Runaway Train (1985) - Crash Scene
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"If you were close enough to see it you'd be dead!"
One of the greatest lines in movie history.
And coming right after one of the dumbest. Pure exposition for the movie audience; a real engineer would have been 100% aware of the fact that if it was in visual range, he'd be less than a minute from collision.
Well it’s kinda strange because it would be a minute but early cause it was in max speed
Sounds like something that should be said in every horror movie.
What do you actually know about "movie history"?
Brilliantly played by actor Kyle T. Heffner now age 64. A very very underrated performance.👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm a BNSF (formerly UPRR i left in November of 2021) conductor and when i was in conductor trainee class for UPRR we actually talked about this movie and unstoppable. Some of us actually met the guy who was responsible for the true events of unstoppable. He wasn't fired, no one died and he's happily retired.
@Hawk 1224 yep, the one and the same.
@@armageddon1981 no none of that is true he was fired from CSX you are lying
@@armageddon1981 but the wiki and all the videos I watched on the incident say he was fired
@@oregonrailfan7046 anybody can add stuff on to wikis and also i just messaged my friend from CSX who knows him too. He was pulled out of service for a while and was reinstated. Hey, i'm not an argumentive person and i have nothing to prove to you, especially if you've never been a railroad employee. Your only rebuttal to this is "wikis and videos". Also, his name was never publicly released and he told us that. I'm done talking to you. Once again, when you find out his name and you can somehow get in touch with him, then I'll hear you out. Once again, stay in your lane and troll someone else!! Oh, fyi, i did my own research...there are no videos that talk about him being fired...as i said, show some documents and I'll back down.
Arm, howas he responsible? What did he do wrong? Thank you.
In Coloradope we had a runaway train on Tennessee Pass. Sadly, it killed engineer and engineer trainee.
Water in the brakeline mid train froze. Could not release brake line pressure after the ice blockage so rear half of train's brakes could not apply. Tank car spilled acidestroying vegetation, still sparse there today.
Interesting fact: The locomotive of the train pulling onto the siding had just been retired by the Alaska Railroad a few months before the movie was shot. The train itself shown was actually the Movie Production train lol, where the cast and crew were living while shooting in the frigid conditions. The locomotive had originally been built in the 1950s for the US Army in the early days of the Cold War under contract by ALCO with a unique design that allowed its bogies to be adjusted to fit multiple track gauges. At the time, it was thought important in the event of the Third World War in Europe that the U.S. be able to provide locomotives as that would have been how supplies would have been moved around the European theater and the adjustable bogies meant they could have been fit to the several European rail gauges in existence. However, by the late 1950s it was obvious any World War would be so catastrophic that of all the things anyone would be worrying about, there wouldn't be anything left to move *by* rail assuming the rail system itself even still existed, so they were sold as surplus to US Rail Lines where they served for many decades in traditional rail service.
The train is a character in itself, the way it charges through the other train like it were nothing.
STUPID KRAMER DRIVER
HE WAS CRAWLING WHEN SHOULD OF BEEN SPEEDING UP
@@ekop1778 it wasn't the driver,s fault his train has some heavy cars and he couldn't speed his train when the runaway pass 12 and it reaches toward at the caboose and the cargo
Shadduup!
Yeah if he went too fast he'd get pushed right out the othr end of the loop by his own momentum and 💩💥🍳💥🗯🔥💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥💀.
It is a menacing character just like the truck from the movie DUEL. The producers give it a life of its own.
Most of the sequence uses a real set of engines in Alaska
Miscalculation meant that the caboose did get clipped by the other train
The actual impact was a beautifully detailed set of large miniatures that were shot in a closed down winery in Cuca Monga, California. Stephen Marsh, production designer, Runaway Train
Fantastic work. I thought they just sacrificed some old rail cars. Completely realistic.
Very impressive work and well-executed practical effects. 👍
Great to have your input! Stellar work!
@@bernecomp An old caboose was actually scrapped. You can tell where its a model and where its not, the real caboose however was janked off its chassis by 3 tractors.
@@abloogywoogywoo The mixing of effects was masterful.
These trains are beautiful. The locomotives, the freight cars, everything. I'm glad I'm a train lover
Trains are the best
That’s Right, they are from heaven.
They’re from the design of George Stephenson😍
@@train_dude_youtube9 that's good, right?
Yep.
The crash is so well done. When you couldn’t use computers to make something look good, you had to rely on classic silver screen trickery. And the music sells it too, Perfectly paced.The haunting stare of the brakeman reminds me of a veteran thinking back to the battlefield.
Exactly Like REBECCA DE MORNAY's Facial Expression, Earlier In The Film When Manny Tells Buck: "Just Do What I Say And Don't Crap On Yourself! I Let You Tag Along To Be A Regular, Not A Piece Of Shit!"
Yes,But why is the Caboose guy wearing a WW2 Combat helmet?
@@anotherHelldiverSouvenir, war trophy, who knows?
I watched this movie as a teenager. Picked it up recently for a bargain and rewatched it today. Sometimes memories can be deceiving. Some old movies don't hold up very well but THIS ONE is a pure gem in it's own right. 37 years after it's premier it's still worth watching! Absolutely love it! Especially Jon Voight's and Eric Roberts' performance. The scene of them fighting in the engine is acting at it's finest!
I went on and on about it to my GF - from memory it was great, eventually, we watched it - she admitted it was an amazing movie. She saw it cold and overhyped by me like 5 years ago...
I remember seeing this movie scene on RUclips when I was like seven, and I was enthralled by it not knowing it was from a movie. I had already watched unstoppable at that time and it was and still is one of my favorite movies. I saw this video recommended to me with the exact same movie scene and I was instantly hit with nostalgia. Then realizing it was from a movie, I really hope I can order it and see how things were like in the 1980s! I really want to feel nostalgia for this!
I'm going to pick it up, I remember watching it as a kid and really enjoying it
As some people at the time said: The movie could’ve been a classic, but nobody wanted to watch it because it was made by cannon
I just finished rewatching it 25 minutes ago lol. Your right, it was good
The shot of the trains passing each other is really beautiful.
That s my favourite
Kramer is on the phone telling George Costanza to order from the soup nazi.
PuRe DeStRuCtIoN
"If you were close enough to see it you'd be dead! GET IT?!" + This scene with the railway, winter and one red light... - I love that moment! The mood of this movie is insane!
What a movie they don’t make them like this anymore, 10 out of 10!
You're right; it is a great movie! 10/10
20/10
And yet, the movie flopped at the Box Office, which to me is an absolute travesty! In my humble opinion, this movie is a classic!!!
Nah. No payoff. They never showed the train crashing at the end. It just showed the train speeding off into the fog....
I bet you loved 2012 too, disaster junkie, LOLZ
"Luckilly no one was hurt! They jumped clear before the crash, but the break van was in smithereens!" haha
We call it a caboose, i dont know for sure is a caboose performs a similar function to a British brake van or not. They enabled the rear of the train to be observed for hot boxes and derailed cars and such.
Thomas, right?
@@r211Afan Yes.
@@clinthowe7629 basically the same thing.
@@r211Afan you're right
It is the twisting metal and screeching sounds that make it intense
This was, hands down, the best damn performance of Jon Voight's career!!
Absolutely. He was perfect.
@@dannystewart1412 he is awesome May god bless him
@@dannystewart1412
Yeah he says Corporations ! Remember that part ?
I thought his best performance was biting Kramer on Seinfeld. lol
Before production of the movie, Voight wanted to enhance his character, so he met with formers convicts about their lives in prison. If you look closely at his facial features, he applied small cotton balls inside his nasal cavity to represent years of abuse inside prison; fights and assaults.
This movie was PURE DRAMA! You can't shake it out of you for a couple of days or longer after watching it. The way movies should be.
I love this movie when I have seen a vhs cover on it in Austria and believe it or not my sister ended up playing a small part with Eric roberts in a film with him in america
@@lasvegassnowman5505 Cool!
Poor acting but cool,though!!
@@BCAD01 I thought John Voight turned in an excellent performance. The others may have been a bit iffy but he did well I thought. Thank you.
If I was that engineer I’d yank the throttle into nocth 90 and I wouldn’t care that it only goes to 8 !
I saw this movie in the theater after reading several articles in “art” movie magazines praising it. When I read it was a Golan-Globus production, I assumed it would be a cheap B movie, but it turned out to be really good!
Manny’s monologue about what Buck is REALLY going to do is one of the best in cinema: “And then he's gonna look around the room - see how you done. And he's gonna say "Oh, you missed a little spot over there. Jeez, you didn't get this one here. What about this little bitty spot?" And you're gonna suck all that pain inside you, and you're gonna clean that spot. And you're gonna clean that spot. Until you get that shiny clean.” Brutal, but true.
Yes...the worst part of the movie was the words "Golan-Globus" in the credits. To their credit, however, they KNEW this was an "art" film and they had the bucks to make it.
LOVE this movie.
Watched it over and over when I was a teenager in the 90s.
Same here, well I was a bit younger then a teenager but my Grandma had a copy of this on VHS and I just about wore it out back in the 90s!
Ditto I could watch it again and again
Me too me too mate they were the days , godbless you
I believe there is a huge blooper wich they left in and no one has noticed, the eastbound 12 was originally going to be pulled by a pair of ARR gp40’s but we’re switched last minuet, and the forgot to remove a shot of the original train stopping at the signal, you can see it at 00:15
Always wondered about that!
One of the finest movies nobody has ever seen.
I saw it in the theatre back then, and a few times since. One of the finest performances by Eric Roberts and Jon Voight, ever...or any other actor of that time. Just amazing. Lions sometimes have to go out by their own rules. Manny surfing the engine into the winter is a scene I’ll never forget.
Nor I. Absolutely breathtaking.
Fantastic film. Watched it 32 years ago..
Huge train fan , never even knew it was in the theaters at the time.
I saw it in the theater too.
Underrated film. Unstoppable borrowed a lot from this.
"Oh, man!" That sums it up pretty well.
In reality, they would have derailed given how the switch was set. Still love the movie.
You can force through a closed switch approaching from the frog end. Lighter cars might climb the rails, but those GPS and F unit would blow right through.
Far more likely to derail from the cars it struck, but that wouldn't make the movie as exciting.
@@woozleboy 4 locomotives thundering down at 60mph weigh much much more than a flatcar and caboose.
Ok dude so having worked on the csx railroad I have seen this kind of thing before basically for example what happened is a csx emd sd40-2 was sitting in a siding and forgot to re align the switch and a power move came through the only thing keeping that power move from derailing is it’s speed and weight basically the power love plows into that switch slamming it into the open position or it would have jumped the track but that’s not gonna happen with locomotives so moral of the story and a lesson (don’t fucking leave the switch aligned the wrong way) locomotives are stronger than railcars and can in small move bend a rail or destroy a titanium wall easily
@@abloogywoogywoo your Right, Because 4 Locomotives Is more powerful Than a flatbed and a wooden caboose
wait I thought it just split the switch or something
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky from a story by Akira Kurosawa, this was a Golden Globe Award winner for Jon Voight, Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama!
to slow old man
I actually remember watching Unstoppable for the first time back in 2019, and I really liked it (since I was a huge railfan at the time), but now knowing this movie exists, maybe I'll have to give it a watch, too.
Do it! There is some acting that's a bit janky if you ask me, but it's such a great movie, especially if you're a rail fan like us.
It's better.
@@rus0004 Like the 'Seaview Shuffle ' in the loco cab.
I find it hard to imagine how train collisions still happen. A few years back we had a freight train head on just south of Guymon, Oklahoma and I believe the only one that survived jumped off the train and ran and the collision was around 80MPH ending up in a massive fire. Then a little ways south of us was another one just south of Pampa, Texas near I believe White Deer. Both were beyond words on how violent they were.
And Don't Forget About The Ones In California: CHATSWORTH And SAN BERNARDINO!!
This movie still holds up pretty well. Danny Trejo got his start here. Very good movie.
I remember when this movie was made. This scene was shot on Turnagain Arm. Those not knowing a movie was being made actually thought the engines used in this scene were wrecked when seen parked on sidings.
Jeez, I miss Alaska.
Just rode the Coastal classic from Anchorage to Seward and back. Noticed the trestle bridge.
Wow you've seen them with your own eyes? Lucky guy.
2:35. He’s like “Alright, Ima head out”
He was like *AWW HELL NO*
i mean no one wants to get plowed by 4 locomotives going at 60mph (maybe) so yeah, he's gonna be like "aww hell no"
The way he jumps is downright comical
This remarkable movie defeats your expectations but delivers much more. It is not a 1980s "jeopardy" movie (despite its banal title), and this big crash occurs half way through. If you are expecting another even more spectacular crash at the end, you will be disappointed. Instead, the film turns into an allegory of life's struggles and the inevitability of death. It winds down slowly with a slow poetic fade, as the train plunges on into --- who knows what?
This is not a smash and crash crowd pleaser but a rather melancholy and haunting tale, with a bit of thriller action thrown in.
The ending kinda sucked, but the rest of it was good
@@jonathanbirch2022 : Yes it was not a happy ending with pink ponies flying around so it sucked, thanks for the deep analysis.
@@C2H6Cd no it suckeed because of the plot holes, the warden goes on the train by himself and they could have stopped the train way easier
@@jonathanbirch2022 : You told above that only the ending sucked. Whatever, movies tend to be illogical because if they were logical their runtime would be 3 minutes: “oh catch that guy, ok send out 100 SWAT boys, cool he’s under arrest, let’s have a tea” - that would be a very “exciting” film.
Alien (1979): “Omg, what are those eggs?! It’s biohazard, don’t touch them, kill it with fire” - ending credits roll, 5 minutes film done. Cool
@@C2H6Cd except in Alien it actually makes sense and is explained why they go near the eggs. Alien is a masterpiece, this movie well isn’t lol
Can we take a second to appreciate the dispatcher board and how the train being put into the siding is on a crossover?
great movie , one of my favs.
Same
@@kayriv814
Scary movie / ugly movie , but its a good one..
''ugly movie''?@@studiodevelopers2467
I think it's funny how the Alaska Railroad Did not want anything relating to them on the film and yet if you take a look at those GP units you can make out the Alaska Railroad's Paint scheme with Alaska on the side of the lead unit.
Ikr it’s funny
And in the rail yards and offices if you look you can see Alaska rr equipment and logos
Actually, that is not the ARR. They actually used TWO railroads for the filming of Runaway Train. One is indeed the ARR, while the other was some railroad in Montana. You can tell the difference by the bogeys on the GP9s. The ARR GP9s have AAR Type B bogies, while the Montana GP9s used Blombergs.
@@FresnoSubber I know actually in interesting fact when the show the locomotives for the first time when smoke is around the reversing units u can see a arr geep backing up in the back round
@@FresnoSubber yep and the Montana double for 3010 was sold to the ARR in 85 and is still on there today
My 2nd favorite movie of all time. A true classic!
Since you clearly have taste, can you tell us the first?
@@markomaras6495 Well you asked nicely....so, Reservoir Dogs! What's yours?? top 3.
I love the snow in the scenery. It’s all blank making the trains stand out.
Hard to believe Roberts ""Oh Man" isnt right up there with ""rosebud"" and ""Frankly My dear"" in the best cinematic quotes of all time
"I thought we was friends! I thought we was PARTNERS!"
One of the best movies ever.
This film is the definition of underrated
"Who cares!" Said the fireman, "this is good coco!"
this is russia this is how we do it lol nice and slow
Instead of the "Flying Kipper", it's the flying locomotives!
cocoa...
Man, I still quote the crap out of this movie to this day since first seeing it in 85.
"Come on, Ruby!"
@@Heritage367 I can last nine more months for an appeal. I can stand on my head nine months
This reminds me of The Flying Kipper Thomas and Friends season 1, but this is about the 4 diesel locomotives
Yeah, I remember that too! As far as I know, I STILL HAVE the VHS tape of that at my house, it just hasn't been watched in years! If I remember correctly, Ringo Starr is the narrator of the one I have. Yes, the Ringo Starr of the Beatles!! Just curious, was the narrator Ringo Starr for you too, or was it either Michael Angelis or George Carlin?
4 American Diesels
The great Akira Kurosawa was involved in the screenwriting of Runaway Train.
How have I never heard of this movie? Looks awesome.
well you just haven't so to bad
@@raven4k998 ^too
It is. See it.
@@mulletover3832 no to bad
@@raven4k998 nope m8 it's "too bad"
R.I.P 1917-1978.
R.I.P 1913-1984.
Rest In Peace Sandy Tahana/Sandra Noreen Tahana, November 20th, 1945 - May 20th, 1985.
I hate the cold but thought the cinematography and locations were beautiful. When I saw this as a kid, I wanted to go there
I believe this was filmed in Alaska.
2:53 Was that Marty McFly at the end. "Oh, man. Doc's gonna kill me!"
2:35 One of the hardest-going shots in all of cinema.
What a awesome movie
Hey man, you put a scratch on my caboose!!
🤣
I'll buff out, right?
I’ve always wondered How that GP approaching the switch suddenly becomes what looks like an Alco? Then, all the blue and yellow hoppers disappear and it’s a work train entering the siding. Hollywood magic I guess.
I love this movie- one of my favorites, but I was wondering the same. They didn't even try to make them look similar.
The first view of the train @00:15 is short hood leading on the lead loco. Then the rest of the scene it's long hood leading.
Don't you just love consistency? LOL!.
@@oldgoat142 Continuity is supposed to pick up these errors? They most likely not Train people.
@@railtrolley They're definitely not, no question, but even people with zero knowledge about trains can see the difference between a hopper train and a work train.
Just like Gomez Addams when he was in the train room playing with his trains
The covered bridge!
Deadman's Curve.
He's using the diesel.
When I think of the term “runaway train”, I often refer back to the The Far Side cartoon. It shows a milk carton with a photo of a train with the caption saying “Runaway Train. Have you seen me?”.
0:18 EMD GP 38s or 40s leading a bunch of ballast or coal hoppers .
0:27.....magically changes to an ALCO and a MoW train..interesting
I saw that, too
Such an underrated 80s action film It’s so good
"Well, maybe we're on an Express or somethin'!"
Lol!!!
Great video and a great movie as well. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.
That's why there are no more cabooses.
They were negotiated away in liew of higher wages. The EOT or blinking device at the rear of a train took over the cabbose. Also they were dangerous to be in. Any train in or out slack became a whip. Many injured in them, in the day.
@@johnclamshellsp1969 Caboose. A legacy left over, from the early days of rail. Often at the time, they were one of the few vehicles in the train equipped with brakes. Mr Westinghouse's invention of continuous automatic air brakes contributed towards caboose redundancy.
And what a shame - used to love to sit by the tracks and watch a train go by and wait for that little red caboose with the guy in it, waving.
After the collision, Manny's reaction to Buck's ignorant comment was priceless. I wish this video showed that.
A solid film. Some great performances too. Well worth watching.
i remember watching this bull when i was 9 lol. my favourite movie. you can still find it on youtube too!!
*"Luckily no one was hurt."*
Nice reference to "Thomas & Friends". 👍🚂
An excellent movie,a fine cast ,great performances (Voight and Roberts esp)a standout movie ,have the DVD,one of my all-time favourite films thanks for the post Auckland New Zealand 2021
I like the music
Sounds like it would be chase scene music from the first Terminator movie.
Trevor Jones did the score, although dated it’s one of my favourites.
It was my favorite movie as a kid (I must have seen it on VHS shortly after it came out). I really need to watch it again.
Anybody else stop to think when that guy jumped off the caboose to avoid the train hitting him head on, that there was no way he jumped far enough away to keep from getting hit by something?
I like to point out these runaway locos are Gp's because they have 2 axle, 2 trucks on a b-b wheel configuration
GP40, F7, GP7, GP7.
When dispatch says clear and go to a side track, don’t dilly dally.
Thats just undirect order to go Knotch8+sand
On! On! On! Yelled the diesels
The engine we see at 0:17, is it ARR EMD GP40 3020? And the cars seen at 0:23, what kind of cars are they and how long are they? Just curious to know. I know this engine was playing Eastbound 12 just from a brief moment before they shot the actual one which was MRS-1 1605 playing Eastbound 12. Still a cool locomotive. Like them both actually.
Deep movie on several levels...action film, flight from authority, human drama and a explores universal themes of powerlessness, courage, nihilism mortality and love.
Awesome 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
We used to watch this all the time on Sunday afternoons on Fox 55 Fort Wayne Indiana
Fantastic movie---spread the word!
This movie FELT cold.
This is like the unstoppable 1206 scene
Oh yeah when 777 hit 1206's container
@@albee8259 yes you're right! 😄😀🚂💥
Maybe an homenage??.
This is what inspired Unstoppapble
@@BmdZero no an incident called “the crazy 8’s incident” inspired unstoppable
R.I.P 1906-1957
R.I.P 1909-1953
Rest In Peace Grandpa Tahana/Michael Charles Francis Tahana, October 4th, 1941 ~ April 9th, 2017.
At the time this movie came out , i was working for the railroad mainly on train wrecks. I loved the movie.
Man! I was confused. When I saw the title of 'Runaway Train' I thought it was a video about this girl I knew in high school.
The 2010 movie "Unstoppable" had a simulare scene of a runaway train crashing into the rear of another train that didn't get on a siding in time.
John Combs I was thinking the same thing.
I thought the same thing the first time I saw Unstoppable. Then I discovered that movie was not a remake of Runaway Train but was based on a real story
Definitely a throw back to this movie.
Yup, that scene came to mind for me too. Clearly ‘borrowed’ from this film 🙂
@@Senna-78 runaway train was based off of a nyc runaway in the 60s
Did anyone notice at this time mark, 0:15, it’s a GP locomotive.
But at 0:29, it’s shows like a ALCO locomotive.
I’ve got this in my queue on Tubi, think I’m about ready to watch it again.
This is a forgotten classic movie
Saw unstoppable and this has that feel
I like those four engines when I drew pictures of them
@Daniel Chang 27
@Daniel Chang I remember I found it on RUclips
@Daniel Chang Thanks
I drew pictures of four locomotives 🚂🚂🚂🚂 because I’m writing ✍🏻 story about Runaway Train in my state of Texas
@@jacobhinojosa6462 can I see the pictures and read the story please 🙏
@@snug-fibbage7441 I try
I loved the scene, ( not here ) when Eric Roberts saying “ Manny I need some Shoes “ I need some Shoes “ in the beginning . Love 💕 this movie 🎥 this scene was filmed at Portage Glacier. I wish they continued movie 🎥 making here in Alaska 🌹💐💕🤩 to this day.
Tiger paw train tires they really grip the rail no matter what
yeah steel isn't know for grip strength sure but not grip
So dispatch decided to not tell the engineer until he called?
Lol. Right? I always wondered that
Then he complains about the train going too slow after he stopped the engineer at a red signal lol
I feel as though Barstow wasted time by ordering Eastbound 12 to come to a full stop, then waiting for them to radio in to ask why. He should have just called EB 12 while they were still moving and told them to slow down then proceed to the siding. The crash might have been avoided.
(On the other hand that wouldn't have made for an exciting movie.)
Depending on the type of track the EB 12 was traveling on. Most sidings have a maximum speed limit, like 10 to 25 MPH. Also the switch the train is traversing through probably has a strict speed limit so EB 12 had to obey the rules.
Just like in Titanic if they missed the iceberg what kind of movie would it be
@@jmm2000 I guess it would depend on when/where the train was when the decision was made to line the train into the siding. I would have thought that the signal would indicate and Limited Clear oe Medium clear vs having a stop and proceed. Seeing as how the switch was lined for the siding, I would thing that even if the Runaway was in the block, it would still indicate the aspect for the siding.
Definite continuity problems - I've watched this several times and am still bemused by the freight's engine being plastered with snow, then it isn't, then it's snow covered again. Good job that brakeman bailed out - even if the collision was done with models, it was pretty spectacular.
Such a great movie!!!
I know trains react slowly, but would you have thought if it was you on East bound 12 would have jammed the throttle open to get on the siding?
Maybe he did... Or maybe he thought he was already clear...
Or maybe, like the comments here about the switch, it wouldn't have made for a good movie...
Unfortunately the switch radius was quite steep. You had to go in below a maximum speed or you'd derail your train going over the switch. Dudes in the dispatch center couldn't see that. The runaway, on the other hand, was Notch 8 down a straight track, and had no such limitations. It won the race.
I would say another factor is if you jam the throttle wide open you could experience wheel slip in which the train will make less progress than it would with the throttle at notch 2
@@ArchTeryx00 yeah, but if East Bound didn't just stop to contact dispatch about what was up, he may have just cleared. And by his reaction "I don't see no runaway...", he wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the tool shed.
@@boydmccollum692 To be fair, he HAD to stop. He had a red absolute signal in front of him - and contacted dispatch to find out WHY there was a red signal there. Them getting into an argument about the runaway is what killed precious seconds and ultimately led to the collision. (NO real engineer would have made such a stupid argument about "I don't see no runaway." They know how long trains take to stop and how much ground they can cover!)
If dispatch had just given him a Diverging Clear signal and told him to get into that siding double-time, and Eastbound 12 had simply obeyed the order, he would have made it.
Barstow made a great mistake: he should have directly pulled Eastbound 12 on track 2 without stopping it
If you hit a switch going too fast you will derail.
Couldve put him through the turnout into road 2 on a caution signal. But that wouldnt have made for a good film.
I love ALCO MRS-1! That's my Favorite Diesel Locomotive!
One of the biggest snubs in Academy Awards history. I think it only got 2 noms; one for supporting actor and one for score (if memory serves me correct. I don't feel like looking it up rn.) Imho, it was the best movie of 1985.
*Edit: it was 3 noms (best actor, best supporting actor, and best editing.) No Oscars, however. Massive snubs
“Best movie of 1985” definitely not
This movie would be a solid C movie but the music, and especially the music during the end scene of Manny and Rankin riding to oblivion, elevates it to B, maybe even B+
Shoes!....I need shoes!!!!!
Damn, I loved this movie growing up
Incredible camera work and filming.
I remember seeing this movie on television when I was a kid. I thought it as intense.
When i was a child my father worked at Warner Brothers. They had to do a scene of a train crashing into another train. It was all made with miniature trains in a special effects scene. I have often wonder what movie that actually was? It was about 1945.
One of my favoritr films
Controller: your about to get hit by a train.
Conductor of train in the way: okay let’s go as slow as possible.
Engineer... warned about potential head-con collision danger.
Also engineer... doesn't appear to have warned his own switchman in the caboose.
[He'll figure it out!]