A set replicating features of the real checkpoint was built in the Bavarian town of Waldkraiburg, population about 25,000. Local young men were hired as extras to play U.S. and Soviet soldiers.
No. Deutsche Bundesbahn cars similar to the U.S. equipment were used. Car numbers visible in some scenes are not part of the U.S. rail fleet and in some long scenes the railway abbreviation for cars based in Munich can be seen. Careful viewing suggests that the U.S. markings may have only been painted on one side of the movie train.
Yes. The U.S. Army Transportation Corps kept a 16mm print of the film at Berlin Brigade headquarters in the late 1960's and used it to show -- with some discussion -- new Train Commanders what could happen.
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