The Lone Ranger - Riding The Rails Of The Lone Ranger - Behind the Scenes

For the production of the movie, director Gore Verbinski had a five mile oval track built along with multiple engines and cars. See the incredible effort that went into crafting such a detailed and important part of The Lone Ranger.
Johnny Depp (The Rum Diary) plays Tonto to Armie Hammer's (J. Edgar) legendary law man in the 2013 movie The Lone Ranger.
The action adventure film brings Depp back together with the team behind at least three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies: director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and writers Terry Elliott and Ted Rossio. New to the party is co-writer Justin Haythe (Snitch).
In The Lone Ranger, Depp's Tonto recounts the tales that transformed Hammer's John Reid from law man to masked vigilante, seeking vengeance after justice failed them.
Also starring are Tom Wilkinson (The Conspirator), Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech) and Barry Pepper (True Grit).

[@ScottishWoman24]

I don't understand why this movie didn't get more love in the theaters. I love this movie.

[@alexbridenbaker9261]

Because it was very different from the trailer. The trailers all showed it as a purely action movie instead of the action comedy it is

[@ArthurRex131]

Also everybody was too busy bitching about Johnny Depp's portrayal of Tonto supposedly being racist.@@alexbridenbaker9261

[@David-nl1zt]

Highly impressive, all the props that were used to make this. I don't care what critics say, I loved this movie!

[@Cothteh]

Me too!

[@potatosoupgirl]

I'm 14 now. When I was 6, I begged my father that I could watch the movie, but he said it was too violent. I watched it 11 days ago exactly. I literally waited HALF my life time to watch this movie, and that chase was worth the 8 year wait. The movie was fucking awesome.

[@brianwilliams9706]

The sad thing is that when I saw this film I presumed that maybe 95% of the stunts were CGI and that the trains were merely scale models -- how sad it is to find this out so long after the films were made.

[@-Cheif]

When the stunts are so good you think it cannot be real

[@DeathBringer769]

Jerry Bruckheimer productions practically always kick ass.

[@Nisamvl]

This is one of the best western movie i watched ,i dont know why the movie flopped.

[@Cothteh]

I agree

[@MrRay168]

Mainly the critics, who said it's too long and too slow (even though all western classics are like this) and the controversy around the native American thing which always come as a package whenever you touch on that dark part of American history. So in simple term: the press. Mega budget films are so safe nowadays.

[@Nisamvl]

@@MrRay168 👍

[@AGENT702]

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER PRODUCER

[@AGENT702]

STEVEN SPIELBERG DIRECTOR

[@aidanriddle6768]

This movie is so underrated I really did enjoy it and now knowing these trains they actually built is even better I’ve always loved trains so seeing this was like wow I want to ride one

[@paulsoderquist4788]

I just saw this for the first time recently. One of the most exciting and adventurous films I've ever seen. I honestly don't agree with the harsh criticism it got.

[@MrRay168]

If the good the the bad and the ugly or Lawrence of Arabia get released in this day and age they will get bombed in the box office all the same

[@Cothteh]

I love this movie. I don't understand why it got bad reviews. Parts are very accurate and depressing and shows the truth of the genocide of the Native Americans and the greed and history of early America. A sad history indeed...God will judge those murdering cowards...

[@AGENT702]

ROBERT ZEMECKIS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

[@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl]

Americanese hate when some film shows their genocide

[@marciahessmoncayo5569]

Esses críticos se prendem à detalhes inexplicáveis! Não consigo compreender a linha de critérios que eles seguem. Mandem eles fazerem um filme desses...se colocarem no lugar de cada um que deu um pouco do seu suor para a execução de uma produção dessas! Lamentável...lamenrável. Abraços ...do Brasil!💚🍀

[@potatosoupgirl]

No wonder why the film had a 200 million dollar budget. They had to build 3 trains (from scratch) 4 miles of track (from scratch) and it starred Johnny fucking Depp. None the less, the film was great. I watched it 11 days ago, and I've watched that chase scene so many god damn times. This movie is drastically underrated.

[@mikeyburns4200]

Tell me about it. It’s my favorite Western movie ever.

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

The fact that they put this much effort into making the film, down to building the track AND building functioning steam engines based on real engines from that post civil war era, honestly makes the bashing this movie got irrelevant. This movie and all the effort and practical effects that went into it are borderline BEAUTIFUL.

[@isaacnewton210]

This movie is my new favourite!! When I was watching it I thought that they just green screened and used CGI for the train scenes, I was not expecting this!!

[@isaacnewton210]

Ibbru Gaming The Loan Ranger

[@brickbybrickproductions3237]

This is a very underrated movie! I really love it and I don't know why others don't.

[@mikeyburns4200]

Tell me about it. It’s my favorite Western movie ever.

[@christophermichael4349]

The Trains were mock ups that had a deisel motor in the second car w/ the wood on one and coal on the other. I was the foreman who built the track for the rio puerco location(5mile oval) I am also in a few scenes swinging hammer. The whole deisel thing didnt work out too well. The man w/ the mustache has some really cool vintage steamers. The making of this movie was one of the coolest experiences. Armie was the coolest.

[@shop99er]

Lucky so-and-so. :)

[@CentralCanada]

Too bad out in the middle of a desert .. maybe some preservation society (if economically viable) could have took it over .... what was the closest city ?

Very powerful ingeniously scored scene. Loved Johnny Deep mastery gestures. Funny!

[@Mortthemoose]

Wow! The movie really did look authentic, and this shows why! Amazing that the actors don't hurt themselves!

[@mr.minebloxdaylighttwinkle442]

Miss Moose well I heard that Johnny depp nearly killed himself when riding his horse he fell off of it and the horse walked on him right in the stomach...thankfully he survived

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

@@mr.minebloxdaylighttwinkle442 there are very dangerous stunts in the movie, no wonder he nearly got killed.

[@RedOnion4175]

People don't like this movie, but I love it. It's comedy, adventure, and action all in one. Seeing the effort behind it just makes me love it more

[@andyried2203]

OMG...u guys created a special train for this movie........great job

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

It quite often gets bagged out as a lame movie, but I loved it... lots of great eye candy and fun.....

[@Hammerandhearth]

For how often Hollywood wants to portray the Golden spike ceremony and the transcontinental railroad, you would think that ONE production would realize that there are EXACT replicas of the trains involved in existence.

[@Jiskpirate]

Well how about no?

[@owenmeschter9888]

Yeah but they aren't made to do film stunts

[@Michael-eg3rs]

you do realize that whole sequence was based on it right? do the math

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Watching this, I now want to see the movie.

[@Cothteh]

It is a great movie!!!

[@danamarvelstar]

7:15-7:24 that has to be a Back to the Future Part III reference. Her dress color almost matches Clara’s

[@Joker96624]

The train crash and train finale alone will always draw me back to this movie, I love 1960s American steam engines

[@therailfanman2078]

These are more 1800's syle engines

[@connormurphy9673]

6:25 This truely is the greatest train chase of all time

[@BMMEC6000]

No it really isn’t

[@connormurphy9673]

@@BMMEC6000 what is then?

[@BMMEC6000]

@@connormurphy9673 The silent film “The General”

[@connormurphy9673]

@@BMMEC6000 not bad kid, not bad

[@chehalisvalleyrailproducti8913]

@@BMMEC6000 I also like the 1960s Disney film called The Great Locomotive Chase. Covers the same events, but way more historically accurate.

[@randommexican1532]

I wish there was a sequel

[@mikeyburns4200]

Well, there was trilogy planned and it would’ve been reality if it wasn’t for those film critics who caused the lack of interest that led to the film’s failure.

[@chehalisvalleyrailproducti8913]

It really is amazing how they built all those train cars plus two whole steam locomotives just for the film. It's just a pity neither locomotive survived, could've been used for future movies.

[@jcthatsgoodavideoandawesom9890]

My favorite movie ever!!

[@kadenrobinson7067]

I'm honestly very impressed that they included the Jupiter because the Jupiter was actually a real locomotive In fact there is actually a Replica of the Jupiter that is actually operating and And it is used for the golden spike reunion for the transcontinental railroad

[@phillipwalling7470]

So, they basically made a giant life sized train set with the traditional oval route? I want one of those.

[@JoseFernandez-cd7ew]

I've seen they still are used in HBO's Westworld

[@thomasflanagan2928]

That’s very cool, actually. I wonder if that track is still there, wherever it is, and those trains giving train rides on that track.

[@chehalisvalleyrailproducti8913]

You and me both. I made plans for one when I was younger, but it was just for fun though.

[@therailfanman2078]

Does anyone know what happened to the engines, tracks, and cars? I think they would be great at a railroad museum

[@brendanhanley6395]

Filming these scenes must’ve been the toughest a funnest scene they’ve ever shot

[@milkvanman104]

Woah that's amazing how they created this! 😃

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

the amount of money the had to spend on building these locomotives and cars must have been insane

[@jaydee3046]

Did anyone mention the engines are powered by hydraulic motors. HBO Westworld series uses them still : scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3015.htm

[@senuskaria9501]

Last word of commitment ....

[@manikantamani8773]

Great hatsoff to all

[@davidfenner1011]

Great to see behind all the work tat is put in to making a railroad look good

[@palji333]

Wow amazing. So much hard work and dedication to make a movie 👏👌👌❤️ Hats off

[@maxbacon4828]

Best train movie since "The General"!.

[@certifiedtrainboy]

Has anybody noticed how in the film, especially during the scenes with the trains (That being the one where #29 crashes at the end of the line, and the final chase scene with the Jupiter & the Constitution.), the lighting/backgrounds change through ever cut? For example, the lighting of the day before #29 crashes, and when it is about to, changes. (Going from Sunset, then either mid-day, or sunrise.) And in the final chase scene, when the trains are racing parallel to each other on the separate tracks, the backgrounds change from a desert-like mountain, to a forest with a load of green trees. And sometimes both sort of put together. (With some tress and foliage on the desert-like mountain.)

[@royalproductions8704]

remember these locomotives helped to built your country my american friends!! it seems the locos were given a role of a antagonist thing

[@TheSaint491]

In a way, the kind of did if you consider the rampant greed that came with the railroad business and the effect it had on the indigenous peoples. Kind of the plot of the movie.

[@ryans413]

High respects for doing it real why it looked so good in the movie

[@P54cause]

Ok, I have not seen this film yet, but looking at this, seeing how they built locomotives and tracks and all the cars from scratch. This is a lot of work. You got to respect that! I know that the film failed at the box office, thats a shame. It would have been interesting to see more of this as a movie series. Also looking at some of the comments, a lot of train people who know the history of the locomotives in that time era. I say give the guys a break on the accurate looks and whatever. Yea they could have maybe gone to some museum or private collection and borrowed a period locomotive from there. But then they would have to worry about damaging or destroying it, same thing with the track, they would most likely have some kind of time constraint on using the track, who knows. Which is why they made everything on their own, so they have control, make sense to me. Sorry the movie failed I like the Lone Ranger character and Tonto, I even like the other movie they made before this one from the 80's or 90's one of them. Anyway guys, try and appreciate this for what it is, kick back, and just have fun watching be entertained.

[@suzanne9637]

I really loved this movie. I used to watch when I was 7 or 8 yrs old just to hear the song and look at his horse...I also watched the whole program (the Lone Ranger was my hero). I don't understand why this movie didn't even pay for making it. I bought it and have watched it multiple times. BTW I'm 72 and he is still my hero...that's after my hubby; he comes first then the movie.

[@Cothteh]

I loved it too---racism????

[@suzanne9637]

@@Cothteh what's with the "racism???"

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

So, 7 or 8 years old in 2013, in 2020/2021 and you’re 72? Impossible.

[@suzanne9637]

@@aussie_trainspotting_videos OH! DOH! There was The Lone Ranger series that first aired on TV in 1949 to 1957 and the reruns after that. I can't believe the younger generation are so lazy that they can't even look up things on the technology we have today. Plus it's my 73rd birthday in March.

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

@@suzanne9637 ohh thx for that, I’m an idiot.

[@pricemoore2022]

This movie is the reason I love trains

[@n.p.murugananthamhari3223]

Very very great movie

[@kit1951]

BREATH TAKING!

[@jerseycentral833]

If they aren't going to use those trains anymore, I'll take one off your hands!

[@boxcarwillies1603]

+TheBlueComet833 Bet it'd cost you a pretty buck for it.

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

@@boxcarwillies1603 it’d cost like, I dunno, AU$10,000? Its a guess

[@jiffymcguy5803]

@@aussie_trainspotting_videos 10,000 is the price of a cheap car maybe around 500,000+ I mean its a real train

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

@@jiffymcguy5803 in Aussie bucks?

[@peterchristensen9585]

That video was SO MUCH FUN! Love stuff like that... how they did it.

[@jacobmutti1528]

The National Railway Museum in York give it the thumbs up especially from Flying Scotsman, Mallard, Green Arrow, Duchess of Hamilton and Stephenson's Rocket themselves.

[@TheSaint491]

Funny that, have thought about reshooting that last train scene with the midland compound as the constitution and a jubilee or duchess as the jupiter.

[@Re-md1lm]

William Fichtner is too handsome to be evil. his ocean eyes...

[@Kfirc2]

They really built the train !!!! : O

[@randommexican1532]

This was favorite movie when I was only four

[@puterboy2]

They could have just shot the train scenes at the Golden Spike museum in Promontory and built rubber replicas of the Jupiter and 119 for the crash scenes.

[@Consolidation1282]

PRLX switcher at 8:53

[@pradeepmurty4996]

Hollywood movies action and vfx and cgi is best in world

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

This is incredible!

[@sharktoof1]

Makes me appreciate this movie more. All the work that went into this is insane. Not an amazing movie, but it was damn entertaining.

[@danielboone3770]

This is amazing! This somewhat reminds of Walt Disney creating his 2 SF&D locomotives! I just got inspired here too!

[@crossbonesproductions892]

Best movie ever. I love it yo. HI HO SILVER AWAY

[@kingofthemonsters3712]

Don't even do that again

[@BMMEC6000]

Wow they’re so proud of they’re good craftsmanship that they didn’t even bother to do any research on the real locomotives and rolling stock of the 19th century!

[@zoescott1305]

INSANE

[@danamarvelstar]

Why did the movie bomb again? I started watching the old series during this virus, and I thank Disney for that. So far my favorite western movie

[@gurjeetjeet4380]

Good film

[@tdtbshorts9811]

When I see this movie I’m probably going to die

[@BabySink2YT]

Keep up the great work!

[@irfanalam3252]

Love the movie and graphics

[@SmallRailroad]

Great Movie

[@ramamaratnam2071]

Ken Bohn

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

@@ramamaratnam2071 yes? What do you want

[@user-ro9wm3ku1w]

Great movie

[@royalproductions8704]

My ancestors helped to build the Portuguese Railways in 1850/1860s in the mid 19th century

[@mikeyburns4200]

Mind blown. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

so cool how they built a real train

[@TrackMaster844]

People wondered why the movie needed a gigantic budget, here's their answer!!! Lol

[@Islander2084]

It would’ve been better if they built the big trestle bridge that is going over the lake, and then explode the bridge, and then showing us the Jupiter going off of the bridge

[@rajneetsingh5681]

So much of hardwork

[@redomkhan5455]

Awesome.

[@marciahessmoncayo5569]

Sensacional!!😱😱 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kenytha5]

7:23 thats the same to back to the future part33

[@milkvanman104]

Ha ha, it does!

[@Haz_wizZYT]

This is more kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

@@Haz_wizZYT this is a Rick roll ^ don’t press unless you like that song

[@thomasmcginley7944]

Is John's train a Rogers 10-wheeler? That's the last train Casey Jones drove!

[@manusingh8743]

Amazing movie ♥️❤️♥️❤️

[@JoseFernandez-cd7ew]

The Jupiter needed more screen time, same as "Casey Jones" class engine. This is the kind of stuff I'm sutdying filming for

[@therailfanman2078]

If by casey jones class you mean his engine, he drove a 4-6-0, the Jupiter is a 4-4-0

[@JoseFernandez-cd7ew]

@@therailfanman2078 I know, that's why I said "same as"

[@logtrainzipftt5549]

5:04 I like that music

[@gquayle]

They should have just borrowed the replica Jupiter and 119 from promontory summit. Along with perhaps seara railroad No 3.

[@liamwright3037]

I love the Jupiter 4-4-0

[@pauls9331]

Nice, very nice.

[@michaelswift2471]

WOW THAT COOL

[@UNIVERSALCHRISTIANMEDIA]

Great job

[@robertlucido3686]

I was telling the guys at Greenfield Village that one of their operating engines, Detroit & Lima Northern #7, looks similar to one of the actual engines that was at the original golden spike ceremony; Union Pacific 119. In my opinion they should've used that engine for the 119 instead of doing the locomotive Constitution.

[@JawTooth]

The tracks are still there and cant be removed until the proper abandonment proceedures are followed. A local quarry is interested in resuming operations but wont place a bid for the track until Amtrak guarantees that they will never try to start a passenger service. In addition, Rails To Trails is aggressively trying to obtain the right of way and is pushing for abandonment.

[@SouthernPacific8984]

The main loop near Albuquerue is no longer there.

[@marktegrotenhuis]

This is awesome! I wonder how big their budget was for creating those trains and tracks.

[@CassWs-useless-opinions]

This is so cool! :)

[@wafiullahtanha4941]

🗽🗼🌎😁🌍🌏

[@eduardotiznado7822]

no.

[@random_idRI]

I like this

[@SLfilmBerlin]

is the first stung guy at 07:06 ok? he kinda missed the target.

[@enderpup9289]

SLfilm (DCP & Editing Services) he should. It's sand

[@fjb4932]

@@enderpup9289 That's the same as saying "He's okay, he hit the water." Water isn't soft either ...

[@Sadiewolf1395]

Wow I had no idea it was this involved ._.

[@PRASHANTyadav-gp9dc]

Great 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@toastysheep7110]

The Locomotives Remind Me Of Looney Tunes when I was a kid: Constitution: Bugs Bunny Cannonball #29:Elmer Fudd Jupiter: Yosemite Sam

[@Michael-eg3rs]

I can't help but wonder what happened to the engines, rolling stock, tracks and scenes they built from scratch for this movie

[@oregonrailfan7046]

the trains got sold to the fillmore and western railroad in fillmore california they got used in many more productions after this the tracks were all ripped up i assume the scenes were too

[@freddyfazbearsgamingymas6722]

@@oregonrailfan7046 so... in the making of the movie the locomotives where radio controlled like in the "Unstoppable" movie or they where actual water-and-coal functioning ones?

[@oregonrailfan7046]

@@freddyfazbearsgamingymas6722 no they very obviously aren’t actual functioning steam engines how could you not tell

[@THEBOLUNEX]

In case you did not understand, I wanted to know if the locomotives had an engine or were simply towed by a locomotive

[@kuhnskuhn4465]

It's weird how they chose to reproduce the Jupiter but not n°119 for the meeting at Promontory Summit... Why only half the historical accuracy? Also, at 9:04 ... It's perpendicular, not parallel! ;) Nice video, now I understand better why they did stuff the way they did!

[@Jimboliah3985]

Wow! Fully functional steam locomotives built specificly for this movie!? Amazing work! Haven't seen the movie itself yet... [reads on wikipedia that it were actually diesels] Dang, I should've known... -_-

[@lawnmowerdude]

Lol you can see the diesel at 8:53 and 10:00.

[@Jimboliah3985]

I mean that the steam locomotives are actually diesel locomotives, disguised as steamers...

[@SouthernPacific8984]

***** The steam locomotives are not powered at all. The trains are pushed by a real diesel from the rear.

[@Jimboliah3985]

Didn't you read the bottom part of my comment? They got a diesel motor in thier tenders...

[@SouthernPacific8984]

***** Explain the EMD SW1500 at 10:32 shoving hard on the rear of the train. They wouldn't be able to fit a prime mover powerful enough to move the whole train in the tender, maybe just to move the locomotive alone. Don't believe everything you read online, especially from wikipedia.

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

Awesome train

[@KurtisHooey]

does anyone think, considering the fact that these 2 engines still exist, that it would be possible to turn these amazing engines into true steam powered locomotives? if you think about it, all of the components are there, you just need a boiler, pistons, etc. the chassis is already made, so is the tender and rolling stock. so i wouldn't see why it isn't possible.

[@bm_m4in215]

start a petition then

[@Qwerty2_6649]

Makes me Wonder where the Trains went..

[@michaelramsey82]

If they built their own trains for the movie, why not build them to be accurate to the era? These look more like steam locomotives from the 1890s and 1900s, rather than the 1860s. Even the Jupiter, which is based on a real 1860s engine, looks like a much newer engine painted to look like Jupiter. Also, the Constitution is based on Illinois Central 382, Casey Jones's engine, which was built in 1898. I just don't understand why they didn't build them to be accurate to the era - it's not like it would have been any more expensive, and the movie would have looked more plausible.