The Union Pacific Overland Flyer.

Name: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Released: 1969

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid · D&RGW K-28 Class (narrow-gauge 2-8-2)

Year1969

CertificatePG

Runtime1h 50

Screen trainThe Union Pacific Overland Flyer

Real stockD&RGW K-28 Class (narrow-gauge 2-8-2)

The scene

The Union Pacific Overland Flyer.

The Union Pacific Overland Flyer in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid is played by narrow-gauge stock from the Denver & Rio Grande Western, including K-28 Class 2-8-2 locomotives. The Durango & Silverton still runs the same family of engines through Colorado.

The real thing

Class	D&RGW K-28 Class (narrow-gauge 2-8-2)
Operator	Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Stock record	Awaiting a canonical vehicle record
Screen duty	The Union Pacific Overland Flyer

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Locomotive photography credits

File:5972 "Olton Hall" (3739156535).jpg — Phil Sangwell from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Steam Railroading Institute Pere Marquette 1225 (10).jpg — Oaktree b, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Series-N700S-J2.jpg — MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:KTX-I in Busan Station (15618537248).jpg — Doug Letterman from Oakland, CA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Fourgon 1270 « Orient Express » CIWL - Longueville.jpg — Projet 154, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:LB&SCR E2 class No. 109 later 2109.jpg — , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Sierra No. 3 in roundhouse.jpg — Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:BNSF 1863 (SD40-2) (38481781700).jpg — Tyler Silvest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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