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With Gene Wilder Jill Clayburgh Richard Pryor Patrick McGoohan. Silver Streak movie then and now Rockdale IL station.

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Union Station - 65 Front St W Toronto Ontario Canada Train platform when George first boards and station interior when George is.

. Credit goes to ThomasRemaker123 and all sound and video clips go to their perspective owners and Not me. In the movie 4070 was accompanied sister engine 4067. Mon Jun 04 2007 710 pm.

Trains mentioned that it was filmed with VIA Rail equipment. Silver Streak Movie 1976. The train crashes through a cement wall destroying a gift shop and much of the station.

Silver Streak is indeed an older movie. Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday June 5 2008 1238 PM. Its long since retired and scrapped.

The train supposedly travels from Los Angeles to Chicago but both. Sun Jun 19 2005 618 am. In the first picture from this then and now series the train speeds past a depot which is marked for Rockdale Illinois.

Gene Wilder Richard Pryor and Scratman Crothers together as one save the Silver Streak while the diesel engine crashes into the train. The Silver Streak is now a runaway train and all folks at the terminal are ordered to evacuate the area. Space Mouse for president.

But near the end of the movies when they stop the train its clear that it was filmed in Canada. There was a lot of CP Rail locomotives and box cars. However the actual crash was into a model intending to.

George and Grover are supposedly driving east into Kansas City yet the sun is seen to rise behind them. Course that could just an excuse since it seems to cheaper to film there than in the US for some reason ie. In later shots of the runaway train theres no sign of his body or of any blood and the door has somehow closed itself.

Train Crashes On Track 5 On The Movie Silver Streak 1976 Train Crash 1976 Movies Train Amroad 4070 4067 Trains 1976 Train Train Car Railroad Photos Share this post. Years ago I read somewhere that it had to be filmed in Canada because Amtrak refused to cooperate with the film because of the obvious negative images of the run-a-way train etc. Locomotive 4070 however stayed on the CPR roster into the early 1980s before being sold to a commuter railway in Quebec.

Silver Streak has always been one of my favorite movies. In truth we are some 1700 km west of there and the. The climatic train crash at the end of the film was shot in an airplane hangar with a replica locomotive and a replica train station both replicas were built especially for the movie.

Silver Streak Movie 4212 views. While the story takes place in the US many scenes from the movie Silver Streak were actually filmed in and around Southern Alberta. The engine crashing into the station was filmed in two adjoining hangars at the Lockeed Aircraft Plant in Burbank California using a full-sized mock-up of the FP-7A locomotive.

Frankendiesel aka Scott Running Bear. And the resulting crash in the Chicago station was tremendous especially seeing it in slow-motion when the lead diesel smashed through the reflection glass the electrical systems in the floor exploded under the gift-shop with the overhead lights popping along the hood and the train finally blasted right through that huge marble column without appearing to slow down. It was released in 1976.

Silver Streak 1976 Errors in geography. Grover drives away in a stolen Triumph sports car that was on display in the lobby and George and Hilly walk off and want to find a park to stay in. A few days ago I purchased the movie Silver Streak 1976 on DVD.

Silver Streak is a 1976 American buddy comedy thriller film about a murder on a Los Angeles-to-Chicago train journey. Hes then hit by an oncoming engine. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and stars Gene Wilder Jill Clayburgh and Richard Pryor with Patrick McGoohan Ned Beatty Clifton James and Richard Kiel in supporting roles.

The final scene where the train crashes into the Chicago Stations Grand Concourse was based on the crash of Federal Express No. Running Bear Sundown Louisiana. Trains Magazine send it was one of the 10 best train movies.

When Devereaux is shot by the cop in the helicopter hes alone in the Silver Streaks engine compartment leaning out the open door. 15 year veteran fire fighter. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

By Gilbert B Norman. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Silver Streak is a 1976 American buddy comedy thriller film about a murder on a Los Angeles-to-Chicago train journey.

The latter playing second fiddle in the movie was sold to Via Rail Canadas then new passenger train carrier in 1978. Silver Streak 1976 Movies TV Celebs and more. The film score is by Henry ManciniThis film marked the first pairing of Wilder and Pryor.

173 that crashed in the baggage room below of the Union Station in Washington DC on the morning of the 15th January 1953 after jumping the. On a long-distance train trip a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed or at least pushed off the train. Likely file footage but the scenes immediately before the crash were approaching CNW Station in Chicago.

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