Modern Coal Burning Steam Locomotive, The

The Modern Coal Burning Steam Locomotive The Norfolk and Western Railway Co. presents, 09:26:46 Virginia map w/ train route. Railroad streamliner runby thru countryside 09:27:35 Locomotive construction. Steelworks, scrap molten metal poured into casting mold for wheel & assembling & moving w/ hoists. 09:28:48 Electro-magnet in yard, steel billets & steam drop hammer forging. Boiler plates moved & fabricated, rolling & sandblasting. Riveting w/ mechanical bull riveter. Assembly of firebox into boiler & engine lowered onto wheels. Engine 602 rolls out of machine shop, past shops & sign. 09:31:41 Steam towards camera, RR engineers arrive & check time. Train leaving Roanoke & Bluefield, West Virginia station. Sign: Pocahontas Coal field. Train climbing thru mountains & over trestle. Train into Williamson, West Virginia; passengers on & off. Train at coal & water station; crossing Ohio River bridge, along valley & good runby. 09:34:05 CU wheels turning & driver rods (GOOD). POV from cab, speedometer at 100 mph. Train passing thru Portsmouth, Ohio yard & train passing, pan of town. Train pulls into Cincinnati, ext shots large art deco RR station. Black & white workers greasing & oiling engine. 09:36:08 Train returns to Roanoke, engine moved to round house for servicing. Engineer CU pocket watch: 11:01. Servicing; coal & sand loaded; washing & filled w/ water. 09:38:41 Engineer & inspector fill out reports. Report dated 13Aug44. 09:39:42 Train onto turntable & turned; thru service shed of railway yards. Train lubricated over pit in shed. 09:43:11 CU watch 11:56. Blacks lubricating bearings. CU pocket watch: 12:07. Leaving shed. 09:45:13 CU 12:45 & crew boards for next run. Runbys around curve, past industrial area. 09:46:04 Shots of different situations for locomotive pulling freight & coal trains. Freight train w/ some flatcars carrying military tanks. (GOOD) Train into lubrication sheds & prepared similar to streamliner. The End. Transportation; 1940s; WWII Homefront; WW2 Promotional Film; Advertising;