![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s visit deepest, darkest Appalachia and watch Southern #2839 star in a pivotal scene of Coal Miner’s Daughter. This station was later moved to Duffield, VA where it exists today in private ownership. Moviemakers even built an authentic depot to represent Van Lear, KY. Railroad filming locations included Pardee, Virginia and Blackey, Kentucky. In addition, Southern provided a series of 3 bay coal hoppers and passenger cars for use in the picture. At the time of filming, the #2839 had been restored to operation and was used in the Southern Railway’s steam locomotive program. I picked up a DVD of this excellent movie, but WAS disappointed in the lack of train screen time in the actual film.įortunately, the Trains article and a little web-searching revealed a bounty of pictures and information on our locomotive d’jour: Canadian Pacific Railway 4-6-4 Class H1c #2839 “Royal Hudson” built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1937. Kalmbach’s Trains Magazine (October 2021, page 28) published an article about the steam locomotive used in 1980’s, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. This movie review was inspired by one of my favorite monthly publications. ![]()
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