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Movie or Television Series / Show Year Major Stars SPNG Southern Pacific Moment 3 Godfathers 1948 , Pedro Armendariz, and Harry Carey, Jr. X SPNG 4-6-0 #9 3:10 to Yuma 1957 and Van Heflin on the Patagonia branch at Elgin, AZ 5 Against the House 1955 and Guy Madison Alco PAs on #27; Alco PAs and #101 at Reno Abba in Concert 1979 Abba, music group Part 1 on Youtube; at 3:13 mark has SP freight Act of Violence 1948 Van Heflin and Robert Ryan Passenger train scene filmed at depot at Glendale, CA Adventures of Superman 1952-1958 George Reeves Opening credits are of the 1937 Daylight After the Thin Man 1936 and Myrna Loy Opens with view of Sunset drumhead,Third and Townsend depot in San Francisco, SP 4-6-2 #2483 Again Pioneers 1950 Regis Toomey Minute 32-36, brief views of PFE reefers and PE double-track over Cahuenga Pass 1935 Joe E. Brown and Olivia de Haviland Central Station and equipment there Alibi Mark 1937 Floyd Gibbons Freight train Always for Pleasure 1978 documentary about Mardi Gras in New Orleans opening shot shows freight train with SP freight cars, mostly hopper cars Americano, The 1955 Glenn Ford probably Chatsworth depot; 4-10-2 pulls a train of PFE reefers Annie Oakley 1954-1957 Gail Davis X Annie and the Cinder Trail: SPNG 9 and freight train, a lot of transfer trestle action Annie Oakley 1954-1957 Gail Davis X Annie and the Desert Adventure: scenes of the SPNG depot area at Keeler Annie Oakley 1954-1957 Gail Davis X Annie and the Brass Collar: SPNG 9 and freight train Story, The 1948 GS class steam locomotive shown on trip to Boston Back in the Saddle 1941 Passenger train and partial view of a depot Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 and Robert Ryan F-units in black widow pulling passenger train Bad Little Angel 1939 Virginia Weidler and Ian Hunter depot at Palms, CA Band Wagon, The 1953 Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse SP steam locomotive, E-units on passenger train Batman and Robin 1949 Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan steam locomotive SP 2440, automobile driving along Taylor yard, depot scene at Santa Susana, fight on freight train in Chatsworth, automobile haywire in Soledad Canyon (maybe Acton) Be Reasonable 1921 exterior view of Los Angeles Central Station 1928 Wallace Berry and Louise Brooks SD&AE in Carriso Gorge 1945 and George "Gabby" Hayes view of train in the Chatsworth area, and train #71 San Francisco Passenger arriving at Chatsworth depot Berth Marks 1929 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy depot at Palms, CA Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 Eddie Murphy The beginning of the movie is set in Detroit, MI, but soon, an SP SW1500 moves through revealing the true filming location. Big Business Girl 1931 Loretta Young depot at Glendale, CA Billion Dollar Hobo 1977 Tim Conway and Will Greer Scene with GP20 #4101, and GP9s #3840 and #3688Scene of SD39's on a freight train in the Santa area Biloxi Blues 1988 Matthew Broderick SSW 4-8-4 #819 Blazing Sun, The 1950 Gene Autry X SPNG #9 Body Disappears, The 1941 and Edward Everett Horton PFE reefers Boots and Saddles 1937 Gene Autry Lone Pine depot Born to Kill 1947 Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney Reno depot, streamlined train No. 101, SP ferryboat Klamath Brainstorm 1965 Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, and Dana Andrews Opening scene has SP diesel pulling a passenger train Bride for Henry, A 1937 Anne Nagel and Warren Hull at 3:50, the streamlined front; at 4:50 the rear of the train Broadway Bill 1934 and Myrna Loy 19:19 SP horse-baggage cars; 31:00 PE streetcar in background at hamburger stand scene; filmed at Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno, CA per several sources and a Baby 1940 and GS locomotive on passenger train Buck Benny Rides Again 1940 Jack Benny and Ellen Drew E2A pulls City of San Francisco Buffalo Bill, Jr. 1955-1956 Dick Jones The Fight for Geronimo: passenger train, probably on the Lone Pine Branch Bulletproof 1996 Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, and James Caan the depot said "Pasadena" but it was filmed at the depot at Glendale, CA Calling Philo Vance 1940 James Stephenson and Margot Stevenson train scene with a GS locomotive Candidate, The 1972 SP GP38-2 Captive City, The 1952 John Forsythe black widow F-unit locomotive and two cabooses; filmed in Reno, NV Career 1959 , Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine Minute 00:04:00; SP passeneger train at Chatsworth depot Carmen Jones 1954 and Harry Belafonte 4-6-0 steam locomotive Case of the Curious Bride, The 1935 Warren William SP ferryboat ride from Oakland to San Francisco Changeling 2008 Angelina Jolie Birney from Midwest painted as PE; passenger train has SDAE 175, SP 2144 Chase, The 1946 Robert Cummings and Steve Cochran about minute 11, view of passenger train, probably in Santa Susana Pass Chasing Choo Choos 1927 Monty Banks wild ride on a freight train through Carrizo Gorge Chicago Calling 1952 Dan Duryea SP steam locomotive, SP F unit in Black Widow, freight cars Christmas Eve 1947 , Rrandolph Scott train pulled by X2228 City Limits 1934 Frank Craven and Sally Blane freight cars and yard College 1927 passing and the depot at Glendale, CA Come See the Paradise 1990 Dennis Quaid SP 4449 4-8-4 steam locomotive with passenger train at Portland, OR depot : 1952 Judd Holdren SP train destroyed by radar gun Company She Keeps, The 1950 Lizabeth Scott andJane Greer Glendale depot andheavyweight passenger train Comrade X 1940 and Hedy Lamarr PE #332, Birney car Cops 1922 Buster Keaton exterior view of Los Angeles Central Station County Fair 1937 John Arledge and Mary Lou Lender SP 1473 4-4-0 steam locomotive Serenade 1942 Gene Autry ? Crash Out 1955 William Bendix and steam locomotive SP 2336 and passenger train with REA car Crime of the d'Autremont Brothers, The 2012 Documentary Story of the train robbery outside Tunnel 13 near Ashland, Oregon Crime Patrol 1936 Ray Walker about minute 38, railroad yard with SP automobile cars and refrigerator cars Criss Cross 1949 and Yvonne DeCarlo View of a PE locomotive pulling a boxcar and of a PE Hollywood Car Crooked Way, The 1949 John Payne, Sonny Tufts, and Ellen Drew Daylight pulling into Los Angeles Cry Danger 1951 Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming Opening credits are views of Coast Daylight traveling railroad east to Los Angeles. Opening scene is at LAUPT. Cry of the Hunted 1953 Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, and Pacific Electric street cars and motor coaches on Broadway in Los Angeles; Angel's Flight; steam locomotive SP 2590 on freight train in Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The 2008 and Cate Blanchett SP 745 painted as Southern Railway Danger: Love at Work 1932 and Jack Haley train with 4-6-2 on the point Darby's Rangers 1958 James Garner Harriman chair cars Dawn Patrol, The 1938 Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone Chatsworth depot Days of Thrills and Laughter 1961 Compilation of silent films Chatsworth and Carriso Gorge Dear Heart 1964 Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page Opening credits, at SantaSusanaPass Defenders of the Law 1931 Catherine Dale Owen, Edmund Breese and Mae Busch SD&A box car in front of Blanchard Lumber Defiant Ones, The 1958 and Tony Curtis Freight train Delightfully Dangerous 1945 Jane Powell and Ralph Bellamy Minute 10 and 12, view of 2400-class steam locomotive and passenger train Desperate Journey 1942 Errol Flynn and Minute 50:40, SP steam locomotive on train #52, San Joaquin Daylight Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1 1934 newsreel train No. 2 pulled by GS locomotive Dirty Harry 1971 Clint Eastwood End of the movie, Harry standing on former NWP trestle Don't Knock the Rock 1956 Alan Dale and Patricia Hardy Streamlined Sunset with black widow locomotives Double Indemnity 1944 Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck SP passenger cars especially a lounge car; the depot said "Glendale" but it was filmed at the depot at Burbank, CA Down Three Dark Streets 1954 PE Subway building, PCC cars in the subway terminal Down to Earth 1947 North on the SP San Joaquin main line from Glendale Dragnet 1987 Dan Akroyd and SP SW1500 2621 at Taylor Yard Duel 1971 Dennis Weaver automobile pushed into side of freight train Dust Be My Destiny 1939 John Garfield two-story depot and 1700-class steam locomotive Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956 Hugh Marlow and Joan Taylor SP 4-8-8-2 #4236 on freight #834, possibly Simi Valley East of Eden 1955 James Dean, Julie Harris, and Raymond Massey steam locomotives at Spreckles Jct.; ride on top of freight train from Salinas to Gilroy Easy Rider 1969 , Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nickolson Many scenes filmed along Lafayette Division in late 1960's. Very quick glimpse of loaded bagasse gondolas at Schriever, LA. End of the Line 1987 Wilford Brimley SSW 4-8-4 #819 Eraser 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger GP35E's crush a limosuine at the end of film Face in the Crowd, A 1957 and Patricia Neal SSW passenger train 1943 X Filmed at Kearsarge, CA; view of depot, stockpens, and locomotive SPNG 17 Fancy Pants 1950 Bob Hope and Lucille Ball at the end, steam locomotive SP 2448 on passenger train at Chatsworth tunnel 28 FBI Story, The 1959 Jimmie Stewart, Vera Miles SP steam locomotives at night Fighting Sullivans, The 1944 Ann Baxter and Thomas Mitchell views of steam locomotives Flame of the Barbary Coast 1945 John Wayne X SPNG 4-6-0 #18 Fog over Frisco 1934 SP auto ferryboat For Me and My Gal 1942 Judy Garland and Gene Kelly 4100 class 4-8-8-2 Four Mothers 1941 Claude Rains, three locomotives: cab-forward, SP 2446 and SP 2416 Free and Easy 1930 Buster Keaton SP passenger train with observation car 1932 Ruth Chatterton, SP ferryboat Klamath Fugitive Sheriff, The 1936 Ken Maynard and Beth Marion scenes near Chatsworth Fugitive, The 1963-1967 David Janssen Episode 71 - Set Fire to a Strawman: SP 5724 Alco RS11 with freight train Fugitive, The 1963-1967 David Janssen Episode 81 - Shadow of the Swan: SP 1046 Alco S6 Fugitive, The 1963-1967 David Janssen Episode 119 - The Judgement pt 1 (8-22-67): SP diesels (F-units and either GP35s or GP20s) Full of Life 1956 Judy Holiday and Richard Conte F-units G Men 1935 steam locomotive SP 2427 and a 2100-series passenger coach Gaucho Serenade 1940 Gene Autry View of stock car and PFE; mixed train General Died at Dawn, The 1936 view of a steam locomotive Get that Girl 1932 Richard Talmadge Los Angeles Central Station, Lark No. 71 under a bridge, Glendale station, Lark No. 70 is shown arriving Glendale, and Glendale Tower. Getaway, The 1972 Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw steamlined Getaway, The 1994 Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger Phoenix station Giant 1956 Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor TNO F7 on passenger train near Marfa, TX Giant Gila Monster, The 1959 Don Sullivan and Lisa Simone F-units Girl in Lovers Lane, The 1960 Jack Elam Box cars, caboose, and possible cab forward Girl Missing 1933 , Guy Kiddee depot at Glendale, CA Girl Shy 1924 Harold Lloyd views of SP passenger and freight trains and Los Angeles Central Station; commandeers a PE trolley for a wild ride Story, The 1953 and June Allyson View of PE elevated track Goat, The 1921 Buster Keaton 2-8-2 #3244 and 0-6-0 #1229 Gold Mine in the Sky 1938 Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes AC locomotive pulling the at Lang, CA Great K & A Train Robbery, The 1926 Tom Mix view of a train Great Train Robbery, The 1941 Bob Steele and Milburn Stone 4-6-2's #3100 and #3123, 4-8-8-2 #4107 Greed 1925 Gibson Gowland, Zazu Pitts, Jean Hersholt X locomotive pulling cars at the Keeler depot Grifters, The 1990 Anjelica Huston, James Cusack, and Annette Bening rear of Saugus depot as preserved at the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society Grips, Grunts, and Groans 1937 Three Stooges steam locomotive SP 4321 with train 26, Owl, and view of depot at Glendale, CA Gun Grit 1936 Jack Perrin and Ethyl Beck Minute 16, SP steam locomotive on passenger train and Chatsworth depot Gunfight at the OK Corral 1957 Burt Lancaster and depot at Elgin, AZ Gunsight Ridge 1957 Joel McCrea , Slim Pickens depot at Elgin, AZ Gymnasium Jim 1922 Billy Bevan and Mildred June Depot at Florence, Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, and Raymond Walburn 4-8-2 #4362 (with WWII headlight shield) being serviced; Mission Tower and nearby trackage Happy Land 1943 Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey passenger train and depot at Santa Rosa, CA Harold and Maude 1943 Don Ameche, Frances Dee, Harry Carey SP freight yard at Bayshore; passenger train and depot at Santa Rosa, CA Haunted Spook 1920 Harold Lloyd character attempted suicide by stepping in front of a PE streetcar 1938 Hoppalong Cassidy railroad tracks and equipment, likely SP narrow gauge, filmed in Lone Pine and Alabama Hills Heaven Can Wait 1943 Don Ameche passenger train No. 2 Hell-Fire Austin 1932 Ken Maynard and Ivy Merton train with steam locomotive, appears to be at Lone Pine, CA Here Comes the Groom 1934 Jack Haley, , Sidney Toler depot at Glendale, CA Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 8 - Blood Money: several scenes in freight yard with many SP auto box cars; filmed at Raymer Yard in Van Nuys, CA Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 27 - Deadly Diamonds: opening scene is depot and freight cars at Glendale station Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 43 - Express Delivery: opening scene is SP passenger train with diesel locomotives in black widow paint scheme, depot, and box cars on house track at Glendale station Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 54 - Framed Cop: end filmed at Glendale station with Daylight passenger train Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 59 - Gem Robbery: opening scene is Daylight train 99 with Alco PAs at Glendale station Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 62 - Hired Killer: opening scene is Daylight train with E-unit at Chatsworth station and views of depot

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Movie or Television Series / Show Year Major Stars SPNG Southern Pacific Moment Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 68 - Hostage: opening scene at Glendale station with views of freight ramp Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 119 - In Temptation: view of PE West Hollywood shops, several PE electric freight locomotives Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 128 - Train Copter: depot and vicinity at Northridge, CA; diesel SP 6198 on Train #90; Alco PAs on Daylight train Highway Patrol 1955-1959 Broderick Crawford Episode 129 - Train Robbery: depot and tracks at Santa Susanna, CA; Alco PAs on Daylight train; aerial view of Daylight train at Chatsworth Tunnel #26; Hilda Crane 1956 Jean Simmons Opening sequence has several nice shots of the Daylight passing through the mountains and ultimately pulling into a station, SP locomotive #6231 Hollywood or Bust 1956 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 2-6-0 nearly hits automobile Homeward Bound 1992 Voices of Michael J. Fox, Sally Fields, and Don Ameche SD9 Honeymoon for 3 1941 George Brent and Ann Sheridan steam locomotive SP 4400 Horse Shoes 1927 Monty Banks and Jean Arthur depot at Glendale, CA Human Comedy, The 1943 view of short freight train, freight depot at Santa Monica, CA Human Desire 1954 Glenn Ford Movie is about a railroad engineer, so includes lots of equipment and structures Hurricane Express, The 1932 John Wayne view of steam locomotive I was a Communist for the FBI 1951 Frank Lovejoy and Dorothy Hart SP passenger train at tunnel in Chatsworth, SP equipment in fake tunnel scene after minute 1:00:45 I'll See You in My Dreams 1951 Danny Thomas and Doris Day SP train Identity Unknown 1945 Richard Arlen and Cheryl Walker SP 1950 and probably Chatsworth depot Impact 1949 , ,Helen Walker, Ella Raines Santa Susana depot 1951 Roy Rogers SP 58479, tank car in silver paint In Old Colorado 1941 Hopalong Cassidy X Filmed at Kearsarge, CA; view of depot, stockpens, and locomotive SPNG 17 at end of movie; same image as in False Colors In Old Monterey 1939 Gene Autry 4-6-2 #2417 Indianapolis Speedway 1939 Pat O'Brien SP train No. 2 with 4-8-2 on the point Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Kevin McCarthey and Dana Winter Chatsworth depot It Happened One Night 1934 Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert 2-6-0 #1662 on a short freight train It's a Great Feeling 1949 Doris Day and Jack Carson Los Angeles Union Station Jim Thorpe - All American 1951 Burt Lancaster Jim Thorpe plays football with some children next to a PE yard Jolson Story, The 1946 Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes 2400-series and 4300-steam steam locomotives Just Neighbors 1919 Harold Llyod exterior and interior views of Los Angeles Central Station Kennel Murder Case, The 1933 William Powell 2400-series steam locomotive Killer of Sheep 1973 Henry G. Sanders and Kaycee Moore Freight trains in Watts, CA King of the Cowboys 1943 Roy Rogers Cab-forward on freight train in the Chatsworth tunnel area and on steel bridge in Altamont Pass King of the Rangers 1941 Sammy Baugh and Duncan Renaldo Trains and tunnel in Santa Susana Pass Lady Eve, The 1941 Barbara Stanwyck and 4-6-2 #2445 on passenger train Lady of Chance, A 1929 Norma Shearer depot at Palms, CA Last Gangster, The 1937 Edward G. Robinson NWP passenger train being put on barge for a trip to Alcatraz Last Hard Men, The 1976 James Coburn and Scene of passenger train going through town has anRPO-Baggage Combination with the SP Circle Emblem on the side Laverne and Shirley 1976-1983 Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams Murder on The Moose Jaw Express Part 1 and 2; SDP45 and F-unit Leather Burners 1943 and X SPNG train Let Freedom Ring 1939 Nelson Eddy and Virginia Bruce EPSW 4-4-2 #1 at Wymola, AZ Li'l Abner 1940 Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray, and Buster Keaton SP passenger cars and Palms depot Lifestream of the City 1946 Transporation film by General Electric Minute 9:45; view of PE PCC cars on Cahuenga Pass; never ran there in actual service Light of Stars, The 1940 Noah Berry, Jr and SP steam locomotive and cars, depot probably Chatsworth Lineup, The 1958 Eli Wallach SP boxcars spotted at what appears to be the Beale Street team track, San Francisco; SP trailer in background of phone booth scene Little Fauss and Big Halsey 1970 Robert Redford SP diesel freight, appears to be Rosamond in Antelope Valley Local Bad Man, The 1932 Hoot Gibson SP 2246 steam locomotive, Chatsworth depot, Chatsworth Junction Lone Wolf 1954-1955 Louis Hayward and Avalanche Story: Train #23 at Reno with ALCo PA in Daylight scheme and good views of several passenger cars; train stuck in avalanche Lone Wolf McQuade 1983 Chuck Norris and David Carradine Tunnel motors at Fort Bliss Lone Wolf Takes a Chance, The 1941 Warren William and June Storey steam locomotives 2447 and 2445 Lonely are the Brave 1962 Kirk Douglas, Carrol O'Conner GP9 #5773 sounding its Nathan P3 air horn while on the Santa Paula Branch Lost Special , The 1932 Frank Albertson and Cecilia Parker 4-6-2 #2445 in Arizona Louisa 1932 Ronald Reagan and Ruth Hussey opening scene, Northridge or Chatsworth depot and Common Standard arch roof coaches or chair cars, painted Dark Olive Lucky Texan, The 1934 John Wayne and Barbara Sheldon filmed at Lang, shows 65,000 gallon water tank and freight shed Lure of the Wilderness 1952 Jeffrey Hunter andWalter Brennan TNO 2-8-0 steam locomotive and some outside braced wooden boxcars in SP markings Ma & Pa Kettle settle back on the Farm 1951 Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride 4-6-2 #2440 with passenger train and 2-8-0 #2557 with a freight train Magic Rails to Yesterday 1958 film about Western Pacific California Zephyr views of San Francisco Ferry Building and ferry San Leandro 1947 James Stewart 4-4-2 #3057 at Chico depot Man Without a Star 1955 Kirk Douglas, and Claire Trevor X SPNG stock cars Man's Land, A 1932 Hoot Gibson filmed in Santa Clarita; scene with view of the corner of the Newhall depot Mannix 1967-1975 Mike Connors Episode 3 - Nothing Ever Works Twice: Train is #98 Coast Daylight to Los Angeles. Glendale depot and station Manslaughter 1922 Leatrice Joy and Thomas Meighan San Bruno? Meet the Baron 1933 Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts and at about 1 hour mark, steam locomotive #2428 Men are such Fools 1938 steam locomotive 2440 with a passenger train Merrily We Live 1938 SP commute train Million Dollar Legs 1932 W. C. Fields and Jack Oakey 4-6-2 #2452 Millionaire for Christy, A 1951 Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker Exterior and interior of depot at Burbank, CA, and steam locomotive SP #2424 Miracle of the Bells, The 1948 Fred MacMurray and 4-6-2- #2433 Misfits, The 1961 Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe Filmed in Reno on July 20, 1960, using the westbound Overland. The crowd at the station was not made up of extras but the regular patrons and passengers. Mojave Firebrand 1944 Bill Elliot and George "Gabby" Hayes Chatsworth area Montana Moon 1930 Joan Crawford and Johnny Mack Brown Chatsworth depot and the surrounding area including water tank, PFE refrigerator cars, and steam locomotive #2577 Mother Wore Tights 1947 Dan Dailey and Betty Grable No. 76 Lark Mother's Joy 1923 Stan Laurel horse-drawn cab in front of Los Angeles Central Station Movie Maniacs 1936 Three Stooges view of a 2-10-2 Mr. Soft Touch 1949 Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes steam locomtive 2453 and commute train 1958 Vince Edwards Lark No. 76 at Glendale Murder in the Private Car 1934 Charlie Ruggles and views of Dunsmuir yard and Sacramento River Canyon; steam locomotives #4312, #3721 doubleheaded, #2656, and #3726; depot scene probably at Chatsworth, CA Murder is My Beat 1955 Paul Langton and Barbara Payton Los Angeles Union Station, steam locomotive SP 4312, train #2-99 Coast Daylight, GS-locomotive; brief view of Glendale station grounds Music is Magic 1935 Alice Faye, Ray Walker, and Bebe Daniels PE 868 on the Ben Mar Hills extension of the Glendale-Burbank line Mystery Ranch 1934 Tom Tyler and Roberta Gale SP cab-forward pulling passenger train Narrow Margin, The 1952 Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor view of passenger train and SP 4-8-2 #4412 coming out of a tunnel Nevada Smith 1966 Steve McQueen Laws Museum Newton Boys, The 1998 Matthew McConaughey, , and Skeet Ulrich 2-8-2 #786 Night Freight 1955 Forrest Tucker and Barbara Britton listed in original article; filmed on Modesto and Empire Traction (not an Espee line) 1948 Roy Rogers and 4-6-2 #2445 North by Northwest 1959 and Eva Marie Saint F7's pulling Daylight Nothing Sacred 1937 Carole Lombard and Frederic March Minute 8:45; small steam locomotive next to depot at Palms, CA Now or Never 1921 Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis inside and on top of SP passenger train, probably Chatsworth tunnel #28 O.S.S. 1946 Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald view of passenger train 1939 Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr. billboard, "Next Time Take the Train" Of Mice and Men 1992 Gary Sinise and John Malkovich a wooden box car with the SP Circle and Bar logo on a freight train Off the Record 1939 Pat O'Brien and SP local train Oh Susanna 1936 Gene Autry Several SP passenger train, close-up of chair car, and depot at Saugus, CA Oil for the Lamps of China 1935 Pat O'Brien X SPNG ! 1955 Gordan McRae and Shirley Jones Patagonia branch and depot at Elgin, AZ Old Gray Hoss! 1928 Our Gang depot at Palms, CA One Foot in Heaven 1941 Frederic March steam locomotive 2447, open-end observation car, and two more SP trains One More Chance 1931 depot at Glendale, CA Other Men's Women 1931 Grant Withers, Mary Astor, and James Cagney views of SP and SDAE equipment, and downtown Los Angeles Out West with the Peppers 1940 Edith Fellows, Dorothy Anne Seese, Dorothy Peterson SP heaveyweight passenger train and depot at Chatsworth, CA Outsider, The 1961 Tony Curtis SP station scenes, probably in Arizona Overland Stage Raiders 1938 The Three Mesquiteers: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune 2-6-0 #1828 Padre Contra Hijo 1955 foreign film from Mexico view of SDAE #103 Pal Joey 1957 Rita Hayworth and Frank Sinatra views of Oakland Ferries and Oakland Mole, 4-8-4 #4433 Paradise Express 1937 Grant Withers, , and Arthur Hoyt Filmed on the Santa Paula Branch Pardners 1956 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 2-6-0 #1629 Pardon My Gun 1930 Tom Keene, Sally Starr, and Mona Ray Lone Pine Depot, 2500-class locomotive, baggage car and coach car Paris, Texas 1984 Harry Dean Stanton view of container train Pearl Harbor 2001 Ben Affleck and Josh Harnett filmed on former route of SD&AE at Campo, CA; Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Pee Wee's Big Adventure 1985 Paul Ruebens and Elizabeth Daily Alco S-unit Perils of Pauline, The 1947 Betty Hutton steam locomotive SP 2500, T&NO and SP boxcars Phantom Express, The 1932 William Collier, Jr. and Sally Blane views of the SP boardroom at Los Angeles Central Station at 5th and Alameda, the SP Alhambra Roundhouse, Burbank Tower, and more Pickup 1951 Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, and Alan Nixon Primary movie location is Lang station. Opening scene SP caboose. Several scenes with short tunnel and bridge. End of movie, F-units on 1-803 freight train Pigskin Palooka, The 1937 Little Rascals 4-6-2 #2451 Pilgrim, The 1923 Scenes at Saugus depot Play Girl 1941 Kay Francis, Margaret Hamilton 2800-class steam locomotive and freight train Plunder Road 1957 Gene Raymond, , Wayne Morris, and Elisha Cook Jr SP #5408 diesel locomotive Portrait in Black 1960 Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn their car stops at a grade crossing for a train to pass Powderkeg 1971 Rod Taylor, Fernando Lamas, movie is about a hijacked passenger train; SP steam locomotive and SP passenger cars at Old Tucson Studios Racket, The 1951 2400-series steam locomotive and a caboose Rails into Laramie 1954 John Payne and Dan Duryea filmed along the SP Lone Pine Branch east of Mojave; locomotives and cars may be SP as well under the Hollywood paint Rainbow's End 1935 Hoot Gibson SP gondola car 44768; SP freight train arriving at Chatsworth; portion of Chatsworth depot Rainmakers, The 1935 Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, and Dorothy Lee views of Carriso Gorge Rancho Grande 1940 Gene Autry ? Red River 1948 John Wayne and Montgomery Clift depot at Elgin, AZ 1939 William Boyd and George "Gabby" Hayes X SPNG? Return of Casey Jones, The 1933 Charles Starrett and Ruth Hall SP 2419 steam locomotive, views of turntable and freight cars at Taylor Yard Return of Dracula, The 1958 Francis Lederer and Norma Eberhardt Palms depot Return of Draw Egan, The 1916 William S. Hart and Louise Glaum 4-4-2 #3031 Ride'em Cowboy 1942 Bud Abbot and Lou Costello 4-6-2 #2442 Roarin' Guns 1936 Tim McCoy Chatsworth, CA Roaring Twenties, The 1939 James Cagney 4/6/02 Robin Hood of Texas 1947 Gene Autry ? Rough Riders Roundup 1939 Roy Rogers and Mary Hart Probably Chatsworth depot at night; several stock images of SP trains Route 66 1960-1964 Martin Milner and George Maharis Across Walnut and Wine: entire episode filmed in Oregon City, OR; brief image of depot in background Run, Angel, Run 1969 William Smith and Valarie Starrett Diesel switchers, EMD SW and an Alco Saga of Death Valley 1939 Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes X SPNG 4-6-0 #9 San Quentin 1937 Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart SP 5024 and freight train; SP stock car Sand 1920 William S. Hart and Mary Thurman X Steam locomotive with whale back tender, possible SPNG Scarecrow 1920 Buster Keaton SP wood boxcar; H&TC wood boxcar Second Hundred Years, The 1967 Monte Markham depot at Glendale, CA Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotton NWP #140 and #142 at Santa Rosa Shadow of a Doubt 1991 Mark Harmon E9A #6051 at Petaluma Shanghai Express 1932 Marlene Dietrich 4-8-2 pulls a passenger train Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton views of steam locomotives and Chatsworth station Showdown 1963 Action on the SP Jawbone Branch - removing prisoner collars Showdown, The 1940 Hopalong Cassidy "movie train" of steam locomotive and old cars at Chatsworth, CA; actual equipment in the background Silk Express, The 1933 Neil Hamilton and Sheila Terry SP 0-6-0 #1079 and SP 4-6-2 #2423

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Movie or Television Series / Show Year Major Stars SPNG Southern Pacific Moment Singing in the Rain 1952 Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds P.E. Birney car Sinister Journey 1948 William Boyd and Andy Clyde X much of the movie is at Keeler, CA; many views of locomotive SPNG #8, other equipment and the depot Sleeper, The 1912 Richard Wangermann filmed along the SP in Arizona Slim Carter 1957 Jock Mahoney and Julie Adams streamlined Sunset Limited Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields, and The beginning of the movie shows the truck driving through the countryside when it comes across a train at a grade crossing and slams on its brakes. The scene was obviously shot in California, as the cars that go by are SP beet gondolas So's Your Aunt Emma! 1942 Zazu Pitts Brief shot of SP passenger train along coast, about minute 4 Song of Arizona 1946 Roy Rogers SP box car and Chatsworth depot as "Lodestone Arizona" Spacemaster X-7 1958 Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis, Paul Frees Interior of LAUPT, passenger cars and train yard at former Los Angeles Shops Speak Easily 1932 Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante Chatsworth depot, steam locomotive, heavyweight passenger car SP 1371 Special Agent 1949 William Eythe SP #1822, 2-6-0 M-9 class steam locomotive, Chatsworth depot, Chatsworth tunnel Speed Zone 1989 Peter Boyle, John Candy and Donna Dixon GP35 #3308? Spy Train 1943 Richard Travis and Catherine Craig Opening scene at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal Squaw Man 1914 Dustin Farnum passenger train State Trooper 1956-1959 The Cash Out: E7 at high speed and E9 on Sunset Limited #1 State Trooper 1956-1959 Rod Cameron Cinder Junction: opening scene has view of SP steam locomotive X2361 and SP steel box car Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Buster Keaton filmed on SP Walut Grove Branch, depot and early beet rack cars Steel Ribbon 1952 Gene Autry X steam locomotive SPNG 9 with freight train Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The 1946 Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, and Kirk Douglas views of 4-8-8-2's 1943 Richard Arlen and Wendy Barrie Exterior of PE 2nd Street tunnel in Los Angeles, automobile drives through PE Subway tunnel and rams PE streetcar Sudden Fear 1952 Joan Crawford and Jack Palance views of GS class steam locomotive Suddenly 1954 Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden F-unit with a few Daylight cars at Saugus Sullivan's Travels 1941 Joel McCrae and LAUPT, Santa Paula branch, Chatsworth, and 2-8-0 #2851 Sun Valley Serenade 1941 Sonje Henie view of heavyweight passenger train 1950 Gene Autry steam locomotives #2476 and #1503; stock cars, and PFE cars Susan Slade 1961 Connie Stevens GP diesel locomotive in black widow paint scheme at Monterey depot plus other scenes Take the High Ground 1953 Richard Widmark and Karl Malden steam locomotive #3271 and several passenger coaches Tattered Dress, The 1957 Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, and Jack Carson Minute 4-10; Alhambra depot, SP trains including F-units in black widow paint scheme, and Glendale depot Teddy at the Throttle 1917 Gloria Swanson and Wallace Berry passenger train and PE trestle over the future Fletcher Drive Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here 1969 Robert Blake Blake riding in a 40' steel boxcar with a yellow stripe across the door Texas Buddies 1932 Bob Steele depot and passenger train The Iron Horse 1924 George O'Brien building the transcontinental line They Call it Sin 1932 Loretta Young passenger train They Live 1988 Roddy Piper view of diesel freight train Thin Man, The 1934 William Powell and Myrna Loy filmed on sound stage, trains are not SP This Earth is Mine 1959 Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons, and Claude Rains 2-6-0 #1744 filmed on the Napa Valley Branch This Gun For Hire 1942 Alan Ladd and VeronicaLake views of Cornfield Yard in Los Angeles This Land is Mine 1943 and Maureen O'Hara SP automobile boxcar Thrill Hunter 1933 Buck Jones double-headed steam locomotive freight train in Santa Susana Pass; steam locomotive #2326; Chatsworth depot as "Hewitt"; small passenger train Tough Guys 1986 Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas 4-8-4 #4449 pulls a Daylight passenger train Trail Beyond , The 1934 John Wayne ? Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1936 Henry Fonda, , and Fred MacMurray 4-6-2 #2423 Trains Gone Wild 2 1924 Our Gang comedy Pacific Electric wooden boxcars Twilight Zone, The 1959-1964 Inger Stevens Episode 16 - The Hitchhiker: SP 6001 E7 diesel locomotive and passenger train at Chatsworth Two Tars 1928 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 1600 class 2-6-0 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995 Steven Seagal and Eric Bogosian SP diesels pull a passenger train over the DRGW Moffat Route Undercover Man, The 1949 Glenn Ford and Nina Foch SP GS-4 locomotives in full streamlined trim, an opening scene with a fully streamlined Daylight consist, and in a closing scene with a string of Harriman passenger equipment. Also possibly SP 4-6-2 #2417 or 2467 Union Depot 1932 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Blondell Los Angeles Central Station Union Station 1950 and Nancy Olsen LAUPT, 4-8-2 #4337 pulls a passenger train Unsuspected, The 1947 Joan Caufield, Claude Rains, Constance Bennett SP 4444, GS-4 steam locomotive, coming out of tunnel Used Cars 1980 Kurt Russell number of views of G-100 copper concentrate cars Utah Trail, The 1938 Tex Ritter and Horace Murphy SP Chatsworth depot, area around Santa Susana Pass, and steam locomotive #1739 Vertigo 1958 James Stewart and Kim Novak sign on top of 65 Market Street in San Francisco, "The Friendly" Violent Saturday 1955 Victor Mature, , Ernest Borgnine diesel in Daylight scheme pulls a passenger train; filmed near Bisbee, AZ Walk Softly, Stranger 1950 Joseph Cotton 4-8-8-2 pulling a freight train Walking Dead, The 1936 Boris Karloff SP steam locomotive involved in grade crossing accident We've Never Been Licked 1943 William Frawley and Noah Berry, Jr. view of TNO Hustler passenger train Wee Willie Winkie 1937 Shirley Temple 4-8-4 pulling a passenger train West-Bound Limited, The 1923 John Harron and Ella Hall SP trains used in film, locations at Pacoima and Santa Susana Western Jamboree 1938 Gene Autry ? What Love Sees 1996 Richard Thomas and Annabeth Gish 4-6-0 #2353 at Campo What the Doctor Ordered 1912 Mabel Normand Mount Lowe Incline and the Alpine Tavern on the Pacific Electric Railway When the Clouds Roll By 1919 Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. He climbs on to the awning at Los Angeles Central Station While the City Sleeps 1956 Dana Andrews PE Subway and Hollywood cars substitute for New York City subway Whispering Smith Speaks 1935 George O'Brien Santa Paula branch, Saugus, AC-5, P-1, and more White Christmas 1954 Bing Crosby F-units on passenger train on Redlands branch White Heat 1949 James Cagney and Virginia Mayo 4-6-2 #2440 at Hasson White Lightening 1973 Burt Reynolds Cotton Belt EMD SW 1500 pulling freight on street trackage 1941 William Boyd and Andy Clyde X views of SPNG Wild Boys of the Road 1933 and Dorothy Coonan 2-10-2 #3745 Wild Seed 1965 Michael Parks and Celia Milius SP boxcars, SP F-units in black widow paint scheme, views of Bullring Yard in Los Angeles Wings 1927 Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen end of film, homecoming at train station, depot at Glendale, CA Winners of the West 1940 Dick Foran views of trains Without Reservations 1946 Claudette Cobert and John Wayne Steam locomotive SP 2417 filmed at Chatsworth, CA: station of "La Junta, Colorado" was a matte painting imposed over the SP depot Without Warning 1952 Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Edward Binns, Harlan Warde Set in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Produce Terminal and other sites Wolves of the Rails 1918 William S. Hart ? World Gone Mad, The 1933 Pat O'Brien and Evelyn Brent stock footage of SP steam locomotive near 1:05:00 World of Comedy 1962 Harold Lloyd compilation of his funniest moments You're Never Too Young 1955 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis view of GS class 4-8-4 Rides Again 1937 John Carroll and Helen Christian steam locomotive 2418 and PFE cars

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