Railroad Movies

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

The Unreserved is an inquiry into the lives of passengers who use the Unreserved Compartment, the cheapest way to travel across India on the Indian Ra...

Billy Garfield is a bright, young railroad engineer. He runs passenger train No. 6, and next to his locomotive, he loves Marie Shaw. They are engaged...

This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways...

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings narrates the...

The sory of the railroad's roll in getting beef to your local market

A Union Pacific production outlining the Big Boy locomotive and the history of the last great steam engine to rule the rails

Vignettes of the New England Steam features the films of noted rail photographers Albert Michaud and William P. Price, as they document the handsome s...

Pioneering 3D promotional film about the Pennsylvania Railroad.

A documentary on the passing of the steam locomotive as the primary means of transportation in the United States

Model husbands prove that size isn't everything as they get steamed up over Lilliput locomotives.

In this short, a camera pointed towards a window films the landscape as a train moves along the track.

Milan leaves his home and joins the "youth brigade", a group of young people who worked on a railway track. Tragedy strikes when Milan is injured oper...

Short documentary about the new ICE. On March 19, 1985, the ICE was officially handed over to the Bundesbahn at Krupp in Essen during a rollout ceremo...

Discover the "character" of one of Missouri's oldest tie and lumber operations through this archival black-and-white film that documents one of the la...

A short documentary profiling the restoration and anniversary exhibition of the titular 4-4-0 steam locomotive, undertaken in honor of the Centennial...

A documentary outlining railroad work and the effects on the lives impacted by the iron horse

Rock Island Railroad documentary on the role the railroad plays in making everyday life possible

A Documentary on the railways and their role in supporting the United States