot at him and wound him in the leg (seen here)! It wasn't in the original script, but it explained away why he limped for awhile after that.
This movie is such an underrated film
this is prolly my favorite movie of all time. haha, cant believe theres a video up here!
Brilliant film Burt Lancaster playing a great part good old fashioned war film loads of trains loads of entertainment 🚂👍
Brian Walmsley: righ, a great film with a great moral lesson: Don't be a Nazi-Art-Collector !
@CynnNightwalker The movie is called "The Train" and is still available on VHS tape at local video shops.
"This is a hell of a mess you've got here Colonel."
wow, awesome effects :)
This is a lovely vintage clip! But why didn't they just leave the wagons attached to the train to cause more damage? Still, after seeing this, I gotta see the whole movie!
locomotive, British conception, 230 a large kind of this engine where used here...in France, where this movie was recorded...
Damm 3 locos and 1 consist crashed, you gotta love it
The expression on the guard's face at 4:18 is like "shit".
LongHoodForwardProductions 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂‼️
Merde.
4:18
Burt Lancaster and the other actors playing loco crew actually learned to drive the engines for this movie. They did a good job, too.
The Train, excellent film.
Steam was being phased out in France when this film was being made. These steam engine were going for scrap at the time.
i love this movie. its one of my favorites
MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!
This movie was filmed on the old line between Rouen and Orléans at Acquigny (this sequence) and Auteuil-Autouillet (final sequence) (line totally closed in 1989)
A section of this line including Auteuil-Autouillet is now a touristic railway since 1997 between Breuilpont and La Croix-St Leufray (Chemin de fer de la vallée de l'Eure)
Je ne connaissais pas ce film. ca fait plaisir de savoir qu'il plait au pays d'Hollywood: il est vrai que la qualité dramatique y est rare.
This is great! Where did you get this clip?
@skybluedragonator they sometimes roll it on tv. You can also find it on youtube or buy it off Ebay or Amazone.com
Best train action movie of all time
Nuff said
Hi love this movie
Awesome clip, the only problem I have with it is that they destroyed what appears to be a long-boilered 0-6-0 goods engine. If you look closely (particularly in the making of movie) It is very clearly of Victorian make. I liked it's gothic styling of metalwork and it is a pity they didn't put it in a museum... However I still like how in the older generation of high budget movies they would do realistic full scale battle/crash scenes like this!
@cheal Have you seen Unstoppable? Cause I havent yet, but it sounds good!!
Yeah! Did it occur to you "Hmm, perhaps I should see the movie instead of posting a stupid comment"? I guess not. Thanks for uploading 01276. Great movie.
Le train. Film de 1964. Super film !!!!
Mais alguém está assistindo em 2019?
I really enjoyed this film when it was on Starz not too long ago!
@BTCRAIL101FILMS where can you get it?
@Levaporistemasque i saw the 141's! i originally thought it was a BR 52 Kriegslokomotiv, but then i looked closer.
good film !!thanks..
During filming Lancaster injured his leg playing golf, so they added the scene where he is shot in the leg to explain his limp for the rest of the film.
@Gorboduc according to the commentary on the DVD, that is actually John Frankenheimers favorite line.
@Smoofie92 if you're talking about the enigne crashed across the tracks, it's a 0-6-0 or 0-8-0. either way, you can tell if you've seen it crash that it had no guide wheels. the other engines are all 4-6-0's.
and the Larger seagull was English. this is france. all french.
@TheAmtrakPunk these were the Euro-style buffer couplers, not the AAR type you're used to...
Good Movie !!
I wish that someone would post the entire movie on here!
i love this movie!
@BTCRAIL101FILMS my favorite movie!
I love this video.
legendary movie
what part of france was this filmed .i suppose rail line closed a long time ago
Thanks for posting, a well written classic with great acting.
Any chance you can post the railyard bombing scene for the beginning?
@Smoofie92 the engine crashed across the tracks was a 0-6-0 or 0-8-0, based on the camera angles, i could tell it had no guide wheels. all the other engines are 4-6-0's
Probably one of the most elaborate movie train wreck sequences ever filmed - & these were REAL, not models!
Extra! I love that films.
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i love that movie!
@DarkTower97 unfortunately, the reason these engines were trashed was because SNCF, french railways, was switching to Diesel and electric, and wanted a cheap way to get rid of some steamers, so it's not likely these were rebuilt.
I enjoyed this movie. The old time films are all great!
The film is called "The Train" (Burt Lancaster)
@JollyRodders actually, i have a copy on DVD that works fine. i guess it's out of circulation for now, but then again, my copy is a few years old.
Those actors are doing some dangerous stunts!
Very cool crash! Awesome!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE, BUT THE THING I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHY THE ENGINEERS JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN (DRIVERLESS) AND MADE ‘EM CRASH WHAT IF THERE COULD HAVE BEEN KIDS ON THE TRACKS?! THAT KIND OF TAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR BACK THEN.
great movie
A lot of the actions to delay the train were based on those in a film called "La Bataille de Rail" made just after the war to honour the "Resistance Fer" (railway resistance). It's also worth seeing if you get a chance.
@take4jazz1 this is "the Train" written by Jules Bricken and Directed by John Frankenheimer. in it, a French Railway inspector, Labiche (Burt Lancaster) is trying to stop Colonel Von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) from stealing a trainload of Paintings from a Paris art museum. through a series of sabotage attempts, air raids, turnarounds, and Crashes, Labiche and the Resistance hamper the German efforts every step of the way.
Great film ...
Woah..real stunts...the one getting out of the train..was kinda dangerous...
n talk about damage..phew !!
will watch this movie if i find it \m/
Uncoupling the moving train was also dangerous, and that was not a stunt double doing it. The actor insisted on being instructed on how to do it, despite the danger.
No CGI there! Awesome.. I bought this movie on dvd.
the rolling stock looks very familar but i love british steam engine i collect them too
@AWKman259 This is from the 1964 film "The Train" starring Burt Lancaster. It isn't real but the scenes with the trains were. No cheesy special effects then.
Same director, John Frankenheimer, who did the original "Manchurian Candidate".
The crash at 3:35 was a real train. The camera that almost got wiped out was a remote control. Just before the shot, the director removed the camera man. Good thing too.
A Movie with Burt Reynolds of a French Train, in Occupied France, occupied by the Germans in WW 2. A pretty damn good movie.
@WhyAyeMann these are old French class 230's, i beleive, built in 1915. and you are correct. in fact, if you wath the Air raid scene, several clips show Modern (Post-war) French Steamers!
If they had shown Burt Lancaster's fireman closing the brake pipe cock on the first wagon as he backed off the coupler, that might have explained it. But for the most part, the intricasies of continuous automatic train brakes escape most screenwriters and directors.
Watched that movie....
It was a good one.
the 4-4-0 really messed up the brakevan at eh end
Hello aeolus! i am Belgian an i have not a good knowledge about french steam locomotives, but in my documents it seems that the 230B
were issued from Compagnie du Midi and PLM
That looks awesome didn't look fake like a lot of the old films did!
3:28 "Thats just what we need now"
@ohunor this film was made in 1964. it's called "the last Great Black and White Action movie"
I've never understood why they had to disconnect the cars from the engine. They were jumping off anyway. Open up the throttle and let the whole train crash, the then back up engine would smash into it causing additional damage.
Looks like a good film!
@sinojtjej Its is, its called The Train, made in 1964!! Watch it, its really cool and a good movie!
Definatelly not.. no one should ever think to remake this classic movie.. not even crap hollywood. They would loose the magic and point of this film as they would be too interested in blowing things up rather than getting the message accross
This was the very first vid I ever saw as a kid
+Trainlover4472 The movie turned 50 in 2014
Nice!
Crash after crash after crash! COOL!
that is great I loved it
Don't make move like that anymore...great film! Great actors, great directors.
dont peaple read the video captions on here or something? .. says in the first line....
@Theblargen It's on hulu for free and it's the whole movie.
@cinemavater It was filmed using real trains. No special effects like we have now.
At 4:19 I bet his last words were "HOLY SCHNITT"!!!!!
A sad end to some fine locomotives and rolling stock.
France had no diesel locomotives in service during WW2.
Period accuracy required steam, and in any case in 1964 nobody was about to wreck any brand-new Diesels!
danlefou But had electic locomotives before WW2.