Railroad Movies

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...

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film...

May 27th, 1971 was a rainy day. In the small town Radevormwald, the world seems to be still in order. But on this day, 46 people die in a train...

Three prisoners, Combe from Rijeka, Menso from Bosnia, and Bogart from Belgrade, escape from prison. Their final destination is the city of their...

For the past ten years, Jürgen Henn has filmed over-height trucks crashing into the 11foot8 train bridge affectionately nicknamed the "Can...

The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news...

The pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the most important religious journeys for millions of people around the world. But how to get there? This...

Pioneering 3D promotional film about the Pennsylvania Railroad.

A multibillion-pound investment is underway to make our railways bigger, better and faster. Over three years, we go behind the scenes with...

In the 1870s Victorian politicians debated the virtues of constructing a 20km-long railway through Melbourne's east, simply to circumvent a...

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

Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their...

A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.

The Second World War is a black page in the history of the Belgian national railways. The company was taken over by the German occupiers and 'trains...

A documentary on railroads doing their daily tasks created by trhe The Milwaukee Railroad

Small-town boys Vähy and Hapa are best friends who swear an eternal blood oath. As they grow up, however, their paths drift apart and they both...

A production of the association of American Railroads outlining the wonders of America's rail system.