" SHINING RAILS " 1950 GENERAL ELECTRIC RAILROAD TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS PROMO FILM MD31190

This fabulous film from General Electric tells the story of the backbone of America's transportation system in the 20th Century -- the railroad. Made in 1950, the movie traces the evolution of locomotive power from steam through electric and diesel-electric to the latest super-powered gas-turbine electric. Emphasis is given to the ways in which these developments have kept pace with the ever-growing demands of a nation that today virtually "lives out of box cars." The picture also offers a glimpse of the operational mechanics of the country's complex railway networks-accenting the many applications of electricity. The striking color and the non-technical, human-interest approach combine to give this picture high general-audience appeal.
Topics include: Dynamic braking. Electrical signaling. Electricity for cargo handling. Centralized traffic control. Electric snow melters for switches. Passenger train lighting and galley electrical equipment.
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[@bobpaulino4714]

Railroading was sure something else years ago. Entire support towns grew wherever the the rails ran, locos and cars needed fueled and serviced, and US made goods and commodities needed shipped. Loved the different liveries, the various caboose, locomotive, and car designs, switch/ control towers, roundhouses, turntables, etc. Now most of the locos look alike, the freight cars, if they're not just bland intermodal boxes, are all crudded up with graffiti, everything is controlled from hundreds of miles away, and everything is so impersonal--- just business. Sometimes the more advanced we become, the further behind we are. Precision railroading-- you can keep it.

[@knockhello2604]

For some reason people like metal rails a lot. It's transportation hubs that grew towns not the presence of a rail line.

[@bobpaulino4714]

Wherever raw, finished, or 'in process' materials were needed there were terminus, but along the way at coaling, watering locos and cattle, crew change, icing, etc. points, villages sprang up that originally were necessary only for these required services-- Crestline ohio was one such town. Helper locos were serviced and fueled coming north and it was a crew change point for the Baltimore to Chicago runs. Once the railroad deemed it necessary to construct facilities there, entrepreneurs saw the possibilities and filtered in.

[@gonebamboo4116]

Thanks for posting Some generations.might get ideas of what our country was

[@garbo8962]

Can remember back in the 1960's when a friends brother had the best looking extra heavy O gauge engine that I ever touched. A GE GG1 engine.

[@BPJJohn]

don't forget your little forgotten friend GE. 8:15 ALCO

[@blueringedoctopus4778]

The quality of this one is way better

[@georgeriebe4265]

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[@Mikey300]

At 10:15, the Alton and Southern was Alcoa's switching railroad near East St. Louis, serving the East St. Louis Works' bauxite to alumina refinery (shut down in 1955) at what is now Alorton Illinois. Of course we had to paint the running gear with aluminum paint.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

8:39 14:31 14:55 15:15 15:43 15:47 Note the silver outline on the Union Pacific shield and wings. These logos aren't painted on, but are actually stainless steel plates mounted on the front of the locomotive.

[@kc4cvh]

In 1950 many Americans were eagerly anticipating a glorious world of the future, brought to them by atomic power, transistors and plastics, so the traveling public expected the new, streamlined Diesel-electric locomotives to give faster service than the archaic steam locomotives. When timetables remained the same, even slowing in some cases, they walked away and the American intercity passenger train began its long goodbye.

[@timpriddy349]

no EMDs were used in the making of this film

[@manhoot]

I just hope these lads stayed on the right side of the tracks.

[@JeffreyOrnstein]

Excellent, thanks.

[@borntorice]

GE transportation is no longer to build electricity locomotives, only diesel-electric available. 5:56 GG1 is so beautiful, symbol of best years for US railroad system; also, famous among gamers in RT2. The last electricity locomotives been built by GE are running in Taiwan, sold in 1992. (Some early locos had built by GE and sold to Taiwan, been decommissioned and scraped)

[@johnnychism3179]

No Way

[@egatetapmenunggu3675]

Yeah! Смотри!!!

[@BeingRomans829ed]

Yesterday's engines looked like Colt 1911s or Woodsmen😍👍 Today's engines look like Glocks 😟

[@whereisthedollar]

Ah, a bird burner at 19:00.

[@kiwitrainguy]

The UP's first gas turbine locomotive. Only built as a demonstrator and sent back to the manufacturer after its trials but it proved the concept and resulted in orders for this type of loco.

[@lilrask9464]

" when you lay the rail boys... " 🚂 😂😂😂

[@Telecolor-in3cl]

Another footage used by Doobie Brothers in the song "Long train runing".

[@dumbrailfans5285]

0:47

[@Mikey300]

“Progre$$ is Our Most Important Product” -Generous Electric

[@frankkoslowski6917]

All Relay control, no Digital Railroad signal management? One feels truly privileged not to have to endure the woes of slide rule reasoning prevalent at that time.😰 This leads one to the question: "How far developed was Boolean Mathematics essential in performing the necessary Relay logic minimization calculations so as to obtain acceptable numbers of relay clusters for the Signal Circuits?"😦

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

The Future! Railroad in the 50's when aviation is taking over. Nice vision marketing department 👉🤢🤮🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

just a reminder that freight trains carry roughly 1/3 of the United States freight, so they are important

[@kiwitrainguy]

GE make jet engines now, don't they?