Train Tracks presents The General

[MrAceman441]

That train crash cost 42 grand that was a-lot of money back then.

[ChelseatheHolmesian]

Poor little train. :(

[zeporahjane1966]

Yup. On location in Cottage Grove and Eugene, Oregon. Reason: narrow gauge track was still very common (and widely in use) in Oregon. He also used Oregon guardsmen as extras. Way cool.

[zeporahjane1966]

If I heard right in Keaton's biography, this was shot in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Anyone know for sure? Off on an info search I go...

[Deputydog1956]

Dam dummies need to be shot, destoying a great steam engine like that !

[l33tstugist]

How and where did you obtain color footage of this? Did you remaster it or did they actually film a color version of it? This is amazing! If you can pot the entire movie in color here...that'd be sweet!

[eurorail]

what's the opposite of color blind? ;) this is sepia. brown and white. i suppose t6hat's a color! ;)~

[pieman97405]

That locomotive is still in the river to this day, so I have read.

[MrTrath]

No, sadly. It was sold for scrap in World War II, as said before.

[1971Copperhead1968]

I have also read that this locomotive still lies in the Row River.

[pieman97405]

Further digging on my end says they took her out and scraped her during the war, but maybe she was just covered with mud, who knows.

[1971Copperhead1968]

Maybe this is true, I have an old book titled; This Was Railroading and it states she is still in the river. You could be right, as the source I quote is rather old.

[pieman97405]

Same book is where I got it, I also have another book that has a photo of a crew all over a locomotive in a river and they said it was her, but the stack was wrong. One of these days I'll go down to cottage Grove and hike the Row River, I'll have to post my findings here.

[Rodents210]

They actually removed it during World War II to use the metal in the war effort. :)

[1971Copperhead1968]

Good, at least it's not rusting away.

[Ham549]

It was expensive because the movie studio baught the whole rail line the crash it's self was pretty cheap (at that time they were old outdated locomotives and crashing them for movies and spectaitors was common unforentely)

[ronthecyborg]

also, where can I find that music?

[eurorail]

you are very kind.... i threw that together in my studio for fun one day to see what it was like to score to buster keaton! glad you liked it! ed

[ronthecyborg]

very nice.

[trainmaster844]

The engine was left there for some time and was scrapped for WWII metal.

[maggietight]

1930 the end of Cinema... from then only remakes. Keaton forever elixir