Tshiuetin

Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of the power of independence, the crucial importance of aboriginal owned businesses and stay for the beauty of the northern landscape.

Newspaper Train

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Opening a New Frontier

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

Last of the Giants

A Union Pacific production outlining the Big Boy locomotive and the history of the last great steam engine to rule the rails

A Railroad at Work

A documentary on railroads doing their daily tasks created by trhe The Milwaukee Railroad

End of an Era

A documentary on the passing of the steam locomotive as the primary means of transportation in the United States

A Great Railroad at Work

A documentary outlining railroad work and the effects on the lives impacted by the iron horse

Desert Empire

A travelogue, this film provides a guided tour of pre-World War II Utah and of course does not pretend to cinematic greatness. Recommended viewing for those in search of introductory Utah history. Also valuable for persons seeking insight into the state as it would have looked during this time period. Especially informative for those desiring a window into the past for a view of how Utah was in the days of their pre-World War II progenitors living in the state. Those whose Utah ancestors were involved in mining, railroading, sugar beets, and other featured industries; featured towns, sights, recreational attractions, and industries may find this otherwise banal travelogue a quite valuable addition to their family history.

Mainline U.S.A.

A documentary on the railroads of America produced by the Association of American Railroads

Safe Roads

A production by Chevrolet from 1935 on safety around trains

The Modern Coal Burning Steam Locomotive

Documentary on the evolution and introduction of modern coal burning locomotives on the Norfolk and Western Railway line.

Rolling the Freight

Film on the movement of material from the Chicago and Northwestern System.

Banlie.ue

Canadian Pacific I

Canadian Pacific I is made up of a series of slowly dissolved shots done from the same framing over several months. The camera frames a window with a railway yard in the foreground, a bay in the space behind it, and misty mountains in the extreme distance. Trains occasionally pass by in the foreground. Huge ships move across the bay. Blue mists hover over the mountain heads.

Hitler's Steel Beast

Trace the history of Hitler's armored private train, a 15-car mobile headquarters boasting state-of-the-art communications and anti-aircraft cannons.

Ascq 44

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

CSX at 40

Commemorate the 40th anniversary of one of the largest freight carriers in the nation! Look back at the creation, evolution and current operating status of this storied railroad.

Des trains dans la guerre

Inlandsbanan: De som tog tåget

A journey along the Inlandsbanan, from Mora to Gällivare, in the last summer of 1991 when the passenger traffic is to be shut down. A decision and its consequences. A film about the view of Norrland in these EC times.

Metro

A short documentary about the construction of the parisian subway in the 50s.