![]() ![]() The porter tugs on the curtains to let Uncle Charlie know his stop is coming up. Feigning illness, Uncle Charlie is cowering in there hiding from prying eyes. A porter comes down the aisle of the Pullman with just one section made up for night. Whistling for all it’s worth, NWP #140 is passing what looks like some sort of loading platform (an icing dock, perhaps?). ![]() A sister NWP 4-6-0 #112 survives and is preserved at the California State Railroad Museum…the only NWP steamer remaining.Ī little boy is mesmerized by the smoke, steam and churning drivers as NWP #142 arrives in Santa Rosa with Uncle Charlie aboard.Ībout 16 minutes into the movie is our first train scene. The coming and going of Uncle Charlie (Cotten) happens at the Santa Rosa train depot which is still in existence as a visitor’s center.ĭuring filming, NWP was a subsidiary of Southern Pacific Railroad and we are treated to 3 different locomotives: #140, an Alco-built 4-6-0 (seen above), #142 a Baldwin-built 4-6-0 (seen below) and #2708, a Baldwin-built 2-8-0. It’s not particularly obscure, but I already had a DVD lying around…Īnyways, the two train scenes in this picture feature steam engines and old heavyweight passenger equipment. ![]() Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten star alongside the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) in this Hitchcock classic. ![]()
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