Electrics, Traction and Trolleys, 8 Shows, 5 DVDs

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$44.95

An extravaganza of electric action! Terrific Trolley and Traction scenes! Majestic Milwaukee Road “Little Joes” and more!

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Producer

Green Frog Productions

Run Time

9 hours

Narration

Yes

Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New

Technical Details

No Region Code, NTSC

DAYTON’S ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
Learn why Dayton’s RTA decided not to phase out their trolley system, and what the future holds for this unique form of transportation. This video contains vintage footage of the RTA’s Christmas Trolley #559 which now resides in San Francisco, California. Also included are vintage shots of #501 and #900. Narration for this program is provided by Harvey Hylton, who is the traction editor of the Dayton Railway Historical Society Ties and Tracks Newsletter. Harvey was also a member of the “Save Our Trolley’s Coalition”. Modern Railroading day footage shot in 1990 and 1992 is also included in this program.

ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF CHICAGO PART 1
Join us for a tour of the electric railways in and around Chicago and Milwaukee and points in between. View footage captured on 16mm film by the noted photographer David J. Williams III. David captured all the action in the 50s and 60s on both color and black & white film. In addition, 1920s archival promo films of the Chicago, North Shore, and Milwaukee are included. Locations besides Chicago and Milwaukee include: Skokie, the Mundelein Branch, North Chicago Jct., Howard and Union, Illinois, home of the Illinois Railroad Museum.

ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF CHICAGO PART 2
Join us for a second tour of the electric railways in and around Chicago. View footage captured on 16mm film by the noted photographer David J. Williams III. David captured all the action between the 50s & 80s on both color and black & white film. The majority of this program covers the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend. In addition view action captured on the Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin, the CTA, the EL, the Illinois Central, and Metra Commuter operations. Equipment viewed are: PCC, passenger cars, steeple cabs, freight motors, and Little Joes. You’ll view this exciting footage from trackside, on car, as well as pacing scenes.

MILWAUKEE ROAD ELECTRICS IN THE ROCKIES
Between 1955 & 1970 the late David J. Williams III, traveled with his 16mm movie camera to the Rockies to capture electric operations on the Milwaukee Road. Locations include: Avery, St. Regis, Missoula, Haugan Station, Pipestone Tunnel, Alberton, and Deer Lodge. Watch Little Joes, Steeple Cabs, Box Cabs and diesels in various consists. Bonus footage includes a General Electric promo film called, ” King of the Rails”.

SOUTH SHORE IN THE 70s
This program features action in the 1970s from Randolph Street Station to South Bend with box cabs, Little Joe’s, freight and passenger coverage, plus CTA, IC Electrics and Skokie Swift. Original film by Fred Bruhn.

SOUTH SHORE LINE
From the camera of Dan Morris comes all color and sound action on the South Shore Railroad of the 1970s. The car logo proclaimed ‘The Little Train That Could’. Join us for a look at the CSS&SB in 1975-1978 as filmed in color with original sound. You’ll see passenger operations from Chicago, Illinois to South Bend, Indiana and experience freight action with ‘Little Joe’s’ and ex-Chessie Geep 7’s. These films were taken during one of the South Shore’s darkest hours. A period when parent railroad, Chessie, was petitioning the ICC to abandon passenger service. But the South Shore survives today with an all new passenger fleet.

THE “OLD” SOUTH SHORE-AMERICA’S LAST CLASSIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
By the late 1970s, the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad was living out the last years as a step-child of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The C&O had purchased the South Shore in 1965 as a bridge route for its freight business. A decade later, the drain on revenues from extensive passenger operations was taking its toll on the 91 mile railway running from downtown Chicago to South Bend, Indiana. Born shortly after the dawn of the twentieth century, the South Shore had been the sturdiest of Samuel Insull’s network of Midwestern electric interurban railways and it managed to survive on that strength when all the others faded away. By 1976, the paint on the cars was chipped and frayed, and the many stations were becoming, well, a little run-down. Despite this, the South Shore rolled on in the hands of its capable employees. Join with us as we look at the 1976-1980 era South Shore through the movie camera lens of Roger M. Koenig.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST KALEIDOSCOPE
This video is for all our traction and trolley fans. Here is great film from the 30s and 40s, and some from the 50s and 60s. Green Frog has created an entertaining and informative video of how it used to be when traction and trolleys were an integral part of our economy. We’ll visit the North Shore Railroad (including some spectacular Winter scenes), the South Shore, Seattle Trolleys of the 30s and 40s, Yakima Valley operations, and in the 1930s, the Third Avenue Trolleys, the New York Westchester & Boston, Public Service Transport of New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley Transit (Some of the LV of the 30s in color!). The majority of the original film was shot on 16 mm COLOR film, the Eastern film from the 30s was shot on 8mm black & white, and some color…very rare!

BONUS DISC INCLUDED…TRACTION N’ TROLLEYS

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