A Great Railroad At Work Pt. 1 of 2 (aka The Boy’s Dream Comes True)
New York, New Haven and Hartford presents
Boy on platform as steam passenger train stops at small station. Titles.
01:02:12 Mr. Palmer recites poorly from behind desk about New Haven railroad. Montage of jobs. Streamliner & switching. Lowell Thomas narrates.
01:03:02 Yankee Clipper - passenger cars & locomotive cleaned. Rebuilding cars w/ upholstery & windows removed.
01:06:04 Locomotive into yard. Food & drink loaded. Coupling of car & Clipper pulls out for station. POV. 01:08:23 Announcement board cranked up, passengers board Yankee Clipper. Woman sends off little girl. Conductor signals, engineer begins, streamliner slowly out pas Boston Back Bay sign. Runby.
01:10:16 Woman buying bicycle & arranging for it to be sent to NYC by rail - cycle crated - Freight cars - truck trailer loaded on flatcar; containers. Steam freight train made up, out of depot.
01:12:48 Signal tower & RR controller in office, signals - train en route, runby w/ whistle. Men clean signals. Repair shop & men overhauling. Crates made up for exporting out of New York.
01:14:06 Incoming train in yard gets wheels oiled as passes when automatically switching over hump. Yard master directing, gravity rolling cars down hill assigned to different trains. Freight sorting at LCL transfer.
01:17:03 Roundhouse engine house & turntable. Interior locomotive shop; engines are overhauled. Various steam engines out of sheds. Loading sand.
01:18:45 Loading coal into coal car & freight cars.
01:19:15 Parts for use by railroad; stacks of ties loaded by crane into car. Barrels of oil & paint. Testing laboratory. RR men repair tracks laying new sections by machines.
01:21:38 Electric engine replaces steam; electric lines; train leaves. Interior of railroad electrical power plant w/ steam turbines, control room, overhead lines. POV from rear of train.
01:23:56 Electrical locomotives overhauled.
01:24:32 Yankee clipper towards camera on rails. Underground signal room for trains into Grand Central Station, NYC. Board showing trains- switching rail. Train pulls into level two of Grand Central terminal. Passengers disembark, greetings. Concourse. Continued...
WWII Transportation; WW2; Trains; Railroads; Promotional Films; Advertising; Industry;
NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.
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A Great Railroad At Work Pt. 1 of 2 (aka The Boy’s Dream Comes True) New York, New Haven and Hartford presents Boy on platform as steam passenger train stops at small station. Titles. 01:02:12 Mr. Palmer recites poorly from behind desk about New Haven railroad. Montage of jobs. Streamliner & switching. Lowell Thomas narrates. 01:03:02 Yankee Clipper - passenger cars & locomotive cleaned. Rebuilding cars w/ upholstery & windows removed. 01:06:04 Locomotive into yard. Food & drink loaded. Coupling of car & Clipper pulls out for station. POV. 01:08:23 Announcement board cranked up, passengers board Yankee Clipper. Woman sends off little girl. Conductor signals, engineer begins, streamliner slowly out pas Boston Back Bay sign. Runby. 01:10:16 Woman buying bicycle & arranging for it to be sent to NYC by rail - cycle crated - Freight cars - truck trailer loaded on flatcar; containers. Steam freight train made up, out of depot. 01:12:48 Signal tower & RR controller in office, signals - train en route, runby w/ whistle. Men clean signals. Repair shop & men overhauling. Crates made up for exporting out of New York. 01:14:06 Incoming train in yard gets wheels oiled as passes when automatically switching over hump. Yard master directing, gravity rolling cars down hill assigned to different trains. Freight sorting at LCL transfer. 01:17:03 Roundhouse engine house & turntable. Interior locomotive shop; engines are overhauled. Various steam engines out of sheds. Loading sand. 01:18:45 Loading coal into coal car & freight cars. 01:19:15 Parts for use by railroad; stacks of ties loaded by crane into car. Barrels of oil & paint. Testing laboratory. RR men repair tracks laying new sections by machines. 01:21:38 Electric engine replaces steam; electric lines; train leaves. Interior of railroad electrical power plant w/ steam turbines, control room, overhead lines. POV from rear of train. 01:23:56 Electrical locomotives overhauled. 01:24:32 Yankee clipper towards camera on rails. Underground signal room for trains into Grand Central Station, NYC. Board showing trains- switching rail. Train pulls into level two of Grand Central terminal. Passengers disembark, greetings. Concourse. Continued... WWII Transportation; WW2; Trains; Railroads; Promotional Films; Advertising; Industry; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel rate.