Chicago Rails Special, Emery Gulash film (4 programs, 2 DVDs)
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Respected rail photographer/filmographer Emery Gulash showcases – in 4.5 hours – action in and near the Chicago area from the early ’50s.
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| Producer | Green Frog Productions |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Narration | No |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
Where else in the U.S. can we find as mcu railroad action but in Chicago…especially in the 1950s and ’60s! Respected rail photographer/filmographer Emery Gulash began capturing the action in and near the Chicago area in the early 50’s. He continued for two decades! His legacy of 16mm film is a gift to those of us who could not see – or who did see and could not film – this Chicago of the 1950s and ’60s.
What to expect from this treasure trove of film
There are 15 railroads portrayed in “Chicago Odyssey, Volume 1” such as: Santa Fe, CB&Q, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago & Northwestern Indiana, Milwaukee Road, Rock Island, North Shore, Grand Trunk, GM&O, Illinois Central, Monon, Norfolk & Western, C&EI, and C&O.
In the mid-fifties, to be a railfan in Chicago, there was no limit to the majestic views of railroads, Exotic first generation diesels, sparkling consists of the new streamlined passenger trains, well maintained track work…these were all the things that truly excited the railfan of that time…and Emery Gulash was no exception.
Filmed in crisp, bright 16mm color, witness the end of steam on a few roads and the birth of the diesel as the mainstay of power for freight and passenger.
In “Chicago Odyssey, Volume 2” takes over where Volume 1 left off, in early 1962. Here we see the end of individualized passenger service, and eventually the the beginnings of Amtrak.
But the colorful action is prior to Amtrak. We will see passenger trains from the Milwaukee Road, CB&Q, Santa Fe, Penn Central, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Grand Trunk, Great Northern, Northern Pacific (and eventually the Burlington Northern), and Illinois Central.
Of course we don’t ignore freight trains! You’ll see freight on most of the railroads looked at plus new action from Chicago & North Western, Soo Line, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, Indiana Harbor Belt, Rock Island, Chicago & Eastern Illinois. There are cameo appearances on the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio.
And, just like the action in Chicago today – and in the past – betweent he name passenger trains and the heavy freights – we’ll catch commuter action on many of these roads, plus the commutter kinds: Chicago, South Shore and South Bend, Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee, and the Chicago Transit Authority.
Finally, we end our tour of Chicago in 1973. Join us to watch the two decades of change in motive power, passenger and freight traffic and the Chicago skyline.
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Locations for Volume 1 that was originally released in 1992 include the Chicago River Lift Bridge near Dearborn Street Depot & Roundhouse, Aurora, Wisconsin River Bridge, Savannah, Honey Creek, Downers Grove, Waukegan, Glenayre, Bouda, Altona, Congress Park, Sugar Grove, Bristol, Kankakee, Homewood, Richton Park, Joliet Union with JO Tower, Dyer IN, Steger at Evansville, Chicago Heights, Thorton, Griffith, a pace on US Highway 30, Shebona, Leigh, the Hot Spot of Rochelle before the park was built in 1998, Naperville (with a mention of the founder of Trains Magazine Al Kalmbach), Calendar Curve near Lyle, Chicago Union Station, Plano, Willow Springs, Lamont, Clariden Hills, Itasca, & Lansing.
Locations for Volume 2 that was originally released in 1994 include Noble Street Tower near Madison Street Station, Deerfield, Rondout diamond, Highwood, Westlake, the Fox Lake Branch, Joliet Union with JO Tower, Des Plaines River Valley, Morton Grove, Wilmette, Kenoworth, Glenview, Techny at A-20 Tower, Calendar Curve, Hickley, Somanaw, Lemont, Oak Glen, Blue Island Junction, Willow Springs, Kensington Junction, Richton, Griffith Junction, Central Station, Van Buren Street, Randolph Street, Union Station, 21st Street Yard & Tower, Gary IN, Dan Ryan Expressway which is on the conjoined I-90 & I-94, 60th Street, Chinatown, Forest Park, Cicero, 16th Street diamond, Chicago River Bridge, 47th Street near LaSalle Street depot, Canal Street, Whitting IN, Bailly, Whitlock, Libertyville, & Grayslake.
All of these films were recorded during May of 1954, July of ’61, June of ’62, January of ’63 during the end of the North Shore line, March of ’63, April of ’64, Summer of ’58, January of ’64, May of ’65, March of ’64, March of ’67, May of ’67, May of ’64, November of ’65, January of ’68, July of ’68, November of ’68, March of ’69, April of ’62, June of ’61, May of ’70, December of ’71, February of ’73, & June of ’73.