Amazing footage. It’s nuts to me thinking that within a decade of this footage it’d be SD45s coming out, and Amtrak not long after. It all changed so quickly.
@woodeye66992 жыл бұрын
Rode the NYC on the Big Four route from Delaware, Ohio down to Cincinnati about this time period. Changed to the L&N to go to o my Mom’s parents in Corbin, KY when I was a kid. Rode by myself the first time at about 9 years of age. My mom’s brother met me at CUT to make sure I got on the right train. At Corbin, my grandfather was a machinist for L&N and took me to roundhouse when I was about 8. Sure couldn’t do that today! Always loved Union Terminal and the water fountains where you could whisper and they could hear you at the other end of the arch. And the huge map with the clocks and time zones at the end of the concourse. So many great memories.
@tomklenk95732 жыл бұрын
I was 2 yrs. old when these videos were made. Awesome footage of these great marvels of the past. Thank you so much for posting!
@NormanSilv5 ай бұрын
B & O= Best and Only
@petrejack10 ай бұрын
Love this! I was 4 years old In 1955, rode the Hummingbird to Louisiana with my mom!
@Quilter_Di2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories! Used to go down to the train yard a lot in the late 50's and early 60's with my Dad.
@williamorton76002 жыл бұрын
I was glad to see NW J Class 610 on the turn table, and that old-school paddle wheeler. Great historical footage.
@UnionPacific1997 Жыл бұрын
Sad to say all that nostalgia is bullshit when these systems should have been upgraded and electrified to handle faster trains in order to compete with the car and air industry and the boomer generation gave up on rails so it was a lose lose situation. Horrible because we would still have all these awesome stations and hubs in use and now there pathetic relics.
@jjseibert2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, lots of info and memories
@ungowa100218 күн бұрын
Good stuff
@dathpo2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Lots of rare footage of Cincinnati Union Terminal, and the B&O, NYC along River Road. The classic paddle wheel towboat . passing under the Roebing Suspension bridge was priceless Cincinnati history. Thank you.
@maxwellwalcher64202 жыл бұрын
did you see the Hudsons
@Celluloidwatcher Жыл бұрын
Thank you for presenting the Miscellaneous Trains in Cincinnati's Union Station in 1956. Quite a sight to behold. Just think, within four years of when these home movies were shot, the last steam locomotive was retired, replaced by the bigger and more powerful diesel locomotives, which went faster and farther. No occasional stops at water towers every 100, or so, miles. It was a different era then, for sure.
@CincinnatiWatchCompany9 ай бұрын
Stellar footage of steam engines at Union Terminal Cincinnati. Thank you!!!!
@formerparatrooper2 жыл бұрын
The L&N train with the Big Emma appears to be a Derby train, this has to be early May.
@brucegordon49242 жыл бұрын
Thank You for Sharing this history!
@michaelrief44242 жыл бұрын
Terrific Video. I’d suggest you change the Title to Steam Trains at Cincinnati Union Terminal 1956. and I’ll bet you get a lot more views.
@robbergin94412 жыл бұрын
Fabulous footage,thank you!
@slagcat2 жыл бұрын
I just find it unusual that you don't see any C&O locomotives or freight trains going through B&O's Queensgate Yard up to the Cheviot Summit/Yard? They also had passenger service from Union Terminal.
@zanetrainlover4581 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. America's railways will never be like this again. The Railroads that cared about steam seemed to keep locomotives in good condition to the end. Such as B&O, N&W. Didn't realize that the L&N served Cincinnati. The Video showed L&N Berkshire on a passenger train. Was that the Dixie Flyer?
@currentbatches62052 жыл бұрын
Lots of steamers still in revenue service. 13:34 - One of four to pull "The Cincinnatian", D.C - Cinti. 17:58 - Several miles west of downtown, on the river; Sayler Park? 18:57 - 8th St. Incline in the background? 23:51 - Crossing the Mill Creek. 25:06 - By that time, it's surprising to see a tow-boat stern-wheeler. 25:48 - Roebling's suspension bridge. 26:29 - Tanks for transferring bulk goods to/from river barges and RR transport; they are on the N. shore of the Ohio River.
@nickkeeling95542 жыл бұрын
18:57 looks to be the original Waldvogel Viaduct
@currentbatches62052 жыл бұрын
@@nickkeeling9554 Didn't even know about that one; good to hear about it. A search suggests the original had many more supports, but I'm not willing to claim one way or the other.
@currentbatches62052 жыл бұрын
@@nickkeeling9554 Wasn't even aware of that one; thanks for the reference. A search says the original seemed to have more supports than the image, but not clearly enough for a claim from me. We lived farther north and used the Western Hills or Westwood Northern viaducts. As a teen I fondly remember the White Castle not far from the eastern end of the W/N; 8 sliders for a buck!
@maxwellwalcher64202 жыл бұрын
@@currentbatches6205 did you see the NYC Hudsons.
@jackchen7003 Жыл бұрын
Cincinnati Union Station is a shell of its former self. If I recall, the station has been reduced to one platform now. The rest of the tracks is for freight
@davefrompa5334 Жыл бұрын
Great footage,thanks for posting
@danielboone377010 ай бұрын
😍😍😍😍😍😍
@johngarner36812 жыл бұрын
Looks like an Art-Deco style locomotive streamlined by Raymond Lowry. He got around. Some of these were literally works of art, sculptures, if you will.
@jakekoester2 жыл бұрын
Henry Dreyfuss styled the NYC streamliners.. I don't know who did the Js for Norfolk and the B&O.. which Loco you referring too
@b3j82 жыл бұрын
The B&O Pacific's streamlining was designed by Olive Dennis who worked as a Graphics Design Engineer. Beautiful job!
@maxwellwalcher6420 Жыл бұрын
@@b3j8 did you see the NYC Hudsons and would 5300 and 5304 be steamed.
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Жыл бұрын
Ok this is awesome
@TroublesomeSlateTruck2 жыл бұрын
Good Work With The Video.
@jacksalvin364 Жыл бұрын
2:21 Louisville & Nashville Bug Emma Locomotive #1960 departs Cincinnati Union Station with the passenger train.
@paulmatulavich73212 жыл бұрын
Would like to know some background on the photographer, and if there will be any forthcoming footage of GG1s in action?
@hooXpoo5 ай бұрын
I wonder what happened to all the steel ?
@paulosborn20092 жыл бұрын
How can I get a copy of this on DVD?
@105C092 жыл бұрын
What is that concrete wall for? I'm still a railroader in training at age 65!
@KolmikGM2 жыл бұрын
flood control wall
@notafanofthegovernment99822 жыл бұрын
65 and in training for a railroad?!
@maykel6805 Жыл бұрын
Desde el minuto 3:16 ¿Qué tren es? ¿Lleva coches de Pennsylvania RR? Gracias por la respuesta