Mystery Junction

In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a lonely waystation during a snowstorm. Fortunately, a novelist is around to prove him innocent.

Canadian Pacific

1949

English

5.9

♡ 10

30%

Edwin L. Marin Director

Victor Jory as Dirk Rourke

Grandon Rhodes as Dr. Mason

Frank Richards as Railroad Worker

George Chandler as Telegraph Operator

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

Elizabethan Express

1954

English

7.5

♡ 7

Tony Thompson Director

Thomas Arnott as Self - Stationmaster

Howard Marion-Crawford as Spoken by

Alan Wheatley as Spoken by

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along the East Coast Main Line. A nostalgic record of the halcyon years of steam on British Railways and the ex-LNER Class A4.

Speedy

1928

English

7.6

♡ 6

100%

Ted Wilde Director

Gus Leonard as Civil War Veteran

Jack Hill as Man

Walter Hiers as Soda Fountain Cook

Byron Douglas as W.S. Wilton

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.

Raiders of San Joaquin

1943

English

5.8

♡ 4

95%

Lewis D. Collins Director

Henry Hall as Bodine Carter

Johnny Bond as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio

Roy Brent as McQuarry

John Elliott as R.R. Vice President Morgan

In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber from taking their land and selling it to the railroad

The Iron Horse

1924

English

7.2

♡ 13

73%

intercontintental railroad

John Ford Director

Chief John Big Tree as Cheyenne Chief

Madge Bellamy as Miriam Marsh

Jean Arthur as Reporter

Will Walling as Thomas Marsh

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.

Turksib

1929

Russian

7.2

♡ 7

100%

Victor A. Turin Director

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails

2009

English

6.6

♡ 5

81%

Greg Tiernan Director

William Hope as Edward

Kerry Shale as Henry

Michael Brandon as Narrator

David Bedella as Victor

One summer, Thomas comes across an old abandoned engine called Hiro. Desperately in need of repair, Hiro faces the Smelters Yard, so Thomas and his friends must work together to save poor Hiro from this fate.

A Canterbury Tale

1944

English

7.3

♡ 8

94%

Michael Powell Director

Michael Howard as Archie

Eric Horton as Bystander at Wheelwright's in Leather Jacket

Raymond Massey as Narrator

Dennis Price as Peter Gibbs

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Rock Island Trail

1950

English

6.1

♡ 3

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Joseph Kane Director

John Roy as Board Member

Pierre Watkin as Major

Forrest Tucker as Reed Loomis

Marshall Reed as Stagecoach Passenger

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

Union Pacific

1939

English

7.0

♡ 5

83%

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Harold Goodwin as Calvin

Sidney D'Albrook as Man

Regis Toomey as Paddy O'Rourke

Don Beddoe as Reporter

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Fingerprints

2006

English

4.9

♡ 5

31%

Harry Basil Director

Kristin Cavallari as Crystal

Darryl Cox as Edward

Sally Kirkland as Mary

Andrew Lawrence as Mitch

Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.

The Battle of the Rails

1946

French

7.0

♡ 4

René Clément Director

Jacques Desagneaux as Athos

Pierre Latour as Cheminot

Pierre Lozach as Cheminot

Charles Boyer as Narrator

A dramatized account of the French Resistance, this wartime film depicts how railway workers sabotaged German trains to disrupt troop movements and supply lines during the Nazi occupation. Blending documentary realism with fiction, it pays tribute to the courage and sacrifice of ordinary workers who became central to the fight for liberation.

Rails Into Laramie

1954

English

6.1

♡ 2

Jesse Hibbs Director

Paul Brinegar as Bandleader

Dan Duryea as Jim Shanessy

Barton MacLane as Lee Graham

Douglas Kennedy as Telegraph Operator

A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

The Flying Scotsman

1929

English

6.2

♡ 1

Castleton Knight Director

Gordon Harker as

Bill Shine as Barman

Dino Galvani as Headwaiter

Ray Milland as Jim Edwards

The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh. Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job after years of distinguished service. On his second to last day he reports Crow, a disgruntled fireman for drinking at work, leading to his dismissal. The sacked man decides to get his revenge, vowing to kill Bob on his final run. Meanwhile, Crow's young replacement has fallen in love with a beautiful girl, whose father, unbeknown to him, happens to be Bob (and who has also boarded the train in an attempt to stop the villain).

The Great Locomotive Chase

1956

English

6.8

♡ 2

59%

Francis D. Lyon Director

Dale Van Sickel as Alonzo Martin

Robert Foulk as Confederate Gen. Ledbetter

Eddie Firestone as Robert Buffum

Frank McGrath as Soldier

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.

Jesse James

1939

English

7.0

♡ 7

67%

Henry King Director

Harold Goodwin as Bill

John Elliott as Judge Mathews

George Chandler as Roy

Gene Lockhart as Wiseacre Sitting Outside Marshal's Office

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Kansas Pacific

1953

English

5.8

♡ 1

30%

Ray Nazarro Director

Barton MacLane as Cal Bruce

Irving Bacon as Casey

Douglas Fowley as Max Janus

Frank Hagney as Workman

Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

Pearls of the Deep

1965

Czech

6.5

♡ 1

50%

Vera Chytilová Director

Jirí Menzel as Bicyclist

Václav Chochola as SNB

Emil Iserle as Stryc

Antonín Pokorný as Uredník

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953

English

7.0

♡ 6

79%

Charles Crichton Director

George Roderick as Bus Passenger

Sidney James as Hawkins

Sam Kydd as Policeman

Stanley Holloway as Valentine

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.

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Mystery Junction

Canadian Pacific

Elizabethan Express

Speedy

Raiders of San Joaquin

The Iron Horse

Turksib

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails

A Canterbury Tale

Rock Island Trail

Union Pacific

Fingerprints

The Battle of the Rails

Rails Into Laramie

The Flying Scotsman

The Great Locomotive Chase

Jesse James

Kansas Pacific

Pearls of the Deep

The Titfield Thunderbolt