The Steel Highway

This movie from 1931 includes shots on the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway. In fact, the opening scene shows 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotive #103 leading a string of reefers eastbound through Jacumba, on its way towards the Carrizo Gorge. One of #103's sister engines is SD&AE #104, part of the collection at our Museum in Campo, CA.

#103 leads a string of reefers through Jacumba (12MB)
#103 collides with a caboose on a train led by #104 (15MB)
CAST
Bill  Grant Withers
Lily  Mary Astor
Jack  Regis Toomey
Ed James Cagney
Marie Joan Blondell



This page last updated 9 December 2008