Norfolk & Western Steam in the 1950s Volume 2
SKU: DVD-MLMP-NW-2Original price was: $24.95.$19.95Current price is: $19.95.
A little bit of everything N&W is here on this DVD: Freight and passenger trains, steam and diesel, excursions and even the scrapping of a steamer.
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| Producer | Main Line Motion Pictures |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 54 minutes |
| Technical Details | No Region Code |
A little bit of everything N&W is here on this DVD: Freight and passenger trains, steam and diesel, excursions and even the scrapping of a steamer. This is rare color film footage now brought to you edited and transferred to DVD. Includes passenger and freight trains on the “Punkin Vine Line” (Roanoke to Winston Salem) from the camera of David Driscoll (from the N&W Historical Society collection). We’ll also see some streamlined steam!
Floyd Fish captured some M Class action on the Blacksburg-Christiansburg local (known as the Huckleberry Train). We see a 611 fan trip through Williamson, West Virginia in 1959. And we’ll see scenes from the Roanoke area in 1958 shot by Nick Kallas. See a big Class Y5 getting scrapped! Shot on silent 8mm film and that is how it comes to you, backed with music, as silent “film” now on DVD. 8mm color and B&W film, silent with music. No narration/sound.
Mwdonoughue –
This DVD includes footage of steam-powered freight and passenger trains operating throughout the N&W system. We also see the unfortunate scrapping of a Class Y5 2-8-8-2 at the end of the steam era.
rickyfreni –
A trip back in time to witness everyday work on the N&W is very decent to see, as well as a variety of Steam power such as some noteworthy future famous survivors like 611 for example. Plus there are other engines which they have since been retired, displayed, sold to museums, and sadly gone for scrap. Not to mention being merged, as well as 1958 footage from noteworthy Illinois Railway Museum Manager Nick Kallas. Overall, good compilation, decent trains, and fine music as these films will take you back way before the internet, social media, and also online shopping.