The Diesels Roar on the Pennsy (Film Transfer)

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6 жыл бұрын

Hi Def film transfer of 16mm film. Filmed by Fred McLeod between 1952 and 1960s. Blackhawk Films production from 1972. Most film transfers are abysmal and of low quality. This film was a rescue. Our transfers generate weigh in at 1.1GB per minute. The final ProRes footage is 13.2GB but web play dictates it be mastered to h264, a 1.3GB file. (a 90% reduction in data.) KZfaq initially defaults to 480 low res playback. Select 1080 HD for optimum viewing.
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@Narrowgaugefilms 5 ай бұрын

This is a pretty rare bird among old railroad films: Diesels and sound too! What's also nice is it captures really classic early diesels in action.

@georgehaykainiii464 3 жыл бұрын

As a youth, I was privileged to ride on the Spirit of St. Louis, the General, the Liberty Limited, and others. My dad was a solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Those were good times. I remember dining cars with linen table cloths and real silver, hash brown potatoes for breakfast, stationery with the train's logo in the observation car. I even saw barbers giving haircuts. We took the Broadway Limited from Harrisburg to Chicago when I was six.

@travelingman484 3 жыл бұрын

You were very lucky brother

@georgehaykainiii464 3 жыл бұрын

@@travelingman484 Yes, indeed. Those trips on the PRR with my dad are among my fondest memories.

@catreader9733 4 ай бұрын

I see a lot of PRR trainphone rigging. I grew up in the heart of Pennsy power, next to an electrified section, so I rarely saw other railroads' locomotives. Trainphone use was probably already being superceded, but I have never spotted inductive antennas, even left in place, on other railroads' locomotives.

@brianhanley1903 6 ай бұрын

People love steam but those diesals look mighty fine. Out BH

@williamsimmons152 5 ай бұрын

Just love the music. It adds so much to the majesty of a railroad video.

@colbeausabre8842 3 жыл бұрын

Aero train - busses pulled by a glorified switcher I was impressed by the amount of head end traffic Note that PRR wasn't running many lashups - almost pure locomotive consists

@larrywhite5366 2 жыл бұрын

PennCentral was in my back yard. Our class road it from Richmond,Ind. to Indianapolis. Miss those old steamers,, they shook the ground

@hugodunsany5576 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, Blackhawk Films! When we were kids we used to watch old Laurel and Hardy silent movies on an 16mm projector my dad splurged on in the late 60's,: that was the film label!

@stuartlee6622 2 жыл бұрын

I rode the Juniata, the Admiral, the Spirit of St. Louis/Cincinnati Limited, the Duquesne, and others in the mid-to-late 1960's.

@travelingman484 3 жыл бұрын

My beloved Pennsylvania

@mitchdakelman4470 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a 16mm sound copy from Blackhawk in 1976, but years later, when it was released on video, much of the footage had been filmed in color.

@pgronemeier 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking...I bought some Blackhawk films in the 70's. But they were 8mm no sound. I don't remember 16mm. I do remember Blackhawk Super 8. They had Sound AND color?

@Narrowgaugefilms 2 жыл бұрын

Color was unusual for Blackhawk, but it did exist. They sold prints of the hand-colored "Great Train Robbery", but you could get it straight black and white too. I also have a color White Pass and Yukon print. I half-wonder if they farmed their color lab work out to some lab given the volume of black and white they usually did. There were plenty of places doing the job back in those days. I have Super-8 sound prints of "Diesels Roar on the Pennsy" along with the other Fred Macleod film "The Thunder of Steam in the Blue Ridge" about articulated steam on the Norfolk and Western. Through a big set of speakers they can wake up the neighborhood!

@mitchdakelman4470 2 жыл бұрын

@@Narrowgaugefilms After Dave Shepeard took over Blackhawk, he released Thunder of Steam on the Blue Ridge in color / 16mm sound. Prints were made by Calvon Labs in Kansas, the same lab that did work for Castle Films. Blackhawks 16mm railroad films were generally in black and white with some 8mm and super 8 offered in silent versions. Most likely those 8mm color prints are simply faded pink.

@Narrowgaugefilms 2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting. I have two Blackhawk prints of "Narrow Gauge to Silverton" one regular 8 and color (has actually held up ok, too!) and one Super-8 and B&W. The footage is identical. I guess they weren't shy about printing color onto Black and White. "Diesels Roar..." would be awesome in color, with those PRR early diesel liveries.

@jimsutter149 2 жыл бұрын

Back when the Pennsylvania was king

@kleenexbox974 Жыл бұрын

nah they were already on their way out by this time everything before 1946 is when they were on top

@leggomyeggo2073 Жыл бұрын

Didn't know they had refrigerated truck trailers in the 60's, thought they came around in the 70's.

@catreader9733 4 ай бұрын

I recall seeing reefer trailers in the 60s, but I don't recall how prevalent they were.

@b3j8 3 жыл бұрын

Fred Macleod owned an Auricon 16mm movie camera that recorded sound w/the video. Very expensive camera that few fans could afford. So the sounds should be authentic for these scenes.

@dennisrichardville4988 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it !

@lmgbros7723 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading this video. I mostly watch footage of the Pennsy’s steam locomotives, but watching the diesels was a nice change. Do you know the name of the song that played in between the clips?

@petermardon2698 3 жыл бұрын

Very neat!! Some great shots.

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@kristianeugene2623 2 жыл бұрын

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@waltrogers9974 2 жыл бұрын

There is something special about passenger trains with freight cars on the head end.

@Narrowgaugefilms 2 жыл бұрын

These are express boxcars, hauling high priority freight within a passenger train. What is special about them is even as boxcars, they are on passenger trucks and have couplers for less slack within a passenger train. I assume if a railroad had steam heat and hotel power coming from the locomotive, they'd have all the piping and wiring to connect it all up.

@whereisthedollar 8 ай бұрын

A lot of them carried US mail too.

@catreader9733 4 ай бұрын

I had forgotten about express rail running with passenger service. Thanks, @Narrowgaugefilms.

@catreader9733 4 ай бұрын

I remember when piggyback started showing up along the section across the road from my home. At that time, automobile racks were open-sided, so we kids could try to identify the models and spot trendy colors.

@catreader9733 4 ай бұрын

This is the first time I have seen Aerotrain running outside a promo. I have seen one physically in a collection, I think in St. Louis.

@robwar2288 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe that many People rode on trains at one time!

@bobpaulino4714 2 жыл бұрын

When rails were first laid, engineers, brakemen, and conductors were like astronauts. Smooth rails compared to bouncing around on a dusty trail. Prior to planes, widespread automobile ownership, and the interstate highway system it was the most economical way to get around. And the services were top notch.