Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Santa Fe Layout movie film from 1941/2 original Minton Cronkhite pieces

Thanks for posting this Carey! What was the guy fiddling with on the top of the engine when it was stopped? Was it an on off switch or ?????

Wayne

too bad some of the buildings are no longer there.  and the newer ones are not.

windsplitter posted:

Thanks for posting this Carey! What was the guy fiddling with on the top of the engine when it was stopped? Was it an on off switch or ?????

Wayne

balky e-unit lever....

too bad the trains go by so fast - hard to see the details.  Still, nice historical stuff.

Boy my childhood city was nice.  The scene with the overweight raccoon was hilarious.  Wouldn’t see that today.  The train layout, planes & Craig Breedlove’s Spirit of America was enough.  Couldn’t afford the coal mine.  U-505 was cool also.

Neat video. Wonder who owned or produced the original.   

The owner on you tube seems quite adept at getting old public domain footage and selling it. 

Unless I have the wrong link, the video has been replaced with a video of 1940's Chicago Illinois Santa Fe Train Trip and City Tour .

Hello all 

knob on top of E unit towards back is to control the manual reverse switch 

cameraman may have under-cranked the camera to have the trains speed up on the final film ...action is what the folks want ...not slow moving freight trains ...reminds them of the trip to work this morning 

I believe the film was sponsored by Santa Fe ...as a sales tool to get folks to travel to Chicago from LA ...it worked Walt Disney and Ward Kimball jumped the train in 1949 and headed for Chicago 

link goes to the entire film ....fast forward to 13:40 to MSI  footage ...

footage taken shortly after opening ...so pure Minton ...which is a bit sparse for many ....open areas filled in with more stuff in later years 

Cheers carey 

Thanks for sharing Carey:

A question and a couple of points for everyone:

What engine is the Santa Fe using as it pulled out of LA? It looks like an EA1, but the number (13) if I read it correctly should be an E6. Just curious.

My first thoughts as someone from the area, is thank god we don't live with the coal generated power and heating as was shown in this film.

The buildings and skyline of Chicago are way more attractive without all the coal crap covering everything. Just think it you had to breath that in everyday.

Also, it was mentioned in the film that the "L" was to be replaced by a subway. That of course is not true as both modes of transportation are will used today.

What caught my eye was the signage prior to the MSI content. I would have been nice to have a bit more definition, but I'm just happy to have what was shown.

Thanks again Carey.

Charlie