Just come across this almost by accident amazing what wouldn't we give to have the sounds as well! I'm thankful that we have this much so THANK YOU for uploading! And 100 years later I just happened to tune into Virtual Railfan's live coverage of this same location...
Just think, no stokers in these locomotives. The poor Firemen are busting their backs all the way! Compare these shots w/the Curve today! Once again THANK YOU for posting!
They were too cheap to put in mechanical stokers, but on a large engine like an I-1 Decapod, there would often be two firemen anyway, so they didn't save much!
Really amazing stuff. Seems to me this may be some of the oldest film footage of Pennsy. Are there any experts out there who know if there's anything older?
After seeing videos of EMDs and GE diesels making their way up with almost no effort i realize how much this video has to offer..Nice to see steam engines once again.
This does not seem like a 1917 film. The locomotive at 1:02 has a solid cast pilot. The caboose at 1:13 is a steel caboose (Lionel had one like it), which I believe was a post WWII model.
"The Pennsylvania's first mass-produced steel cabin car was the "N5", a type first built in 1914 (later models would be identified with a letter suffix). The basic structure of the N5 of 1914 remained essentially unchanged over the years until 1942." www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.net/exhibits/equipment/cabooses/penn-n5c-cabin-car
Thanks for the video posting. Is there any interest anywhere in using digital programming processing to increase definition since it is somewhat faded? It is likely there are numerous films taken on that curve over many years, so this film may not warrant the effort.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo Thanks, I found a TH-cam Video from 2015. We have this, a little bit smaller here in Germany in the Southwest too. In the States Everything is a little bit bigger...... 🇩🇪🇺🇸
Thank you! The triple-header shots are amazing.
You have quite a vault of real rarities! Thanks for sharing!
One of my favorite train watching spots!! Thank you for this amazing video!!
Just come across this almost by accident amazing what wouldn't we give to have the sounds as well! I'm thankful that we have this much so THANK YOU for uploading! And 100 years later I just happened to tune into Virtual Railfan's live coverage of this same location...
Just think, no stokers in these locomotives. The poor Firemen are busting their backs all the way! Compare these shots w/the Curve today! Once again THANK YOU for posting!
They were too cheap to put in mechanical stokers, but on a large engine like an I-1 Decapod, there would often be two firemen anyway, so they didn't save much!
1917 horseshoe curve I find that quite amazing 103 years ago it's nice to look back in time those were the days for sure thank you 👍🇺🇸
It certainly wasn't 🇿🇦 Never has been and never will.
Amazing footage! Thanks for posting!
On the way east to Philly, took this scenic ride it was beautiful.
Really amazing stuff. Seems to me this may be some of the oldest film footage of Pennsy. Are there any experts out there who know if there's anything older?
Great stuff. Trains were much quieter then. Kidding. That’s some horse power.
Wonderful look back.
Wonderful video - and a new subscriber.
Part of one of the shots in this footage was used in the documentary Ridin' The Rails starring Johnny Cash.
Thought faded of film , Historically Huge 👍 ℹ Like it !
AT 3:40, it looks like two 2-8-0's and a Mikado on the very end.
this is pure heaven
The heydays of America and it's railroads along with everything else too.
After seeing videos of EMDs and GE diesels making their way up with almost no effort i realize how much this video has to offer..Nice to see steam engines once again.
thank you so much I enjoyed this and so did my neighbors kids
1:10 Did they always need 3 engines at the back of a freight train?
This does not seem like a 1917 film. The locomotive at 1:02 has a solid cast pilot. The caboose at 1:13 is a steel caboose (Lionel had one like it), which I believe was a post WWII model.
"The Pennsylvania's first mass-produced steel cabin car was the "N5", a type first built in 1914 (later models would be identified with a letter suffix). The basic structure of the N5 of 1914 remained essentially unchanged over the years until 1942." www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.net/exhibits/equipment/cabooses/penn-n5c-cabin-car
My bad. I did not realize that steel cabooses were used by Pennsy so early.
Great to see the way it was- thanks for sharing this. Does anyone know- do steam engines have any kind of dynamic braking?
Nope! Not all diesels were equipped with them either.
Thanks for the video posting. Is there any interest anywhere in using digital programming processing to increase definition since it is somewhat faded? It is likely there are numerous films taken on that curve over many years, so this film may not warrant the effort.
Do you have a favorite method or software package for doing this?
No. I have done it with still photos for publications, but not videos.
I bet you hate black and white movies too.
Numerous films of Horseshoe Curve taken in 1917? Learn something new every day...
is it me ? is it the speed of the film? or did trains just go faster than nowadays ? who knows . thanks
Exist this Curve until Today ?
It is still there. It is still very active. And it is still famous!
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo
Thanks, I found a TH-cam Video from 2015.
We have this, a little bit smaller here in Germany in the Southwest too.
In the States Everything is a little bit bigger...... 🇩🇪🇺🇸
Exists? There's a livestream for it here! th-cam.com/video/j45InTaXwzs/w-d-xo.html
Do you have any of Johnstown?
Sure would be nice, but this was all there was in the National Archives.
steam in the afterlife indeed
A wonderful place back in 1917!
born to late
...and the technology to capture it has come too late.