Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden give soaring performances in Rails & Ties, director Alison Eastwoods moving tale of people in crisis and emotions at the brink. Bacon plays Tom Stark, a train engineer unable to face his wifes (Harden) illness. Then a terrifying railway collision leaves a little boy orphaned. Tom takes the boy into his home and step by step, strength by strength learns how to bond with the wife he adores by opening his heart to a boy who needs the security of a devoted family.