Denver and Rio Grande
Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotages the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.
Thundering Through
Ruth Burroughs the daughter of a beleaguered rancher whose valuable property is threatened by a greedy railroad company
Le Mistral
Documentary short in color produced by SNCF, French national railway, providing a travelogue of a journey from Paris to Nice aboard their flagship train, Le Mistral. Directed by André Périé, music by Georges van Parys (who is featured in the film).
Oh, Mr. Porter!
Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth. Hilarious adventures ensue, including a locomotive chase after gunrunners make off with a train.
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
Roaring Rails
A railroad engineer adopts a French orphan while he's fighting in the army in World War I, and takes him back to the US when the war ends. Later the boy needs an eye operation that the engineer can't afford, so he takes the rap for a murder he didn't commit in order to get his son the operation.
Santa Fe
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Onion Pacific
The race is on for the state railroad franchise: It's the Onion Pacific - Popeye - against the Sudden Pacific - Bluto. There's a kiss from Olive for the winner!
Speed Boys
While Spec's father is ill, he takes over as conductor on the miniature railroad.
Tshiuetin
Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of the power of independence, the crucial importance of aboriginal owned businesses and stay for the beauty of the northern landscape.
Other Men's Women
The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.
Model Citizens
Somewhere in the world right now--much closer than you think--people are playing with trains. You might not see them at first, but they're there. In basements. In garages. In converted Army barracks. They're among the world's most compelling underground communities.
Train 406
This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.
The Last Railway
A group of railroad workers decide to make extra money by smuggling forbidden goods and engaging in other criminal activities. The first crime film made in Yugoslavia.
Murder in the Private Car
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.
Our Departures
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
Ascq 44
Witnesses discuss the Ascq massacre by the Waffen-SS during the Second World War 80 years later.
The Raiders
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.
Oceľová cesta
Documentary film about the Slovak Youth Line - a railway line built by the Czechoslovak youth from Hronská Dúbrava to Báňská Štiavnica and Letovice.
Train Driver's Diary
Statistics show that during his professional career every railroad engineer working for railways, unintentionally kills 15 to 20 people. This is a story about the innocent mass murderers and their lives.