The Pennsylvania Railroad in "Clear Track Ahead" (1946)

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4 жыл бұрын

"Clear Track Ahead" was a promotional film made by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1946, just as it was beginning the transition from steam to diesel.
This is another of my "railfan editions"--I've edited out the various side stories and studio vignettes.

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@robbrown3519 2 жыл бұрын

Those of you that have seen the photo of the PRR T1 with the 5 inspectors standing in front of it, My father was the man standing on the left end. He was one of the inspectors during the T1 builds. Yes they are building a new one, with some modifications, LOL - at 80 I am not sure I'll see the finished locomotive. I will say that the steam era was truly wonderful.

@barrettwbenton Жыл бұрын

I certainly hope you hang around long enough to see that T1 completed and user steam. I'm a bit younger than you (66), but have followed rail story in the Northeast rather tenaciously for a good deal of my life.

@ColtFour.7 Жыл бұрын

That’s so cool!

@nangar4858 Жыл бұрын

@@barrettwbenton

@nangar4858 Жыл бұрын

@@ColtFour.7

@FitnessComedyParodyMEMECentral Жыл бұрын

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@roystrickland3363 4 жыл бұрын

Jobs. Service. Dignity. Sure, work was less than ideal and often hard but people could raise families with one breadwinner who took pride in work well done.

@blackstone1a 4 жыл бұрын

I see a T1, I click.

@chadbailey8152 4 жыл бұрын

Shame none exsit

@loganmalough2379 4 жыл бұрын

Steamloco a new engine will be completed in 2030.

@thehind3119 4 жыл бұрын

@@loganmalough2379 I hard that it was going to be sooner but I could be wrong what I hard is that they made enough money for 20 or 30 percent I could be wrong please take what I wrote a pinch of salt

@kittiemuffins6609 4 жыл бұрын

yep

@crudecaboose8382 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes a true man of culture

@soyounoat 2 жыл бұрын

This film is from a time when the citizens of America worked to create abundance and wealth for a better standard of living for all. Now in 2021 we have politicians and billionaires working to dismantle it.

@kelvintorrence5994 Ай бұрын

its 2024 and its worst now

@IrishEddie317 4 жыл бұрын

The freight yard you see is the Enola breaking yard in Enola PA. I lived across the tracks from this yard for 34 years. I used to take my now-grown son to sit in our old Chevy station wagon and watch the cars being humped and put together to deliver goods across the nation. At one time, the Enola yard was the largest breaking yard on the East Coast. I remember one day someone came to our door and told us that there were free potatoes being given out. Sure enough, down where my son and I went to watch the cars, a reefer car full of Idaho potatoes had broken down, and rather than waste all those taters, the railroad was giving them to the townspeople. We went away with a couple of bags of spuds! First come, first served. At 16:44 you will see the engineer's lodgings. When I moved to Enola in 1973, it was no longer there, but instead had been transformed into an appliance repair shop called "Barlup's." Mr. Barlup and his sons ran that shop and they are good people (Mr. Barlup has now passed on) and are, I believe, still there to this day operating as Barlup's Appliances.

@roystrickland3363 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story, Edward Hara. As a rider on the old Pennsy, I enjoyed it.

@pauleyplay Жыл бұрын

You dont happen to remember Vans diner ? I was from altoona, My grandfather Engineer middle div. He loved Vans & so did I. It might be long gone ?

@okmrocksU 4 жыл бұрын

As this film depicted a shining future for railroads, it was the beginning of the end for steam power and after another decade the decline of passenger travel.

@paullewis2413 4 жыл бұрын

And the greatest act of civil vandalism in the Nation’s history - the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, the finest transport terminal ever built.

@shanghunter7697 4 жыл бұрын

I last road a passenger train in 1971 as a kid in Renovo pa. It went to Williamsport and then to Philly. I loved it and think about it all the time.

@phyllishamilton165 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. I was born in 1946 in Chicago, and fondly recall traveling on steam-powered equipment. Just 19 years later, in college, I traveled the Denver Zephyr on one of its last runs. It is truly sad to know that the future held, instead, the demise of railroad travel and then American manufacturing itself, with the steady decline of solid middle-class incomes, homes, and affordable college educations for us who grew up in that era. I am still stunned to think of it all, and to see our economy today and the chasm between the two economic extremes of our society -- and now, it is horrible to think about what the pandemic is going to do to all of the good people just trying to hang on . . . .

@two_inline_sixes 2 жыл бұрын

@@shanghunter7697 Renovo! Wow, that's a town in the middle of beautiful and undisturbed Sproul State forest (minus the fracking). The hunting club I belong to, the Remington Club, is one of the oldest in PA and I think has the oldest cabin in PA. Our founding members took train, in the opposite direction from where they started in Harrisburg to Philly, then back to Williamsport. They met with a farmer who had a barge to get them across the river at North Bend. They had frostbite and one time snow that buried their cabin, back when you got snow taller than a person. The conditions were horrible, sometimes the hunting rough. We continue to honor their legacy by forgoing electricity in our cabin.

@theblocksmith645 2 жыл бұрын

@@phyllishamilton165 I hope to make that a reality again

@BNSFSantaFe603 2 жыл бұрын

It was a great Railroad Rip Pennsylvanian Railroad PRR you will be in our hearts.

@philpots48 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful film. At age 9 (1958) my grandparents took me and my sister to Charleston, SC from NYC's Penn. This was the only time I was in the main part of the Penn station, I remember seeing the glass roof 75 feet above. My g-parent's had two roomettes, and it was the most exciting event of my childhood. On the return trip, we slept in the bunk beds. What a way to travel, then.

@UnionPacific1997 Жыл бұрын

and thanks to car now we get to be stuck in traffic

@ichabodon 4 жыл бұрын

For 1946 the US had some great gear and that includes the T1, beautiful.

@jeffreyshaw4037 3 жыл бұрын

You are not kidding. Could you imagine seeing one of these on British tracks!!!

@Railfan105. 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyshaw4037 yeah, i'm sure it could give the Mallard a run for its money.

@chrisdelux125 2 жыл бұрын

Have you guys heard about the T1? The answer: in 2014, the group of Penslyvania name the t1 trust is currently building a brand new t1, which will be completed sometimes in 2030

@silaskuemmerle2505 2 жыл бұрын

@@Railfan105. we’ll find out in a few years whether or not it could’ve beat Mallard’s record

@smedleyfarnsworth263 Жыл бұрын

@@Railfan105. I think not, if I recall Mallard holds the speed record for steam still.

@Oyasumi52 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather worked for the Delaware & Hudson and he was sadly killed working in the Albany, NY breaking yard. He was helping to build a freight at night in February, 1961 during a snow storm when he was caught between the cuplings of two cars. he, apparently because of the deep falling snow, didn't hear the rolling shunt approaching, while he was opening the frozen knuckle of the receiving car, which caught him. I was all of 9 years old then. his funeral was a closed coffin because his injuries were too horrific to be viewed. Grandmother never recovered from her loss. 😞

@williamschlenger1518 4 жыл бұрын

All gone now.As a young boy I sent letters to many railroads & received many emblems, belt buckles, etc.

@davebarclay4429 4 жыл бұрын

This fascinating film was made the year my parents got married. It might as well show life on another planet.

@johnsmith6974 4 жыл бұрын

Back when made in America was commonly stamped on almost everything you owned

@lawrencewheeler8868 4 жыл бұрын

Year I was born,lol! All gone(mostly) D&RGW, SP, CNW, WP, NP!.As someone says, sad

@wheelhorseman2306 3 ай бұрын

Wow- what a treasure this video is to me. I love the PRR, and think the T-1 is awesome, and this video will be so helpful to me when I paint my model. Thank you for posting this interesting, informative and useful video

@NormanSilver Ай бұрын

I was old by an Engineer at Altoona he'd start on the ready track and shut down the throttle. It would coast the next mile on its own. Smooth roller bearing setup.

@jessemillington5988 Жыл бұрын

Also watching a T1 on a Dyno track is probably the most epic train nerdy things you can witness! Simply amazing when you think of watching something that 3 feet away at full power of that size and the pressure waves from the cylinders pounding in your chest.

@theincrediblehulk5797 Жыл бұрын

I fully believe that it could have beaten the mallard

@xMrsmileyfacex Жыл бұрын

Seeing that shiny new T1 on the Dyno track had me geeking out. That was a beauty of an engine.

@NickyYey Жыл бұрын

@@theincrediblehulk5797 nah mate, thats s1 job

@b3j8 Жыл бұрын

No ear protection. And you know it had to be loud in that enclosed space!

@williamsimmons152 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely would have loved to experience that.

@Stonedmetalhead666 4 жыл бұрын

So heart breaking seeing all of the railroads in their prime and now they're non existent relics of the past rusting away in peices across america..

@bstimy 4 жыл бұрын

AJ DeRiso they were a means to an end

@OKFrax-ys2op 3 жыл бұрын

They haul tons of stuff still, far from being nonexistent

@warrengibson7898 3 жыл бұрын

Railroads now haul far more freight than they did in 1946

@justforever96 2 жыл бұрын

No, there are tons of railroads. A lot of the small branches shut down, and the organizations were merged, but most of the main trackage is still there, most of it heavily used. In total tonnage, we ship more by rail than we did before. there are fewer cars and fewer trains, but they carry a lot more.

@diegohorton869 Жыл бұрын

Dude I work for one, no we are not relics rusting.

@ikonseesmrno7300 4 жыл бұрын

No, no, NO! Jim can wait a minute! More of the test plant please. Lol! Seriously though, this was a fantastic short film. Thanks for the upload.

@b3j8 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't see anyone working at the Test Plant wearing ear protection. I can only imagine how loud it was standing right next to that T1 running close to 100 mph!

@kleetus92 4 жыл бұрын

@@b3j8 Actually, probably not as loud as you think. At the stack sure, but running on rollers it should be pretty good or it would beat itself to death in short order.

@Hogger280 2 жыл бұрын

Railroads didn't work together as a team but fought each other tooth and nail.

@lolroflpmsl 4 жыл бұрын

I had no idea they had in-cab signalling!

@CentralJerseyRailfan 4 жыл бұрын

@John Mumford The cab signalling system and its equivalents is still in use today on the NS Pittsburgh Line, Amtrak Northeast Corridor, and commuter lines like SEPTA and NJT

@carriemoon-dupree7875 4 жыл бұрын

My Dad work for the Penn R.R. At Penn Station from 1940 until he retired, except for his years in WWII.

@garryferrington811 Жыл бұрын

The Pennsylvania RR paid dividends on it's stock every quarter without a single break, even during the Great Depression, right up until 1949: the longest record in corporate history.

@davidbarnett9312 4 жыл бұрын

Cutting edge technology in those days. As a kid, I could see all those dead railroads represented by their rolling stock as they entered the now gone SP yard in my hometown. Same goes for the MoP on the north edge of my hometown. I also got to see SP and MoP steam engines before they were replaced by early diesels. The local SP yard was a thriving place. 13 tracks; switching crews; car repair shop; roundhouse; PFE ice rack; signal men with their motor cars on the back of 6 wheel trucks; yard office; depot; yard men who walked the trains and oiled the 'box'; passenger trains. All gone now.

@mikeggg5671 11 ай бұрын

God bless the men and women of the Pennsylvania Railroad

@jimstrainsandstuff9539 4 жыл бұрын

I can now appreciate and enjoy running my HO Scale T1 even more than before. It's an awesome beast; even with the slipping troubles of the real ones.

@mrlightningvr Жыл бұрын

How did you get your HO T1 to have a wheel slip ability?

@Motoskichimo1974 Жыл бұрын

@@mrlightningvr probably the weight of the train and opening the throttle really fast.

@lansen6385 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid visiting an aunt who lived next to a rail line and waving to the engineers as the trains passed. Also one of my favorite trips as taking a rail trip from Chicago to Seattle stopping for a visit to Glacier National Park. Unfortunately the last part of the trip was by bus because a forest fire had closed the last section of track from service. Also, when our kids were young, took the Amtrak to NY from Indpls. Enjoyed the great Pennsy Horseshoe Curve where you could see both ends of the train. Now get crammed in an aluminum tube envious of the room enjoyed by sardines packed in a tin can.

@savagefabrication795 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought I would see a chassis dyno for steam trains.

@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын

There is another video on KZfaq of one in England called "locomotive testing station".

@dovydas4806 6 ай бұрын

If anyone is ever in South Central Pennsylvania, there's a Pennsylvania Railroad museum in Altoona PA that's worth seeing. They have a directory of All PRR's employees.

@b3j8 3 жыл бұрын

Watching them manufacturing the T1, I'll bet the T1 Trust that's working to build a new one would give anything to have the skilled Craftsmen shown building the T1's come back from the dead to lend their knowledge!

@fty-ys4ni Жыл бұрын

If anything the craftsmen they have today are the best of the best and would have a thing or two to teach the original T1 engineers

@wheelhorseman2306 3 ай бұрын

@@fty-ys4niTrue but the castings they could make back then are no longer possible. I've worked some with welded and cast metal, and there's an integrity and toughness in a solid casting that only a perfect weld can hope to equal. Maybe its a grain structure in the metal when it's cast?

@magicguystudios7940 3 жыл бұрын

The Pennsylvania railroad is awesome

@ryansansom6901 Жыл бұрын

Ah,back when the U.S.A was a strong powerhouse of industry and commerce. I don't think this country will ever be that strong again. I wasn't around at that time, however it is nice being able to see footage of this country back when things were actually made here.

@rubygreta1 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody could have envisioned the interstate highway system and the expansion of flying in 1946.

@DEVILTAZ35 3 жыл бұрын

i only just found this. Thanks for posting. It was fascinating to see this great engine in motion :) . I noticed a team of enthusiasts are actually going to build one of these engines too . Meant to be ready by 2030.

@robertgift Жыл бұрын

Was the T1 really a good engine? Or is this exaggeration?

@anthonyxuereb792 3 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic, it shows machines and technology of the time that I never knew about or saw.

@Captain_Char 4 жыл бұрын

I never knew they had signal readouts in the cab till now

@TheBigdog868 Жыл бұрын

The Pennsylvania railroad paid dividends continuously to their shareholders for over 100 years. They were the best run railroad in the world. Nobody ever dreamed they would fall.

@richmanwisco Жыл бұрын

Until they weren't.

@dknowles60 8 ай бұрын

wrong

@johnwahan9086 4 жыл бұрын

People who designed this are now gone. They had no CAD. No GPS. Ect.. they just make it work. Fine job by our ancestors. My generation we we went from Paper maps to Map Books to GPS. I'm glad to have seen advances in getting things done. Been running service trucks since early 90s. Remember anyone driving with a map in your lap ? I didn't like GPS at first. But now I cannot imagine life without it. 😃

@darylcheshire1618 4 жыл бұрын

I listened to a talk given by the Chief Mechanical Engineer Victorian Railways in 1978 and he mentioned that they would look at a blueprint of a locomotive and they would tell the designer to make it 100 pounds lighter. All from blueprints! No CAD.

@williamschlenger1518 4 жыл бұрын

Was always my favorite railroad.

@DA0470 Жыл бұрын

Incredible video. 1946 was a fabulous year for the PRR …. It was their 100th anniversary. Then PRR …. Now NS also CSX.

@andrewkoenigsberg8087 Жыл бұрын

You forgot Conrail

@Trainfan1055Janathan 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! I didn't know steam locomotives could have cab signalling!

@Isochest 4 жыл бұрын

It's been there in the UK and USA for over 100 years!

@WAL_DC-6B 4 жыл бұрын

The Chicago & NorthWestern Railway (C&NW) had cab signals in their steam locomotives going back, I believe, to the 1920s.

@OKFrax-ys2op 3 жыл бұрын

And coal stokers too!

@ecpcharles 3 жыл бұрын

Its those wire antennas on PRR cabooses, those "handrails" ontop of their diesels and on top of tenders. Theres many other facinating parts of steam locos that have improved efficiency, including booster engines, feedwater heaters, stokers, etc.

@magicguystudios7940 3 жыл бұрын

Me neither!

@malcolmmarzo2461 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see that there were steel shipping container systems in 1946. I thought they appeared in the late 1950's.

@markcarey8426 4 жыл бұрын

Me too. I thought they were 'invented' by a trucking company who started by putting trailers on flat wagons and then just putting the box without the chassis - the container.

@MatthewJBrown 4 жыл бұрын

I think what happened later is standardization across the industry -- earlier container schemes were not widely adopted enough.

@trainliker100 Жыл бұрын

LCL Containers go back to the 1920's. The New York Central had them as early as 1922. "Piggy Back" trailers on flat cars were pioneered by, of all things, an interurban railroad in 1926. The Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee (CNS&M or "North Shore Line").

@None-zc5vg Жыл бұрын

@@markcarey8426 The British railways/railroads had transferable road/rail containers back in the '40s if not earlier but they were small and wooden (afaik) and restricted to short-wheel base wagon 'flats'. It was a start (before the demolition of most of the U.K. rail network under a policy set by road-building interests).

@johnhagan7742 Жыл бұрын

I remember these days. Back when steam railroading was king of transportation.

@stephenheath8465 3 жыл бұрын

THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE WORLD!!!!!

@Zebrails 4 жыл бұрын

Full version... Search: "The Pennsylvania Railroad - Clear Track Ahead! 1946 Vintage PRR Footage"

@TickledFunnyBone 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, so much of that doesnt exist anymore. There is a restoration club seeking to build a new one of the PRR T1'S because none exist today also the S1's.

@kittiemuffins6609 4 жыл бұрын

Must be something special, they call this engine a miracle of engineering.

@THOMAS81Z 4 жыл бұрын

a new group building a NEW T1 5550

@LIMowersAndMore 4 жыл бұрын

Tickled Funny Bone yep the T1 is expected to be done bye 2030

@chickey333 4 жыл бұрын

They just finished restoring a Union Pacific Big Boy and taking it out for a run somewhere out west. Here's a link if you weren't aware of it.: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9iHi9qEs-DGd4U.html

@charleslalonde2324 4 жыл бұрын

S1, really?

@Msrtynmen 4 жыл бұрын

From my point of view. Even a ride can be a destination...

@trainroomgary 4 жыл бұрын

Like • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

@jonnybeck6723 4 жыл бұрын

God, I luv this sort of thing... Always have, always will. Thanx for posting. That wuz a good one! cheers

@williamschlenger1518 4 жыл бұрын

Hewlett unloading. Amazing.

@melissanewman4422 2 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thanks for sharing.

@joannecarpenter8725 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for sharing this AMAZING information! I will be sharing with other railroad fans 👌

@markjosephbudgieridgard 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute gem 👍

@thomaspahlke731 4 жыл бұрын

A very nice old film. PRR T1 - I like streamlined Steam Locomotives. Thank you for Uploading. Thumbs up. Best regards from Germany. :-)

@kkhagerty6315 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the new T1 to be completed, they where such grand looking engines

@TheMrPeteChannel 3 жыл бұрын

There's a better chance of the PRR coming back to business then seeing another T1.

@kkhagerty6315 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMrPeteChannel by the look of things the T1 trust is still on schedule, we should be seeing a new T1 within the next 10 years

@silaskuemmerle2505 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMrPeteChannel the T1 Trust is 30% by weight done with their project to build a new T1.

@backonpro5679 6 ай бұрын

@@TheMrPeteChannelare you sure about that? Might wanna check again

@MervynPartin Жыл бұрын

That was a fascinating and enjoyable film. I was surprised about steam power still being so prominent and being further improved when diesels were already in service. Another surprising item was how cab telephone systems were in common use- I thought they had been developed years later than this. Perhaps the Pennsylvania Railroad was a remarkable company..

@hrysivjt67 4 жыл бұрын

This is really well written.

@jamesmartin2927 4 жыл бұрын

I have ridden the train many times and enjoyed everyone of them. Took one Pullman and the best sleep ever.

@southernpennsyrailfan8579 2 жыл бұрын

Support the T1 Trust

@next50years Жыл бұрын

Produced Directed by my Father Alexander E. Gansel, one of the original owners of Audio Productions, INC of New York City. I have originals of the 2versions of Clear Track Ahead.

@garryferrington811 Жыл бұрын

That's very interesting. Is there a history of your fathers' company? I used to work across the street from the (then closed) Jam Handy company in Detroit.

@danielboone3770 4 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderful video!

@oldspguy4786 4 жыл бұрын

I was always fascinated by the Pennsy S2 "turbine" 6-8-6. The technology there was really something for it's day. If diesels had held-off another decade or so and given a little more refinement, who knows where that design could have gone.

@pilsudski36 4 жыл бұрын

Sweden ran successful steam turbine locos for decades, but they were much smaller than the S-2.

@oldspguy4786 4 жыл бұрын

@@pilsudski36 Yes, I looked at some of those Swedish locos. Very impressive! Throughout the world it seems steam turbines either were direct gear drive or the turbines drove electric traction motors. I wonder if anyone ever tried using a Voith-type hydraulic transmission similar to what was used on the Krauss Maffei ML 4000 diesel-hydraulics? Might have resulted in a very interesting turbine loco.

@chrisguzman386 Жыл бұрын

What awesome engineering back then

@Jerry-hp5sf Жыл бұрын

Yes but the disadvantage of direct-drive steam turbine was that the turbine could not operate at optimal speeds over the locomotive's entire speed range.

@theimaginationstation1899 Жыл бұрын

@@Jerry-hp5sf I'd read recently that within a road speed band they were efficient and as powerful as all hell. But outside of that band, they were exceedingly expensive to run. The washup being that they weren't worth the effort and expense. It's a bit like compounding in that it's a technology well suited to marine use, but not so much to rail.

@hartmutlorentzen9659 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, Thanks for presentation, from Germany

@ANOSINCRIVEIS1973 4 жыл бұрын

awesome.....i love your videos...thanx for sharing

@Nunofurdambiznez 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE this video!!

@VictorianMaid99 Жыл бұрын

I love these grand, old films !

@karengunia5451 11 күн бұрын

Great film! I learned alot!!

@leslie0965 4 жыл бұрын

I want to work for the prr all steam in the after life forever

@thundercreekcustoms Жыл бұрын

I will always maintain that if the Pennsy's management had been more forward-thinking, the Standard Railroad of the World would still be here.

@trainliker100 Жыл бұрын

And Sears would be the largest online retailer because their management would have stuck their heads up from their rut long enough to see what Amazon saw. Pennsy would have had to have also gotten seriously in the trucking and container business and perhaps even the airline business. And perhaps manufacture Pennsylvania automobiles? But the railroad market segment was going to drastically shrink almost everywhere no matter what Pennsy did.

@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 4 жыл бұрын

We should retroactively name this. “Man wasn’t our industry good, and then it all fell apart.”

@funtimehobbies789 4 жыл бұрын

computers ruined it all.needed lots of people when everything was analog...

@WasatchGarandMan 3 жыл бұрын

Let's send all our money to Israel and all our jobs to China! It will be great!

@ChowderTDMOFCAL 3 жыл бұрын

@@WasatchGarandMan lmao

@silaskuemmerle2505 2 жыл бұрын

@@funtimehobbies789 Aviation becoming mainstream is actually what ruined it, you don’t need as many people or as much infrastructure for freight as you do for passenger service. Sure computers played a role but it was minuscule compared to aviation taking over in passenger service.

@Mizra-dq3lj Жыл бұрын

@@silaskuemmerle2505 Cars were an important factor too, why bother going to an station waiting 2 hours when u could get there by yourself on your brand new Ford / Chevy or your motorcycle?

@northpennvalleysteamrailroad 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome footage!

@b3j8 4 жыл бұрын

That TrainPhone system worked okay, but was often full of static. Especially the further away you got. Almost unusable later on as track conditions deteriorated.

@Isochest 4 жыл бұрын

They should have been using VHF radio even then. Low band VHF was not that expensive even then.

@b3j8 4 жыл бұрын

@@Isochest Yeah several railroads like the New Haven started testing radio after WW2. Trainphone was very short range, maybe 300 feet if that. And they used that system well into the 1960's believe it or not!

@magicguystudios7940 3 жыл бұрын

The PRR T1 class is one of my favorite streamliners

@Khalif-AllahEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын

This is an interesting video. I love the T1 duplex. 9:39

@Stussmeister 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting that this film about the Pennsylvania Railroad (one of my favorites) came out the same year the railroad celebrated its centennial.

@Bacony_Cakes 2 жыл бұрын

Everybody loves the PRR.

@jcip1 Жыл бұрын

Love the video...trains and America in a better time!

@Dr.Pepper001 Жыл бұрын

1946...the year I was born.

@F4productions4072 8 ай бұрын

This makes me wanna go back in time to see the PPR T1s

@magicguystudios7940 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@richardrogerson2383 Жыл бұрын

I was born February 1958. The Pennsylvania R.R. was the world standard for railroads.

@EricTheOld 4 жыл бұрын

Those were the days!

@malaiaruvi350 Жыл бұрын

The steam loco, iron horse with its beautiful look is the best of all the Locos built until now.

@sfenodonte 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful, charming ....

@granskare 4 жыл бұрын

I recall this - "Escanaba, this way out (as the railroad man walks along).

@user-wb3wg3we8w 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, it's great American railroads ! I'd like to aboard !

@southnc63 4 жыл бұрын

Rebuild the old Penn Station please - should never have been torn down.

@TheMrPeteChannel 3 жыл бұрын

They turned a building nextdoor into a station.

@garryferrington811 Жыл бұрын

The demolition of Penn Station kindled the preservationist movement in the United States. Everyone could see what a great loss it was.

@m60a3tts2 Жыл бұрын

In this movie, "Jim" is not only an engineer, he is also a magician. He started his run on engine 5540 but finishes it on engine 5524. Oops. 🙂

@UweJMeyer Жыл бұрын

And all this has worked without any IT.The trains were one time, fast and comfortable, a manuell running system.Compare this with the systems today.A delay is only one of the easiest problems.

@ajmayowskijr 4 жыл бұрын

Great video

@madame-rosalitaduchesse7636 6 ай бұрын

You know: a group of engineers is buildung a new steam loco t1.

@jameslovelady7751 Жыл бұрын

My era. I was in grade school when this was made . Optimistic times.

@railfanadam1944 3 жыл бұрын

The Pennsylvania was big in my towns history.

@wesleystuff4882 Жыл бұрын

The amount of cabooses just caught my eyes

@nossta5242 4 жыл бұрын

I was interested about how the coal was loaded onto ships. Should learn more about it

@ivanreis1538 4 жыл бұрын

GOOD VIDEO!!!

@king-xerxus7040 Жыл бұрын

Funny how this video clip comes into view December 1st 2022, just before a potential National Rail Road ‘strike’ December 2nd 2022.

@christopherwagner2395 2 жыл бұрын

And a generation later the Pennsylvania Railroad was bankrupt. Still hard to believe.

@Closet_Jedi 2 жыл бұрын

At 12:56, there's a piece of equipment in the background that kind of looks like a miniature mk. IV tank. I'm guessing it's some kind of mobile power unit as there's a hose connected to the gauging equipment mounted on the tracks.

@Iconoclasher Жыл бұрын

I didn't realize the container car concept was already a thing in 1946. 5:02

@inspektorbarneby5837 4 жыл бұрын

gut erklärt und schöne Aufnamen

@producerk8247 4 жыл бұрын

Look at how many jobs that have been lost over the years. Automation does have its perks, but less food on the table for many.

@richmanwisco Жыл бұрын

Not by any measure. And that was backbreaking and dangerous work for most and for barely enough pay to feed the family. Automation replaced the jobs we no longer wanted to do.