Pacing A New York Central Mohawk

If the University of South Carolina has a film restoration department, that you be a good one! 1929 was right at the beginning of movies with sound.

Exactly my thoughts.  The University of South Carolina has a number of films they've restored.  When I first came across them, I thought they were newly made films, made to look like old ones.  However, after doing a bit of investigation I was told the films were authentic.  

In the age of fake news, I still have a 5% doubt.

Dan Padova posted:

Exactly my thoughts.  The University of South Carolina has a number of films they've restored.  When I first came across them, I thought they were newly made films, made to look like old ones.  

I'd sure like to know where the university is keeping keeping the operating Mohawks, Hudsons, T1 berks, etc LOL!

RickO posted:

I highly recommend checking out the other historical videos on youtube uploaded by these folks. Most of them have actual sound and are of stunning quality.

 This one is a bit rougher, but hey its from 1929. Heres some damaged footage of pacing a Mohawk with ACTUAL sound:

I agree wholeheartedly. I stumbled across Speed Graphic Film and Video a while back and he has some incredible archival footage on his channel. Imagine seeing and hearing the Commodore Vanderbilt, New York Central Hudson 5344, on what appears to be her break-in and publicity trip in the vicinity of West Albany shops. That's only the tip of a very large iceberg of material on there. 

2531 is the second engine in class L1b, (55 engines numbered 2530-2584)

These were ancient beasts, built in 1917. They lacked mechanical stokers and feedwater heaters as built. Imagine hand firing that behemoth. 

It's a fantastic movie! And in case you missed it, it was filmed 90 years ago today.