At the 2:30 mark, you can see the 1912 embossed on the rail. Year of manufacture. A friend whose dad worked for Southern Pacific told me how to tell when rails were made.
Mr. Collins, the engineer, is the only person in this movie who has an actual name, as opposed to a nickname like "Shack," or "A Number One," or "Cigarette."
'Shack was US railroadman's slang for a brakesman, and they had varying titles according to the position they held - 'Head shack' was the chief conductor for example.
That Bald mountain in the background it's called Pali lookout overlooks Springfield Oregon my home town. I grew up on these tracks where this was filmed 🎥 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
@@kleetus92 yeah it's all still there the bridge everything we need a good remake Harrison Ford as the shack Daniel Day-Lewis as A#1. Need to put Keith carradine in there somewhere. The version of cigarette I would like to see is a card shark he can roll two cigarettes at one time with 1 hand ambidextrous really good with his hands.
@@babbyfacerevocation2740 Ford as Shack? He's old now... he'd look better as the Hogger... Keith Carradine could be Smiles... the old timer he wakes up at the beginning. That would be a nice carry over kinda like what they did for Longest yard with Reynolds being the coach instead of Crew. I believe he's the only person still alive from that cast too. Daniel Day-Lewis hmmm not bad, but how about Bob Odenkirk? He's a tall lanky guy that can do some action. Shack I'm thinking might be a good fit for Josh Brolin? He's shorter, but stalky guy and can play a mean SOB if he wants to. (actually in thinking about it, Dean Norris from breaking bad might be good too, he's a larger guy too.) Cigarette... there's a tough one. How about Aaron Paul from breaking bad? Oh God... Ryan Gosling! ???? His level of smart ass would shine great there. Karl Urban wouldn't be bad either... Cracker? Chris Pine? He survived one train wreck already... might have PTSD from it... John Malkovich? Trevor Noah as Coaley? It's a small part, but is needed.
this is the best looking marvin ive seen yet... i dont think there is anything much comparable to anything so dirty and hard like stone or something it does look like something unique... my vocabulary sucks
Tying the real leather strong belt around the top of that bracket was a good idea in case they fall asleep they won't fall under the train Lee Marvin you the man
ronniewright7625, I have checked for DVD availability for this movie several times over the recent years, and there are always plenty of them available. Just checking now (Feb '24), I see numerous copies for sale on eBay (not always cheap though), and several "classic movies on DVD" websites list them for sale, Some local libraries have the DVDs. Not exactly impossible to find if one actually looks and really want to watch.
@@traingame2.053 even sillier, they actually painted half the locomotive, different numbers on each side, that's why you only see 1 side legibly of "both" locomotives. Saved money on paint.
I don't like how A#1 wreaked the kid's glove with the grease. It would make it dangerous to grab tings you need to hold onto - like your life on a train.
I think the grease drums were used on automatic flange lubricators on tight curves. You filled the canister with grease put the lid and spring loaded piston. Then you preloaded the piston pushing on the grease by winding a handle like a grease gun The wheel flange pressed up against an actuator on the inside rail head releasing grease onto the flange.
2:51; "They've greased the rails them God damn traps?" "I don't give a damn if they're democrats, get this movin'." 3:14; "More sand... Give it more, God Damn Traps!"
I totally get it now a number one was a black guy that's why Shack hated him so much cuz he was black. Really easy for him to hide in the shadows A#1 was a black 👞 man with style
The only thing I would have done different as when I got done greasing the rails I would have hid the buckets of Grease been a little bit more discreet
What made me catch an interest in this movie was the moment just before this scene. There was just something so cathartic about seeing a hobo, carrying what could very well be junk, along some train tracks with such an epic music blasting away. Plus, both hobos greesing up the rails was so ingenius! I turned off the TV to avoid further spoilers and went ahead and downloaded the movie, it was a good movie night😊
Just think how many younger people would watch this scene and have no idea, in the historical sense, who these "Tramps" are and why they are doing what they do.
The destination of train #19 (Shack's train) is Portland. Because the young "Cigaret" had bragged to others that it was HE who had successfully ridden the #19 earlier and lived to tell about it, when it was actually A#1 who had saved his hide, A#1 felt he had to publicly demonstrate that it was he who had done so, and would prove it by riding the train to the end of its run. The originating point of the train is not specified other than it is a railyard somewhere. In reality, the Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway (the one identified in the film) was a shortline that only ran 18 miles between the towns of Cottage Grove (where it interchanged with the Southern Pacific RR) and Disston (both south of Eugene). The last vestiges of the actual OP&E were abandoned in 1994 and part of the ROW is now a trail.
@@rogerlollar4325 IDK, I think we're over analyzing here. It's a fictitious film, though back in the day, I figure evil people were more easily able to get away with a lot more than they can today.
This movie and other 70’s movie of the time is why my friends and I did so much crazy stuff. Nothing virtual about our reality, as we’d say, “We’re ripping sack!”
