In the 1985 movie "Runaway Train" what was the name of the fictional railroad depicted and the name of the two real railroads that were used to film the scenes?

Userandy

Fictional railroad: A&E Northern two real raidroads: Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway in Anaconda, Montana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Train_%28film%29 Dec 10 12, 5:58 PM

maninmidohio

The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway is only one railroad. Dec 10 12, 10:00 PM

gtho4

Alaska Railroad Corporation near Portage, Whiitier, Grandview and Tunnel The Making of Runaway Train The ARRC placed some tight restrictions on Cannon Films regarding safety and they were not permitted to show the "Alaska Railroad" name or logo on any piece of equipment. The filming took place in the area of Portage, Whittier, Grandview and Tunnel. The film production company did have a fatality during the filming wherein Rick Holley, a helicopter pilot, was killed when his helicopter hit a power line in the canyon north of Tunnel Section. This occurred on 9 March 1985 and was listed as "helicopter accident en route to Alaska filming location." The film's locomotive lineup was a GP40, F7 #1500 and three ex-army GP7's with the ARR type-b trucks. On the units you will notice two distinct ARR trademarks; the high winterization hatch (CP or CN were about the only other roads that had such a tall hatch), plus the ARR plow which is unlike any others. For filming, water based paint was used so it could be later removed. Furthermore, some major modifications were made to the units themselves. Says Josh Coran, ARR Chief Mechanic, "The hood units were GP7s.....the props people converted them back to high short hoods. They had done so well that one day when I walked around the corner and ran into one it took me a long time (minutes) to figure out where this old high hood unit came from. Our Chief Engineer at the time, Obie Weeks, was an aspiring actor and since he was a member of Actors' Equity he got a part in the movie. He is a train crew member with the horrible line in which he refers to his "caboose man." instead of "conductor" (or "rear brakeman" or something a little more like a real railroad position). I did get the script changed a little. I objected to the scene in which Voight climbs out the cab window of the F unit and makes his way at great peril to the next unit. They made me feel better by having debris from the wrecked caboose jamb (the inward opening) nose door." During the filming, the film crew didn't have as much snow here as they had anticipated and some filming took place in Montana. The historic Old Montana Territorial prison, built in 1870 and located in Deer Lodge, Montana, was used as one of the locations. They also rented an F unit and did some filming in Butte, Montana on the BA&P. The early train scenes in the movie are shot in the shop and roundhouse areas of the BA&P at their shops in Anaconda. A "special" premiere of the film was held in Anchorage since the majority of the scenes were shot there. http://www.alaskarails.org/sf/film/runaway-train/ Dec 11 12, 2:57 AM