The description of the video:
Published on Jul 1, 2015
"The Story of Trains" presents the story of America's railroads as they appeared in the 1940s. This patriotic movie shows steam and diesel locomotives, as well as electric railroads and mining trains, to present the history of American railroading. It's full of fantastic images of railroad depots including Union Station in Los Angeles (at the 6:34 mark), turntables carrying massive freight locomotives, one of Southern Pacific's G-4 Locomotives 4443 pulling the Pacific Daylight, harbor activities (18 minute mark) and much more.
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We would take to train to visit my Grandparents in New Hampshire
and my
Aunt & Uncle in Florida.
Such wonderful times and wonderful memories!
These are the trains I remember - how about you?
:o)
I never rode a commercial train, but I've been along many a time to pick up and send off relatives at the train station.
ReplyDeleteYou have to ride a steam train at least once, Gorges! Maybe you can take a ride this summer! Yay!
ReplyDeleteLong video at 23 minutes but really great - I watched every minute. Southern Pacific No. 4443 is a class GS-4 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the Lima locomotive works in 1941 for the Southern Pacific railroad.
ReplyDeletehttps://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/Southern_Pacific_No._4443
Glad you liked it! And thanks for that super-super link! :o)
DeleteI only road a short tourist tour with my daughter to an old replica of a colonial village many years ago, but it was s fun trip:))
ReplyDeleteClose to the end at about 20:27 you can see a Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 flash by.
ReplyDeleteThose large electric locomotives were the motive power on the electrified main lines of Philly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_GG1
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