Where was Runaway Train filmed?
1985 film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Runaway Train (1985) was filmed in Whittier, Anaconda, Portage Glacier, Portage and Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad, 5 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Alaska. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 5 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Portage Glacier
🇺🇸 United States
glacier in Alaska
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🏙 Towns & cities
Whittier
🇺🇸 United States
city in the Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Anaconda
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Portage
🇺🇸 United States
ghost town in Alaska
“The scene where the signal maintainer at Jordan makes the switch on the tracks was filmed at Portage, Alaska.” Wikipedia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad
🇺🇸 United States
former heritage railroad in Washington, USA
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Alaska, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Runaway Train have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 5 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.