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Along the lines of the favorite train movie below, how many railroad stations have you been in that were in the movies? We've been in Chicago ("Untouchables"), Philly ("Witness") and Reno (all those movies in the '40s where people went west to get divorces). Hoping someday to make L.A. ("Grand Canyon.")
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As for Silverstreak, it was Toronto's Union Station where most of the railway station scenes were filmed, including its destruction when the train came crashing through at the end. I remember during the filming, Union Station was "converted" into an American station by covering up all the French notices and any local references e.g. CP's Royal York Hotel was turned into the York Plaza.
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"Under Siege II, Dark Territory" used Denver Union Station early in the film.
By the way, if you pass thru there,(the stop is so long you have lots of time to walk around) there is an interesting thing to check out.. When you take the ramp down from the platform to the underground corridor that runs perpendicular to the tracks, if instead of going toward the waiting room you head north toward the light rail stop, under each old track platform there is a sign commemorating an old passenger train that ran into Denver. Very interesting to see how many destinations there were and the dates of service. It is commendable of Denver to do such a fine job of honoring its rail history and maintaining a great depot, despite only one Amtrak train running into it.
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Okay here goes.....giving away my age here. New York City's Grand Central Terminal, and the old grand and destroyed Pennsylvania Station; Philadelphia's 30th. St. Station; Chicago's LaSalle St. Sta., Dearborn Sta., and Union Sta.; Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. Not sure if Boston's South Sta. was in the movies. Posts: 498 | From: New Hope, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2003
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Seems like there's two forums going on now about very similar topics.......
Anyway, many years ago, on one of my train trips, I saw a film being made at Chicago Union Station starring Gary Coleman -- I forgot the name of the movie though ("On the Right Track" maybe?). Also, Chicago Union Station is featured in either "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" or "The Sting" (I forgot which one, but it was one of those 2 Redford-Newman films)
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In the movie "Hannibal" I am almost positive that at one point in the movie he is in Washington's Union Station. I was there during the summer before that movie came out, so it was strange watching that movie and seeing where I had been before.
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In 1983, the movie "Best Friends" with Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds had a scene of the 2 of them getting off an Amtrak Train lead by 2 freshly painted Phase 3 F40's and a bunch of Heritage Coaches. The train was stopping at the old Buffalo Central Terminal. There are some scenes of them walking through the terminal where you can see birds flying in the air inside! I believe Amtrak left there in 1982 for its smaller station over in Depew a few miles up the tracks.
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Coincidentally, I watched on TV recently the old Alfred Hitchcock film "Spellbound" (late 40's). There is one scene in the old Penn Station, and two scenes in Grand Central Terminal. In both GCT scenes, Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck are boarding the 20th Century Limited. In the first scene, they're going to Rochester (although the date sign only says "Elkhart" and "Chicago"). In the second scene (the final scene in the film) their destination is not mentioned, although the gate sign has many cities listed. Alfred Hitchcock always loved to fool around with this kinf of thing. Remember the final shot in "North by Northwest" -- the train entering the Santa Susanna tunnel in California (when the plot took place thousands of miles away?).
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I was watching the beginning of "The Out-of-Towners" (the original from 1970) about two weeks ago. There are just quick glimpses of Boston South Station and Grand Central. I don't know if it was just the way the film was shot, or a reflection of reality, but both stations look dark and dingy...nothing like today, thanks to beautiful rennovations and restorations. Though it is probably both...the film wants to show this couple having the worst time possible, and rail travel was at its most dismal at that time.
Question...does anyone know for sure what train station the start of the "Don't Rain on My Parade" sequence in "Funny Girl" was filmed at? My mother insists that it's Newark Penn...I agree, but I wanted to know for sure. The IMDB listing for this movie does not have the filming locations.
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Actually, it was the old CRRNJ (a.k.a. Jersey Central Railroad) terminal in Jersey City, NJ.
Trains no longer stop there (the tracks were pulled up years ago). But the completely restored building still stands. It's just across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan, at the edge of what is now Liberty State Park. The CRRNJ Historical Society hosts a well-attended rail festival there every year.
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How about Judy Garland singing "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" in "Harvey Girls". Had to be a stop on the SWC.
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How about Memories of the Invisible Man with Chevy Chase where they relettered the iron work at Santa Ana to Salinas. There was also an excellent night shot of the front of the station as well.
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