I’ve worked for the railroad for 25 years now. I knew a conductor who looked and acted just like “Shack”, known as “Chucky.” They told us when we hired out this was one of the most realistic railroad movies out there. The hand signals they use in this clip are still in use today. The fireman gives “easy” signs and a “stop” sign, Shack gives a “come ahead” sign. This was back when men were men, and rails were tough as nails.
@retroguy9494
2 жыл бұрын
I had a great uncle who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a fireman and worked his way up to engineer. It was around the time period this movie takes place. He's been dead for 40 years but I remember him. I don't remember him (or his sister who was my grandmother) telling me any stories of such violence by the conductors as in this movie. Perhaps it was the area. I know he used to work the New York City to Washington DC trains.
@azrailroader
2 жыл бұрын
@@retroguy9494 It was realistic in the sense of how the railroad crew functioned and some of the operations. Shack was a realistic representation of a tough old head conductor who didn’t put up with any crap. Killing hoboes is the Hollywood part. Although Chucky supposedly took a knife from a would-be mugger one time and threatened to kick my butt for failing to sit in the seat he told me to sit in in the taxi that was taking us to our train. I had a lot of old head conductors yell at me in my early years of railroading, some for as trifling offenses as touching their paperwork.
@retroguy9494
2 жыл бұрын
@@azrailroader Okay I understand now. I, too, remember some of those old school head conductors when I worked in New York City when I got out of college in the late 1980's and rode the train. These guys back THEN had over 30 years with the railroad. They still wore the 3 piece railroad uniforms and some even still wore their pocket watches with the chain on their waistcoats. They were really nice to the passengers, especially their regulars, but you could also tell they really knew their stuff and didn't take any disorderly conduct. I remember one time I overslept a little and literally had to run after the train as it was already pulling out of the station. This old school conductor named George who knew me as a regular passenger on his train stood on the bottom step of the car and said "'c'mon you can make it" and literally grabbed my arm and pulled me up into the car. He then patted me on the back and said "you're alright kid; but next time don't call it so close!"
@Boudica234
Жыл бұрын
Ah the good ol days. When u could kill a man for taking a free ride on a train. God I miss those days.
@methus57
Жыл бұрын
@@Boudica234 hahahaha
@johnmullen9478
2 жыл бұрын
The actor who played the hobo that was killed by Ernest Borgnine's character was my Junior High School vice principal back in 1973.
@michaelwhalen2821
Жыл бұрын
What's his name? Is he on IMDB anywhere?
@methus57
Жыл бұрын
that's awesome. poor dude was just eating a sandwich
@nitrousninja882
26 күн бұрын
How much did they pay him to get cut in half for the movie?
@thegypsyman9043
2 жыл бұрын
'Ol Shak is just downright psychotic & homicidal! Borgnine plays part to the hilt! Sadly, Ernest & Lee are both gone. We'll never see actors like them again.
@babbyfacerevocation2740
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on those tracks running around on them as a kid. Everything in this movie looks the same as it did back then love this movie 🎥
@frankdeal1742
Жыл бұрын
Where is the water tower located?
@nativeafroeurasian
8 күн бұрын
As a child i wanted to live in a place like this
@NGH99999
2 жыл бұрын
If you drive up Row River Road east of Cottage Grove, Oregon, there's a house up there with one of the wooden livestock cars used in the movie in its backyard. You can see it from the road. No trucks underneath, just the car body sitting on the ground. Been up there all this time, and still looks to be in good condition.
@Cessna-er4je
3 жыл бұрын
The thing that I love about this scene is that they play it RIGHT before the happy go lucky music and intro kick in. Love it.
@paxmule
3 жыл бұрын
Better just to walk than to try and steal a ride on Shack's train....
@rrsteamer
9 күн бұрын
One of the best railroad movies made, true to the industry. Only a few small errors that I don’t even recall now. Would watch again and have many times. Oh yes, for those that don’t know, the hog head, Malcolm Addebury (forgive the mis - spelling) came from a family where his father was President of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
@hawkwind769
Жыл бұрын
I'm a train hopper from the '90s... I would watch this movie over and over.. I recorded a copy off AMC and carried it with me in my backpack everywhere. Finally lost it and I can't find it again
@chriscarruth5147
4 жыл бұрын
Ernest Borgnine also played mermaid man in spongebob
@mb1284
Жыл бұрын
In those days when operating a coal trail was very had work, you worked in all kinds of weather, very hot in the summer and not hot enough in the winter. Rember you were basically out on the open tracks.
@War1109
3 жыл бұрын
That movie star of a locomotive is months maybe even weeks from being operational again
@kents.2866
3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see it. Age of Steam roundhouse!!!
@ChowderTDMOFCAL
3 жыл бұрын
Great!
@gabrielbennett5162
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it. She sat virtually abandoned in the old Yreka Western shops in northern California for a lot of years. I used to make it a point to stop and visit her when traveling between Oregon and California.
@Nkp757railfan
2 жыл бұрын
Will be done by next winter
@erwin643
Жыл бұрын
As our society continues it's inexorable decline, something tells me we'll be seeing more trains like this in the future, if there are any trains running at all. Back to the future, baby!
@albertshumate7688
2 жыл бұрын
Who out there knows that Ernest Borgnine got his start at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia?
@brianmathew09
2 жыл бұрын
That happened to me once in Oregon..the docs there were able to sew me back together though,,still have the scar : o
@Titan52berg
3 жыл бұрын
Great railroad film! I own two copies on recorded DVDS and a professional version I purchased at a train museum!
@dugenpippenger4811
5 ай бұрын
what does the profession version do differently? Like a theater version?
@ottoespana4507
9 ай бұрын
Obra de arte es está película tiene q estar entre las mil películas del siglo
@lineshaftrestorations7903
3 жыл бұрын
Fatso in From Here to Eternaty and Shack are among Borgnine's best roles. He just sweats mean.
@scottcastellucci5186
3 жыл бұрын
And don’t forget him in an early role as the mean-spirited Lyle on Bad Day At Black Rock.
@michaelwhalen2821
Жыл бұрын
Definitely not a nice guy like Lt. Commander Quinton McHale....
@MikeLoveBuns
6 күн бұрын
Great train movie
@georgewilson2983
3 жыл бұрын
He just learned a very hard lesson that there are no free rides especially with the shack on the case
@retroguy9494
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think he learned anything as I believe he died under the wheels of the freight cars. I don't see why Shack couldn't have just thrown him off?
@jasonsmith6408
4 жыл бұрын
Wow I last saw this movie on a black and white tv. I do not remember the body on the tracks! Sire that was edited out!
@doct0rnic
3 жыл бұрын
Couldnt have been, I saw this scene as a kid in the 90s, burned the image in my head, I never knew what the movie was called till a few years ago.
@njuham
3 жыл бұрын
@@doct0rnic I saw this on VHS rental in the mid 80's, sure my childish mind edited that bit out.
@methus57
Жыл бұрын
@@brittoverbaugh4035 please stop yelling
@dennislafrinere9506
3 жыл бұрын
There ain't another Lee Marvin and there ain't another Ernest borgnine so forget your dreams.
@albertshumate7688
2 жыл бұрын
A really cool movie.
@WilmerCook
9 сағат бұрын
It's Maxwell's silver hammer
@Nkp757railfan
2 жыл бұрын
3:46 best part
@yanni2112
Күн бұрын
2:46 for me
@evyatarvalotker8399
3 жыл бұрын
What cruelty overall he wanted to travel because he has no money and the death penalty because of an alleged illegal hitchhiker if if he had money just have to tell him if he can get off with great respect
@retroguy9494
2 жыл бұрын
The depression was a HORRIBLE time for SO many men. The hobos weren't bad people or criminals. They just wanted to look wherever they could hoping to find work. And if you had your job, your house, etc. taken from you and couldn't even afford to eat, how could you pay for passenger rail service? Of course, all this changed with FDR once he got government work programs like the CCC and the WPA up and running.
@pmullins1495
3 күн бұрын
1:18 W.B. conductor, plays an EVIL-hearted devil. 😤😖😣
@ishirotanaka
3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that this movie is not on Disney Plus.
@jamesage24
3 жыл бұрын
Too many straight white men to be considered for Disney+. 😁
@ishirotanaka
3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesage24 not really, I mean the fireman on the 19 is black. And normally in the depression era, it would have been an all white crew aboard the train. So technically, this is one of the first films to have diversity in a film that takes place during the depression.
@Nkp757railfan
2 жыл бұрын
@@ishirotanaka exactly and op needs to just shut up no one cares that your a right wing jerk
@ScottMartinD
2 жыл бұрын
Why only two parts?
@MrJuvefrank
2 жыл бұрын
Now Shack knows what it's like to be dead.
@fanmaxis3004
4 ай бұрын
Shack eventually got the karma he had coming to him.
@MrJuvefrank
4 ай бұрын
@@fanmaxis3004 I'm glad to see you commented on a sentence I wrote at least 2 years ago.
@fanmaxis3004
4 ай бұрын
@MrJuvefrank maybe that's cause I just now came across this video. You should be grateful people are commenting on your posts at all. No matter how far in time
@MrJuvefrank
4 ай бұрын
@@fanmaxis3004 I thought being glad was just as nice as being grateful. If you say grateful in a nicer word, then I'm grateful.
@elianabuschene1536
2 жыл бұрын
Peninha,bao tem legenda em português do Brasil ou em espanhol
@zacharycat603
2 жыл бұрын
Next time that hobo will buy a ticket or else walk.
@kevinmalone3210
18 күн бұрын
Assuming there was anything left of him.
@johneastman1905
19 сағат бұрын
Bastard did ent need to kill the poor man, did not watch the entire movie …
@JohnDavies-cn3ro
5 ай бұрын
Great railroading filming, but pretty horrible. And no, it wasn't exaggerated or fancified - this sort of brutality was actively encouraged by the railroad authorities back in the Depression and before. Study the songs of Woody Guthrie for more examples.
@scottcastellucci5186
3 жыл бұрын
I love the scene where shack hits that “bo” on the back of the head with that hammer. I love the sickening thud, then seeing the food fly out of his mouth,and watching him fall onto the tracks. I love the look of delight on shacks face ❤️
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