Film 501 KY, PA, NJ
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2025
- Probably shot by H. Sell c. 1952-1958. (Reel is a composite of film shot at various times and locations.)
1. Big South Fork Scenic Railway (Kentucky), featuring Engine #2 (Shay Lima Works geared locomotive, retired in 1953).
2. Model trains: fan riding using a gondola car (popular on fan trips in the 1950s and 1960s, seldom done now due to safety and access concerns).
3. Lambertville, NJ and Washington's Crossing (Belvidere Delaware RR) using PRR doodlebug 4653. (Possibly shot during the 11/2/57 Lehigh Valley Chapter NRHS trip).
4. Station runbys, at Trenton PRR Station. Features MU and GG1 trains. Appearance by the PRR Keystone Coaches train (experimental trainset that operated 1956-1968).
4. Toy trains and models. A trolley layout being constructed.
5. Bethlehem B-E day Special train using an LV Alco PA loco, and coaches borrowed from various railroads that served the Lehigh Valley area. There's a photo stop at the Northhampton and Bath Railroad Headquarters.
6. Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line's Pavionia Yard (interchange traffic featuring a PRR GG-1 locomotive). Also Camden Yard (going into the 1960s, one of the last places where large numbers of steam locomotives could be sighted in the Philadelphia area).
Thanks for posting this !!!!!
9:49 to 10:11 is at Washington Crossing NJ on Belvedere branch of PRR. Doodlebug is facing south towards Trenton NJ. Washington Crossing PA is on opposite shore of the river reached via the bridge in the video which is still there. Track was lifted in late 70’s by Conrail. Now walking path.
Do you have any old train films from Indiana?
Yes. I'll see if I can put some footage up this week.
Do any films in your archive have live sound?
A few from the 1970s-1980s (8mm magnetic strip sound). NRHS has the technology to digitize them. Photographers using this equipment tended to use very long takes, and the films are >30 minutes long. (Very slow watching. It was a format that requires decent editing post-production, unfortunately the mag sound strip made it difficult to edit the film, so the original photographers didn't go there.)