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Abba in Concert | (1979) Abba, music group | Part 1 on Youtube; at 3:13 mark has SP freight train |
Act of Violence | (1948) Van Heflin and Robert Ryan | Passenger train scene filmed at depot at Glendale, CA |
Adventures of Superman | (1952-1958 TV series) George Reeves | Opening credits are of the 1937 Daylight |
A Face in the Crowd | (1957) Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal | SSW passenger train |
After the Thin Man | (1936) William Powell and Myrna Loy | Opens with view of Sunset drumhead,Third and Townsend depot in San Francisco, SP 4-6-2 #2483 |
Again Pioneers | (1950) Regis Toomey | Minute 32-36, brief views of PFE reefers and PE double-track over Cahuenga Pass |
Alibi Ike | (1935) Joe E. Brown and Olivia de Haviland | Los Angeles Central Station and equipment there |
Alibi Mark | (1937) Floyd Gibbons | Freight train |
Always for Pleasure | (1978) documentary about Mardi Gras in New Orleans | opening shot shows freight train with SP freight cars, mostly hopper cars |
The Americano | (1955) Glenn Ford | probably Chatsworth depot; 4-10-2 steam locomotive pulls a train of PFE reefers |
Annie Oakley | (1954-1957 TV series) Gail Davis | Annie and the Brass Collar: SPNG 9 and freight train |
The Babe Ruth Story | (1948) William Bendix | GS class steam locomotive shown on trip to Boston |
Back in the Saddle | (1941) Gene Autry | Passenger train and partial view of a depot |
Bad Day at Black Rock | (1955) Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan | F-units in black widow pulling passenger train |
Bad Little Angel | (1939) Virginia Weidler and Ian Hunter | depot at Palms, CA |
The Band Wagon | (1953) Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse | SP steam locomotive, E-units on passenger train |
Batman and Robin | (1949) Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan | steam locomotive SP 2440, automobile driving along Taylor yard, depot scene at Santa Susana, fight on freight train in Chatsworth, automobile haywire in Soledad Canyon (maybe Acton) |
Beggars of Life | (1928) Wallace Berry and Louise Brooks | SD&AE in Carriso Gorge |
Bells of Rosarita | (1945) Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes | view of train in the Chatsworth area, and train #71 San Francisco Passenger arriving at Chatsworth depot |
Be Reasonable | (1921) Billy Bevan | exterior view of Los Angeles Central Station |
Berth Marks | (1929) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy | depot at Palms, CA |
Beverly Hills Cop II | (1987) Eddie Murphy | The beginning of the movie is set in Detroit, MI, but soon, an SP SW1500 moves through revealing the true filming location. |
Big Business Girl | (1931) Loretta Young | depot at Glendale, CA |
Billion Dollar Hobo | (1977) Tim Conway and Will Greer | Scene with GP20 #4101, and GP9s #3840 and #3688Scene of SD39's on a freight train in the Santa Susanna Pass area |
Biloxi Blues | (1988) Matthew Broderick | SSW 4-8-4 #819 |
The Blazing Sun | (1950) Gene Autry | SPNG #9 |
The Body Disappears | (1941) Jane Wyman and Edward Everett Horton | PFE reefers |
Boots and Saddles | (1937) Gene Autry | Lone Pine depot |
Born to Kill | (1947) Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney | Reno depot, streamlined train No. 101, SP ferryboat Klamath |
Brainstorm | (1965) Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews | Opening scene has SP diesel pulling a passenger train |
A Bride for Henry | (1937) Anne Nagel and Warren Hull | at 3:50, the streamlined Coast Daylight front; at 4:50 the rear of the train |
Broadway Bill | (1934) Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy | 19:19 SP horse-baggage cars; 31:00 PE streetcar in background at hamburger stand scene; filmed at Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno, CA per several sources |
Brother Rat and a Baby | (1940) Priscilla Lane and Wayne Morris | GS locomotive on passenger train |
Buck Benny Rides Again | (1940) Jack Benny and Ellen Drew | E2A pulls City of San Francisco |
Buffalo Bill, Jr. | (1955-1956 TV series) Dick Jones | The Fight for Geronimo: passenger train, probably on the Lone Pine Branch |
Bulletproof | (1996) Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, and James Caan | the depot said "Pasadena" but it was filmed at the depot at Glendale, CA |
Calling Philo Vance | (1940) James Stephenson and Margot Stevenson | train scene with a GS locomotive |
The Candidate | (1972) Robert Redford | SP GP38-2 |
The Captive City | (1952) John Forsythe | black widow F-unit locomotive and two cabooses; filmed in Reno, NV |
Career | (1959) Anthony Franciosa, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine | Minute 00:04:00; SP passeneger train at Chatsworth depot |
Carmen Jones | (1954) Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte | 4-6-0 steam locomotive |
The Case of the Curious Bride | (1935) Warren William | SP ferryboat ride from Oakland to San Francisco |
Chandler | (1971) Warren Oates and Leslie Caron | diesel locomotives #3205 and #3207 and the interior of a SP Automat car |
Changeling | (2008) Angelina Jolie | Birney from Midwest painted as PE; passenger train has SDAE 175, SP 2144 |
The Chase | (1946) Robert Cummings and Steve Cochran | about minute 11, view of passenger train, probably in Santa Susana Pass |
Chasing Choo Choos | (1927) Monty Banks | wild ride on a freight train through Carrizo Gorge |
Chicago Calling | (1952) Dan Duryea | SP steam locomotive, SP F unit in Black Widow, freight cars |
Christmas Eve | (1947) George Raft, Rrandolph Scott | train pulled by X2228 |
City Limits | (1934) Frank Craven and Sally Blane | freight cars and yard |
Clash by Night | (1952) Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, and Marilyn Monroe | Monterey Branch, steam locomotive SP 2353, and chair car SP 2527 |
College | (1927) Buster Keaton | passing trains and the depot at Glendale, CA |
Commando Cody: Radar Men From the Moon | Judd Holdren | SP train destroyed by radar gun |
Come See the Paradise | (1990) Dennis Quaid | SP 4449 4-8-4 steam locomotive with passenger train at Portland, OR depot |
The Company She Keeps | (1950) Lizabeth Scott andJane Greer | Glendale depot andheavyweight passenger train |
Comrade X | (1940) Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr | PE #332, Birney car |
Cops | (1922) Buster Keaton | exterior view of Los Angeles Central Station |
County Fair | (1937) John Arledge and Mary Lou Lender | SP 1473 4-4-0 steam locomotive |
Cowboy Serenade | (1942) Gene Autry | ? |
Crash Out | (1955) William Bendix and Arthur Kennedy | steam locomotive SP 2336 and passenger train with REA car |
The Crime of the d'Autremont Brothers | (2012) Documentary | Story of the train robbery outside Tunnel 13 near Ashland, Oregon |
Crime Patrol | (1936) Ray Walker | about minute 38, railroad yard with SP automobile cars and refrigerator cars |
Criss Cross | (1949) Burt Lancaster and Yvonne DeCarlo | View of a PE locomotive pulling a boxcar and of a PE Hollywood Car |
The Crooked Way | (1949) John Payne, Sonny Tufts, and Ellen Drew | Daylight pulling into Los Angeles |
Cry Danger | (1951) Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming | Opening credits are views of Coast Daylight traveling railroad east to Los Angeles. Opening scene is at LAUPT. |
Cry of the Hunted | (1953) Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, and William Conrad | Pacific Electric street cars and motor coaches on Broadway in Los Angeles; Angel's Flight; steam locomotive SP 2590 on freight train in Louisiana |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | (2008) Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett | SP 745 painted as Southern Railway |
Danger: Love at Work | (1932) Ann Sothern and Jack Haley | train with 4-6-2 on the point | Darby's Rangers | (1958) James Garner | Harriman chair cars | The Dawn Patrol | (1938) Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone | Chatsworth depot |
Days of Thrills and Laughter | Compilation of silent films | Chatsworth and Carriso Gorge |
Dear Heart | (1964) Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page | Opening credits, Lark at SantaSusanaPass |
Defenders of the Law | (1931) Catherine Dale Owen, Edmund Breese and Mae Busch | SD&A box car in front of Blanchard Lumber |
The Defiant Ones | (1958) Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis | Freight train |
Delightfully Dangerous | (1945) Jane Powell and Ralph Bellamy | Minute 10 and 12, view of 2400-class steam locomotive and passenger train |
Desperate Journey | (1942) Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan | Minute 50:40, SP steam locomotive on train #52, San Joaquin Daylight |
Dirty Harry | (1971) Clint Eastwood | End of the movie, Harry standing on former NWP trestle |
Divorce | (1945) Kay Francis and Bruce Cabot | minute 9, train 98 Coast Daylight with GS-4 in Chatsworth, CA; minute 11 train 99 Coast Daylight with GS-2 at Glendale, CA |
Don't Knock the Rock | (1956) Alan Dale and Patricia Hardy | Streamlined Sunset with black widow locomotives |
Double Indemnity | (1944) Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck | SP passenger cars especially a lounge car; the depot said "Glendale" but it was filmed at the depot at Burbank, CA |
Down Three Dark Streets | (1954) Broderick Crawford | PE Subway building, PCC cars in the subway terminal |
Down to Earth | (1947) Rita Hayworth | North on the SP San Joaquin main line from Glendale |
Dragnet | (1987) Dan Akroyd and Tom Hanks | SP SW1500 2621 at Taylor Yard |
Duel | (1971 TV movie) Dennis Weaver | automobile pushed into side of freight train |
Dust Be My Destiny | (1939) John Garfield | two-story depot and 1700-class steam locomotive |
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | (1956) Hugh Marlow and Joan Taylor | SP 4-8-8-2 #4236 on freight #834, possibly Simi Valley |
East of Eden | (1955) James Dean, Julie Harris, and Raymond Massey | steam locomotives at Spreckles Jct.; ride on top of freight train from Salinas to Gilroy |
Easy Rider | (1969) Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nickolson | Many scenes filmed along Lafayette Division in late 1960's. Very quick glimpse of loaded bagasse gondolas at Schriever, LA. |
Emergency! | (1972-1979 TV series) Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe | Season 5, episode 16, "The Girl on the Balance Beam" - SP 172351 yellow-stripe box car lettered as Chicago and Pacific |
End of the Line | (1987) Wilford Brimley | SSW 4-8-4 #819 |
Eraser | (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger | GP35E's crush a limosuine at the end of film |
False Colors | (1943) Hopalong Cassidy | Filmed at Kearsarge, CA; view of depot, stockpens, and locomotive SPNG 17 |
Fancy Pants | (1950) Bob Hope and Lucille Ball | at the end, steam locomotive SP 2448 on passenger train at Chatsworth tunnel 28 |
The FBI Story | (1959) Jimmie Stewart, Vera Miles | SP steam locomotives at night |
The Fighting Sullivans | (1944)Ann Baxter and Thomas Mitchell | views of steam locomotives |
5 Against the House | (1955) Kim Novak and Guy Madison | Alco PAs on #27; Alco PAs and #101 at Reno |
Flame of the Barbary Coast | (1945) John Wayne | SPNG 4-6-0 #18 |
Fog over Frisco | (1934) Bette Davis | SP auto ferryboat |
The Footloose Heiress | (1937) Ann Sheridan | minute 3, unidentified steam locomotive; minute 40 Northridge depot; minute 42 freight train probably on the Burbank Branch |
For Me and My Gal | (1942) Judy Garland and Gene Kelly | 4100 class 4-8-8-2 |
Four Mothers | (1941) Claude Rains, Eddie Albert | three locomotives: cab-forward, SP 2446 and SP 2416 |
Free and Easy | (1930) Buster Keaton | SP passenger train with observation car |
Frisco Jenny | (1932) Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern | SP ferryboat Klamath |
The Fugitive | (1963-1967 TV series) David Janssen | Episode 71 - Set Fire to a Strawman: SP 5724 Alco RS11 with freight train |
The Fugitive | (1963-1967 TV series) David Janssen | Episode 81 - Shadow of the Swan: SP 1046 Alco S6 |
The Fugitive | (1963-1967 TV series) David Janssen | Episode 119 - The Judgement pt 1 (8-22-67): SP diesels (F-units and either GP35s or GP20s) |
The Fugitive Sheriff | (1936) Ken Maynard and Beth Marion | scenes near Chatsworth |
Full of Life | (1956) Judy Holiday and Richard Conte | F-units |
Gaucho Serenade | (1940) Gene Autry | View of stock car and PFE; mixed train |
The Getaway | (1972) Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw | steamlined Sunset Limited |
The Getaway | (1994) Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger | Phoenix station |
The General Died at Dawn | (1936) Gary Cooper | view of a steam locomotive |
Get that Girl | (1932) Richard Talmadge | Los Angeles Central Station, Lark No. 71 under a bridge, Glendale station, Lark No. 70 is shown arriving Glendale, and Glendale Tower. |
Giant | (1956) Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor | TNO F7 on passenger train near Marfa, TX |
The Giant Gila Monster | (1959) Don Sullivan and Lisa Simone | F-units |
The Girl in Lovers Lane | (1960) Jack Elam | Box cars, caboose, and possible cab forward |
Girl Missing | (1933) Lyle Talbot, Guy Kiddee | depot at Glendale, CA |
Girl Shy | (1924) Harold Lloyd | views of SP passenger and freight trains and Los Angeles Central Station; commandeers a PE trolley for a wild ride |
The Glenn Miller Story | (1953) James Stewart and June Allyson | View of PE elevated track |
G Men | (1935) James Cagney | steam locomotive SP 2427 and a 2100-series passenger coach |
The Grifters | (1990) Anjelica Huston, James Cusack, and Annette Bening | rear of Saugus depot as preserved at the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society |
Grips, Grunts, and Groans | (1937) Three Stooges | steam locomotive SP 4321 with train 26, Owl, and view of depot at Glendale, CA |
The Goat | (1921) Buster Keaton | 2-8-2 #3244 and 0-6-0 #1229 |
Gold Mine in the Sky | (1938) Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes | AC locomotive pulling the West Coast at Lang, CA |
The Great K & A Train Robbery | (1926) Tom Mix | view of a train |
The Great Train Robbery | (1941) Bob Steele and Milburn Stone | 4-6-2's #3100 and #3123, 4-8-8-2 #4107 |
Gunfight at the OK Corral | (1957) Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas | depot at Elgin, AZ |
Gun Grit | (1936) Jack Perrin and Ethyl Beck | Minute 16, SP steam locomotive on passenger train and Chatsworth depot |
Gunsight Ridge | (1957) Joel McCrea , Slim Pickens | depot at Elgin, AZ |
Gymnasium Jim | (1922) Billy Bevan and Mildred June | Depot at Florence, California |
Hail the Conquering Hero | (1944) Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, and Raymond Walburn | 4-8-2 #4362 (with WWII headlight shield) being serviced; Mission Tower and nearby trackage |
Happy Land | (1943) Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey | passenger train and depot at Santa Rosa, CA |
Harold and Maude | (1943) Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey | SP freight yard at Bayshore; passenger train and depot at Santa Rosa, CA |
Haunted Spook | (1920) Harold Lloyd | character attempted suicide by stepping in front of a PE streetcar |
Heart of Arizona | (1938) Hoppalong Cassidy | railroad tracks and equipment, likely SP narrow gauge, filmed in Lone Pine and Alabama Hills |
Heaven Can Wait | (1943) Don Ameche | passenger train No. 2 |
Hell-Fire Austin | (1932) Ken Maynard and Ivy Merton | train with steam locomotive, appears to be at Lone Pine, CA |
Here Comes the Groom | (1934) Jack Haley, Ward bond, Sidney Toler | depot at Glendale, CA |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 8 - Blood Money: several scenes in freight yard with many SP auto box cars; filmed at Raymer Yard in Van Nuys, CA |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 27 - Deadly Diamonds: opening scene is depot and freight cars at Glendale station |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 43 - Express Delivery: opening scene is SP passenger train with diesel locomotives in black widow paint scheme, depot, and box cars on house track at Glendale station |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 54 - Framed Cop: end filmed at Glendale station with Daylight passenger train |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 59 - Gem Robbery: opening scene is Daylight train 99 with Alco PAs at Glendale station |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 62 - Hired Killer: opening scene is Daylight train with E-unit at Chatsworth station and views of depot |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 68 - Hostage: opening scene at Glendale station with views of freight ramp |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 119 - In Temptation: view of PE West Hollywood shops, several PE electric freight locomotives |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 128 - Train Copter: depot and vicinity at Northridge, CA; diesel SP 6198 on Train #90; Alco PAs on Daylight train |
Highway Patrol | (1955-1959 TV series) Broderick Crawford | Episode 129 - Train Robbery: depot and tracks at Santa Susanna, CA; Alco PAs on Daylight train; aerial view of Daylight train at Chatsworth Tunnel #26; |
Hilda Crane | (1956) Jean Simmons | Opening sequence has several nice shots of the Daylight passing through the mountains and ultimately pulling into a station, SP locomotive #6231 |
Hollywood or Bust | (1956) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | 2-6-0 nearly hits automobile |
Homeward Bound | (1992) Voices of Michael J. Fox, Sally Fields, and Don Ameche | SD9 |
Honeymoon for 3 | (1941) George Brent and Ann Sheridan | steam locomotive SP 4400 |
Horse Shoes | (1927) Monty Banks and Jean Arthur | depot at Glendale, CA |
The Human Comedy | (1943) Mickey Rooney | view of short freight train, freight depot at Santa Monica, CA |
Human Desire | (1954) Glenn Ford | Movie is about a railroad engineer, so includes lots of equipment and structures |
The Hurricane Express | (1932) John Wayne | view of steam locomotive |
Identity Unknown | (1945) Richard Arlen and Cheryl Walker | Passenger car SP 1950 and probably Chatsworth depot |
Impact | (1949) Brian Donlevy, Charles Coburn,Helen Walker, Ella Raines | Santa Susana depot |
Indianapolis Speedway | (1939) Pat O'Brien | SP train No. 2 with 4-8-2 on the point |
In Old Amarillo | (1951) Roy Rogers | SP 58479, tank car in silver paint |
In Old Colorado | (1941) Hopalong Cassidy | Filmed at Kearsarge, CA; view of depot, stockpens, and locomotive SPNG 17 at end of movie; same image as in False Colors |
In Old Monterey | (1939) Gene Autry | 4-6-2 #2417 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | (1956) Kevin McCarthey and Dana Winter | Chatsworth depot |
The Iron Horse | (1924) George O'Brien | building the transcontinental line |
It Happened One Night | (1934) Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert | 2-6-0 #1662 on a short freight train |
It's a Great Feeling | (1949) Doris Day and Jack Carson | Los Angeles Union Station |
I Love You Again | (1940) William Powell and Myrna Loy | Cab forward arriving at a station |
I was a Communist for the FBI | (1951) Frank Lovejoy and Dorothy Hart | SP passenger train at tunnel in Chatsworth, SP equipment in fake tunnel scene after minute 1:00:45 |
I'll See You in My Dreams | (1951) Danny Thomas and Doris Day | SP train |
Jim Thorpe - All American | (1951) Burt Lancaster | Jim Thorpe plays football with some children next to a PE yard |
Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1 | (1934) newsreel | train No. 2 pulled by GS locomotive |
The Jolson Story | (1946) Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes | 2400-series and 4300-steam steam locomotives |
Just Neighbors | (1919) Harold Llyod | exterior and interior views of Los Angeles Central Station |
The Kennel Murder Case | (1933) William Powell | 2400-series steam locomotive |
Killer of Sheep | (1973) Henry G. Sanders and Kaycee Moore | Freight trains in Watts, CA |
King of the Cowboys | (1943) Roy Rogers | Cab-forward on freight train in the Chatsworth tunnel area and on steel bridge in Altamont Pass | King of the Texas Rangers | (1941) Sammy Baugh and Duncan Renaldo | Trains and tunnel in Santa Susana Pass |
The Lady Eve | (1941) Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda | 4-6-2 #2445 on passenger train |
A Lady of Chance | (1929) Norma Shearer | depot at Palms, CA |
The Last Gangster | (1937) Edward G. Robinson | NWP passenger train being put on barge for a trip to Alcatraz |
The Last Hard Men | (1976) James Coburn and Charlton Heston | Scene of passenger train going through town has anRPO-Baggage Combination with the SP Circle Emblem on the side | Laverne and Shirley | (1976-1983 TV series) Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams | Murder on The Moose Jaw Express Part 1 and 2; SDP45 and F-unit |
Leather Burners | (1943) William Boyd and Andy Clyde | SPNG train |
Let Freedom Ring | (1939) Nelson Eddy and Virginia Bruce | EPSW 4-4-2 #1 at Wymola, AZ |
Lifestream of the City | (1946) Transporation film by General Electric | Minute 9:45; view of PE PCC cars on Cahuenga Pass; never ran there in actual service |
The Light of Western Stars | (1940) Noah Berry, Jr and Alan Ladd | SP steam locomotive and cars, depot probably Chatsworth |
Li'l Abner | (1940) Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray, and Buster Keaton | SP passenger cars and Palms depot |
The Lineup | (1958) Eli Wallach | SP boxcars spotted at what appears to be the Beale Street team track, San Francisco; SP trailer in background of phone booth scene |
Little Fauss and Big Halsey | (1970) Robert Redford | SP diesel freight, appears to be Rosamond in Antelope Valley |
The Local Bad Man | (1932) Hoot Gibson | SP 2246 steam locomotive, Chatsworth depot, Chatsworth Junction |
Lonely are the Brave | (1962) Kirk Douglas, Carrol O'Conner | GP9 #5773 sounding its Nathan P3 air horn while on the Santa Paula Branch |
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | (1941) Warren William and June Storey | steam locomotives 2447 and 2445 |
Lone Wolf | (1954-1955 TV series) Louis Hayward and Ernest Borgnine | Avalanche Story: Train #23 at Reno with ALCo PA in Daylight scheme and good views of several passenger cars; train stuck in avalanche |
Lone Wolf McQuade | (1983) Chuck Norris and David Carradine | Tunnel motors at Fort Bliss |
The Lost Special | (1932) Frank Albertson and Cecilia Parker | 4-6-2 #2445 in Arizona |
Louisa | (1932) Ronald Reagan and Ruth Hussey | opening scene, Northridge or Chatsworth depot and Common Standard arch roof coaches or chair cars, painted Dark Olive |
The Lucky Texan | (1934) John Wayne and Barbara Sheldon | filmed at Lang, shows 65,000 gallon water tank and freight shed |
Lure of the Wilderness | (1952) Jeffrey Hunter andWalter Brennan | TNO 2-8-0 steam locomotive and some outside braced wooden boxcars in SP markings |
Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town | (1950) Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride | steam locomotive, 4400 class in Daylight paint scheme) |
Ma & Pa Kettle Settle Back on the Farm | (1951) Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride | 4-6-2 #2440 with passenger train and 2-8-0 #2557 with a freight train |
Magic Rails to Yesterday | (1958) film about Western Pacific California Zephyr | views of San Francisco Ferry Building and ferry San Leandro |
Magic Town | (1947) James Stewart | 4-4-2 #3057 at Chico depot |
Mannix | (1967-1975 TV series) Mike Connors | Episode 3 - Nothing Ever Works Twice: Train is #98 Coast Daylight to Los Angeles. Glendale depot and station |
A Man's Land | (1932) Hoot Gibson | filmed in Santa Clarita; scene with view of the corner of the Newhall depot |
Man Without a Star | (1955) Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain and Claire Trevor | SPNG stock cars |
Manslaughter | (1922) Leatrice Joy and Thomas Meighan | San Bruno? |
Meet the Baron | (1933) Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts and the Three Stooges | at about 1 hour mark, steam locomotive #2428 |
Men are such Fools | (1938) Humphrey Bogart | steam locomotive 2440 with a passenger train |
Merrily We Live | (1938) Constance Bennett | SP commute train |
Midnight Limited | (1940) Marjorie Reynolds and John King | GS-2 or GS-3 makes a brief appearance |
A Millionaire for Christy | (1951) Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker | Exterior and interior of depot at Burbank, CA, and steam locomotive SP #2424 |
Million Dollar Legs | (1932) W. C. Fields and Jack Oakey | 4-6-2 #2452 |
The Miracle of the Bells | (1948) Fred MacMurray and Frank Sinatra | 4-6-2- #2433 |
The Misfits | (1961) Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe | Filmed in Reno on July 20, 1960, using the westbound Overland. The crowd at the station was not made up of extras but the regular patrons and passengers. |
Mr. Soft Touch | (1949) Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes | steam locomtive 2453 and commute train |
Mojave Firebrand | (1944) Bill Elliot and George "Gabby" Hayes | Chatsworth area |
Montana Moon | (1930) Joan Crawford and Johnny Mack Brown | Chatsworth depot and the surrounding area including water tank, PFE refrigerator cars, and steam locomotive #2577 |
Mother's Joy | (1923) Stan Laurel | horse-drawn cab in front of Los Angeles Central Station |
Mother Wore Tights | (1947) Dan Dailey and Betty Grable | No. 76 Lark |
Movie Maniacs | (1936) Three Stooges | view of a 2-10-2 |
Murder by Contract | (1958) Vince Edwards | Lark No. 76 at Glendale |
Murder in the Private Car | (1934) Charlie Ruggles and Una Merkel | views of Dunsmuir yard and Sacramento River Canyon; steam locomotives #4312, #3721 doubleheaded, #2656, and #3726; depot scene probably at Chatsworth, CA |
Murder is My Beat | (1955) Paul Langton and Barbara Payton | Los Angeles Union Station, steam locomotive SP 4312, train #2-99 Coast Daylight, GS-locomotive; steam locomotive #2850; brief view of Glendale station grounds |
Music is Magic | (1935) Alice Faye, Ray Walker, and Bebe Daniels | PE 868 on the Ben Mar Hills extension of the Glendale-Burbank line |
Mystery Ranch | (1934) Tom Tyler and Roberta Gale | SP cab-forward pulling passenger train |
The Narrow Margin | (1952) Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor | view of passenger train and SP 4-8-2 #4412 coming out of a tunnel |
Nevada Smith | (1966) Steve McQueen | Laws Museum |
The Newton Boys | (1998) Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, and Skeet Ulrich | 2-8-2 #786 |
Night Freight | (1955) Forrest Tucker and Barbara Britton | listed in original article; filmed on Modesto and Empire Traction (not an Espee line) |
Night Time in Nevada | (1948) Roy Rogers and Andy Devine | 4-6-2 #2445 |
North by Northwest | (1959) Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint | F7's pulling Daylight |
Nothing Sacred | (1937) Carole Lombard and Frederic March | Minute 8:45; small steam locomotive next to depot at Palms, CA |
Now or Never | (1921) Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis | inside and on top of SP passenger train, probably Chatsworth tunnel #28 |
Of Mice and Men | (1939) Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr. | billboard, "Next Time Take the Train" |
Of Mice and Men | (1992) Gary Sinise and John Malkovich | a wooden box car with the SP Circle and Bar logo on a freight train |
Off the Record | (1939) Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell | SP local train |
Oh Susanna | (1936) Gene Autry | Several SP passenger train, close-up of chair car, and depot at Saugus, CA |
Oil for the Lamps of China | (1935) Pat O'Brien | SPNG |
Oklahoma! | (1955) Gordan McRae and Shirley Jones | Patagonia branch and depot at Elgin, AZ |
Old Gray Hoss! | (1928) Our Gang | depot at Palms, CA |
One Foot in Heaven | (1941) Frederic March | steam locomotive 2447, open-end observation car, and two more SP trains |
One More Chance | (1931) Bing Crosby | depot at Glendale, CA |
One More Tomorrow | (1946) Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, and Jack Carson | film filpped so writing is backwards, train #75 with steam locomotive arriving at Glendale, CA |
O.S.S. | (1946) Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald | view of passenger train |
Other Men's Women | (1931) Grant Withers, Mary Astor, and James Cagney | views of SP and SDAE equipment, and downtown Los Angeles |
The Outsider | (1961) Tony Curtis | SP station scenes, probably in Arizona | Out West with the Peppers | (1940) Edith Fellows, Dorothy Anne Seese, Dorothy Peterson | SP heaveyweight passenger train and depot at Chatsworth, CA |
Overland Stage Raiders | (1938) The Three Mesquiteers: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune | 2-6-0 #1828 |
Padre Contra Hijo | (1955) foreign film from Mexico | view of SDAE #103 |
Pal Joey | (1957) Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra | views of Oakland Ferries and Oakland Mole, 4-8-4 #4433 |
Paradise Express | (1937) Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby, and Arthur Hoyt | Filmed on the Santa Paula Branch |
Pardners | (1956) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | 2-6-0 #1629 |
Pardon My Gun | (1930) Tom Keene, Sally Starr, and Mona Ray | Lone Pine Depot, 2500-class locomotive, baggage car and coach car |
Paris, Texas | (1984) Harry Dean Stanton | view of container train |
Pearl Harbor | (2001) Ben Affleck and Josh Harnett | filmed on former route of SD&AE at Campo, CA; Pacific Southwest Railway Museum |
Pee Wee's Big Adventure | (1985) Paul Ruebens and Elizabeth Daily | Alco S-unit |
The Perils of Pauline | (1947) Betty Hutton | steam locomotive SP 2500, T&NO and SP boxcars |
The Phantom Express | (1932) William Collier, Jr. and Sally Blane | views of the SP boardroom at Los Angeles Central Station at 5th and Alameda, the SP Alhambra Roundhouse, Burbank Tower, and more |
Pickup | (1951) Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, and Alan Nixon | Primary movie location is Lang station. Opening scene SP caboose. Several scenes with short tunnel and bridge. End of movie, F-units on 1-803 freight train |
The Pigskin Palooka | (1937) Little Rascals | 4-6-2 #2451 |
The Pilgrim | (1923) Charlie Chaplin | Scenes at Saugus depot; SP 2-8-0 steam locomotive #2180 with train |
Play Girl | (1941) Kay Francis, Margaret Hamilton | 2800-class steam locomotive and freight train |
Plunder Road | (1957) Gene Raymond, Jeanne Cooper, Wayne Morris, and Elisha Cook Jr | SP #5408 diesel locomotive |
Portrait in Black | (1960) Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn | their car stops at a grade crossing for a train to pass |
Powderkeg | (1971) Rod Taylor, Fernando Lamas, | movie is about a hijacked passenger train; SP steam locomotive and SP passenger cars at Old Tucson Studios |
Prison Break | (1938) Barton Maclane and Glenda Farrell | Minute 46, brief view of steam locomotive SP 2433 and passenger train |
The Purchase Price | (1932) Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent | SP steam locomotive on point of passenger train makes station stop at depot |
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The Racket | (1951) Robert Mitchum | 2400-series steam locomotive and a caboose |
Rails into Laramie | (1954) John Payne and Dan Duryea | filmed along the SP Lone Pine Branch east of Mojave; locomotives and cars may be SP as well under the Hollywood paint |
Rainbow's End | (1935) Hoot Gibson | SP gondola car 44768; SP freight train arriving at Chatsworth; portion of Chatsworth depot |
The Rainmakers | (1935) Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, and Dorothy Lee | views of Carriso Gorge |
Rancho Grande | (1940) Gene Autry | ? |
Red River | (1948) John Wayne and Montgomery Clift | depot at Elgin, AZ |
Renegade Trail | (1939) William Boyd and George "Gabby" Hayes | SPNG? |
Repo Chick | (2009) Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, and Del Zamora | portions filmed on Bruce Petty's HO scale, Southern Pacific-themed model railroad |
The Return of Casey Jones | (1933) Charles Starrett and Ruth Hall | SP 2419 steam locomotive, views of turntable and freight cars at Taylor Yard |
The Return of Dracula | (1958) Francis Lederer and Norma Eberhardt | Palms depot |
The Return of Draw Egan | (1916) William S. Hart and Louise Glaum | 4-4-2 #3031 |
Ride'em Cowboy | (1942) Bud Abbot and Lou Costello | 4-6-2 #2442 |
Roarin' Guns | (1936) Tim McCoy | Chatsworth, CA |
The Roaring Twenties | (1939) James Cagney | 4-6-2 |
Robin Hood of Texas | (1947) Gene Autry | ? |
The Rockford Files | (1974-1980 TV series) James Garner | Season 1 Episode 4: The Dark and Bloody Ground; diesel locomotive 5308 |
Rough Riders Roundup | (1939) Roy Rogers and Mary Hart | Probably Chatsworth depot at night; several stock images of SP trains |
Route 66 | (1960-1964 TV series) Martin Milner and George Maharis | Across Walnut and Wine: entire episode filmed in Oregon City, OR; brief image of depot in background |
Run, Angel, Run | (1969) William Smith and Valarie Starrett | Diesel switchers, EMD SW and an Alco |
Saga of Death Valley | (1939) Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes | SPNG 4-6-0 #9 |
Sand | (1920) William S. Hart and Mary Thurman | Steam locomotive with whale back tender, possible SPNG |
San Quentin | (1937) Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart | SP 5024 and freight train; SP stock car |
Scarecrow | (1920) Buster Keaton | SP wood boxcar; H&TC wood boxcar |
The Second Hundred Years | (1967 TV, pilot part 2) Monte Markham | depot at Glendale, CA |
The Senator was Indiscreet | (1947) William Powell and Ella Raines | montage of trains traveling the nation, SP steam locomotive 4-6-2 #2417 |
Sex Kittens Go to College | (1960) Mamie Van Dorn, Tuesday Weld, Martin Milner and John Carradine | Alco PA on passenger train; freight train; depot probably at Northridge, CA |
Shadow of a Doubt | (1943) Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotton | train arrives, steam locomotie NWP 142; train departs, steam locomotive NWP 140; depot at Santa Rosa, CA |
Shadow of a Doubt | (1991 TV drama) Mark Harmon | E9A #6051 at Petaluma |
Shanghai Express | (1932) Marlene Dietrich | 4-8-2 pulls a passenger train |
Sherlock, Jr. | (1924) Buster Keaton | views of steam locomotives and Chatsworth station |
The Showdown | (1940) Hopalong Cassidy | "movie train" of steam locomotive and old cars at Chatsworth, CA; actual equipment in the background |
The Silk Express | (1933) Neil Hamilton and Sheila Terry | SP 0-6-0 #1079 and SP 4-6-2 #2423 |
Singing in the Rain | (1952) Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds | P.E. Birney car |
Sinister Journey | (1948) William Boyd and Andy Clyde | much of the movie is at Keeler, CA; many views of locomotive SPNG #8, other equipment and the depot |
The Sleeper | (1912) Richard Wangermann | filmed along the SP in Arizona |
Slim Carter | (1957) Jock Mahoney and Julie Adams | streamlined Sunset Limited |
Smokey and the Bandit | (1977) Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields, and Jackie Gleason | The beginning of the movie shows the truck driving through the countryside when it comes across a train at a grade crossing and slams on its brakes. The scene was obviously shot in California, as the cars that go by are SP beet gondolas |
Son of Dracula | (1943) Lon Chaney, Jr. | SP 4307 (MT-class steam locomotive) pulling past the station with Southern Pacific Lines clearly seen, and it is followed by a Great Northern 50 foot wood sheathed express reefer, and then an SP Harriman baggage |
Song of Arizona | (1946) Roy Rogers | SP box car and Chatsworth depot as "Lodestone Arizona" |
So's Your Aunt Emma! | (1942) Zazu Pitts | Brief shot of SP passenger train along coast, about minute 4 |
Sorority House | (1939) Anne Shirley and James Ellison | minute 5 and 6, SP passenger train 349 Santa Barabara Local with steam locomotive 4-6-2, two baggage cars and a coach car in Chatsworth, CA |
Spacemaster X-7 | (1958) Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis, Paul Frees | Interior of LAUPT, passenger cars and train yard at former Los Angeles Shops |
Speak Easily | (1932) Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante | Chatsworth depot, steam locomotive, heavyweight passenger car SP 1371 |
Special Agent | (1949) William Eythe | SP #1822, 2-6-0 M-9 class steam locomotive, Chatsworth depot, Chatsworth tunnel |
Speed Zone | (1989) Peter Boyle, John Candy and Donna Dixon | GP35 #3308? |
Spy Train | (1943) Richard Travis and Catherine Craig | Opening scene at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal |
Squaw Man | (1914) Dustin Farnum | passenger train |
State Trooper | (1956-1959 TV series) Rod Cameron | The Cash Out: E7 at high speed and E9 on Sunset Limited #1 |
State Trooper | (1956-1959 TV series) Rod Cameron | Cinder Junction: opening scene has view of SP steam locomotive X2361 and SP steel box car |
Steamboat Bill, Jr. | (1928) Buster Keaton | filmed on SP Walut Grove Branch, depot and early beet rack cars |
Steel Ribbon | (1952) Gene Autry | steam locomotive SPNG 9 with freight train |
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | (1939) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers | steam locomotive SP 2123 with a passenger train, probably in Soledad Canyon |
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | (1946) Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, and Kirk Douglas | views of 4-8-8-2's |
Submarine Alert | (1943) Richard Arlen and Wendy Barrie | Exterior of PE 2nd Street tunnel in Los Angeles, automobile drives through PE Subway tunnel and rams PE streetcar |
Sudden Fear | (1952) Joan Crawford and Jack Palance | views of GS class steam locomotive |
Suddenly | (1954) Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden | F-unit with a few Daylight cars at Saugus |
Sullivan's Travels | (1941) Joel McCrae and Veronica Lake | LAUPT, Santa Paula branch, Chatsworth, and 2-8-0 #2851 |
Sunset in the West | (1950) Gene Autry | steam locomotives #2476 and #1503; stock cars, and PFE cars |
Sun Valley Serenade | (1941) Sonje Henie | view of heavyweight passenger train |
Susan Slade | (1961) Connie Stevens | GP diesel locomotive in black widow paint scheme at Monterey depot plus other scenes |
Take the High Ground | (1953) Richard Widmark and Karl Malden | steam locomotive #3271 and several passenger coaches |
The Tattered Dress | (1957) Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, and Jack Carson | Minute 4-10; Alhambra depot, SP trains including F-units in black widow paint scheme, and Glendale depot |
Teddy at the Throttle | (1917) Gloria Swanson and Wallace Berry | passenger train and PE trestle over the future Fletcher Drive |
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | (1969) Robert Blake | Blake riding in a 40' steel boxcar with a yellow stripe across the door |
Texas Buddies | (1932) Bob Steele | depot and passenger train |
They Call it Sin | (1932) Loretta Young | passenger train |
They Live | (1988) Roddy Piper | view of diesel freight train |
The Thin Man | (1934) William Powell and Myrna Loy | filmed on sound stage, trains are not SP |
This Earth is Mine | (1959) Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, and Claude Rains | 2-6-0 #1744 filmed on the Napa Valley Branch |
This Gun For Hire | (1942) Alan Ladd and VeronicaLake | views of Cornfield Yard in Los Angeles |
This Land is Mine | (1943) Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara | SP automobile boxcar |
3 Godfathers | (1948) John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, and Harry Carey, Jr. | SPNG 4-6-0 #9 |
3:10 to Yuma | (1957) Glenn Ford and Van Heflin | on the Patagonia branch at Elgin, AZ |
Thrill Hunter | (1933) Buck Jones | double-headed steam locomotive freight train in Santa Susana Pass; steam locomotive #2326; Chatsworth depot as "Hewitt"; small passenger train |
Tough Guys | (1986) Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas | 4-8-4 #4449 pulls a Daylight passenger train |
The Trail Beyond | (1934) John Wayne | ? |
Trail of the Lonesome Pine | (1936) Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, and Fred MacMurray | 4-6-2 #2423 |
Trains Gone Wild 2 | (1924) Our Gang comedy | Pacific Electric wooden boxcars |
The Twilight Zone | (1959-1964 TV series) Inger Stevens | Episode 16 - The Hitchhiker: SP 6001 E7 diesel locomotive and passenger train at Chatsworth |
Two Tars | (1928) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy | 1600 class 2-6-0 |
The Undercover Man | (1949) Glenn Ford and Nina Foch | SP GS-4 locomotives in full streamlined trim, an opening scene with a fully streamlined Daylight consist, and in a closing scene with a string of Harriman passenger equipment. Also SP 4-6-2 #2417 |
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | (1995) Steven Seagal and Eric Bogosian | SP diesels pull a passenger train over the DRGW Moffat Route |
Union Depot | (1932) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Blondell | Los Angeles Central Station |
Union Station | (1950) William Holden and Nancy Olsen | LAUPT, 4-8-2 #4337 pulls a passenger train |
The Unsuspected | (1947) Joan Caufield, Claude Rains, Constance Bennett | SP 4444, GS-4 steam locomotive, coming out of tunnel |
Used Cars | (1980) Kurt Russell | number of views of G-100 copper concentrate cars |
The Utah Trail | (1938) Tex Ritter and Horace Murphy | SP Chatsworth depot, area around Santa Susana Pass, and steam locomotive #1739 |
Vertigo | (1958) James Stewart and Kim Novak | sign on top of 65 Market Street in San Francisco, "The Friendly" |
Violent Saturday | (1955) Victor Mature, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine | diesel in Daylight scheme pulls a passenger train; filmed near Bisbee, AZ |
The Walking Dead | (1936) Boris Karloff | SP steam locomotive involved in grade crossing accident |
Walk Softly, Stranger | (1950) Joseph Cotton | 4-8-8-2 pulling a freight train |
Wee Willie Winkie | (1937) Shirley Temple | 4-8-4 pulling a passenger train |
The West-Bound Limited | (1923) John Harron and Ella Hall | SP trains used in film, locations at Pacoima and Santa Susana |
Western Jamboree | (1938) Gene Autry | ? |
We've Never Been Licked | (1943) William Frawley and Noah Berry, Jr. | view of TNO Hustler passenger train |
What Love Sees | (1996 TV drama) Richard Thomas and Annabeth Gish | 4-6-0 #2353 at Campo |
What the Doctor Ordered | (1912) Mabel Normand | Mount Lowe Incline and the Alpine Tavern on the Pacific Electric Railway |
When the Clouds Roll By | (1919) Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. | He climbs on to the awning at Los Angeles Central Station |
While the City Sleeps | (1956) Dana Andrews | PE Subway and Hollywood cars substitute for New York City subway |
Whispering Smith Speaks | (1935) George O'Brien | Santa Paula branch, Saugus, AC-5, P-1, and more |
White Christmas | (1954) Bing Crosby | F-units on passenger train on Redlands branch |
White Heat | (1949) James Cagney and Virginia Mayo | 4-6-2 #2440 at Hasson |
White Lightening | (1973) Burt Reynolds | Cotton Belt EMD SW 1500 pulling freight on street trackage |
Wide Open Town | (1941) William Boyd and Andy Clyde | views of SPNG |
Wild Boys of the Road | (1933) Frankie Darro and Dorothy Coonan | 2-10-2 #3745 |
Wild Seed | (1965) Michael Parks and Celia Milius | SP boxcars, SP F-units in black widow paint scheme, views of Bullring Yard in Los Angeles |
Wings | (1927) Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen | end of film, homecoming at train station, depot at Glendale, CA |
Winners of the West | (1940) Dick Foran | views of trains |
Without Reservations | (1946) Claudette Colbert and John Wayne | Steam locomotive SP 2417 filmed at Chatsworth, CA; station of "La Junta, Colorado" was a matte painting imposed over the SP depot |
Without Warning | (1952) Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Edward Binns, Harlan Warde | Set in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Produce Terminal and other sites |
Wolves of the Rails | (1918) William S. Hart | ? |
The World Gone Mad | (1933) Pat O'Brien and Evelyn Brent | stock footage of SP steam locomotive near 1:05:00 |
World of Comedy | (1962) Harold Lloyd | compilation of his funniest moments |
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You're Never Too Young | (1955) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | view of GS class 4-8-4 |
Zorro Rides Again | (1937) John Carroll and Helen Christian | steam locomotive 2418 and PFE cars |