Runaway! Full Length Uncut Train Movie from 1973 -- Starring Ben Johnson

Before there was Unstoppable (2010), or Runaway Train (1985), there was Runaway!, Universal Pictures made for TV Movie that aired on ABC's Movie Of The Week back on September 29, 1973. It is an action thriller involving skiers trapped on a runaway train speeding down a mountain. The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Ski Train equipment and Rio Grande locomotives were utilized in the filming. The Ski Train served the Winter Park, Colorado ski resort area west of Denver, Colorado. Rio Grande locomotives were re-lettered for fictional Sierra Pacific. Full Cast: Ben Johnson - Holly Gibson Ben Murphy - Les Reever Ed Nelson - Nick Staffo Darleen Carr - Carol Lerner Lee Montgomery - Mark Shedd (as Lee H. Montgomery) Martin Milner - John Shedd Vera Miles - Ellen Ray Danton - Professor Jack Dunn Frank Marth - Dispatcher Bing Russell - Fireman John McLiam - Conductor Lou Frizzell - Brakeman Frank Maxwell - Chief Dispatcher Kip Niven - College Man Laurette Spang - Coed Quality of video not the best, but watchable.