"The Train" on BBC2 today

[melmerby]

Hi all

 

"The Train" gets another showing on BBC2 today Sunday 28th August at 14:20.

 

IMHO one of the best WW2 train based adventures mainly because they use real trains.

[2mmMark]

40 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Hi all

 

"The Train" gets another showing on BBC2 today Sunday 28th August at 14:20.

 

IMHO one of the best WW2 train based adventures mainly because they use real trains.

 

Yes, a great film indeed. Made with full assistance with SNCF and also the French military.   Highly recommended.

 

[Barry Ten]

Fantastic film.

[Mallard60022]

One of the 'Crash' scenes, where the Cameras are at Rail/Ballast level and one gets dislodged as the smaller Loco becomes derailed, in a built up area, had to be insured for liability of over a Million Dollars at the time of the film IIRC. From a John Huntly (RIP) Film Show many years back where he played the whole Film for the second half of the Show. Lancaster learned how to 'drive' the Loco's I believe?

IMO one of the greatest railway Films; apart from the machine gunning of the Patriots on the Loco near the end....horrible.

Thanks for the heads up Keith.

[Barry Ten]

3 minutes ago, Mallard60022 said:

. Lancaster learned how to 'drive' the Loco's I believe?

 

 

 

 

And how to do some of the workshop stuff earlier in the film I think.