Mystery Train is an experimental video that explores the enigma of travel by train in relation to cinematic tropes of femininity. The video was created with footage and sound from the 1946 Sherlock Holmes film “Terror by Night," directed and produced by Roy William Neill. Stock footage of speeding trains is interspersed with shots of a young, beautiful, and suspicious female character (played by Renee Godfrey) who occupies a private compartment on the train. The stock footage originally functioned as a reminder of the setting of the film, and worked to move the narrative forward in time. In Mystery Train it becomes evident that the setting is not one train, but many. Seemingly confined to her compartment, the woman repeatedly opens and closes the drapes and doors. Although moving through time and space, she is stuck in a limited range of movements, reflecting her status as female and working class.