Those of you that have seen the photo of the PRR T1 with the 5 inspectors standing in front of it, My father was the man standing on the left end. He was one of the inspectors during the T1 builds. Yes they are building a new one, with some modifications, LOL - at 80 I am not sure I'll see the finished locomotive. I will say that the steam era was truly wonderful.
@barrettwbenton2 жыл бұрын
I certainly hope you hang around long enough to see that T1 completed and user steam. I'm a bit younger than you (66), but have followed rail story in the Northeast rather tenaciously for a good deal of my life.
@ColtFour.72 жыл бұрын
That’s so cool!
@nangar48582 жыл бұрын
@@barrettwbenton
@nangar48582 жыл бұрын
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@PNN_ParodyNewsNetwork2 жыл бұрын
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@roystrickland33634 жыл бұрын
Jobs. Service. Dignity. Sure, work was less than ideal and often hard but people could raise families with one breadwinner who took pride in work well done.
@IsochestАй бұрын
Very true. Stable well paid work. A Human based economy
@cennsa140driverАй бұрын
Those steam engines required a lot of people to support them and with no interstate highway system it was full employment.
@IrishEddie3174 жыл бұрын
The freight yard you see is the Enola breaking yard in Enola PA. I lived across the tracks from this yard for 34 years. I used to take my now-grown son to sit in our old Chevy station wagon and watch the cars being humped and put together to deliver goods across the nation. At one time, the Enola yard was the largest breaking yard on the East Coast. I remember one day someone came to our door and told us that there were free potatoes being given out. Sure enough, down where my son and I went to watch the cars, a reefer car full of Idaho potatoes had broken down, and rather than waste all those taters, the railroad was giving them to the townspeople. We went away with a couple of bags of spuds! First come, first served. At 16:44 you will see the engineer's lodgings. When I moved to Enola in 1973, it was no longer there, but instead had been transformed into an appliance repair shop called "Barlup's." Mr. Barlup and his sons ran that shop and they are good people (Mr. Barlup has now passed on) and are, I believe, still there to this day operating as Barlup's Appliances.
@roystrickland33634 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the story, Edward Hara. As a rider on the old Pennsy, I enjoyed it.
@pauleyplay2 жыл бұрын
You dont happen to remember Vans diner ? I was from altoona, My grandfather Engineer middle div. He loved Vans & so did I. It might be long gone ?
@philpots482 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful film. At age 9 (1958) my grandparents took me and my sister to Charleston, SC from NYC's Penn. This was the only time I was in the main part of the Penn station, I remember seeing the glass roof 75 feet above. My g-parent's had two roomettes, and it was the most exciting event of my childhood. On the return trip, we slept in the bunk beds. What a way to travel, then.
@UnionPacific19972 жыл бұрын
and thanks to car now we get to be stuck in traffic
@blackstone1a4 жыл бұрын
I see a T1, I click.
@chadbailey81524 жыл бұрын
Shame none exsit
@loganmalough23794 жыл бұрын
Steamloco a new engine will be completed in 2030.
@thehind31194 жыл бұрын
@@loganmalough2379 I hard that it was going to be sooner but I could be wrong what I hard is that they made enough money for 20 or 30 percent I could be wrong please take what I wrote a pinch of salt
@kittiemuffins66094 жыл бұрын
yep
@crudecaboose83824 жыл бұрын
Ah yes a true man of culture
@okmrocksU4 жыл бұрын
As this film depicted a shining future for railroads, it was the beginning of the end for steam power and after another decade the decline of passenger travel.
@paullewis24134 жыл бұрын
And the greatest act of civil vandalism in the Nation’s history - the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, the finest transport terminal ever built.
@shanghunter76974 жыл бұрын
I last road a passenger train in 1971 as a kid in Renovo pa. It went to Williamsport and then to Philly. I loved it and think about it all the time.
@phyllishamilton1654 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. I was born in 1946 in Chicago, and fondly recall traveling on steam-powered equipment. Just 19 years later, in college, I traveled the Denver Zephyr on one of its last runs. It is truly sad to know that the future held, instead, the demise of railroad travel and then American manufacturing itself, with the steady decline of solid middle-class incomes, homes, and affordable college educations for us who grew up in that era. I am still stunned to think of it all, and to see our economy today and the chasm between the two economic extremes of our society -- and now, it is horrible to think about what the pandemic is going to do to all of the good people just trying to hang on . . . .
@two_inline_sixes3 жыл бұрын
@@shanghunter7697 Renovo! Wow, that's a town in the middle of beautiful and undisturbed Sproul State forest (minus the fracking). The hunting club I belong to, the Remington Club, is one of the oldest in PA and I think has the oldest cabin in PA. Our founding members took train, in the opposite direction from where they started in Harrisburg to Philly, then back to Williamsport. They met with a farmer who had a barge to get them across the river at North Bend. They had frostbite and one time snow that buried their cabin, back when you got snow taller than a person. The conditions were horrible, sometimes the hunting rough. We continue to honor their legacy by forgoing electricity in our cabin.
@theblocksmith6453 жыл бұрын
@@phyllishamilton165 I hope to make that a reality again
@dovydas4806 Жыл бұрын
If anyone is ever in South Central Pennsylvania, there's a Pennsylvania Railroad museum in Altoona PA that's worth seeing. They have a directory of All PRR's employees.
@lansen63852 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid visiting an aunt who lived next to a rail line and waving to the engineers as the trains passed. Also one of my favorite trips as taking a rail trip from Chicago to Seattle stopping for a visit to Glacier National Park. Unfortunately the last part of the trip was by bus because a forest fire had closed the last section of track from service. Also, when our kids were young, took the Amtrak to NY from Indpls. Enjoyed the great Pennsy Horseshoe Curve where you could see both ends of the train. Now get crammed in an aluminum tube envious of the room enjoyed by sardines packed in a tin can.
@BNSFSantaFe8422 жыл бұрын
It was a great Railroad Rip Pennsylvanian Railroad PRR you will be in our hearts.
@jessemillington59882 жыл бұрын
Also watching a T1 on a Dyno track is probably the most epic train nerdy things you can witness! Simply amazing when you think of watching something that 3 feet away at full power of that size and the pressure waves from the cylinders pounding in your chest.
@theincrediblehulk57972 жыл бұрын
I fully believe that it could have beaten the mallard
@xMrsmileyfacex2 жыл бұрын
Seeing that shiny new T1 on the Dyno track had me geeking out. That was a beauty of an engine.
@NickyYey2 жыл бұрын
@@theincrediblehulk5797 nah mate, thats s1 job
@b3j8 Жыл бұрын
No ear protection. And you know it had to be loud in that enclosed space!
@williamsimmons15211 ай бұрын
Absolutely would have loved to experience that.
@Stonedmetalhead6664 жыл бұрын
So heart breaking seeing all of the railroads in their prime and now they're non existent relics of the past rusting away in peices across america..
@bstimy4 жыл бұрын
AJ DeRiso they were a means to an end
@OKFrax-ys2op4 жыл бұрын
They haul tons of stuff still, far from being nonexistent
@laurelcreek74 жыл бұрын
Railroads now haul far more freight than they did in 1946
@justforever962 жыл бұрын
No, there are tons of railroads. A lot of the small branches shut down, and the organizations were merged, but most of the main trackage is still there, most of it heavily used. In total tonnage, we ship more by rail than we did before. there are fewer cars and fewer trains, but they carry a lot more.
@diegohorton8692 жыл бұрын
Dude I work for one, no we are not relics rusting.
@davebarclay44294 жыл бұрын
This fascinating film was made the year my parents got married. It might as well show life on another planet.
@johnsmith69744 жыл бұрын
Back when made in America was commonly stamped on almost everything you owned
@lawrencewheeler88684 жыл бұрын
Year I was born,lol! All gone(mostly) D&RGW, SP, CNW, WP, NP!.As someone says, sad
@NormanSilver7 ай бұрын
I was old by an Engineer at Altoona he'd start on the ready track and shut down the throttle. It would coast the next mile on its own. Smooth roller bearing setup.
@williamschlenger15184 жыл бұрын
All gone now.As a young boy I sent letters to many railroads & received many emblems, belt buckles, etc.
@garryferrington8112 жыл бұрын
The Pennsylvania RR paid dividends on it's stock every quarter without a single break, even during the Great Depression, right up until 1949: the longest record in corporate history.
@wheelhorseman23069 ай бұрын
Wow- what a treasure this video is to me. I love the PRR, and think the T-1 is awesome, and this video will be so helpful to me when I paint my model. Thank you for posting this interesting, informative and useful video
@ryansansom69012 жыл бұрын
Ah,back when the U.S.A was a strong powerhouse of industry and commerce. I don't think this country will ever be that strong again. I wasn't around at that time, however it is nice being able to see footage of this country back when things were actually made here.
@ichabodon4 жыл бұрын
For 1946 the US had some great gear and that includes the T1, beautiful.
@jeffreyshaw40373 жыл бұрын
You are not kidding. Could you imagine seeing one of these on British tracks!!!
@Railfan105.3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreyshaw4037 yeah, i'm sure it could give the Mallard a run for its money.
@chrisdelux1253 жыл бұрын
Have you guys heard about the T1? The answer: in 2014, the group of Penslyvania name the t1 trust is currently building a brand new t1, which will be completed sometimes in 2030
@silaskuemmerle25053 жыл бұрын
@@Railfan105. we’ll find out in a few years whether or not it could’ve beat Mallard’s record
@smedleyfarnsworth2632 жыл бұрын
@@Railfan105. I think not, if I recall Mallard holds the speed record for steam still.
@ikonseesmrno73004 жыл бұрын
No, no, NO! Jim can wait a minute! More of the test plant please. Lol! Seriously though, this was a fantastic short film. Thanks for the upload.
@b3j84 жыл бұрын
I didn't see anyone working at the Test Plant wearing ear protection. I can only imagine how loud it was standing right next to that T1 running close to 100 mph!
@kleetus924 жыл бұрын
@@b3j8 Actually, probably not as loud as you think. At the stack sure, but running on rollers it should be pretty good or it would beat itself to death in short order.
@davidbarnett93124 жыл бұрын
Cutting edge technology in those days. As a kid, I could see all those dead railroads represented by their rolling stock as they entered the now gone SP yard in my hometown. Same goes for the MoP on the north edge of my hometown. I also got to see SP and MoP steam engines before they were replaced by early diesels. The local SP yard was a thriving place. 13 tracks; switching crews; car repair shop; roundhouse; PFE ice rack; signal men with their motor cars on the back of 6 wheel trucks; yard office; depot; yard men who walked the trains and oiled the 'box'; passenger trains. All gone now.
@JohnDoesItAll11 күн бұрын
My God, the expanse of just one railroad. We just see a train go by without knowing everything and everyone working behind the scenes. Not to mention the maintenance required for every aspect of these operations. I've noticed that the men building and servicing the engines are mostly old men. Tough old men, no doubt. The PRR T1 has to be one of the most beautiful steam engines I've every seen. Can't wait to see the new T1 hit the rails❤
@Oyasumi522 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked for the Delaware & Hudson and he was sadly killed working in the Albany, NY breaking yard. He was helping to build a freight at night in February, 1961 during a snow storm when he was caught between the cuplings of two cars. he, apparently because of the deep falling snow, didn't hear the rolling shunt approaching, while he was opening the frozen knuckle of the receiving car, which caught him. I was all of 9 years old then. his funeral was a closed coffin because his injuries were too horrific to be viewed. Grandmother never recovered from her loss. 😞
@jimstrainsandstuff95394 жыл бұрын
I can now appreciate and enjoy running my HO Scale T1 even more than before. It's an awesome beast; even with the slipping troubles of the real ones.
@parkertherailfan2 жыл бұрын
How did you get your HO T1 to have a wheel slip ability?
@Motoskichimo19742 жыл бұрын
@@parkertherailfan probably the weight of the train and opening the throttle really fast.
@carriemoon-dupree78754 жыл бұрын
My Dad work for the Penn R.R. At Penn Station from 1940 until he retired, except for his years in WWII.
@anthonyxuereb7924 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic, it shows machines and technology of the time that I never knew about or saw.
@DEVILTAZ353 жыл бұрын
i only just found this. Thanks for posting. It was fascinating to see this great engine in motion :) . I noticed a team of enthusiasts are actually going to build one of these engines too . Meant to be ready by 2030.
@robertgift2 жыл бұрын
Was the T1 really a good engine? Or is this exaggeration?
@b3j83 жыл бұрын
Watching them manufacturing the T1, I'll bet the T1 Trust that's working to build a new one would give anything to have the skilled Craftsmen shown building the T1's come back from the dead to lend their knowledge!
@fty-ys4ni2 жыл бұрын
If anything the craftsmen they have today are the best of the best and would have a thing or two to teach the original T1 engineers
@wheelhorseman23069 ай бұрын
@@fty-ys4niTrue but the castings they could make back then are no longer possible. I've worked some with welded and cast metal, and there's an integrity and toughness in a solid casting that only a perfect weld can hope to equal. Maybe its a grain structure in the metal when it's cast?
@Hogger2803 жыл бұрын
Railroads didn't work together as a team but fought each other tooth and nail.
@jonnybeck67234 жыл бұрын
God, I luv this sort of thing... Always have, always will. Thanx for posting. That wuz a good one! cheers
@savagefabrication7953 жыл бұрын
Never thought I would see a chassis dyno for steam trains.
@andyharman30222 жыл бұрын
There is another video on KZbin of one in England called "locomotive testing station".
@michaelnazaruk4100Ай бұрын
I think that may have been in Altoona PA.
@TheBigdog8682 жыл бұрын
The Pennsylvania railroad paid dividends continuously to their shareholders for over 100 years. They were the best run railroad in the world. Nobody ever dreamed they would fall.
@richmanwisco2 жыл бұрын
Until they weren't.
@dknowles60 Жыл бұрын
wrong
@thomaspahlke7314 жыл бұрын
A very nice old film. PRR T1 - I like streamlined Steam Locomotives. Thank you for Uploading. Thumbs up. Best regards from Germany. :-)
@Captain_Char4 жыл бұрын
I never knew they had signal readouts in the cab till now
@lolroflpmsl4 жыл бұрын
I had no idea they had in-cab signalling!
@CentralJerseyRailfan4 жыл бұрын
@John Mumford The cab signalling system and its equivalents is still in use today on the NS Pittsburgh Line, Amtrak Northeast Corridor, and commuter lines like SEPTA and NJT
@johnwahan90864 жыл бұрын
People who designed this are now gone. They had no CAD. No GPS. Ect.. they just make it work. Fine job by our ancestors. My generation we we went from Paper maps to Map Books to GPS. I'm glad to have seen advances in getting things done. Been running service trucks since early 90s. Remember anyone driving with a map in your lap ? I didn't like GPS at first. But now I cannot imagine life without it. 😃
@darylcheshire16184 жыл бұрын
I listened to a talk given by the Chief Mechanical Engineer Victorian Railways in 1978 and he mentioned that they would look at a blueprint of a locomotive and they would tell the designer to make it 100 pounds lighter. All from blueprints! No CAD.
@malcolmmarzo24614 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see that there were steel shipping container systems in 1946. I thought they appeared in the late 1950's.
@markcarey84264 жыл бұрын
Me too. I thought they were 'invented' by a trucking company who started by putting trailers on flat wagons and then just putting the box without the chassis - the container.
@MatthewJBrown4 жыл бұрын
I think what happened later is standardization across the industry -- earlier container schemes were not widely adopted enough.
@trainliker1002 жыл бұрын
LCL Containers go back to the 1920's. The New York Central had them as early as 1922. "Piggy Back" trailers on flat cars were pioneered by, of all things, an interurban railroad in 1926. The Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee (CNS&M or "North Shore Line").
@None-zc5vg2 жыл бұрын
@@markcarey8426 The British railways/railroads had transferable road/rail containers back in the '40s if not earlier but they were small and wooden (afaik) and restricted to short-wheel base wagon 'flats'. It was a start (before the demolition of most of the U.K. rail network under a policy set by road-building interests).
@MervynPartin2 жыл бұрын
That was a fascinating and enjoyable film. I was surprised about steam power still being so prominent and being further improved when diesels were already in service. Another surprising item was how cab telephone systems were in common use- I thought they had been developed years later than this. Perhaps the Pennsylvania Railroad was a remarkable company..
@TickledFunnyBone4 жыл бұрын
Wow, so much of that doesnt exist anymore. There is a restoration club seeking to build a new one of the PRR T1'S because none exist today also the S1's.
@kittiemuffins66094 жыл бұрын
Must be something special, they call this engine a miracle of engineering.
@THOMAS81Z4 жыл бұрын
a new group building a NEW T1 5550
@LIMowersAndMore4 жыл бұрын
Tickled Funny Bone yep the T1 is expected to be done bye 2030
@chickey3334 жыл бұрын
They just finished restoring a Union Pacific Big Boy and taking it out for a run somewhere out west. Here's a link if you weren't aware of it.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6O6iaqJg9-VfbM
@charleslalonde23244 жыл бұрын
S1, really?
@ENIGMAXII21123 ай бұрын
Most interesting when they where testing the great locomotive. Thank you kindly for this...
@DA04702 жыл бұрын
Incredible video. 1946 was a fabulous year for the PRR …. It was their 100th anniversary. Then PRR …. Now NS also CSX.
@andrewkoenigsberg80872 жыл бұрын
You forgot Conrail
@williamschlenger15184 жыл бұрын
Was always my favorite railroad.
@jamesmartin29274 жыл бұрын
I have ridden the train many times and enjoyed everyone of them. Took one Pullman and the best sleep ever.
@kkhagerty63154 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for the new T1 to be completed, they where such grand looking engines
@TheMrPeteChannel3 жыл бұрын
There's a better chance of the PRR coming back to business then seeing another T1.
@kkhagerty63153 жыл бұрын
@@TheMrPeteChannel by the look of things the T1 trust is still on schedule, we should be seeing a new T1 within the next 10 years
@silaskuemmerle25053 жыл бұрын
@@TheMrPeteChannel the T1 Trust is 30% by weight done with their project to build a new T1.
@backonpro5679 Жыл бұрын
@@TheMrPeteChannelare you sure about that? Might wanna check again
@mikeggg5671 Жыл бұрын
God bless the men and women of the Pennsylvania Railroad
@Zebrails4 жыл бұрын
Full version... Search: "The Pennsylvania Railroad - Clear Track Ahead! 1946 Vintage PRR Footage"
@Closet_Jedi3 жыл бұрын
At 12:56, there's a piece of equipment in the background that kind of looks like a miniature mk. IV tank. I'm guessing it's some kind of mobile power unit as there's a hose connected to the gauging equipment mounted on the tracks.
@hartmutlorentzen96593 жыл бұрын
Great video, Thanks for presentation, from Germany
@melissanewman44223 жыл бұрын
This was great! Thanks for sharing.
@rubygreta14 жыл бұрын
Nobody could have envisioned the interstate highway system and the expansion of flying in 1946.
@hrysivjt674 жыл бұрын
This is really well written.
@Trainfan1055Janathan4 жыл бұрын
Wow! I didn't know steam locomotives could have cab signalling!
@Isochest4 жыл бұрын
It's been there in the UK and USA for over 100 years!
@WAL_DC-6B4 жыл бұрын
The Chicago & NorthWestern Railway (C&NW) had cab signals in their steam locomotives going back, I believe, to the 1920s.
@OKFrax-ys2op4 жыл бұрын
And coal stokers too!
@ecpcharles3 жыл бұрын
Its those wire antennas on PRR cabooses, those "handrails" ontop of their diesels and on top of tenders. Theres many other facinating parts of steam locos that have improved efficiency, including booster engines, feedwater heaters, stokers, etc.
@magicguystudios79403 жыл бұрын
Me neither!
@VictorianMaid992 жыл бұрын
I love these grand, old films !
@williamschlenger15184 жыл бұрын
Hewlett unloading. Amazing.
@trainroomgary4 жыл бұрын
Like • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
@joannecarpenter87252 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for sharing this AMAZING information! I will be sharing with other railroad fans 👌
@magicguystudios79403 жыл бұрын
The PRR T1 class is one of my favorite streamliners
@Stussmeister4 жыл бұрын
Interesting that this film about the Pennsylvania Railroad (one of my favorites) came out the same year the railroad celebrated its centennial.
@Bacony_Cakes3 жыл бұрын
Everybody loves the PRR.
@next50years2 жыл бұрын
Produced Directed by my Father Alexander E. Gansel, one of the original owners of Audio Productions, INC of New York City. I have originals of the 2versions of Clear Track Ahead.
@garryferrington8112 жыл бұрын
That's very interesting. Is there a history of your fathers' company? I used to work across the street from the (then closed) Jam Handy company in Detroit.
@markjosephbudgieridgard3 жыл бұрын
Absolute gem 👍
@Khalif-AllahEntertainment3 жыл бұрын
This is an interesting video. I love the T1 duplex. 9:39
@ANOSINCRIVEIS19734 жыл бұрын
awesome.....i love your videos...thanx for sharing
@hanswurstmaxdurst40392 жыл бұрын
USA: "We have the best railway system in the world, privately owned and profitable. It just helped us win the war. Now let's spend billions of tax payer dollars for Interstates and urban Freeways and ruin it!"
@j-bird17785 ай бұрын
"From one passanger train each day, to more than 2500 trains every day." Now we get 3 passanger trains per week in some areas. Most towns have none at all. So much for progress.
@magicguystudios79403 жыл бұрын
The Pennsylvania railroad is awesome
@b3j84 жыл бұрын
That TrainPhone system worked okay, but was often full of static. Especially the further away you got. Almost unusable later on as track conditions deteriorated.
@Isochest4 жыл бұрын
They should have been using VHF radio even then. Low band VHF was not that expensive even then.
@b3j84 жыл бұрын
@@Isochest Yeah several railroads like the New Haven started testing radio after WW2. Trainphone was very short range, maybe 300 feet if that. And they used that system well into the 1960's believe it or not!
@Msrtynmen4 жыл бұрын
From my point of view. Even a ride can be a destination...
@oldspguy47864 жыл бұрын
I was always fascinated by the Pennsy S2 "turbine" 6-8-6. The technology there was really something for it's day. If diesels had held-off another decade or so and given a little more refinement, who knows where that design could have gone.
@pilsudski364 жыл бұрын
Sweden ran successful steam turbine locos for decades, but they were much smaller than the S-2.
@oldspguy47864 жыл бұрын
@@pilsudski36 Yes, I looked at some of those Swedish locos. Very impressive! Throughout the world it seems steam turbines either were direct gear drive or the turbines drove electric traction motors. I wonder if anyone ever tried using a Voith-type hydraulic transmission similar to what was used on the Krauss Maffei ML 4000 diesel-hydraulics? Might have resulted in a very interesting turbine loco.
@chrisguzman3862 жыл бұрын
What awesome engineering back then
@Jerry-hp5sf2 жыл бұрын
Yes but the disadvantage of direct-drive steam turbine was that the turbine could not operate at optimal speeds over the locomotive's entire speed range.
@theimaginationstation18992 жыл бұрын
@@Jerry-hp5sf I'd read recently that within a road speed band they were efficient and as powerful as all hell. But outside of that band, they were exceedingly expensive to run. The washup being that they weren't worth the effort and expense. It's a bit like compounding in that it's a technology well suited to marine use, but not so much to rail.
@F4productions4072 Жыл бұрын
This makes me wanna go back in time to see the PPR T1s
@danielboone37704 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful video!
@granskare4 жыл бұрын
I recall this - "Escanaba, this way out (as the railroad man walks along).
@johnhagan7742 Жыл бұрын
I remember these days. Back when steam railroading was king of transportation.
@thundercreekcustoms2 жыл бұрын
I will always maintain that if the Pennsy's management had been more forward-thinking, the Standard Railroad of the World would still be here.
@trainliker1002 жыл бұрын
And Sears would be the largest online retailer because their management would have stuck their heads up from their rut long enough to see what Amazon saw. Pennsy would have had to have also gotten seriously in the trucking and container business and perhaps even the airline business. And perhaps manufacture Pennsylvania automobiles? But the railroad market segment was going to drastically shrink almost everywhere no matter what Pennsy did.
@malaiaruvi3502 жыл бұрын
The steam loco, iron horse with its beautiful look is the best of all the Locos built until now.
@Nunofurdambiznez4 жыл бұрын
LOVE this video!!
@southnc634 жыл бұрын
Rebuild the old Penn Station please - should never have been torn down.
@TheMrPeteChannel3 жыл бұрын
They turned a building nextdoor into a station.
@garryferrington8112 жыл бұрын
The demolition of Penn Station kindled the preservationist movement in the United States. Everyone could see what a great loss it was.
@trackhoe234 жыл бұрын
The voice sounds like William Conrad sped up a little but he was just getting started in 1946 so it might or might not be.
@Iconoclasher2 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize the container car concept was already a thing in 1946. 5:02
@karengunia54516 ай бұрын
Great film! I learned alot!!
@richardrogerson23832 жыл бұрын
I was born February 1958. The Pennsylvania R.R. was the world standard for railroads.
@stephenheath84653 жыл бұрын
THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE WORLD!!!!!
@leslie09654 жыл бұрын
I want to work for the prr all steam in the after life forever
@Want2gofast3 жыл бұрын
12:57 interested in that old piece of equipment being used by the workers in the scene. Looks like a small tractor. If anybody knows what it’s called I would greatly appreciate it! I love old equipment and old railroads! 🚂
@neohistoryfan10142 жыл бұрын
That piece of equipment you spotted is a SCHRAMM crawler track mounted air compressor for pneumatic spike drivers or ballast tamper heads.
@warrenlehmkuhleii84724 жыл бұрын
We should retroactively name this. “Man wasn’t our industry good, and then it all fell apart.”
@funtimehobbies7894 жыл бұрын
computers ruined it all.needed lots of people when everything was analog...
@WasatchGarandMan3 жыл бұрын
Let's send all our money to Israel and all our jobs to China! It will be great!
@ChowderTDMOFCAL3 жыл бұрын
@@WasatchGarandMan lmao
@silaskuemmerle25053 жыл бұрын
@@funtimehobbies789 Aviation becoming mainstream is actually what ruined it, you don’t need as many people or as much infrastructure for freight as you do for passenger service. Sure computers played a role but it was minuscule compared to aviation taking over in passenger service.
@Mizra-dq3lj2 жыл бұрын
@@silaskuemmerle2505 Cars were an important factor too, why bother going to an station waiting 2 hours when u could get there by yourself on your brand new Ford / Chevy or your motorcycle?
@m60a3tts22 жыл бұрын
In this movie, "Jim" is not only an engineer, he is also a magician. He started his run on engine 5540 but finishes it on engine 5524. Oops. 🙂
@jcip12 жыл бұрын
Love the video...trains and America in a better time!
@stuartbenjamin71762 жыл бұрын
My dad was growing up with steam trains under catenary wires in Port Deposit,Md.
@zacharyw4628 Жыл бұрын
16:23 Balls of steel. How cool is that dyno?
@king-xerxus70402 жыл бұрын
Funny how this video clip comes into view December 1st 2022, just before a potential National Rail Road ‘strike’ December 2nd 2022.
@peterlv682 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a 4K transfer of this. Guessing this was 16mm
@harrisonofcolorado88864 жыл бұрын
The T1 is available as a model In Source Filmmaker. (SFM)
@adamcorn20044 жыл бұрын
The Pennsylvania was big in my towns history.
@northpennvalleysteamrailroad3 жыл бұрын
Awesome footage!
@nossta52424 жыл бұрын
I was interested about how the coal was loaded onto ships. Should learn more about it
@jameslovelady77512 жыл бұрын
My era. I was in grade school when this was made . Optimistic times.
@wesleystuff48822 жыл бұрын
The amount of cabooses just caught my eyes
@Isochest4 ай бұрын
Looks like induction telephone was used then. I was expecting VHF radio at about 40mhz would have been used
@southernpennsyrailfan85793 жыл бұрын
Support the T1 Trust
@MrKfq2694 жыл бұрын
At 1:48 is that Bethlehem Steel?
@EricTheOld4 жыл бұрын
Those were the days!
@Isochest4 жыл бұрын
End Federal Air subsidies and watch medium distance passenger trains return. Then electrification beckons again: With positive possibilities for freight.
@dukctape4 жыл бұрын
And hurt the bond between the aircraft contractors and the DoD?? Never! Maybe the rail industry should start putting out viable weaponry if they want to compete with air... /s
@silaskuemmerle25053 жыл бұрын
That only works for locations that can reasonably be reached by rail. There are a fair number of essential air service subsidies for places that can not be reasonably reached by rail.