- Title: F-5612
- Summary: FAMOUS TRAINS OF THE WESTERN RAILROADS: WESTERN RAILROAD TRAINS, 1897-1903.
- Description:00:35:05 - THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OVERLAND EXPRESS ARRIVING AT HELENA, MONTANA, 1900 BEHIND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A 4-6-0 TYPE LOCOMOTIVE. PASSENGERS LEAVING AND BOARDING TRAIN 00:35:45 - NORTHERN PACIFIC FAST MAIL, POWERED BY A 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVE, 1897. COACHES, DINING CAR, PULLMANS AT END OF THE TRAIN ARE OPEN VESTIBULE TYPE CARS 00:36:35 - UNION PACIFIC OVERLAND LIMITED, 1902 HEADED BY A BALLOON-STACKED LOCOMOTIVE OF THE 4-6-0 TYPE, NO. 1801 00:37:18 - UNION PACIFIC SHERMAN HILL TUNNEL, 1903. HIGHEST POINT OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. POV ON TRAIN GOING THROUGH TUNNEL 00:38:56 - SANTA FE CALIFORNIA LIMITED. 1898. 00:38:59 - SOUTHERN PACIFIC OVERLAND MAIL TRAIN, 1897. 00:39:30 - PEOPLE CROSS TRAIN TRACKS AFTER TRAIN PASSES, CIRCA 1897 TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY. WALK THROUGH CLOUDS OF STEAM SMOKE. WOMAN IN 1890s FASHION TAKES HER HAT OFF AND WAVES HER HAT SURREAL IMAGE THROUGH THE SMOKE 00:40:22 - SOUTHERN PACIFIC SUNSET LIMITED TRAIN. 1898. DOUBLE HEADER TWO 4-6-0s. 1827 SINGLE ENGINE TRAIN POWERED BY 4-6-0 NO. 1802. PEOPLE STAND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, WAVING GREETING INCOMING TRAIN. THICK BLACK TRAIN SMOKE. PASSENGERS HANG OUT OF TRAIN WINDOW WAVING AS PEOPLE AS THEY PASS. PEOPLE LINGER AFTER TRAIN PASSES, MOUNTAINS IN BKGD 00:41:29 - TRAIN PASSES FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION, PASSENGERS HANG OUT TRAIN WINDOWS WAVING AT PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRAIN TRACKS 00:42:03 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1897
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: F-5612