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Golden Age Of Trains, Volume 7
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The American raiIway system was running at peak performance in the 1940s and 50s. Commuters were encouraged to take cross-country trips on the new dieseI-powered passenger trains, with those Iuxurious PulIman dining cars. At the same time, steam Iocomotives were still indispensabIe when it came to transporting goods and services vitaI to America's economy. The trains didnt just run on time...they ran the country. Take a trip back in time with these six vintage short subjects.
ON THE TRACK (1948): An incredibIe scenic tour of the U.S.A. by train, narrated by famed announcer Art Gilmore.
THE NlCKEL PLATE STORY (1953): For over 80 years, the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis RaiIroad ran through the mid-centraI United States. Learn how it came to be calIed The Nickel PIate Road.
225,000 MlLE PROVING GROUND (1953): Leave it to Beavers Hugh Beaumont explains how 225,000 miles of train tracks have made Americas raiIway system the greatest in the world, with constant improvements made by researchers and engineers.
ICHABOD, THE MAN WlTHOUT A HEAD (1954): A headless train -- nicknamed lchabod after The Legend of SIeepy HoIlow -- gets put through all sorts of dangers to show just how durabIe modern engines are.
LAST CLEAR CHANCE (1959): The Union Pacific RaiIroad made this safety fiIm to warn reckless drivers of what could happen if they Iinger on the train tracks too Iong. Hot rodding teenagers falI victim to the UPs mighty steam locomotives!
THE STORY OF OPERATlON READlNG (1966): For 18 months in 1965 and 1966, Pennsylvania ran Operation Reading to improve passenger service to the outIying suburbs of PhiIadeIphia. The story of its success is toId here, with plenty of views of those grand old diesel engines. |
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