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Nostalgia & History > "Cat Ballou" train scenes questionsDate: 03/26/17 06:52 "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: Copy19 Where were the train scenes filmed for the movie "Cat Ballou"? Looks like Colorado. What river beside train? The engine looks like a "Great Western" -that also was in "Breakheart Pass".
JBOmaha Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/17 06:54 by Copy19. Date: 03/26/17 07:02 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: RailRat How about the Disney movie I saw as a kid, I cant seem to find aywhere called "Chartrouse Caboose"??..But I also Remember Cat Ballou too!
Jim Baker Riverside, CA Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/17 07:06 by RailRat. Date: 03/26/17 07:56 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: elueck It is indeed Great Western 75 that was in Breakheart Pass. If my recollection is correct, they filmed it above the Royal Gorge on the D&RGW Tennessee Pass Line, proabably around the Texas Creek area, with the river being the Arkansas.
Date: 03/26/17 08:21 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: Txhighballer elueck Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It is indeed Great Western 75 that was in > Breakheart Pass. If my recollection is correct, > they filmed it above the Royal Gorge on the D&RGW > Tennessee Pass Line, proabably around the Texas > Creek area, with the river being the Arkansas. It was actually GW 51, not 75, although they are very similiar in looks. You are correct in saying GW 75 was in Breakheart Pass. In Cat Ballou you can actually see "51" on the cab side. Date: 03/26/17 08:32 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: The_Chief_Way Cat Ballou- DRGW along the Arkansas River
Breakhart Pass - Camas Prairie in Idaho just to clarify Date: 03/26/17 09:37 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: rfd275 The scenes were filmed on the Rio Grande Railroad Royal Gorge Route at Texas Creek, Colorado.
Date: 03/26/17 09:43 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: TonyJ RailRat Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > How about the Disney movie I saw as a kid, I cant > seem to find aywhere called "Chartrouse > Caboose"??..But I also Remember Cat Ballou too! It was filmed on SP's Wendling (Marcola) Branch. The scene with the Espee 70-tonner crossing the bridge involved a conductor friend of mine. That bridge still stands today, although that part of the branch was pulled a couple of desades go. Date: 03/26/17 09:46 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: Copy19 Ok, thanks. I thought the cars looked familiar as well.
So here's another question: In the 1942 black & white movie "The Spoilers" with John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott there is a scene where Wayne crashes what appears to be be a narrow gauge steam engine through a wood barrier. The track looks temporary as if it was set up on a backlot for the scene. I think the engine had a diamond stack. Not bad looking for a movie locomotive. Any info on the train? JBOmaha Date: 03/26/17 12:48 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: WoodwardEJ Per Larry Jensen's book The Movie Railroads, the 1942 version of The Spoilers was shot in the Universal Studios back lot, as well as in Tujunga Canyon, where the studio laid a special stretch of track and built an Alaska mining camp set. Locomotive was Nevada County Narrow Gauge #5, lettered "Nome Mining Company". #5 was also used in the 1956 remake of The Spoilers.
Date: 03/26/17 13:47 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: agentatascadero Might just be me, but among the things I like about railroad movies are "bedroom" scenes, typically shown in an open section. So, the romp scene in Cat Ballou is a favorite, as is the scene in Some Like It Hot, comedic, but very cool. Then there is perhaps my favorite romantic scene on a train in North by Northwest.
If any of the membership has never met a girl aboard a train........well, words don't really describe what you're missing. AA Stanford White Carmel Valley, CA Date: 03/26/17 15:44 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: johnw RailRat Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > How about the Disney movie I saw as a kid, I cant > seem to find aywhere called "Chartrouse > Caboose"??..But I also Remember Cat Ballou too! There's a good reason why you can't find "Chartroose Caboose"! According to IMDB (Internet Movie DataBase) the color negative was lost in a vault fire and only a black and white print exists in the hands of a private collector. It shows available on YouTube (and in 4K & HD too!) but that appears to be a scam, inviting you on go to an external website...and probably get your computer infected by malware instead! I remember seeing it in an Army post movie theater in Korea when it first came out in 1960. It's not really a Disney film but an independent production picked by by Universal for distribution.  Date: 03/26/17 16:32 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: Lackawanna484 For "The Spoilers" credits incude "the Yukon" and "Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest" and the Universal lot
Date: 03/27/17 06:37 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: twin_star_rocket A photo of GW 51 in Cat Ballou paint is here: http://www.westernrailimages.com/keyword/Steam/i-4L7dkjc/A
The passenger car is here: https://photos.smugmug.com/CS-Colorado-Southern-Railway/Colorado-Southern-Railway/i-smc3DQc/0/L/C%26S%20426%20-%20Sep%2024%201964%20-%20Cat%20Ballou%20movie%20car%20-%20Denver%20COLO-L.jpg Brian Ehni Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/17 06:38 by twin_star_rocket. Date: 03/27/17 21:22 Re: "Cat Ballou" train scenes questions Author: gobbl3gook I came across this, it has a few more anecdotes.
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