The Northern Nevada Railway offers tours starting in mid march and ending in October. The crew used a special train not often used, with a baggage car from 1903 and a passenger car [with both women and men only seats] built in 1873, yes 1873. It is still in very good shape.
Shooting schedule for the film on location in Nevada was at night, thus all the train shots were done after sunset. It was a grueling schedule; shooting started daily at 7pm and went through 3am every night for 10 nights straight. It was cold as well. Temperatures were between 15 and 50 [-10 and 5 Celsius]. Hand and toe warmers were used to keep crew extremities warm. Towards the end of the shoot, temperature moved upwards.
In the one of the film's scenes, Camille (played by Suziey Block) screams. This took place in a railway tunnel, near the town of Ely, Nevada. Three local Sheriff's deputies heard the scream while driving on the nearby highway and went into the tunnel to investigate, apparently with guns withdrawn. They then found out that a film was being made. Only nerves were rattled. The production continued.
Bill Nachbaur and Betsy were really nice to the productions and helped us immeasurably. A big thanks to Acorn Vineyards, in Healdsburg, CA, for their help. On top of which they produce excellent wine.
It was an honor and a pleasure to be able to use the Northern Nevada Railway, from Ely, Nevada, for this film. Filming started aboard the train to establish drone shots done by expert drone operator Danny. They took the train out of Ely, towards McGill, Nevada, at night and started location shots.