1946 ca - USA Transportation, Railroad: Promotional Film - The Freight Yard
Titles.
01:42:13 Steam freight trains, runbys from both directions w/ tank cars, box cars & coal cars, etc.
01:42:43 Intertitle: The huge classification yard plays an important part in fast freight transportation.
01:43:20 Steam locomotive engine 3047, New York Central past & into yard; caboose unhooked, stops. Locomotive unhooked & leaves.
01:44:48 Conductors report to yard office w/ paperwork. CU of reprort. MCU men working at desks. CU man working machine tonnage adjustor; MCU man keeping ledger; men at telephone & teletype machines.
01:46:23 Intertitle: At the “hump”... Man oiling engine; CU man manually setting switch / points giant engine & adjusts signal & engine pushes cars over “the hump“, then roll to destination. Inspector checking underside of cars going over “the hump”, marking cars w/ problems. Yard conductor marking list; cars uncoupled & slowly roll down to correct siding to make new trains.
01:49:40 Intertitle: Guided by the teletype list... Control tower, man switches various cars onto different tracks (hump & rolling cars seen from tower). Ground level CU, electronically controlled hydraulic rail retarder slows free wheeling cars. CU hand on control levers in tower controlling switches. Cars rolling...
01:52:47 Intertitle: A brief survey of the yard... Different types of freight cars & loads: boxcars, hopper cars, flatcars, tank cars, container cars, gondolas, refrigerator cars, coal car, timber cars.
01:53:58 Railroad policeman on guard. Switch engines; sign: repairmen - safety first. Line of wheels & axles; man greasing axle; jacking & shimming. CU damaged wheels & measuring axle damage. Men rolling replacement wheels & axle, change bearing.
01:56:18 Engine making up trains. Man riding & signaling from top of freight car. Car inspector checking cars - oiling, marking problems.
01:57:31 Intertitle: ...monster locomotives are groomed... Interior of large round house & locomotive being checked, greased & oiled. Locomotive to head of train; caboose attached & locomotive backed & attached to head of train. Brakes tested & train slowly out of freight yard.
02:00:36 Train on the move passing; New York Central on side.
02:01:07 End Title.
American Railway; 1940s; Educational Film;
NOTE: Many good CUs throughout.
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1946 ca - USA Transportation, Railroad: Promotional Film - The Freight Yard Titles. 01:42:13 Steam freight trains, runbys from both directions w/ tank cars, box cars & coal cars, etc. 01:42:43 Intertitle: The huge classification yard plays an important part in fast freight transportation. 01:43:20 Steam locomotive engine 3047, New York Central past & into yard; caboose unhooked, stops. Locomotive unhooked & leaves. 01:44:48 Conductors report to yard office w/ paperwork. CU of reprort. MCU men working at desks. CU man working machine tonnage adjustor; MCU man keeping ledger; men at telephone & teletype machines. 01:46:23 Intertitle: At the “hump”... Man oiling engine; CU man manually setting switch / points giant engine & adjusts signal & engine pushes cars over “the hump“, then roll to destination. Inspector checking underside of cars going over “the hump”, marking cars w/ problems. Yard conductor marking list; cars uncoupled & slowly roll down to correct siding to make new trains. 01:49:40 Intertitle: Guided by the teletype list... Control tower, man switches various cars onto different tracks (hump & rolling cars seen from tower). Ground level CU, electronically controlled hydraulic rail retarder slows free wheeling cars. CU hand on control levers in tower controlling switches. Cars rolling... 01:52:47 Intertitle: A brief survey of the yard... Different types of freight cars & loads: boxcars, hopper cars, flatcars, tank cars, container cars, gondolas, refrigerator cars, coal car, timber cars. 01:53:58 Railroad policeman on guard. Switch engines; sign: repairmen - safety first. Line of wheels & axles; man greasing axle; jacking & shimming. CU damaged wheels & measuring axle damage. Men rolling replacement wheels & axle, change bearing. 01:56:18 Engine making up trains. Man riding & signaling from top of freight car. Car inspector checking cars - oiling, marking problems. 01:57:31 Intertitle: ...monster locomotives are groomed... Interior of large round house & locomotive being checked, greased & oiled. Locomotive to head of train; caboose attached & locomotive backed & attached to head of train. Brakes tested & train slowly out of freight yard. 02:00:36 Train on the move passing; New York Central on side. 02:01:07 End Title. American Railway; 1940s; Educational Film; NOTE: Many good CUs throughout.