60103 said:
Not only that, but the title is derogatory to railfans.
Funny that, what with railfans being more productive, genuine, decent citizens than a bunch of low life heroin addicts, and are generally much more intresting than a film as dull as "Trainspotting". Just look at the synopsys, good god why was that movie ever made? If it has a synopsys like that why does it think it has a license to make fun of ANYONE let alone railfans??
With it being a British film I don't imagine very many people on this board have seen it, but I thought I'd bring up The Railway Children. Basically a film about a group of children who take an interest in the nearby steam railway... something happens, a plot ensues, I can't remember! But it's a heartwarming tale if I recall.
Also, there was a scene in one of the "Home Alone" movies where a pair of diesels (looking like EMD F45s) on a typically LONG freight run under a bridge in snowy weather.
I'm remembering another film that I've seen a couple of times (but can't remember the name, maybe someone can help me out with this one?) where a pair of inmates break out of a high security prison, and run toward a rail yard. They board a lashup of about 4 locos, one of which is an F unit, which in one scene makes it nearly impossible for the prisoners to make their way to the leading locomotive. They end up colliding with a caboose at one point, mangling the pilot and handrails of the leading loco.
Another film involves a wanted (he was black, if that helps identification of this film) man who turns out to be a murderer. The man meets up with another guy who he travels with a little while, as the murderer attempts to evade the law. They eventually end up in a caboose on a snowblowing train clearing out a mountain pass (I think) at which point the man in the caboose gets killed.