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Old 08-22-08 | 05:25 PM
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Best Train Explosions

Countless dirty jokes reside in the title of this post, but I mean true badass train explosions. Whats your favorite?
Old 08-22-08 | 05:34 PM
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I'm sure any train explosions can be and have been covered in the general explosions thread.
Old 08-22-08 | 05:34 PM
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The Fugitive has the best train wreck, though it doesn't explode that much. But they did it for real.

These BEST EVAR list threads are getting a bit tiresome, though. It's just list making, no discussion at all.
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Now we're getting specific, aren't we? You didn't even give us your favorite.

I can think of a lot of films that feature trains, but I'm having a hard time remembering if they exploded or not. I'm just going to say Emperor of the North since it had Lee Marvin and Ernest Bornine in it, on a train.
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Old 08-22-08 | 06:26 PM
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I'm just going to say Emperor of the North since it had Lee Marvin and Ernest Bornine in it, on a train.
Let's just turn this into a thread about favorite films involving trains, explosions be damned: The Narrow Margin (1952), Strangers on a Train, The Lady Vanishes, La Bete Humaine, The Station Agent, Once Upon a Time in the West, Some Like it Hot, Night Mail and Brief Encounter are my picks.
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I would add Brokern Arrow.
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The Fugitive.
Old 08-22-08 | 08:57 PM
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John Frankenheimer's "The Train"

They wrecked real steam engines and rolling stock.
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Under Siege 2 had a nice head on collision between two trains.
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Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

"You use enough dynamite there Butch?"

"Open up Woodcock. We don't want to blow you up again"
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The scene that made little Stevie Spielberg want to become a film director.
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Countless dirty jokes reside in the title of this post
why?
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Duck You, Sucker. Though it looks like a miniature...anyone got details on that
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The train wreck in the Fugitive is legendary, but the wreck in Wanted was pretty damn impressive as well.
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