Crisp 1959 documentary covering the end Canadian National’s steam program. Worth the 29:30 if you have not seen it before.
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Great piece,eh. I hope all forumites lights are white throughout 2019.
I wonder how these things circulate. I saw this for the first time the other day and was going to post but figured it was already well known, though I had not personally ever seen it before. Nice vide9, but sad too. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for the heads up. I will check it out.
that's a pretty cool look back. Lots of guys looking back fondly on Steam and accepting Diesel as a colder, "less alive", but inexorable wave of the future. Worth noting the guy who admits a steam loco could have a "personality" that was trouble all the time.
Steve T - Thanks for sharing! Most informative video. Enjoyed it very much!
bobdavisnpf posted:that's a pretty cool look back. Lots of guys looking back fondly on Steam and accepting Diesel as a colder, "less alive", but inexorable wave of the future. Worth noting the guy who admits a steam loco could have a "personality" that was trouble all the time.
While I greatly prefer to photo steamers, in the trade we did gain one thing--lots of color.
Kent in SD
bobdavisnpf posted:that's a pretty cool look back. Lots of guys looking back fondly on Steam and accepting Diesel as a colder, "less alive", but inexorable wave of the future. Worth noting the guy who admits a steam loco could have a "personality" that was trouble all the time.
"No more we hear the cracking whip,
Or the strong wheel's rumbling sound,
For the hissing steam now drives us on,
And an iron steed is found.
The coach stands rusting in the yard;
The horse has sought the plow;
We have spanned the word with iron rails,
And the steam-king rules us now."
(poem referencing demise of the Lancaster Turnpike quoted in "Suburban Stations and Rural Homes on the Pennsylvania Railroad" p. 34)
Way back when the earth was cooling back in the late 1960's, my parents went to Oshawa, Ontario to visit friends. While they visited, I wandered with my 8mm camera to see if I could take movies of anything. I came across and started filming the CPR doing some switching.
During a break in the action, some of the crew came over to talk with me. They asked me if I like steam or diesels. I told them steam (of course.) To a man they told me that while they liked steam, they all preferred diesels. Easier to start, easier to run, easier to stay clean on.
Rusty
