NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM RAILROAD "WITHIN THE OVAL" 71532

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Within The Oval is a short 1950s film from the New York Central System that provides an overview of the company and its place in the railroad industry. The film reviews the people, places, and operations that make up the New York Central System, and features a number of shots of the company’s fleet of engines (02:39), including the Empire (00:35), a streamlined locomotive (00:46), the Commodore Vanderbilt (02:41), a Mohawk (15:56), and an ALCO Pacemaker (02:28; 16:15). The film discusses the various U.S. states and Canadian provinces where the company operates, and shows footage of related places, which includes the Ralston Purina Chows factory (01:25), New York City (01:33), agriculture lands, and more. A map of the New York Central System’s lines shows the reach the company has (02:00). Freight trains (03:34), without the widely recognized engine names, feature steam, electric, and diesel electric locomotives. At a rail yard (04:12), cars are moved. Coaches, diners, sleepers, and other cars are designed for the company’s passenger trains, while the freight trains (04:36) feature boxcars, stock cars, and other cars specific to transporting freight. The company owns and maintains a number of buildings, including the Boston & Albany building (04:57), stations and shops, towers and office buildings. The film covers some of the people or jobs within the company, including the President (05:54), a sea-going railroader, maintenance crews (06:44), and a ticket salesman. Many industries depend on the railroads, industries like the Tecumseh Coal Corporation (08:36), tractor manufacturing companies that ship tractors on freight cars (21:24), and the companies in charge of running America’s shipping harbors (08:41). Trains not only haul goods but also the machines that make those goods. The modern coal and ore facility in Toledo (16:25)-built in partnership with the New York Central System-allows the company to haul a tremendous amount of coal and ore each year. Another industry served by the trains of the New York Central System is the postal industry: U.S. mail is transported in mass quantities via the New York Central System’s rail lines (09:18). The construction industry (13:44) relies on railroads for the transportation of materials, making residential and commercial construction affordable and logistically possible in more places than ever. The film discusses where taxes paid by the company go, contributing to the funding of education, fire departments, and road maintenance. Customers enjoy riding the New York Central System (11:26; 12:48), as it takes them through cities (12:29) and rural areas. New cars are built to attract new business (15:00) based on responses from thousands of passenger surveys. Engineering staff design and test new equipment (17:15), and crews continue expanding the rail lines by building tracks near Little Falls, NY (17:58). An employee training program is being developed further, so employees can better understand their respective jobs when they join the company. Instruction cars, motion pictures, and slide films make the rounds teaching potential employees about the company and the business.
At the time this film was made, the NYC ran over 26,000 miles of track, and was a major force among America's railroads. In broad geographic terms, the New York Central proper was everything east of Buffalo plus a line from Buffalo through Cleveland and Toledo to Chicago (the former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway). NYC included the Ohio Central Lines (Toledo through Columbus to and beyond Charleston, West Virginia) and the Boston & Albany Railroad (neatly defined by its name). The Michigan Central Railroad was a Buffalo-Detroit-Chicago line and everything in Michigan north of that. NYC's Grand Central Terminal in New York City is one of its best known extant landmarks. In 1968 the NYC merged with former rival Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central, which went bankrupt by 1970.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2K. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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@jimdep6542 Жыл бұрын

This is when America was great and we need to somehow " get back on track". Same goes for the state of NY ! Thank you for this great film.

@johnpro2847 2 ай бұрын

indeed..and all non whites new their place and kept out of films .A bit of sarcasm, but the make up of the US was predominately European white back then and other races were treated unfairly and badly as a general statement..

@jimdep6542 2 ай бұрын

@@johnpro2847 my comment wasn't about skin color.

@oldclip70 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately when this movie was released, New York Central was losing money. When Young and Perlman took over, they had to change quickly. Steam was quickly replaced with diesels, passenger trains were withdrawn and the 4 track mainline was down to 2 tracks equipped with Centralized Traffic Control. Also NYC invested in Flexi-Van Service.

@James_Knott Жыл бұрын

One thing that was mentioned is that while air travel and highways were subsidized by the government, railroads had to pay their own way. Having worked for CN, that was something I often heard about.

@robertsiebenrock3997 6 ай бұрын

It was a great railroad I know because I worked there.

@robertsiebenrock3997 6 ай бұрын

A great Railroad.

@James_Knott Жыл бұрын

I grew up at at time when passenger trains were still common. I recall going through Union station in Toronto, as a young kid. I also recall the last days of steam. Later on, I started my career working as a technician for Canadian National in their telecom division. I have always loved trains and through my work often rode them, freights included.

@rapman5791 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, we know. You say the same thing in every railroad video Jimmy boy.

@yz8302 Жыл бұрын

That was the golden time for all the people when us dollars tied to gold. When US dollars were untied with gold, they just kept printing the green paper and everything went south.

@psyclonejack1523 4 жыл бұрын

Love the shot with all those Pacemaker boxcars!!

@williammeszaros1671 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see the steam action

@zanelindsay1267 20 күн бұрын

Nostalgic scenes of railroad action and industrial prosperity from the postwar steam to diesel transition era. The target audience for this film is NYC employees. It's implied that the railroad's strength and success through employee motivation and teamwork is key for maintaining job security, which was all too prophetic in the face of increasing competition from trucks and airlines.

@dogshouse1235 8 жыл бұрын

That clock is no problem. Thanks for all the good content.

@model-man7802 5 жыл бұрын

Just think,to have this all we had to do was support our Railroads.

@buddyboy1953 8 жыл бұрын

What a great video,thanks !!!!

@anotherluckyone 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you.

@paul-andrelarose3389 6 жыл бұрын

A very graphic and thought-provoking summary illustrating how much we have unfortunately lost since... 2018/02/22. Ontario, Canada.

@bobbypaluga4346 6 жыл бұрын

Paul-André Larose Amen, we have lost our ability to make, build, create, most anything. All that has gone to low wage, third world countries. When complete it's shipped back to Canada, the US, UK, Australia, to buy. That's insanity, losing jobs but still expecting to keep the companies healthy by buying the crap made overseas. Australia made really good cars and SUVs they call Utes, GM bought the largest Holden and now they have closed down all the Holden plants. Ford was second largest they closed their last plant in. 2017, both GM and Ford will still be selling cars made in the 3rd world. The largest car plant in the world is Ford's plant in Sonora, Mexico. The cars and trucks made there aren't sold there, they get shipped north.

@steved6990 6 жыл бұрын

+Bobby Paluga ford and holden are just Korean importers in the same league as Kia and Hyundai now. the cars we grew up with will become relics just as we don't associate valiants with Mitsubishi

@johannmckraken9399 4 жыл бұрын

@Bobby Paluga It’s not the ability to create all these things we lack, it’s the will. We’ve gotten lazy and the corporate leaders have become greedy.

@SocialistDistancing 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen that many box cars since the 70s. Did anyone notice that employees was spelled employes? You could get a new car or radio. LoL. OMG I wish that I could travel back in time. What a great period of time in our history.

@sarjim4381 7 жыл бұрын

Must have been 1950 or 1951 since there are several mentions of "the first four postwar years".

@CXR-gk4lw Жыл бұрын

I think it was 1949 when the film was made

@davidduma7615 5 жыл бұрын

Odd to see all those casual shots of freight cars not covered with layers of graffitti. I guess they were proud of their cars in the olden days.

@cruzcontrol1504 5 жыл бұрын

The graffiti "scourge" didn't hit the railroads until the late '70s early '80s

@SocialistDistancing 4 жыл бұрын

Yep. The youth was busy back then. Getting a job pumping gas or working at the grocery store. Back then there was Respect and nobody wanted to be that guy caught by the railroad dick.

@georgedreyer7453 3 жыл бұрын

People had more pride, and families stronger. Would like to go back to those days at least for a while.

@jameskosty7058 Жыл бұрын

Society wasn't immoral sum back then. The trains all look like rolling garbage like in some 3rd world dungheap. No logos, no pride.

@backwardk Жыл бұрын

@@cruzcontrol1504. It was not bad at all even as late as the early 2000’s. I know we did a lot of hanging out and visiting various rail spots in the 90’s and it was not even an issue. Old hobo graffiti on some of the cars and even buildings and walls on abandoned properties only had amateurish graffiti; names of rock bands, wannabe satanic stuff and the usual ( actually unusual and always weird) picture of a dick. Gang stuff in various cities, especially Chicago. But the full blown “street art” bull shit happened around the mid 2000’s; everywhere on rail cars, underpasses, blank walls on abandoned buildings etc…

@johnstudd4245 2 жыл бұрын

"Here is a family planning a vacation, chances are they will spend several hundred dollars". LOL

@wiedep 9 жыл бұрын

@ 10:24 + Village Hall Tuckahoe NY, @ 10:34 + Eastchester F.D. in Tuckahoe Underhill St & Cameron Pl.

@joelvega9534 2 жыл бұрын

10:34 Violet Avenue School, Poughkeepsie NY

@robertfarrow8755 5 жыл бұрын

I think the narrator is Max Ferguson a veteran CBC radio host. A great pictorial history of a great railroad.

@michaelfoster1453 Жыл бұрын

"to give them what they want."

@ericoxner8333 Жыл бұрын

Hey I think I heard this man voice before.I like the NYC Mohawks and Eunits .Down here in the south there called mountain type.

@TigerDominic-uh1dv Жыл бұрын

I Just Love Trains No matter Who's They Are ❤😂.

@neosystem852 3 жыл бұрын

What is the city at 1:32

@jaminova_1969 Жыл бұрын

NYC. That is the 59th St (Queensboro) bridge. The waterway is the East River. The preceding shots was the yard in Long Island City.

@misterbizznizz789 2 ай бұрын

9:24 are those guys armed?

@hedgeapple685 2 ай бұрын

Yes, RPO clerks were armed.

@Mark-iy4no 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the good old days . Unfortunately , never to return.

@douglasayers1485 4 жыл бұрын

Every body was working amen

@hectorhardy886 5 ай бұрын

like train

@OKFrax-ys2op 3 жыл бұрын

Made in the USA

@johnpro2847 2 ай бұрын

19:35 segregation alive and well during this period

@robertstark9454 4 жыл бұрын

Capitalism sold here😃

@djmanning346 2 жыл бұрын

Our Great Railroads could deal with anything thrown at them, Except the Government witch everything it touch's TURNS TO CRAP !

@jameskosty7058 Жыл бұрын

Sad to think things are so incompetent and poorly run today. The railroads only care about Wall Street and do not have any sense of urgency or desire to gather business. Add to that the ruin of the northeast industrial base due to over taxation, sending all our jobs and industry to foreign countries, and the hoax of climate change...no coal being hauled or mined, no autos manufactured in the Northeast. New York State ran off all the business thanks to the socialists working hard to destroy prosperity, and along with it, the sense of doing good work. Everything today is mediocre. Makes one ache for decorum and decency...all but gone.

@joerivers1768 3 жыл бұрын

Historic Ann Arbor Michigan Central Station at 5:06 It is still around as the Gandy Dancer restaurant and Amtrak is right next door still serving the Wolverine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor_station_(Michigan_Central_Railroad)