That is a former loco shed at Paris. No platforms, tracks in concrete.

@@MarceloBenoit-trenes Ah, thank you. Very interesting.

I might try that next time I have to get a trian, though the "Danger" music from the Labyrinth levels of Sonic the Hedgehog might be more appropriate for me personally.

I love how triumphant the music sounds, the dramatic flourishes as the engine light comes on and the way the music swells as the train gains speed - I know it's all intentional but it is beautifully crafted. It comes dangerously close to setting the wrong tone for what essentially a story about multiple murderers trying to get away with their crime.

@@goawayleavemealone2880 Well, the 1974 movie focused on the luxury of the train. However, a 2010 episode from the TV series 'Poirot', where the titular Belgian detective is played by David Suchet, focuses on the crime and is much darker in nature.

@@mabel8880 - I very much enjoyed this version and the David Suchet version. Branagh's version is alright, but the departure scene is underwhelming for me... I just think that beautiful trains departing at night is more satisfying.

@@goawayleavemealone2880 I didn't watch Branagh's remake of the 1974 movie, in my opinion, it pales in comparison compared to the 1974 movie. The cast for the 1974 movie was much better than the cast for the 2017 remake. I have, however, seen a few clips from the 2017 movie, one of these clips was the train departing from Istanbul. I would say the soundtrack during the train departure scene in the 2017 movie was ok, it wasn't horrible but not that great either, the soundtrack in the 1974 movie for the same scene was much better. I love the triumphant music in this video.

I'm so glad to hear that, I know that carriages still exist but you never hear anything about the Locomotives because there wasn't one dedicated engine.

Was it actually used on the Orient Express in real life ?

im not sure maybe not but this is probably just one of those cases where they needed an engine to fill a spot.

@@SteamKing2160 just read that the SNCF 241p operated on the Orient Express line that went to Bucharest. But you are probably right. There just isnt enough info to go on.

yea best would be to contact anybody from the people who made this movie who are still alive, since its a mid 1970s movie, but there is a behind the scenes documentary on this film somewheres

There's a bit as the Wagons-Lits crest is passing the camera and you can hear the actual sounds of the train, but it almost sounds like part of the music - I do think that everyone involved in this production cared about the quality of the end product.

A french SNCF 230G

Sorry, but that's nonsense. The train's interiors were filmed at Elstree Studios - anyone who knows about film production will tell you that filming inside the real train would be impossible. The director Sidney Lumet has also confirmed this scene was shot at a train station in Paris - not a storage shed. So I don't know whether you just made that up, or are getting your information from unreliable sources.

​@@bloggaloggsyes, it is nonsense, but that isnt a station, there is no platforms, it is a former locomotive depot.

I said I quoted Trains Magazine which is THE rail news magazine in the US and Canada. Plus a documentary available online.

@@JohnEDoey Unsworth shot the film with Panavision cameras. Interiors were filmed at Elstree Studios. Exterior shooting was mostly done in France in 1973, with a railway workshop near Paris (La Chapelle) standing in for Istanbul station. The scenes of the train proceeding through Central Europe were filmed in the Jura Mountains on the then-recently-closed railway line from Pontarlier to Gilley, with the scenes of the train stuck in snow being filmed in a cutting near Montbenoît.[8] There were concerns about a lack of snow in the weeks preceding the scheduled shooting of the snowbound train, and plans were made to truck in large quantities of snow at considerable expense. However, heavy snowfall the night before the shooting made the extra snow unnecessary-just as well, as the snow-laden backup trucks had themselves become stuck in the snow.[9]

Because of this? 0:59

@@johnsplayworld2402 your right also the music and the look of the locomotive looks like 999

Idk, TSFS escape from space dock was up there too

@@RailsOfTheSouthProductions But filmed in 1984 - this was filmed in 1974

i tears too

@@jamesgale2147and I three.

Not to mention that Sean Connery plays Colonel Arbuthnot in this movie.

@@mabel8880 "twelve men, good and true" .... yes, I think I remember him being in it

They are actual carriages from the Orient Express, so they definitely still exist, the Locomotive is a tougher call... but I certainly hope so.

​@@goawayleavemealone2880the locomotive is preserved. Cars perhaps...

". . . the Titanic entered in service in 1912." And promptly left it.

the music is half the scene!

It has a Strauss sound...

Did you see it in the cinema on the big screen? I saw it the week it premiered 35mm. Accompanied by the music it was glorious! This youtube clip is crap resolution and too dark! He made so many good movies: Failsafe, The Anderson Tapes, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico.

Me too. I think this isn't such a difficult shot as he told in his book. Not very impressive really... I'm dissapointed.

@@adrian_83am - Yes, it's a simple shot... but the problem lay in the fact that regardless of the complexity of the shot they weren't going to get another attempt at it. They didn't have time to reset... it was a literal One and Done, which most film makers wouldn't dare to attempt.

His cinematographer lit it in 6 hours. It’s amazing considering his time limitations as Sidney Lumet states and how vast the space seems. I see like a dozen practicals and what looks like lights that are reflected in a way that you can see columns of dark followed by light followed by dark. The wall to the left side of the screen is also lit. Overall, it’s a pretty dynamic environment specially seen at 0:37 if you ask me.

​@@enriqueconde7528A couple of things : -first, what a mistake to only plan to light and shoot that scene in a less than a day. The production knew that they were going to use that location, and therefore they should have, as they did for the shots, planned the lights by, for instance, designing a light plan from the blueprint of the location. If that could have helped even more, they could have built a scale model to plan everything beforehand, therefore allowing some time to better install all the lighting equipment on set. -second, the environment is not dynamic, but the lighting at 0:37 is just OK so that we get a sense of how deep the hangar is. But that's all. The front of the train, at which the camera zooms, is completely dark, and and then in the end the whole train gets dark. Once again, what could have helped to create depth, would have been to utilize lights to reflect onto that metallic & shiny train. -Also after considering the staging is not good at all. In fact, the only time we believe this is a train hangar is at the very beginning when we, the audience, see several extras moving in the station, but then they get lost in the mist. This scene depicts the start up of a train for a long journey, therefore the environment should act the same way by also starting to move around, but instead the extras get lost, and we do not see other characters moving around. The space becomes cold and stationary.

Trains do not leave from hangars. A roofed-over space over the tracks in a railway station is called the train shed.

@@larryphilby4918 D'accord mon fréro quand tu devras parler une autre langue que ta langue natale et sans faire de fautes tu me feras signe

Thank gawd this became an Oscar nominated hit film because no 1 gives a poop