Train films/shows on TV

Electra · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:02 pm

"The Last Train" (1999) - tv series.

Electra · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:32 pm

"(The) 49th Parallel" (c.1941) - a wartime film about a German U-boat crew attempting to cross Canada to reach the still-neutral United States, where a steam loco and baggage car are seen crossing the US-Canada border.

The Man in Blue · Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:29 am

3801 at Hilltop!!

"Ride On stranger"
TV mini series on ABC TV, 11.10 PM Thursday night. (started last night, sorry)
This has many train scenes throughout, mostly cutting room floor clips from the filming of "A Steam Train Passes" provided by Film Australia, Including that great shot of 3801 southbound and heading into NSW's deepest cutting at Hilltop on the "boring" part of the Picton-Mittagong loop line (the section RTM has abandoned 'cause they think the scenery is boring and they don't want to wear out their operating locos climbing that big hill!). This scene is featured at the end of each episode.

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42101 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:22 pm

Collecters ABC on friday at 8pm
The ads for this show have 3801 & ontrain footage of a run up the blue mountains. Smile

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Maikha · Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:44 pm

Heartbeat - 1930 (AEST) on Ch7 tonight: Features some train crime case thingo

Emergency 000 - 1700 (AEST) on Ch7 some hours ago: Episode dating back to 1995/6, featured a fatal level crossing accident somewhere in Melbourne involving a car and two "PTC" trains.

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Blackadder · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:49 pm

From the Mayday series episode tonight on Ch7 about the Southern Pacific freight derailment in San Bernadino,Ca.

K160 · Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:13 pm

The VGR driver experience course was on Channel 7's "Postcards" at 5:30 today.

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smalle · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:33 pm

"Global Village" on SBS at 6pm on Monday 25th has a segment of railway interest.

This program regularly has fascinating items relating to railways from around the world - a week or two ago there was a terrific program about the Dajeeling railway in India.

They seem to repeat them quite often, so it's worthwhile keeping an eye on the programming

smalle · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:01 pm

"Foreign Correspondent" on Channel 2 at 9.20pm next Tuesday, 3rd October has as it's second item a story on the restoration of a line, I presume in the Middle East somewhere, with suitably aged trains hauled by steam locomotives, to recreate the era and atmosphere of the time of Lawrence of Arabia.

This week they showed what was claimed to be "the last wood fired locomotive in the world" on a tourist train in Paraguay.

smalle · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:28 am

Global Village - SBS - 6.00pm tonight

Quote from the Green Guide, "The Chhatrapati Hivaji terminus, built by the British, is one of the busiest train stations in the world".

SAR621 · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:20 pm

Don't know if many of the young'ns would know about it, but some of you might remember the BMW ad from years ago filmed using the NZ Kingston Flyer (Ab Class from memory). About 3 minutes of footage played during the golf (which equals big bucks), but lovely cinematography without any speech (bar the last 30 seconds with the BMW slogan "The Ultimate Driving Machine". Worth a look at if you can land your hands on a copy.

smalle · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:07 am

Foreign Correspondent on Channel 2 at 9.20pm tonight has a story about "the bamboo railway" - I don't know any more about it than that.

smalle · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:41 am

Agatha Christie's "Murder on The Orient Express" (1974) is screening on Channel 9 at 1.30pm on Sunday 5 November.

smalle · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:43 am

Global Village on SBS at 6.00pm on Thursday 9th November has a segment entitled "The Cold Train"

David Peters · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:35 pm

One of the best train films in recent years was Tough Guys, with Kirk Douglas and the late Burt Lancaster. This is the one were they wreck the Southern Pacific GS4 loco in the end of the film.

It does not get really wrecked, some scenes were filmed with a live steam sized model and the locomotive siting in the dirt is made of canvas and wood! Very Happy

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