Indiana Jones and the Nazi BR Standard 9F!
THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway has just been used by Hollywood for a second major blockbuster this year, with scenes for the new Indiana Jones 5 movie – starring Harrison Ford – filmed on the line in early June, as predicated in issue 280.
Nobody at the NYMR was prepared to comment due to contractual obligations, but it is speculated that the plot features a daring escape from a Nazi prison camp. The Nazi regime has featured in previous Indiana Jones movies.
For the filming, a military train was created, headed by Crewe, 1957-built BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92134 decorated with swastika symbols and Nazi regalia to make it appear like a German engine in action in the previous decade – despite its distinctive BR era outline.
Props were positioned on wagons to give the impression of a Nazi freight train, and several vintage vehicles were seen parked in a field near Grosmont. A troop-carrying truck featured in other Indiana Jones films was parked near the tracks.
Alongside 78-year-old Ford, who plays the heroic eponymous archaeologist, the movie also stars Fleabag actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Scenes have also been filmed at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland and at the Leaderfoot Viaduct in Scotland, while a motorcycle chase was shot in Glencoe.
The film, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., is the sequel to 2008's Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It is due to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on July 29, 2022.
The same stretch of track was used only a few weeks before by Tom Cruise for Mission: Impossible 7, featuring a mock-up Pacific.