Railway Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

July. Major holiday departures. TGV Paris-Brest. Alex does her first steps as a train controller on a great line, flanked by her colleague Antoine....

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

First volume of highlights from the 1950s and 1960s television series about the vanishing train lines. Here you have a chance to see the Bristol line...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

Speed has always played a particularly important role in railroads. New, ever better technologies have been developed throughout history. Engineers...

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

1906, produced by Charles Urban, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The History of American Railroads: The Era of Diesel examines the golden age of America’s passenger railroads, traveling across the United...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

From the Ganges to the Himalayas is the sort of a journey that no one ever forgets. The good ship "Burton Holmes" will take your patrons on an...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Showing eight views of the most difficult portions of the railway, including the steepest gradients, practically, hanging on to the sides of the...

This opens with a view of the upper falls and great viaduct of the mountain railway, showing ascending and descending cars, and then a close view of...