1955 - Railroad, USA: Wheels of Steel

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Wheels of Steel Written & Photographed by Jackson B. Pokress 07:33:32 Electric engines pull passenger train past L-R at station platform; behind is freight train. Young boy in engineer uniform & engineer talk on platform (MOS). Boy playing w/ model & looking at picture book. 07:34:12 POV from train across river alongside highway & over residential street. City traffic; POV alongside freight train to side; from engine into yard. GG1 locomotive into yard. Loading w/ traction sand. CU of sand onto rail. Engines in NYC in yard w/ large warehouse buildings behind. 07:35:54 Over inspection pit, man underneath checking. Couplers checked, another engine coupled; pulling to diesel pump. Woman servicing. Washing platform & scrubbed w/ brushes. Pusher or pig moves engine thru washing brushes; spray of fresh water to rinse. 07:38:35 Woman scrubbing dining car interior; passenger train past to station. Pantograph to wires; 07:39:13 Man polishing insignia of Presidential car w/ seal, CU. Blacks loading food for dining car as steward checks it off. Int. of diner w/ people being served water while reading menus. Switch CU turned. Laundry washers, tumblers, irons. 07:41:06 Train out. East River & skyline w/ United Nations building. Station & taxis leaving. 07:41:45 Int. Pennsylvania Station from above; floor shot of people waiting. Conductor & Engineer check pocket watch; red cap & Pullman porter. Conductor & helper. Signaling. POV out of tunnel & thru morning fog. Engineer & POVs thru New Jersey; runby of eighteen passenger cars. 07:43:28 Ballast tamper & other workers on RR; other men working on top of repair car working on electric cables. POV of engineer from behind head. CU gandy dancers working on tracks, replacing ties. Foreman signals. Passing train; across bridge over Susquahanna River. 07:45:08 Washington DC w/ Capitol in background. CU of Capitol. Pulling into station; men & women along platform. Washington’s Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument; Lincoln Monument & White House. 07:46:11 Runby of electric passenger train. The End. Transportation; Trains; 1950s; Promotional Films; Advertising; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk