Here's a photo I took on August 24, 1976, FORTY-SIX YEARS AGO, when I made a one-week trip to British Columbia and Alberta. Here's a Canadian National business car in Edmonton. It's located at the do
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Buster Keaton did some cool train stuff in "The General" and some cool steamship stuff in "The Navigator" IIRC there are some nice shots of mansions in Pacific Hts. in the latter.
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Given my handle and one major hobby of mine, I suggest folks watch "The Railrodder". It was one of Keaton's final film roles. If you have Netflix, they do have it from time to time and I suggest ren
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http://trainwatchersjournal.blogspot.com/2015/11/soviet-railway-dramas.html
The first film features some Buster Keaton like moves as seen below.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-okN30Eo5jyM/Vk
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Thanks Kevin. There is also a film on the making of The Railrodder, which includes a great scene of Keaton "using" his muscles to start and stop a locomotive making a switch move.
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And for those who havent seen it...
(link) "The Railrodder" (1965)
A little goofy, but some fantastic scenery and speeder shots.
-Kevin
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Great Buster Keaton flick! As a teacher, my father was able to check out movies from various libraries and he brought this one home once and I watched it with him. One of my best memories of him!
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I was doing some research on another project and came across this gem. Buster Keaton steals a CN motor car and crosses Canada. Filmed in 1965, one year before his death. (watch full screen with sou
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I remember watching this one at home. My father was a teacher at Monrovia High School for 25 years and would check out 16MM films from various libraries for use in the classroom. Not sure why he got
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This one's probably been posted here before, but here's Buster Keaton's hilarious ride on a Fairmont speeder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiqqxyZeDXo
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Good film! Also at that site is the wonderful 1965 classic, "The Railrodder," a gem starring Buster Keaton in what must have been one of the last roles of his life. He died in 1966, at the age of 70
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