The American Railroads in 1897 - Vintage Footage

[@crivket1233]

Old trains , the simplicity of beautiful POWER!! 💖

[@randywise5241]

The water trough at the end was an interesting way to take on water without stopping at a water tower. Cool old footage.

[@axdan_8]

Crazy to think those locomotives were the most modern vehicles at the time of the recordings

[@joel.ha.]

Doesn't seem crazy to me. Technology moves fast and this was long ago

[@ColdSid]

@@joel.ha. very true but when you think about how far technology has come in the past 100 + years yeah it is crazy to think about it back in these recordings

[@Poisson4147]

And many of the cars in our iPhone videos are the most modern vehicles we have, too. It's all a matter of ⏳⏳

[@erniemajor]

What do you mean by 'crazy'? You have no idea how wonderful the railroads were. Or did you imagine trains served the same function as your personal automobiles?

[@kamrulahmed8074]

I wish I were there.

[@mjrodriguez8670]

Very valuable films of old steam train operations at the end of the19th Century!

[@abdel-rahmanhazin8049]

Amazing! Thank you for your great effort.

[@captainmorgan757]

Great selection of music! Very fitting score.

[@davidhibbs6989]

A step back in time......

[@tocororo]

I love how people would wave at them.

[@stephenheath8465]

0:50 The PRR NEC over the CNJ/B&O at Elizabeth New Jersey

[@jacktherailfan3264]

Based on the presence of the St. Clair Tunnel and Grand Truck Railway boxcars, at least part of this was filmed in the general area of Port Huron, Michigan.

[@kiwitrainguy]

That part was filmed before the St.Clair tunnel was electrified.

[@smug8567]

I heard the shitters just emptied out on the track, while you were rolling.

[@davidgranger6617]

Fabulous choice of music!

[@cassiadawnsingersongwriter]

Do you mind if I ask where you got the public domain footage? I was wanting to find some old train footage for a music video. Thank you!

[@mikec6347]

What a great time to be alive that was.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

With all of the diseases that were rampant then? With the streets full of horse manure? With the air redolent with the aroma of coal smoke (and horse manure)?

[@Poisson4147]

@@OldsVistaCruiser When people tell me that I ask if they've ever looked at headstones in an old cemetery. Too many, too young, gone too soon.

[@choudharyrk2404]

This is still better than current Indian Railroads

[@redwatch1100]

Native American. lol

[@jacktherailfan3264]

@@redwatch1100 Indian as in India. Their railroads are a bit rough.

[@armorpro573]

@@jacktherailfan3264 LOL but their trains seem more faster than ours

[@tyrikuntamed4206]

Imagine how lucky you have to be to be able to record a steam engine in their golden age.

[@optiblue16stopmotion45]

I have to admit, I really like the music in this. Do you know what it’s called?

[@jasonmillers6941]

You know what just hit me? Everybody in this video is dead. Not to be morbid,... really just appreciation this moment right now.

[@wat_chump]

the train at 8:38 is actually the New York Central 999 on her famous speed run edit: 8:55 is basically the same footage but mirrored and colours inverted

[@lamantinelsarchives9616]

Very interesting

[@theonewhoknows2]

This is great

[@AbandonedMonolith]

is this footage technically free domain because of its age? I am told anything before 1924 is free to use

[@alexhodson2874]

I didn't even know they had video cameras back then

[@Poisson4147]

Sigh. They didn't. This is FILM. The first movie camera was in 1888.

[@CaptCrewSock]

Lol..at 1:51 it looks like some kind of troll pestering the worker swinging the hammer by smacking in the butt with two towels.

[@mzjamie]

Watching this makes me think red dead 2 looks too old and not industrial enough

[@echo-channel77]

nice to see the cars without all the stupid graffiti all over them. There was a lot of hard work and terrible lifespans, but at least the people knew how to animals away from normal society.

[@kerjenez]

Отличные кадры !!!

[@animal16365]

In the seen with the track workers. If you watch the locomotive goes by. You'll see that it's a Camelback locomotive

[@silversurfer3861]

Whose musical commentary is it?

[@oledahammer8393]

The first rail fans!!!

[@accentontheoff]

Why do I get the feeling that the trains and scenery are actually in colour and it’s only the footage that’s in black and white.

[@wonsiorgasiciel6509]

Colour wasn't invented until beginning of the 20th century. Before that everything and everyone was black and white.

[@accentontheoff]

@@wonsiorgasiciel6509 It was a dumb joke coming from the fact that I always end up wondering what the actual colour would be under the b&w. But then I guess many of these objects are still around. And then there is also coloration of old footage.

[@wonsiorgasiciel6509]

@@accentontheoff Yeah I got it hence my ironic reply

[@accentontheoff]

@@wonsiorgasiciel6509 :)

[@markcarey8426]

Man, picking up water from those troughs (I guess that's what it is at the end) must've been a dodgy business. Imagine not getting it back up time and then SMASH into the end of the trough. I hope it was idiot-proofed and broke off or whatever instead of ripping a hole in the footplate.

[@SanDiego_Railfan]

They were made flimsy so that they would snap off, so there weren't any holes in the tender. Mostly made of thin sheet metal.

[@markcarey8426]

@@SanDiego_Railfan Oh, OK. Thanks for.that.

[@dimensions2and324]

Watch the very fast acceleration @2:15

[@amtrakproductions-mx9ib]

... happy train day!

[@sadeeqkhan8023]

waa

[@lauralauren6432]

We did not build these

[@Poisson4147]

Right, it was done by graduates of Hogwarts' Engineering School. FFS get off the nutcase conspiracies and read some history.

[@kiwitrainguy]

If you ("we") didn't build them, then who did?

[@jacktherailfan3264]

Based on the presence of the St. Clair Tunnel and Grand Truck Railway boxcars, at least part of this was filmed in the general area of Port Huron, Michigan.

[@jacktherailfan3264]

Based on the presence of the St. Clair Tunnel and Grand Truck Railway boxcars, at least part of this was filmed in the general area of Port Huron, Michigan.

[@jacktherailfan3264]

Based on the presence of the St. Clair Tunnel and Grand Truck Railway boxcars, at least part of this was filmed in the general area of Port Huron, Michigan.