Railroad Movies

  • 1912
    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

    41912HD

    A mother is waiting or her son, a railroad engineer, to return home. The night becomes stormy and she discovers that a broken railroad trestle lies at...

    The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt
  • 1992
    Goodbye, Trainmen

    Goodbye, Trainmen

    Goodbye, Trainmen

    5.81992HD

    Small-town boys Vähy and Hapa are best friends who swear an eternal blood oath. As they grow up, however, their paths drift apart and they both find t...

    Goodbye, Trainmen
  • 1959
    Last of the Giants

    Last of the Giants

    Last of the Giants

    01959HD

    A Union Pacific production outlining the Big Boy locomotive and the history of the last great steam engine to rule the rails

    Last of the Giants
  • 1947
    Once upon a Line

    Once upon a Line

    Once upon a Line

    01947HD

    Model husbands prove that size isn't everything as they get steamed up over Lilliput locomotives.

    Once upon a Line
  • 1955
    3rd Ave. El

    3rd Ave. El

    3rd Ave. El

    61955HD

    Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Arc...

    3rd Ave. El
  • 1913
    The False Order

    The False Order

    The False Order

    01913HD

    The sensational crux of jealous revenge in "The False Order" is a head-on collision of two enormous locomotives. A realistic effect that heavily disco...

    The False Order
  • 2017
    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

    02017HD

    Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no...

    Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation
  • 1952
    Three for Bedroom C

    Three for Bedroom C

    Three for Bedroom C

    01952HD

    After beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover their compartment has also been assigned to a handsome...

    Three for Bedroom C
  • 1947
    Rolling the Freight

    Rolling the Freight

    Rolling the Freight

    01947HD

    Film on the movement of material from the Chicago and Northwestern System.

    Rolling the Freight
  • 1940
    Cavalcade of San Francisco

    Cavalcade of San Francisco

    Cavalcade of San Francisco

    5.31940HD

    This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

    Cavalcade of San Francisco
  • 2007
    The Pied Piper of Hützovina

    The Pied Piper of Hützovina

    The Pied Piper of Hützovina

    6.52007HD

    In the summer of 2004, on a car journey in Eastern Europe, Pavla Fleischer met and fell in love with Eugene Hutz, lead singer of New York's Gypsy Punk...

    The Pied Piper of Hützovina
  • 1967
    Railroad Man

    Railroad Man

    Railroad Man

    61967HD

    The story of the railroad man in his role in keeping the trains moving on the rails.

    Railroad Man
  • 2016
    The Canadian Rockies by Rail

    The Canadian Rockies by Rail

    The Canadian Rockies by Rail

    02016HD

    The Canadian Rockies by Rail takes viewers on a journey through the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian Rockies. The trip on board the Rocky Mountainee...

    The Canadian Rockies by Rail
  • 1915
    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

    01915HD

    Helen is operator at Bells. Jerry McGuire, engineer on the local freight, and Tom Thornton, his fireman, are both rivals for the hand of the girl. Jer...

    The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
  • 1988
    The House by the Railway Tracks

    The House by the Railway Tracks

    The House by the Railway Tracks

    6.31988HD

    A Serbian family leaves the troubled Kosovo region after Albanians rape the daughter in front of her mother. When they leave their home after the assa...

    The House by the Railway Tracks
  • 1983
    One-Way Ticket

    One-Way Ticket

    One-Way Ticket

    4.71983HD

    Documentary about how the arrival of the railway industry impacted Puerto Rican culture economically, socially, and humanistically during the first ha...

    One-Way Ticket
  • 2012
    End of Track

    End of Track

    End of Track

    02012HD

    End of Track is the story of the Transcontinental Railroad’s construction march across southern Wyoming and the growing pains of a state in its infanc...

    End of Track
  • 1957
    Mainline U.S.A.

    Mainline U.S.A.

    Mainline U.S.A.

    01957HD

    A documentary on the railroads of America produced by the Association of American Railroads

    Mainline U.S.A.
  • 2014
    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway

    8.52014HD

    In the 1870s Victorian politicians debated the virtues of constructing a 20km-long railway through Melbourne's east, simply to circumvent a privately-...

    The Outer Circle: Melbourne's Forgotten Railway
  • 1937
    The Great Barrier

    The Great Barrier

    The Great Barrier

    51937HD

    The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

    The Great Barrier