''End of the Line'' is a 1987 American drama film directed by

Jay Russell Jay Russell (born January 10, 1960 in North Little Rock, Arkansas), is an American film director, writer and producer. Biography He graduated from Columbia University in 1985 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with produ ...

in his directorial debut. Produced by Lewis M. Allen, Peter Newman and Mary Steenburgen, the film was shot in Arkansas.

Plot

Leo Pickett and Will Haney,

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workers in Clifford, Arkansas, find out the parent company of the Southland

is about to close their yard and layoff the employees, switching all future shipments to the

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business. In a last-ditch effort to save their jobs, the two men "borrow" a locomotive and drive it from Clifford, Arkansas, to

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, Illinois, to make their case to Thomas G. Clinton, the railroad's Chairman of the Board.

Cast

Production

''End of the Line'' was produced with the cooperation of the

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, which provide technical assistance to production crews as well as the contribution of multiple sets of rolling stock and locomotives. All Southland rolling stock and locomotives, including trackage rights for filming rights was provided by the Missouri Pacific, as well as limited assistance by the

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, which approved use of some rolling stock, trackage, and locomotives for completion of the film.

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* * * 1987 films 1987 drama films American drama films Films directed by Jay Russell Films set in Arkansas Films shot in Arkansas Rail transport films 1987 directorial debut films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{1980s-drama-film-stub