Train Dreams

Train Dreams 2025

7.33

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

2025

Blood of the Railroad Workers

Blood of the Railroad Workers 1979

2.00

A group of migratory rail road workers arrive in a small town in Norway, and cause social conflict. One of the men, Sjugur, stands apart as a strong, independent man. The girls like him, but he has set his sights on the daughter of a wealthy landowner.

1979

Railroad Tigers

Railroad Tigers 2016

6.07

A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.

2016

Disaster on the Coastliner

Disaster on the Coastliner 1979

5.30

A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man William Shatner puts his life on the line to ward off the crash.

1979

The Old Guard

The Old Guard 1960

6.30

Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside

1960

Nothing But a Man

Nothing But a Man 1964

7.40

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

1964

Pickup

Pickup 1951

6.00

Jan Horak is a middle-aged railroad dispatcher stationed at a forsaken spot in the desert, within driving distance of the nearest town. A widower, he has saved his money and goes to town to buy a dog, meets Betty, a flashy blonde who gains his confidence and marries him to acquire his $7,000 "fortune."

1951

Railroad Town

Railroad Town 1956

1

A delightful trip back to an era in which railroad was king. The small community of Melville, Saskatchewan, is a railroad town. Long-time CBC host Fred Davis visits with various railway workers and learns about the operation of one of the vital service stations which keep the Canadian National Railway running smoothly.

1956

The Unruly Hare

The Unruly Hare 1945

7.25

When Elmer Fudd disturbs Bugs with his railroad surveying, Bugs fights back.

1945

This Is My Railroad

This Is My Railroad 1946

1

A film about the Southern Pacific Railroad and the men and women who keep the trains running.

1946

She's a Railroader

She's a Railroader 1978

1

Karen Zaitchik jumps on and off moving boxcars, throws switches, pulls brakes and uncouples freights with ease and confidence. She's a railroader for CN and that's what this 21-year-old highly individualistic woman wants out of life for the moment. This colourful short film shows how Karen manages in the traditionally male world of the railroad.

1978