Purchase this Package as DVD or Blu-Ray at www.greenfrog.com
Disk 1
Southern Railway "Timbering & Surfacing and Assembly Line Track Maintenance", 20 mins, 19 secs
Produced by the Southern in 1981 or 1982, this video shows all of the tasks done by a mechanized T&S gang. Each step, from ballast cleaning to alignment is included.
Southern Railway "Green Light to Transportation", 24 mins, 52 secs
This professionally produced introduction to the Southern Railway meant to explain to the general public. Most of the images are still photos but a number of run-bys show the equipment and services the railroad was promoting in the early 1970s.
Southern Railway "No Rough Stuff" (12 mins, 15 secs)
Shows the "dos and don'ts" of handling LCL freight. While that business is long gone from the railroads, this video provides an "inside" look at how LCL terminals looked and were operated.
Disk 2
U.S. Navy "Diesel Engine Fuel Systems" produced in 1942, 19 mins, 37 secs
Used by the Southern to train shop personnel in the basics of diesel engine fuel systems.
U.S. Navy "Diesel Engine Governors" 12 mins, 54 secs
"Diesel Engine Governors" is a companion film to the two other USN training films on this DVD.
U.S. Navy "Diesel Lubricating and Cooling Systems" 9 mins, 18 secs
This short Navy training film is mostly animations showing how a diesel's lubricating and cooling systems work.
''New Directions" produced by the Association of American Railroads, 28 mins, 7 secs.
''New Directions" is a color production by AAR, narrated by Chet Huntley. It begins with the Golden
Spike and includes film clips from the GN, UP, SP, PRR, C&EI and the Southern.
Disk 3
"Maintenance of Way Safety" 14 mins, 10 secs
This color film was produced by the Southern for internal use by Maintenance of Way personnel. The video provides a "time machine" look along the Southern in the 1950s.
"Mechanized Bridge and Building Gangs" 25 mins, 56 secs
Another film produced by the Southern, includes a variety of bridge and building maintenance machinery.
"Science Rides the High Iron", 24 minutes, 21 secs.
Produced by the AAR and narrated by Chet Huntley "Science Rides the High Iron" begins with the passing of a Union Pacific gas turbine powered train followed with a an A-B-B-A locomotive consist pulling the Zephyr in the Colorado Rockies.
Disk 4
"Ribbon Rail" 31 mins, 43 secs
Southern produced "Ribbon Rail Mechanized Reclamation, Welding and Rail Laying" (made in 1981 or '82) begins with aerial views of a piggyback train on the CNO&TP crossing the Cumberland River bridge at Burnside, KY and describes the importance of rail and track structure.
"Southern's Training System", 22 mins, 25 secs.
This black and while film, produced in-house, describes the Southern's various technical, sales and management and co-op training programs.
"Public Relations Clips", 11 min., 6 secs.
Series of short-subject films describing their topics for general public viewers. The series, all believed to be from the 1970s, include: Sheffield Yard, Welded Rail, Research Car R-1, Defect Detectors, SR Police, Coal Unit Trains, The "Sparkplug" train from Cincinnati to the auto assembly plants in Atlanta and grade crossing safety with Operation Lifesaver.
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Motion Menus
Chapter Search
~-~~-~~~-~~-~
Please watch: "Behind The Scenes at Green Frog"
• Behind the Scenes at G...
~-~~-~~~-~~-~