Railroad Movies

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

A mother is waiting or her son, a railroad engineer, to return home. The night becomes stormy and she discovers that a broken railroad trestle lies...

A documentary outlining the railroad's roll in expanding the nation.

Filmed in 1987, this documentary chronicles the journey of Via Rail's The Canadian as it makes its way across Canada.

Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no...

Witnesses discuss the Ascq massacre by the Waffen-SS during the Second World War 80 years later.

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

Der Fährmann places us as passengers on an eerie railroad trip around Europe, from the darkness of night until dawn. A feeling of ethereality...

Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at...

Includes all new footage which captures the WP&YR experience and history from Skagway, Alaska to Fraser, B.C. and from Fraser, B.C. to Carcross,...

Tom Martin wants to buy the Jed Warren ranch as he knows the railroad wants it for the right-of-way, but Jed refuses to sell...

A short documentary profiling the restoration and anniversary exhibition of the titular 4-4-0 steam locomotive, undertaken in honor of the Centennial...

Second part of a two-part documentary about the now largely defunct network of local railways in the areas around Erlangen and Forchheim, Germany.

Milan leaves his home and joins the "youth brigade", a group of young people who worked on a railway track. Tragedy strikes when Milan is injured...

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

This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways...

Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of...

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

Documentary film about the Slovak Youth Line - a railway line built by the Czechoslovak youth from Hronská Dúbrava to...

The cement belt from Bath to Martins Creek and main line operations from Pen Argyl to Maybrook.