City of Los Angeles, Union Pacific Streamliner

SKU: DVD-SRP-COLA
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Producer

Sunday River Productions

Narration

Yes

Run Time

42 minutes

Technical Details

Region Code 1, USA and Canada

Union Pacific’s City of Los Angeles crosses the spectacular terrain between LA and Chicago, a worthy rival to the famous Santa Fe Super Chief. We start in Los Angeles under skies so clear its almost possible to touch the crystalline tips of the San Gabriel mountains from the steps of Union Station. We track the City of Los Angeles from the ground as it buckles down to ascend Cajon Pass with 5 roaring E units. The Wasatch Range in Utah and the Rockies in Wyoming follow, each of them white with winter. Leaving in early dawn from Ogden, Utah the streamliner clings to the canyon wall above the boiling Weber River.

The snow deepens as it transits the Gateway and speeds accelerate to 75 mph. Just beyond Echo, with a sharp left around a 2000 foot cliff, the train starts to climb to the Aspen Tunnel in earnest and finally tops out some 3000 feet above Ogden. The streamliner then crosses 4 hours of emptiness from Green River to Laramie sometimes at allowable speeds of 90 miles per hour.

Under the black rolls of a coming storm it climbs Sherman Hill on the old line and continues down to Cheyenne, with many shots from the cab. The beautifully photographed finale of this DVD shows another dramatic run on Sherman Hill. This was to have been the final run of UP’s 8444 in 1970 and features the engine and three passenger cars (one an ancient brass railed observation), driving into a terrible blizzard on Sherman Hill.

Narration. Sunday River Productions programs may feature Color film, B&W film, Music, Dubbed Sound and still photos.

1 review for City of Los Angeles, Union Pacific Streamliner

  1. T.A. Ross

    What an awesome movie this. Brings back memories when I took this trip my when I was a kid of about 14. You see some awesome terrain & scenery between LA and Chicago. This train is compared with the famous Santa Fe Super Chief. The trip thru LA is great, see what you don’t see when your driving. The rjourney to Chicago is awesome. You see some beautiful country on this trip as you travel thru California down thru the Cajon pass. You see the Wasatch range in Utah, and the rockies in Wyoming covwred un snow–how beautiful. You travel aruond sheer cliffs with steep drop off’s. From Green River to Laramie is so empty you get up to soeeds of 90 m.p.h. There is so much beauity in this film with very little narration. This dvd is a collectors dream cime true. Deffently a 5 star rating.

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