The Rairodder, 1965, w. Buster Keaton

[Fritz]

A true piece of whymsical art:   http://www.nfb.ca/film/railrodder
Only saw it yesterday for the first time in my life.

We should elect Buster Keaton for Chairman of A W NUTS

Have Fun

Juergen / Fritz

[dmaynard]

That is one well stocked speeder I must say. And how do I get that kind of mileage from a gasoline (petrol) engine?

[crackingjob]

JUST SUPERB

Crackingjob

[Rowan]

Great movie... having just returned from a trip across Canada, I can certainly relate to the part where,.... just as you get ready to take a picture... you  enter a tunnel, or a great stand of trees appears..... or some of those unsightly disused telegraph wires show up........
 

[bkbates]

Brilliant!

[Ferd]

Love the film, even for a canadian production 

Great movie... having just returned from a trip across Canada,

  and you didn't call 

[Rowan]

Ferd, Sorry bout that...so much training to do...
The Whistler Train, the Rocky Mountaineer, the Via Canada across to Toronto, The Toronto Roundhouse.....

 

[G-man]

Great film.

Just as a point of interest hat ride started outside of Dartmouth Nova Scotia at a place called Lawrencetown beach.

This was a little used branch which went to a place called Upper Musquodoboit.  In short, it went nowhere.   This line lingered on until the 80's when it was finally torn up. I travelled down the line following it by car taking pictures of the salient points, (Bridges, route along the beach, trestles, etc.) before it was torn up.

A further history of the line and some info on the Musquodoboit Railway Museum can be found at the follwing sites.

www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/MusquodoboitRailway.html

www.novascotiarailwayheritage.com/musquodoboit.htm

www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/Museums/NovaScotia.html

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPpjQ395gkQ&feature=related

Also, watch this video of "The Memory Lane Museum in Middleton". Think you will find quite inspiring.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6yV_3ISdRA&NR=1