Even tho most of the shooting locations are listed as in California, the film is clearly a story based in Chicago!
The Foley footage used in the train chase sequence, and the stations the conductor calls out, are part of the old Stockyards Branch of the Chicago Transit Authority system (LONG ago defunct and demolished).
According to the book by Bruce Moffat, FORTY FEET BELOW, this film is the only movie presentation of the old Chicago Tunnel and Transport Company tunnel system under Chicago... which, about a decade ago, flooded when a piling was accidentally driven thru the roof of a tunnel under the Chicago River.
The tunnel system was used to move freight and packages around The Loop, and haul away the ashes from the coal fired furnaces that heated the stores along State Street.
For railroad buffs, that unique footage shot in the tunnel system is MORE than enough incentive to see the film.
The Foley footage used in the train chase sequence, and the stations the conductor calls out, are part of the old Stockyards Branch of the Chicago Transit Authority system (LONG ago defunct and demolished).
According to the book by Bruce Moffat, FORTY FEET BELOW, this film is the only movie presentation of the old Chicago Tunnel and Transport Company tunnel system under Chicago... which, about a decade ago, flooded when a piling was accidentally driven thru the roof of a tunnel under the Chicago River.
The tunnel system was used to move freight and packages around The Loop, and haul away the ashes from the coal fired furnaces that heated the stores along State Street.
For railroad buffs, that unique footage shot in the tunnel system is MORE than enough incentive to see the film.