Found this really great B&O Video from 1940, worth the trip down Memory Lane

That was fun to watch.  Thanks for posting!

 

Mike

Hi Paul thanks for posting, this was great to watch

 

 

Thanks, Alex

That was a great video!  Thanks for sharing, Paul.

 

Don

Great video. Loved the Harper's Ferry tunnel and bridge scene.

Excellent! Besides all the great railroading details, I am always impressed at how well dressed the passengers were, back in the day.Thanks for posting this!

Wow!

 

Inside the engine room of an EA and removing a valve cover on the 201 with the engine running.

 

That is rare footage.

it really never occurred to me before, and it's obvious that the fireman of a steam locomotive had a much different job on a diesel, but would the fireman on a diesel ever take over the engineer's job while in motion if only to give the engineer a break now and then?  sort of comparing it to a plane cockpit where the pilot and co-pilot both have the ability to fly the plane.

I enjoyed the ride.Thanks for posting.

"Back in the day" as you put it, folks always traveled on trains and  airplanes dressed in their "Sunday Go Meeting" clothes.

Great clip!  Sure does evoke many good memories - I used to watch the B & O passenger trains arrive and depart Louisville Central Station with my dad in the 50's, they were still pulled by steam engines, 4-6-2's if I remember correctly, some of the best memories I have of my childhood. Thanks for posting!

 

Steam rules

 

"a country boy can survive!"

Great film.  Thanks.

Paul:

 

I really enjoyed watching this video this morning. Thanks for posting it.

 

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Paul,

Thanks for posting this.  It was a fun watch.

I'd love to see a Norfolk Southern or any of the railroads of today, make a video with all the stuff that this clip covered on railroad operation at that time.

 

I liked the way the showed how things worked, the shot of the brakes engaging was really boss!

Paul - That is a very interesting video, thanks for sharing. It is especially fun for anyone that loves passenger trains like I do.

 

Art

Paul thanks for taking the time to post the video.

Also, the videos that were suggested after were pretty interesting. I watched a video called "Unstoppable." It's about the train accident that happened in California back in 1989.

Thanks again,
Mike R

Nice video.   Thanks for posting.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you for your thoughtfulness in sharing that.

FrankM.

Yeah! Interesting video, a great period piece, although I gather that the dialogue was geared for children.

 

At 3:27 when brakes are set, they show a brake cylinder retracting (releasing) instead of extending to apply.

 

The dining car interior at 7:20 is unlike any I've seen before, sort of gaudy-ornate-Victorian?

 

It sounds like engineer Schroeder runs the train 24-7. And the fireman is in the engineroom all the time?? Not to nitpick, just having fun ...

Mike I didn't check out the suggested videos, went back after reading your response and did, some nice stuff there.

That mail car must have been a rough place to work. Did you notice that the railway mail clerk was packing a gun? Maybe he was expecting Butch Cassidy and the Sundnace Kid.

Paul,

Thanks for taking my suggestion. Which was really your suggestion!! Lol!!
Have a great day!!

Mike R

Great scenes of Union Station in DcC and Harpers Ferry. Funny  how things haven't changed all that much. We took the Zepher from Okland to Denver this summer. While the cars were different,the way we ate slept and watched the scenery roll by were not very different that the film. Great video. Thanks for posting.

I love all the video links posted here, especially since I can watch them on my large screen TV.  Yesterday alone we spent a few hours going through You Tube from one video to the next. It all started with a tutorial on installing Atlas signals.

That is a great video, Looks like the guy buying a ticket at the ticket window paid with a 5 dollar bill and got change.  Thank You.

Thanks Paul, I enjoyed it.

Great...thanks for posting. At the end is a link to another good one...transportation in and out of NYC circa 1949...buses, subways, trains, cars, etc.

That's a great find! Thanks for sharing...Greg

I liked the NYC one also Joe.

Thanks for the video!  That was great!

Great Historical stuff, I just added it to my you tubes favorites. One thing is noticeable in these old public relation films is everyone smoking, you do not see that anymore.