Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

A self-narrated portrait of a Polish immigrant in Winnipeg whose unglamorous job keeping streetcar switches working reveals dignity, resilience, and pride in everyday labor.

Miles Along the Railway

Train conductor Sun-gyu, his wife Chŏng-hŭi and their family and his coworkers in post-WWII North Korea are determined to succeed in the new Communist society and work hard for the Party.

Once upon a Railway...

The children of Somsabátony decide to build the country's first children's railway as they very much would like to make their birth-place famous.

Railway Station

It's just a paranoid fantasy, but the dog was as accurate as a clock. By five she was already sitting and watching the money pouring out of the cash register like fleas.

Swiss Railway Panorama

Released in 1901

The Arlberg Railway

1906, produced by Charles Urban, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Guards on the Railway Line

On The Railway

Having been arrested by the American forces, a Korean engineer tries to save a North-Korean engine from the possession of the enemy by pretending he is working for them.

Railway Roundabout 1958

First volume of highlights from the 1950s and 1960s television series about the vanishing train lines. Here you have a chance to see the Bristol line as it looked during 1958.

A Switchback Railway

The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back down on a paral

Railway Roundabout 1959

Another volume of highlights from the 1950s and 1960s television series about the vanishing train lines. Here you have a chance to relive some of the great train journeys in this nostalgic trip which looks at the closing

The Great Indian Railway

A puffing steam train climbs into the Himalaya, a rolling rumble echoes over the holy waters of the Ganges, an astonishing five million commuters rush daily through the Bombay Victoria Terminus - join National Geographic

A Railway Tragedy

A thief notices a large amount of money in a woman's purse. When she dozes off on the train, he snatches the cash. Discovering her purse empty, the woman confronts the pickpocket and his simple robbery escalates into a c

Welsh Highland Railway

The Welsh Highland narrow gauge steam railway runs from coast to coast through the mountains of the Snowdonia National Park, and what better way of seeing it than from one of the Beyer Garratt steam engines. This is more

Railway Roundabout 1961

Another volume of highlights from the 1950s and 1960s television series about the vanishing train lines. Includes a journey from Bath to Evercreech Junction; the last train from Bala to Ffestiniog; the Lancashire and Yor

Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway

The scene of the overhead crossing of the Pennsylvania and Jersey Central railroads at Elizabeth, N.J. While a Pennsylvania train is passing over the arch, the Philadelphia Express on the Central Railroad comes dashing u

The Uintah Railway

The Uintah Railway was a 75 mile railroad that operated from 1904 to 1939. It ran in northwestern Colorado from Mack, Colorado to Watson, Utah. Featuring the original film footage of the new 3 foot narrow gague articul

Grand Canyon Railway

The Grand Canyon Railway is a tourist railroad in northern Arizona. This film follows the daily Williams Flyer excursion to the canyon.

Classic Railway Newsreels

Classic Railway Newsreels Steam & Modern, with John Huntley Part 1 and Part 2 on one DVD, a truly wonderful record of the day captured by Movietone. Classic Railway Newsreels Steam & Modern, with John Huntley Par

Wexford Railway Station

A beautiful shot of a locomotive billowing smoke begins this very evocative film. As the train pulls in to the terminus the camera is positioned behind the ticket barrier to record smartly-dressed passengers disembarking