- Title: V-5623
- Summary: A GREAT RAILROAD AT WORK: A BOY'S DREAM COME TRUE
- Description:00:01:01 - PRE-TEEN STANDS ON PLATFORM SMILING AS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PASSES BY. CONDUCTOR SMILES AND WAVES, BOY WAVES BACK. 00:02:25 - TALKING HEAD EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE OF THE FILM RAILROAD PROUD. NEW ENGLAND ACCENT 00:02:49 - RAILROAD EMPLOYEE MONTAGE PERFORMING TASKS, FLIPPING LINE SWITCH, SURVEYOR, WALKING ON TOP OF TRAIN, BOOK KEEPER TALLYING FIGURES ON ADDING MACHINE, CIRCA 1940s. ENGINEER, CONDUCTOR. FLAG MAN. STEAM WASHING LOCOMOTIVE 00:03:37 - LOCOMOTIVE BACKING UP IN THE YARD TO CONNECT WITH TRAIN CARS 00:03:49 - WORKERS WASHING TRAIN WINDOWS, READYING TRAIN FOR TRIP. WORKERS CLEANING GARBAGE FROM TRAIN 00:04:04 - TRAIN CAR IN REPAIR SHOP 00:04:17 - WORKERS CLEANING, WASHING TRAIN SEATS IN SHOP, RUNNING SEATS THROUGH PRESSING MACHINE. 00:05:01 - WORKERS SEALING TRAIN CAR WINDOWS IN SHOP STREAMLINE WINDOWS 00:06:16 - WORKERS SPRAY PAINTING RAILROAD TRAIN 00:06:29 - LOCOMOTIVE BACKING UP IN YARD 00:06:42 - WORKERS IN THE COMMISSARY PREPARING SUPPLIES FOR THE TRAIN. WORKER GRABS BIG PIECES OF MEAT FROM REFRIGERATOR, LOADING FOOD INTO BINS AS SUPERVISOR CALLS OFF ITEMS. 00:07:06 - WORKERS LOADING ITEMS ONTO TRAIN DINING CAR. WORKER HANDS BLACK CHEF CHICKENS, HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO MAKE CHICKEN FRICASEE TONIGHT. 00:07:24 - CHEFS IN TRAIN PANTRY STOWING GROCERIES 00:07:40 - CU LOCOMOTIVE BACKING UP, COUPLED TO TRAIN CARS 00:07:50 - PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVING YARD, BOSTON ? 00:08:26 - ENGINEER POV MYRIAD OF TRACKS IN YARD 00:08:39 - PASSENGER TRAIN ARRIVING AT STATION. CONDUCTOR ROLLING UP TRAIN DESTINATION ROUTE FOR PASSENGERS TO SEE. NEW YORK SHORE LINE EXPRESS TRAIN. THE YANKEE CLIPPER. 00:09:03 - PASSENGERS BOARDING YANKEE CLIPPER TRAIN, 1940s PARENTS ASK CONDUCTOR TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEIR LITTLE GIRL, TRAVELING ALONE ON THE TRAIN. WAVE GOODBYE TO DAUGHTER 00:09:28 - CONDUCTOR SHOUTS ALL ABOARD, STARTS TO CLOSE THE GATES, LATE PASSENGER YELLS "HEY, WAIT A MINUTE", OPENS THE GATE TO LET LATE PASSENGER ON BOARD TRAIN, THEN CLOSES THE GATES 00:09:39 - ENGINEER PREPARES THE TRAIN. CONDUCTORS SIGNAL TO ENGINEER TRAIN IS READY, BOARD TRAIN. 00:09:56 - PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVES STATION IN BOSTON. PASSING BACK BAY STATION. 00:10:51 - WOMAN BUYING A BICYCLE, CIRCA 1940s. CU BILL OF SALE 00:11:08 - TRUCK BACKING UP TO LOADING DOCK, FREIGHT TERMINAL CU WEIGH BILL FOR BICYCLE GOING FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK ON TRAIN. LOADING FREIGHT INTO FREIGHT CAR 00:11:35 - LOADING A TRACTOR TRAILER ONTO FLAT CAR. HITCHING FLAT CAR & OTHER CARS ONTO TRAIN. 00:13:28 - SIGNAL TOWER OPERATOR WATCHES TRAINS PASS. SIGNAL MAN FLASHES THE REPORT TO DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. COMMUNICATIONS. ELECTRIC SIGNALS GOING UP IN YARD. 00:14:04 - TRAIN PASSING THROUGH STATION 00:14:21 - CREW CLEANING THE SIGNALS, MECHANIC WORKING ON SIGNAL MECHANISM. TECHNICIANS OVERHAUL SIGNAL MECHANISMS AND GIVE THEM SAFETY INSPECTIONS. 00:14:52 - WORKERS STENCILING INFORMATION ONTO FREIGHT CRATE. 00:15:01 - CREW SECURING MASSIVE CRATE TO RAILROAD FLAT CAR RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS, COAL CAR, FLAT CARS PASS. 00:15:25 - FREIGHT CARS GOING THROUGH CLASSIFICATION YARD, MOVE UP INCLINE, "THE HUMP", OILED WHILE ON THE MOVE. OILING WHEELS. 00:16:14 - YARD MASTER DIRECTS THE SWITCHING OF CARS. GIVING VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS. 00:16:30 - CARS UNCOUPLED ROLL ON THEIR OWN, RETARDER SLOWS THEM DOWN. TRAIN TRACKS SQUEEZE TOGETHER SLOWING DOWN THE WHEELS 00:16:48 - YARD MASTER IN TOWER GIVING INSTRUCTIONS 00:16:51 - IN THE RETARDING TOWER, WORKER CONTROLS THE SPEED OF SINGLE CARS MOVING BY. SWITCHES CONTROL WHICH TRACK THE CARS GO DOWN 00:17:27 - INSIDE BUSY LCL TRANSFER WAREHOUSE, MANY WORKERS ON ELECTRIC CARTS CARRYING CARGO 00:17:57 - ENGINE HOUSE, LOCOMOTIVE ON TURNTABLE, TURNING LOCOMOTIVE. 00:18:10 - HEAVY REPAIRS BEING MADE IN THE LOCOMOTIVE SHOP. REPAIRING TRAINS 00:18:19 - OVERHAULING LOCOMOTIVES IN SHOP 00:18:57 - OVERHAULED LOCOMOTIVE TESTED ON THE SLIP TRACK, OIL TRACK. 00:19:33 - WORKER FILLING LOCOMOTIVE WITH SAND, COAL 00:19:47 - LS CRANE FILLING CARS WITH COAL. MOUNTAIN OF COAL IN YARD. PAN YARD FILLED WITH COAL. MASSIVE QUANTITY OF COAL 00:20:13 - INSIDE WAREHOUSE STOCKED WITH SUPPLIES, SHOVELS, BROOMS, LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR REPLACEMENT PARTS, ETC.. 00:20:28 - CRANE MOVES PILE OF RAILROAD TIES INTO TRAIN CAR 00:20:47 - HS PILES OF OIL BARRELS IN YARD 00:20:54 - SALVAGING TRAIN PARTS IN SALVAGE YARD 00:21:08 - RESEARCHER IN LABORATORY. TESTING STEEL. IN CHEMICAL LAB APPLYING CHEMICAL SCIENCE TO RAILROADING 00:21:38 - MAN USING MICRO-METALLOGRAPH CAMERA TO STUDY METALS. 00:21:48 - RAILROAD CREW LAYING TRACKS. MECHANIZED DEVICES HELP TRACK LAYING, CIRCA 1940s INDUSTRIAL. MAINTENANCE 00:22:43 - TRAIN ARRIVING IN NEW HAVEN. ELECTRIC TRAIN. 00:24:02 - INTERIOR RAILROAD POWERHOUSE, WORKERS CHECKING BOILER HEAT METERS. BLOWING POWDERED COAL INTO THE FURNACE. CU TURBO GENERATORS. MAIN CONTROL ROOM. 00:24:51 - POV ON CABOOSE MOVING DOWN TRACKS. ELECTRIC TRAIN TRACKS. 1940s 00:25:08 - ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES BEING OVERHAULED IN SHOP 00:25:44 - ELECTRIC TRAIN ROLLING DOWN TRACKS TOWARD VIEWER. 00:25:58 - UNDERGROUND SIGNAL TOWER, NEW YORK CITY, GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL. LARGE URBAN CONTROL CENTER 00:26:50 - CU CONDUCTOR WRITES ON RAILROAD SCHEDULE BOARD. 00:26:58 - TRAIN ARRIVING IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION, NEW YORK CITY. PASSENGERS DEBARK TRAIN, GETTING OFF TRAIN IN NEW YORK CITY, 1940s FASHIONS. GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL. 00:27:49 - PASSENGERS IN NEW HAVEN RAILROAD TRAVEL BUREAU OFFICE. TRAVEL CONSULTANTS TALKING TO PASSENGERS. 00:28:10 - PASSENGER WALKS UP TO TICKET AGENT, PROCESS OF BUYING A TICKET. 00:28:53 - PASSENGER ON BOARD TRAIN IN SLEEPER CAR GETS INTO BED. SLEEPING ON TRAIN 00:29:03 - CREW UNLOADING MASSIVE CRATE FROM RAILROAD FLAT CAR ONTO TUGBOAT IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. TUGBOAT TAKES OFF FROM DOCK. 00:30:23 - CREW UNLOADING CARGO FROM TRAIN FREIGHT CARS, ONTO TRUCKS. 00:30:48 - TRUCK LEAVES LOADING DOCK 00:30:55 - WATER GATEWAY FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF FREIGHT CARS BETWEEN RAILROADS. EAST RIVER, NEW YORK. TRAIN CAR FERRY. DOCK APRON BEING LIFTED TO FIT CAR FLOAT. CAR FLOAT LOCKED TO THE DOCK APRON. FLOAT LEAVES THE DOCK 00:33:08 - FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVES AT NEW HAVEN RAIL GATEWAY, CARS UN-COUPLED. RE-ICING REFRIGERATOR CARS REEFERS. BLOCK ICE. CRUSHED ICE. SALTING THE ICE 00:34:47 - FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVES AT STATION, CREW UNLOADS PERISHABLES QUICKLY FROM REFRIGERATOR CARS. 00:35:11 - HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF PRODUCE TERMINAL, BUYERS BARGAINING FOR PRODUCE. HAGGLING HEARD. 00:36:01 - FREIGHT, REFRIGERATOR CARS PULLED INTO THE YARD FOR INSPECTION. INSPECTOR TAGS CAR WITH BAD ORDER. CAR PULLED INTO REPAIR YARD. 00:36:52 - SUPERVISOR GIVES WORKERS REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS, CREW REPAIRS RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR. TEST THE CAR. REPAIR SHOP 00:39:26 - WORKERS PERFORMING TASKS SEQUENCE. ROOM FULL OF SECRETARIES TYPING. BOOK KEEPER TALLYING ON ADDING MACHINE. WORKERS SORTING THROUGH MAIL. 00:39:41 - CU MAN TOUCHING UP LETTERS ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN 00:39:44 - MONTAGE RAILROAD EMPLOYEES CIRCA 1940s PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS 00:40:00 - TRAIN LEAVES STATION, CONDUCTOR STANDS ON CABOOSE WAVES AT VIEWER 00:40:34 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-5623