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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Western Railroad Portrayal
I have seen the film only once, so I may have missed something, but at first glance the railroad scenes look good. The locomotive used in the film is a "Mogul" type, with wheel arrangement 2-6-0. This type was produced from 1864-1910, so it's a realistic choice for the period of the story, 1884, and Moguls were used by the Southern Pacific Railway. The train appears to be mixed passenger and freight, not uncommon in the American West at that time. The train has a wooden "caboose" on the end, which were in use on SP freight trains after 1875. And yes, the SP line did, and still does, run to Yuma, though now SP is part of Union Pacific. The terrain in the film does not resemble Bisbee, Arizona, which is rather hilly, but could pass for Douglas, Arizona. Further scrutiny of the film could reveal other technical problems, but at first glance, it's a good representation of an 1884 train.
The Seven-Ups (1973)
More Buddy Russo
Very much a spin off from the highly acclaimed film "The French Connection," which Roy Scheider had done a few years earlier, but "The Seven Ups" falls short of the same level of intensity. Even some of the same background music is reused. But Scheider is more wooden and unappealing in this film. Thankfully the film explores new areas of New York in its scenes. Bill Hickman is great once again in his stunt driving, this time along 10th Avenue and one of the parkways. Richard Lynch is his suitably scary accomplice, Moon, who gets his justice in the end. Tony LoBianco returns from the French Connection, this time as Roy's longtime friend, who pretends to be an informer for the police, but is actually working against the police. Police procedures in the film are once again highly questionable at best, and more often illegal, but the results are all that matter, apparently. Women are mostly missing in this film.