Southern Pacific Film Archives
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The vaults of the Southern Pacific provided a treasury of vintage footage to Pentrex, enough for two outstanding shows now combined on one DVD.
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| Producer | Pentrex |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 1 hour |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
The vaults of the Southern Pacific Railroad provided a treasury of vintage footage to Pentrex, enough to create two outstanding shows that have been combined on one new DVD!
Daylights, Cab Forwards & Early Diesels
From the vaults of the Southern Pacific Railroad comes a collection of rare vintage films never before released to the public. Part of the footage shown here was shot in 1941 for a promotional movie called This is My Railroad, but World War II intervened and in 1947 the film was entirely reshot, leaving the original footage unused.
You’ll see marvelous images of early GS-class steam locomotives on the Coast Daylight and Noon Daylight climbing Santa Susana Pass, speeding along the Pacific Ocean and in San Luis Obispo. Also included is a rare shot of the Sunbeam in Texas.
There are many scenes of the awesome SP Cab Forwards pulling freight on the Coast Line and over Tehachapi and Donner Passes. These mighty giants are also seen pulling passenger trains through the Sierra Nevadas. Mikado and Mountain types make appearances as well.
A section on early diesels showcases many of SP’s first-generation models, including Alco PAs; EMD E6s, E7s, F7s and GP7s; and Fairbanks-Morse Trainmasters in freight service. It’s an astonishing collection from the cameras of the SP cinematographers that will thrill every rail enthusiast!
Flangers, Spreaders, & Steam Rotary Snowplows
Volume II of the Southern Pacific Film Archives presents rare footage of snow-fighting operations on Donner Pass, filmed by SP company photographers in the 1950s.
Flangers are the railroad’s first line of defense when snow starts to fall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. You’ll climb aboard to watch the snow fly as the flangers are pulled by steam engines and by SD9 diesels in Black Widow colors.
As the snow deepens, Jordan spreaders are called into action. Then the real show begins as giant steam-powered rotary plows are called out to do battle with the deepening drifts. Both cab-forwards and F-units are seen providing the muscle to push the rotaries over the mountains. SP captured truly spectacular footage of these fascinating machines by running a camera train just a few hundred feet ahead of the spinning blades.
Freight and passenger trains run through a winter wonderland pulled by cab-forwards and F-units, and you’ll see Alco PAs being rescued at Yuba Pass after being snowbound with the City of San Francisco streamliner. It’s a collection of vintage film that every railfan will treasure!
DVD Special Features:
Two stereo soundtracks, one with the natural train sounds, the other with narration added. The viewer can switch the narration on or off at any time.
Chapter Menus provide instant access to program segments.
collinvarney24 –
In part 1 you get to see Southern Pacific’s daylights, Cab forwards, SP MT class mountains, as well as a Mikado pulling oversized loads and early diesels on freight and passenger trains. Part 2 features a cab ride on a cab forward eastbound over donner pass and the marvelous snow fighting flangers, spreaders and steam rotary snowplows. The incredible rescue of the stranded city of San Francisco streamliner as well as some winter railroading action donner pass.
rickyfreni –
There was a time about 65-80 years ago just shorly before, during, and after WWII, the Southern Pacific provides some decent action in California & Texas. Eventually Volume 1 was silent with dubbed sounds, while volume 2 has on-location sound with various crews documenting the city of San Francisco stranded in the snowbank for a week helplessly in 1952. Great action for a trip back in time in these 2 30 minute videos from 1999.
Chase –
Pretty neat footage on the SP in a quick program. The snow fighting half is especially interesting with trains stuck on Donner and rotaries, flangers, and spreaders at work clearing the line.