silver streak movie train crash

In the first picture from this then and now series the train speeds past a depot which is marked for Rockdale Illinois. We did alot of work to make the film better.

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However the actual crash was into a model intending to resemble Toronto Union Station.

. There was a lot of CP Rail locomotives and box cars. Gene Wilders character drives away from the station. Had to reupload due to an issue with the first upload I OWN NOTHING IN THIS VIDEO.

The boarded up train station in Silver Streak Calgarys old CNR depot. For the filming the AM ROAD decal was placed over the. The Silver Streak just west of downtown Calgary.

But near the end of the movies when they stop the train its clear that it was filmed in Canada. The first half of. All of this happens at least halfway through the movie.

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. Trains mentioned that it was filmed with VIA Rail equipment. 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.

All copy righted content in this video belongs to their respected own. More Pryor would have been nice. Trains Magazine send it was one of the 10 best train movies.

Nearing a climax in the movie the out of control train speeds past. Connie unwed and pregnant is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh and Patricia. The Silver Streak is now a runaway train and all folks at the terminal are ordered to evacuate the area.

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. Gene Wilder walks the tracks after falling off the train. While the story takes place in the US many scenes from the movie Silver Streak were actually filmed in and around Southern Alberta.

Nov 23 2018 Like Dislike Share Save O-Dog Kubrick 334K subscribers Gene Wilder Richard Pryor and Scratman Crothers together as one save the Silver Streak while the diesel engine crashes into. In truth we are some 1700 km west of there and the. Looking cold and dejected.

Richard Benjamin Stars. Silver Streak movie then and now Rockdale IL station. The Silver Streak passes by.

A touching moment between friends. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. The climatic train crash at the end of the film was shot in an airplane hanger.

Shirley MacLaine Ricki Lake Brendan Fraser Miguel Sandoval. The same scene Sentry Mountain in back. Interiors were shot in a studio with the sets mounted on rubber tires so they could be rocked.

The same shot as above and where there were tracks now there is a parking lot. 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. The GSL car dealer sign is a city landmark.

Were filmed on the Canadian Pacific line from the Crowsnest Pass to Lethbridge Alberta. Roughly the same view almost forty years later. The train crashes through a cement wall destroying a gift shop and much of the station.

They hit if off immediately steal a better car and meet the train the Silver Streak in Kansas City. Silver Streak 1976 Exterior shots of the train set in the rural western US. That scene was shot in Sentinel Alberta in the Crowsnest Pass.

The train crashes and when Connie comes to in the hospital she is mistaken for Patricia who died in the crash with Hugh. The location of that scene weve been up Crowsnest Ridge in back see article for a link. A few days ago I purchased the movie Silver Streak 1976 on DVD.

The front of the station was not shown in the movie. The locomotive used as AM ROADs 4070 was actually CP Rails formerly Canadian Pacific 4070. One of the wisest decisions Amtrak ever made and why ever did the Canadian Pacific sign on was to steer clear of that atrocity of a movie.

This is the same spot as above only the angle is wrong due to the fence. This is too bad.

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