Northeast Steam
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This video is a steam powered tour of the Northeast United States. Represented are some of the most memorable railroads in the region during the first half of the 20th Century.
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| Producer | A&R Productions |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 46 minutes |
| Technical Details | No Region Code |
This video is a steam powered tour of the Northeast United States. Represented are some of the most memorable railroads in the region during the first half of the 20th Century.
The Reading Railroad was once the largest and most powerful corporation in the United States. Such was the importance of anthracite coal in the 19th century. The Reading carried the coal, but they also carried commuters in the Philadelphia area. These films are taken at Reading Terminal, the Green Street engine house and the four track main. In the early thirties, there were still camelbacks in service. Pacifics and consolidations ply the Reading lines in eastern Pennsylvania. In the Confluence area, in western Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio’s 4-8-2’s and articulateds hauled passengers and freight. There may even be a “shark” sighting!
Moving north, the Delaware and Hudson used powerful challengers and northerns on the grades over Mt. Ararat. Gleaming pacifics lead passenger jobs in Cobleskill and Saratoga Springs. In New England, visit the Rutland to see the compact facilities at Bellows Falls. The “Whippet”, the road’s priority freight, makes an appearance. ALCO diesels are seen in service with steam engines, including mountain-types. The “Green Mountain Flyer” and other passenger and milk trains also roll on the Burlington to Chatham main. Finally, there are more Thomas Edison turn-of-the-century films on the Ulster and Delaware around Kingston, New York and the Lehigh Valley, with camelbacks and rotary plows.
rickyfreni –
The road names that are shown in this 1994 program in order are:
1. Reading with 2-8-2 1908, 2-8-0s (before the 1945 rebuilt as T1 4-8-4s), 0-8-0 Camelback 1425, 4-6-0 Camelbacks, 0-6-0 camelback 1335, 4-4-0s with Camelback 279, 4-6-2s with 127 (not CP 1278), & Atlantics. On one scene, a steamer is hauling new beams for the building of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Plus the Jersey Central’s Blue Comet.
2. Rutland in New England with 4-6-2’s, 2-8-0s, 4-8-2s & 10-wheelers where a mention of the original Steamtown at Bellows falls was heard, plus Alco RS3 number 201 helping a 4-8-2 on a long freight, while 203 is on a milk train, & later a Boston & Maine pacific rolls through.
3. Delaware & Hudson with 2-8-0s, 4-6-2s, the really strong 4-6-6-4 challengers, & 4-8-4s. Note: much later in 1973 after these films were captured, Reading 2102 was temporary disguised as D&H 302.
4. America’s very first railroad: the Baltimore & Ohio in the 50s with 4-6-2’s, 4-8-2s, the mighty articulated 2-8-8-4s, & even E-units on the Shenandoah, with Baldwin Shark Nosed diesels as well.
And 5. A segment on the films from one of the great inventors in US history: Mr. Thomas Edison from 1897 to 1906. Music & added sound effects in these exact same silent films can be found on America’s Railroads the Steam Train Legacy.
While some of these scenes are in color, the majority of this nearly 30 Year old program is in Black & White.
trainpainter –
Nice Reading action with P-7s & G 4-6-2s, D&H 4-6-6-4s and amazing Rutland steamers. Unfortunately the Blackhawk footage is rather dark but it’s still great seeing all this steam railroading as it was. D&H and Rutland coverage is so scarce that it makes this a totally unique film.