burt lancaster
you know its ironic, in 1969 Burt Lancaster made a really really good film set in France where he was a french railwayman working against the nazis who were trying to steal all of the Paris collection of art. Its good because all the french characters actually drive the steam locomotives and all the crashes are REAL smash ups which were extremely violent and cool. Why can't modern films be so realistic as to do everything for real? (other than kill actors, we don't like snuff movies do we?)
Its funny, because with his added experiance, Lancaster could have been a good source of info for the train stuff, but no.............