Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: F-5609

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00:09:56 0	PASSENGERS STAND ON THE CABOOSE AS THE STEAM TRAIN PASSES THROUGH SMALL MOUNTAIN TOWNS. POV FOLLOWING BEHIND THE TRAIN
00:12:12 135.2	STEAM TRAIN ON THE LINE FROM CAIRO JUNCTION TO PALENVILLE, RAN SUMMERS ONLY FOR THE TOURISTS. TRAIN CROSSING BRIDGE POV BEHIND TRAIN. 1906 NARROW GAUGE TRAIN, PASSENGERS STAND ON THE BACK OF THE TRAIN ON THE CABOOSE, TRAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS
00:13:06 189.2	AT PALENVILLE, THE C.M. RY. CONNECTED WITH THE OTIS ELEVATING RAILWAY. POV ON TRAIN PASSING UNDER ELEVATED TRAIN TRACKS
00:13:22 205.2	BY MEANS OF A CABLE OVER A MILE IN LENGTH THE CARS WERE DRAWN UP THE STEEP MOUNTAIN WALL TO THE SUMMIT ABOUT 1600 FEET. POV ON NARROW GAUGE TRAIN THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
00:14:05 248.2	POV ON NARROW GAUGE TRAIN IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, CIRCA 1906. LARGE WHITE BUILDING ON THE LEFT IS CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE BUILT IN 1823, THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE LATE 1950s. POV PASSING TROLLY CAR ON NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY
00:15:28 331.2	POV PULLING INTO OTIS SUMMIT. CARS WERE HOISTED HERE USING A HUGE STATIONARY ENGINE AT OTIS SUMMIT THE CARS WERE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC CLUTCHES IN CASE OF A CABLE BREAK
00:15:59 362.2	POV ON TRAIN THROUGH THE HUDSON VALLEY CIRCA 1906 TRAIN GOING DOWNHILL INTO THE VALLEY
00:16:56 419.2	POV ON TRAIN PASSING THROUGH COVERED BRIDGE. STATION AT THE FOOT OF THE OTIS ELEVATING RAILWAY, CATSKILL MOUNTAIN TRAIN SEEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLATFORM
00:17:07 430.2	FILM ENDS