The Movie & TV Trains
The Movie & TV Trains
| MOVIES | ||||
| MOTION PICTURE | RELEASED | LOCOMOTIVE | STARS | COMPANY |
| High Wide and Handsome | August, 1937 | #22 | Randolph Scott Irene Dunne |
Paramount Pictures |
| Wells Fargo | February, 1937 | #22 | Joel McCrea Frances Dee |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Texans | July, 1938 | #22 | Randolph Scott Joan Bennett |
Paramount Pictures |
| Union Pacific | April, 1939 | #11, #18, #21, #22 | Joel McCrea Barbara Stanwyck |
Paramount Pictures |
| Young Tom Edison | February, 1940 | #18, #22 | Mickey Rooney Gene Reynolds |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Go West | February, 1940 | #22 | Marx Brothers John Carroll |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Lady from Cheyenne | April, 1941 | #18 | Loretta Young Robert Preston |
Universal Pictures |
| Nevada City | June, 1941 | #18 | Roy Rogers Sally Payne |
Republic Pictures |
| Honky Tonk | September, 1941 | #22 | Clark Gable Lana Turner |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Texas | October, 1941 | #22 | William Holden Glenn Ford |
Columbia Pictures |
| Jackass Mail | June, 1942 | #18 | Wallace Beery Marjorie Main |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Desperadoes | May, 1943 | #22 | Randolph Scott Glenn Ford |
Columbia Pictures |
| Buckskin Frontier | May, 1943 | #22 | Richard Dix Jane Wyatt |
United Artists |
| Frontier Badmen | August, 1943 | #18 | Robert Paige Diana Barrymore |
Universal Pictures |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | April, 1944 | #22 | Gary Cooper Larraine Day |
Paramount Pictures |
| Barbary Coast Gent | September, 1944 | #18 | Wallace Beery Binnie Barnes |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Meet Me in St. Louis | January, 1944 | #22 | Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Gentle Annie | February, 1944 | #18 | Donna Reed James Craig |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Dakota | January, 1945 | #18 | John Wayne Vera Ralston |
Republic Pictures |
| The Harvey Girls | January, 1946 | #18, #22 | Judy Garland John Hodiak |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Virginian | April, 1946 | #22 | Joel McCrea Brian Donlevy |
Paramount Pictures |
| Badman's Territory | April, 1946 | #18 | Randolph Scott Ann Richar |
RKO-Radio Pictures |
| Duel in the Sun | February, 1946 | #22 | Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones |
Selznick International |
| Sea of Grass | April, 1947 | #11 | Spencer Tracy Katherine Hepburn |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Four Faces West | May, 1948 | #25 | Joel McCrea Frances Dee |
United Artists |
| Return of the Badmen | July, 1948 | #25 | Randolph Scott Anne Jefferys |
RKO-Radio Pictures |
| Red River | September, 1948 | #22 | John Wayne Montgomery Cliff |
United Artists |
| Three Godfathers | February, 1948 | #25 | John Wayne Pedro Armendariz |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| So Dear to My Heart | February, 1948 | #22 | Burl Ives Beulah Bondi |
Walt Disney |
| Whispering Smith | February, 1949 | #18, #22 | Alan Ladd Robert Preston |
Paramount Pictures |
| Canadian Pacific | March, 1949 | #25 | Randolph Scott Jane Wyatt |
20th Century-Fox |
| The Last Bandit | April, 1949 | #25 | William Elliot Forrest Tucker |
Republic Pictures |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | June, 1949 | #25 | Betty Grable Cesar Romero |
20th Century-Fox |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma | July, 1949 | #18, #22 | Randolph Scott George Macready |
Columbia Pictures |
| Fighting Man of the Plains | February, 1949 | #22 | Randolph Scott Jane Nigh |
20th Century-Fox |
| The Capture | April, 1950 | #25 | Teresa Wright Lew Ayres |
RKO-Radio Pictures |
| Annie Get Your Gun | May, 1950 | #11 | Betty Hutton Howard Keel |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Rock Island Trail | May, 1950 | #21 | Forrest Tucker Adele Mara |
Republic Pictures |
| Bright Leaf | July, 1950 | #25 | Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall |
Warner Brothers |
| The Return of Jesse James | September, 1950 | #11 | John Ireland Ann Dvorak |
Lippert |
| Al Jennings of Oklahoma | January, 1951 | #25 | Dan Duryea Gale Storm |
Columbia Pictures |
| Best of the Bad Men | May, 1951 | #25 | Robert Ryan Claire Trevor |
RKO-Radio Pictures |
| The Tall Target | August, 1951 | #11 | Dick Powell Paula Raymond |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Warpath | August, 1951 | #22 | Edmond O'Brien Dean Jagger |
Paramount Pictures |
| Bronco Buster | May, 1952 | 425 | John Lund Scott Brady |
United Artists |
| Carson City | June, 1952 | #22 | Randolph Scott Raymond Massey |
Warner Brothers |
| Face to Face: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky | January, 1952 | #25 | Robert Preston James Mason |
RKO-Radio Pictures |
| Dangerous Mission | March, 1954 | #25 | Victor Mature Vincent Price |
RKO-Radio Pictures |
| Jesse James vs. The Daltons | April, 1954 | #25 | Brett King Barbara Lawrence |
Columbia Pictures |
| Rails into Laramie | April, 1954 | #18, #22 | John Payne Mari Blanchard |
Universal Pictures |
| Apache | July, 1954 | #25 | Burt Lancaster Jean Peters |
United Artists |
| The Raid | July, 1954 | #25 | Van Heflin Anne Bancroft |
20th Century-Fox |
| Wyoming Renegades | March, 1955 | #25 | Phillip Carey Martha Hyer |
Columbia Pictures |
| Wichita | July, 1955 | #25 | Joel McCrea Vera Miles |
Allied Artists |
| The Last Hunt | February, 1956 | #11 | Robert Taylor Stewart Granger |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Great Locomotive Chase | June, 1956 | #22 | Jeffery Hunter Fess Parker |
Walt Disney Productions |
| The Last Stagecoach West | July, 1957 | #18 | Jim Davis Mary Castle |
Republic Pictures |
| The Brothers Karamazov | February, 1958 | #11 | Yul Brynner Maria Schell |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Cowboy | February, 1958 | #22 | Glenn Ford Jack Lemmon |
Columbia Pictures |
| The Sheepman | May, 1958 | #11 | Glenn Ford Shirley MacLaine |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Alias Jesse James | March, 1959 | #22 | Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming |
United Artists |
| The Last Train from Gun Hill | July, 1959 | #22 | Kirk Douglas Anthony Quinn |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Horse Soldiers | July, 1959 | #11 | John Wayne William Holden |
United Artists |
| The Jayhawkers | October, 1959 | #22 | Jeff Chandler Fess Parker |
Paramount Pictures |
| Sergeant Rutledge | May, 1960 | #11 | Jeffery Hunter Woody Strode |
Warner Brothers |
| Cimarron | February, 1960 | #11 | Glenn Ford Maria Schell |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | April, 1962 | #11 | James Stewart John Wayne |
Paramount Pictures |
| How the West Was Won | January, 1962 | #11 | George Peppard Richard Widmark |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Papa's Delicate Condition | February, 1963 | #11 | Jackie Gleason Glynis Johns |
Paramount Pictures |
| McClintock | January, 1963 | #22 | John Wayne Maureen O'Hara |
United Artists |
| Mail Order Bride | February, 1964 | #11 | Buddy Ebsen Keir Dullea |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Reivers | February, 1969 | #11 | Steve McQueen Rupert Crosse |
National General |
| The Cheyenne Social Club | June, 1970 | #11 | James Stewart Henry Fonda |
National General |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | May, 1971 | #11 | James Garner Chuck Connors |
United Artists |
| Scandalous John | July, 1971 | #11 | Brian Keith Alfonso Aru |
Walt Disney Productions |
| Joe Kidd | July, 1972 | #11 | Clint Eastwood Robert Duvall |
Universal Pictures |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | February, 1972 | #11 | Paul Newman Ava Gardner |
National General |
| The Soul of Nigger Charlie | June, 1973 | #11 | Fred Williamson | Paramount Pictures |
| The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | July, 1973 | #11 | Burt Reynolds Sarah Miles |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Posse | June, 1975 | #11 | Kirk Douglas Bruce Dern |
Paramount Pictures |
| The Last Hard Men | April, 1976 | #11 | Charlton Heston James Coburn |
20th Century-Fox |
| Another Man, Another Chance | January, 1977 | #11 | James Caan Genevieve Bujold |
United Artists |
| The Villain | July, 1979 | #11 | Kirk Douglas Ann-Margaret |
Columbia Pictures |
| TELEVISION | ||||
| TELEVISION | FILMED | LOCOMOTIVE | STARS | COMPANY |
| You Are There: The First Transcontinental Railroad |
March, 1955 | #18, #22 | Walter Cronkite, Host | CBS-TV |
| Union Pacific SERIES |
July, 1958 | #11, #18, #22 | Jeff Morrow Judd Pratt |
California National |
| The Texan SERIES |
October, 1959 | #11 | Rory Calhoun | Desilu Productions |
| The Outlaws SERIES |
1960-61 | #11 | Don Collier Slim Pickens |
NBC-TV |
| The Americans SERIES |
February, 1960 | #11 | NBC-TV | |
| The Twilight Zone SERIES |
August, 1962 | #11 | Rod Sterling, Host | Cayuga Productions |
| Rawhide SERIES |
January, 1962 | #11 | Clint Eastwood Eric Fleming |
CBS-TV |
| Combat SERIES |
February, 1963 | #11 | Rick Jason Vic Morrow |
Selmur Productions |
| The Man from UNCLE SERIES |
August, 1964 | #11 | Robert Vaughn David McCallum |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The Wild Wild West SERIES |
May, 1969 | #22 | Robert Conrad Ross Martin |
CBS-TV |
| The Iron Men SERIES PILOT |
January, 1966 | #11 | Michael Witney Tom Simcox |
Jack Chertok Productions |
| Ballad of the Iron Horse DOCUMENTARY |
1970 | #18, #22 | Narrated by, John Secondari |
Secondari Productions |
| The Johnny Cash Show SERIES |
1971 | #11 | Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash Productions |
| Gunsmoke SERIES |
1971 | #11 | James Arness Amanda Blake |
CBS-TV |
| The Godchild MOVIE |
September, 1974 | #11 | Jack Palance Jack Warden |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Ridin' the Rails SPECIAL |
1974 | #18, #22 | Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash Productions |
| The Young Pioneers MOVIE |
February, 1975 | #11 | Linda Purl Roger Kern |
ABC Circle |
| The American Spirit SPECIAL |
1976 | #18, #22 | Osmond Brothers | Osmond Productions |
| Wanted: The Sundance Woman MOVIE |
June, 1976 | #11 | Katherine Ross Steve Forrest |
20th Century-Fox |
| Little House on the Prairie SERIES |
January, 1977 September, 1977 August, 1979 |
#11 | Michael Landon Karen Grassle |
NBC-TV |
| The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race MOVIE |
September, 1977 | #11 | Christopher Connelly Forrest Tucker |
Sunn Classic Pictures |
| Wild and Wooly MOVIE |
February, 1977 | #11 | Chris DeLisle Susan Bigelow |
Aaron Spelling Productions |
| Go West, Young Girl MOVIE |
March, 1978 | #11 | Karen Valentine Stuart Whitman |
Columbia Pictures |
| The New Maverick MOVIE |
March, 1978 | #11 | James Garner Charles Frank |
Cherokee Productions |
| The Wild Wild West Revisited MOVIE |
February, 1979 | #11 | Robert Conrad Ross Martin |
CBS-TV |
| Kenny Rogers as The Gambler MOVIE |
February, 1979 | #11 | Kenny Rogers Bruce Boxleitner |
Kenny Rogers Productions |
| More Wild Wild West MOVIE |
May, 1980 | #11 | Robert Conrad Ross Martin |
CBS-TV |
| High Noon, Part Two: The Return of Will Kane | June, 1980 | #11 | Lee Majors Pernell Roberts |
Charles Fries Productions |
| OTHER FILMINGS | ||||
| These were five films shot on Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railway. The first was "Courage of the West", which was shot in September 1937 and featured locomotive #11. The others were shot between 1948 and 1950 and featured the railroad's last three operable locomotives. | ||||
| MOTION PICTURE | RELEASED | LOCOMOTIVE | STARS | COMPANY |
| Courage of the West | February, 1937 | #11 | Bob Baker Lois January |
Universal Pictures |
| Chicken Every Sunday | February, 1949 | #26 | Dan Dailey Celeste Holm |
20th Century-Fox |
| Thundering Rails | June, 1950 | #5 | Universal Pictures | |
| Train to Tombstone | August, 1950 | #5 | Don Berry Tom Neal |
Lippert |
| Roar of the Iron Horse | 1951 | #27 | Jock O'Mahoney Virginia Herrick |
Columbia Pictures |
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Monday December 08, 2008