MOVIE: "The Happening" scenes on SEPTA

How about the trailer for the new movie, The Happening? I see that the Filbert Station shots were filmed on the Media-West Chester line at Cheyney. http://thehappeningmovie.blogspot.com/2 ... chive.html

Great to see what a SEPTA RRD diesel pulled train would look like!

When this movie was being filmed, I lived next to the Trenton Cutoff near Malvern and one Saturday or Sunday morning I happened to see Septa #61 hauling the Bomber coaches on the Cutoff... I had no idea what was going on at the time...but there was another thread on this site that mentioned it...which i now cannot find because I am getting errors trying to search the site... if I remember I'll try to find it later...

I saw the trailer for The Happening in the theater last week before Ironman. I wasn't expecting it so it was quite a pleasant surprise to see a diesel-hauled SEPTA train on the big screen...

PARailWiz wrote:I saw the trailer for The Happening in the theater last week before Ironman. I wasn't expecting it so it was quite a pleasant surprise to see a diesel-hauled SEPTA train on the big screen...

Same here. I turned to my brother sitting next to me, and said "Doesn't that train look familiar?" I kinda wondered how they fit the cameras and bulky equipment in the car for the inside shots.

R3 Passenger wrote:I kinda wondered how they fit the cameras and bulky equipment in the car for the inside shots.

They prolly recreated the interior of the car on some soundstage.

I wasnt involved in those train movements but I do know the ones that were so I will have to ask and see if they know how it was done. Im guessing that maybe the windows were taken out and the camera equipment slung from the outside to shoot in? Thats my theory anyways. If you look closely you can see some of those cars still with the decals that covered over the Septa logo still running.

The trailer shows about 4 or 5 SEPTA conductors.. I'm guessing they were actors and not actual employees>? The uniforms looked authentic.. were they??

blockline4180 wrote:The trailer shows about 4 or 5 SEPTA conductors.. I'm guessing they were actors and not actual employees>? The uniforms looked authentic.. were they??

I don't remember seeing Septa conductors so well dressed

blockline4180 wrote:The uniforms looked authentic.. were they??

Puffy coats and baseball hats? :D

I just got back from watching this movie. I must say it was good. I was shocked to see a Septa train as many of you were. I was even more shocked to see the 61 pulling the Comets. I got a good laugh when I saw all those conductors for such a short train. No wonder Septa has no money, paying all those guys

NorEasterNick wrote:I just got back from watching this movie. I must say it was good. I was shocked to see a Septa train as many of you were. I was even more shocked to see the 61 pulling the Comets. I got a good laugh when I saw all those conductors for such a short train. No wonder Septa has no money, paying all those guys

After boarding from 30th Street Lower Level, the train is shown leaving Philly. They show a shot of the 61 and coaches heading southward, away from the city. There is then an overhead shot of the train, which quite obviously is an AEM-7 hauling Amfleets. Appeared to be on the Paoli line, judging by the concrete ties.

Some minor nitpicks. The forward-most doors on the first two coaches were open. Also, the trains were displaying the yellow-on-orange NO RIDERS destination signs outside the doors. Cab car 2405 was trailing. For the interior shots, they used one of the center door equipped cars.

By the way, don't waste your money on this movie. Wasn't that good IMHO.

Also, the trains were displaying the yellow-on-orange NO RIDERS destination signs outside the doors.

Unreal. That's just unreal that no one on set would notice that. I'm a film major at Drexel and my professors would RIP into me if something like that got on screen. The script supervisor didn't do their job. Spending two hours in a theater watching a film is supposed to take you out of reality, but little things like this keep you in it. Sorry for the rant.....

Just got back from seeing it. horrible movie and such forced dialogue... But anyways.. Here's what I noticed

-It was strange to see the consist popping out of the CCCT on the Reading end...
-They didn't arrive at Harrisburg, yet ended up in the middle of the state.

That's all I have...

You sure it was the Reading end? I guess because of the speed and angle, I didn't notice it was that side.