Silver Streak (1934)

Another train movie! This flick is loosely based on the record-setting "dawn-to-dusk" run of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. Lots of train action -- designing trains, building trains, testing trains, racing trains, trying not to crash super-experimental diesel train on cross-country speed trip to bring iron lungs to polio patients -- and not much acting ... Worked for me! During the cross-country speed run, a sceptical steam-engine conductor uttered a great line: "This aint railroading! It's insanity!"