Canadian Steam on the Move, Part 2 (Village Station Film Productions)

"Steam locomotives held the fascination of generations before leaving Canadian rails in 1960 forever. No form of technology merged man and machine more closely. The myriad classes and sub classes of motive power provided many of us with a lifetime of interest.
Scenes such as those captured by the camera of John Freyseng, almost 30 years ago, are gone but not forgetten in this video. Return with us to those days of trackside euphoria and Canadian Steam On The Move."
All rights of this Betamax tape go to Village Station Productions.
If there are any issues with Copywrite and uploading of this program, please let me know and I will act accordingly.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Remember the "Singing Break Men" 🎸🎶 Jimmie Rogers. Whom was a genuine break men till changing careers to a singing entertainer career. ( 1926 thru 1933 ) Most memorable song " Break Man's Blues 😭 ". Had the good fortune to ride 2 different steam locomotives 🚂 pulling scenic route train rides . Smoky mountains national park. Durango & Silverton Colorado. Very relaxing viewing the wonderfully scenic beauty. 😉. Viewing this presentation from the comfort zone of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " 🚀of Florida 🐊🐊. Wishing viewers R.R. Employees/photography crew. A safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.

[@andystrains4335]

I have the video footage of your footage from a few years ago and you had some footage of lorneville jct and a very brief clip of the bala sub just north of Beaverton where it parallels the midland sub really good footage

[@ianorr7623]

How SAD, they're all gone now.

[@ryanomalley4595]

Great footage - love to see pt 3

[@WilliamEYoder]

Thanks for your offering! But a few corrections, if I may, regarding GTW: The streamlined GTW U-4-b 4-8-4’s were 6405-10, which amounts to six locos, not five. Yes, 5629 did survive the mass scrappings and found usage as a privately-owned excursion loco, only to be scrapped in August 1987. 5632 is still displayed in Durand. I could not describe GTW steam as “carbon copies” of the CN ones. A careful eye would note many differences. CN had no Mountains which looked like GTW’s 6037-41, for ex. Yes, some GTW steam was used on CN, often without being relettered. And you had GTW steam (like 6327 used in 1960) with a CN-style boiler-tube pilot after extensive usage on CN. In fact, the 4-8-4’s 6312 6317 6324 and 6336 were last used by CN in 1959, then scrapped at London ON. But take a group like the USRA 2-8-2’s from 1918, 3700-39, initially all GTW and GT (in Maine). All those that ended up on CN after 1941 looked in the end quite different from the GTW ones. Each grouping had its own style - Western CN steam also usually looked different from Eastern CN steam (oil-burning tenders, for ex.)

[@andystrains4335]

Good footage of steam in the southern Ontario area I did not live in this time but enjoyed watching it. I particularly liked the small clip of vandorf bridge and the northern going over it on the bala sub I don’t see very many photos of the bala sub in this era,

[@ryguygaming06]

I was surprised seeing that clip, i pass under that bridge when driving to school. It really hasn't changed much, except that the trees are much taller. So weird to see such a magnificent locomotive in a familiar context.

[@andystrains4335]

I have a photo of vandorf station taken probably in the early sixties just after ctc was installed on the line

[@paulsolave7727]

What happened to CNR steam locomotive # 6132. My father was the fireman on this freight train at the time of this train wreak at mandonmin side road near sarnia ont. My father's name was john solave. Please respond to this message .

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

9:15 OMG!!! we found a real footage of South Simcoe Railway #136!

[@imagreatbigman]

Do you have part 3?

[@retrorailmedia7948]

Unfortunately currently no, however if I come into possession of part 3 it will be uploaded