- Title: F-5611
- Summary: AT SHERMAN HILL ON THE UNION PACIFIC: 1950s STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FREIGHT TRAINS PHOTOGRAPHED BY FRED MCLEOD. SHERMAN HILL. CHEYENNE, WYOMING. REACHES ITS SUMMIT AT THE VILLAGE OF SHERMAN, 8,100 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
- Description:00:27:09 - STEAM TRAIN, FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELS TOWARD LARAMIE, LEFT TO RIGHT 00:27:56 - 4-6-6-4 CHALLENGER TYPE LOCOMOTIVE NEARING SHERMAN AFTER COMING UPGRADE, EASTBOUND FROM LARAMIE. STEAM TRAIN TRAVELS ACROSS GRASSLANDS 00:28:24 - 2-10-2 SANTA FE TYPE LOCOMOTIVE HELPING 4-6-6-4 LOCOMOTIVE UP TO SHERMAN. TRAIN LEAVING CHEYENNE YARD LIMITS AND IS WESTBOUND UNION PACIFIC FREIGHT CAR 00:29:11 - 2-10-2 LOCOMOTIVE HELPING 4-6-6-4 LOCOMOTIVE UP SHERMAN HILL FREIGHT CARS, BOX CARS. 00:29:34 - OLD STYLE DOUBLE HEADED 4-6-6-4 LOCOMOTIVE HELPING WESTBOUND FREIGHT UP TO SHERMAN 00:30:11 - FREIGHT TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE (UNHITCHED) MOVING DOWNGRADE TOWARD CHEYENNE 00:30:28 - 4-8-4 NORTHERN TYPE LOCOMOTIVE HELPING 3-UNIT DIESEL NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SHERMAN 00:30:48 - 2-10-2 HELPING 4-6-6-4 LOCOMOTIVE UPGRADE & WESTBOUND THROUGH GRANITE CANYON 00:31:31 - 4-8-2 MOUNTAIN TYPE LOCOMOTIVE HELPING 4-6-6-4 UPGRADE. PASSING OVER THE SUMMIT, VILLAGE OF SHERMAN 00:32:09 - 4-8-4 LOCOMOTIVE PASSING OVER SHERMAN SUMMIT WITH THE WESTBOUND IDAHOAN 00:32:33 - 4-8-4 LOCOMOTIVE LEAVING SHERMAN FOR LARAMIE AFTER HELPER ENGINE HAS BEEN LINKED WITH THE WESTBOUND OVERLAND LIMITED STEAM FREIGHT TRAIN MOVING THROUGH WYOMING WILDERNESS 00:34:25 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-5611