00:17:44 0 |
LS CHICAGO SKYLINE FROM THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN
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00:17:51 6.8 |
MAP OF UNITED STATES, SHOWING TRAIN ROUTE, CHICAGO TO
DENVER. |
00:17:58 13.8 |
EXTERIOR UNION STATION, CHICAGO CIRCA 1950s
|
00:18:03 18.8 |
PASSENGERS BOARDING TRAIN AT UNION STATION. THE
ZEPHYR |
00:18:07 22.8 |
TRAIN LEAVING UNION STATION, CHICAGO SKYLINE IN BKGD.
LONG PASSENGER TRAIN |
00:18:31 46.8 |
MONTAGE SCENERY FROM TRAIN, ILLINOIS CORN FIELDS,
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1/2 MILE LONG BRIDGE. POV FROM TOP OF TRAIN CROSSING STEEL BRIDGE |
00:18:51 66.8 |
INTERIOR TRAIN DINING CAR. 1950s PASSENGERS TAKE
THEIR SEATS IN DINING CAR. BLACK PORTER SERVES |
00:19:07 82.8 |
TRAIN CROSSING FIELDS IN THE EVENING HOURS
|
00:19:15 90.8 |
PASSENGERS SIT IN OBSERVATION CAR, DOME WINDOW FOR
SCENIC TWILIGHT VIEWING |
00:19:19 94.8 |
BLACK PORTER SERVES SNACKS BEFORE BEDTIME IN THE
TRAIN LOUNGE |
00:19:30 105.8 |
PORTER MAKING UP A BED ON SLEEPER CAR, PRIVATE ROOM.
PULLS BED DOWN FROM WALL |
00:19:50 125.8 |
CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR TRAIN IN BURLINGTON'S DENVER TRAIN
YARD, TRAIN GOING THROUGH TRAIN CAR WASH. WORKER ON TRAIN WASHING WINDOWS |
00:20:05 140.8 |
HS DIESEL SWITCHER PULLS THE TRAIN BACKWARD INTO
UNION STATION, DENVER |
00:20:15 150.8 |
HS BUSY DENVER TRAIN YARD, SWITCHING FROM STEAM TO
DIESEL |
00:20:29 164.8 |
MAP OF TRAIN ROUTE, INCLUDES STATE OF COLORADO, UTAH,
NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA |
00:20:33 168.8 |
TRAIN IN COLORADO COUNTRYSIDE OUTSIDE DENVER
|
00:20:45 180.8 |
WOMEN CLIMB STAIRS TO UPPER LEVEL OBSERVATION CAR,
PASSENGERS IN TRAIN'S OBSERVATION CAR |
00:20:58 193.8 |
TRAIN TRAVELS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, GOING THROUGH
TUNNELS, GOING UP TO 8000 FEET. COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS, ROCKIES |
00:21:57 252.8 |
POV ON UPPER LEVEL OBSERVATION CAR TRAVELING THROUGH
THE ROCKIES |
00:22:04 259.8 |
TRAIN TRAVELS UP TO 9,239 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL IN THE
COLORADO ROCKIES. TRAIN ENTERS MOFFAT TUNNEL, 6 MILES LONG THROUGH THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE |
00:22:24 279.8 |
TRAIN STARTS GRADUALLY DOWNWARD, PASSES A LAKE. IN
GORE CANYON |
00:22:52 307.8 |
PASSENGERS ON TRAIN OBSERVATION CAR TAKE IN THE
SIGHTS OF GORE CANYON |
00:23:04 319.8 |
TRAIN IN GLENWOOD CANYON, COLORADO, TRAINS PASS EACH
OTHER LATE 1940s CAR PASSES ON ROAD IN FRGD. COLORADO RIVER |
00:23:46 361.8 |
POV ON TRAIN PASSING A RANCH
|
00:23:52 367.8 |
POV ON OBSERVATION CAR, UPPER LEVEL OF TRAIN
|
00:23:59 374.8 |
MAP SHOWING WESTERN UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA, UTAH,
NEVADA |
00:24:08 383.8 |
POV WATCHING SUNSET FROM TRAIN
|
00:24:13 388.8 |
TRAIN CROSSING SIERRA NEVADAS, CALIFORNIA, CORKSCREW
ROUTE THROUGH FEATHER RIVER CANYON. WILLIAM'S LOOP. |
00:24:56 431.8 |
POV ON OBSERVATION CAR THROUGH DEEP GORGE, RAPIDS
|
00:25:02 437.8 |
TRAIN CROSSES STEEL BRIDGE ACROSS FEATHER RIVER &
UNDER A HIGHWAY BRIDGE "TWIN BRIDGES" |
00:25:35 470.8 |
POV ON TRAIN CROSSING FLAT LAND
|
00:25:39 474.8 |
TRAIN PULLING INTO STATION. OAKLAND MOLL
|
00:25:49 484.8 |
PASSENGERS WALKING ON PLATFORM AT OAKLAND
|
00:25:56 491.8 |
FERRY TO SAN FRANCISCO, LANDLOCKED HARBOR. LS GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO BAY, SAN FRANCISCO SKYLINE |
00:26:14 509.8 |
POV ON FERRY NEARING SAN FRANCISCO
|
00:26:21 516.8 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: 1950s TRAIN TRAVEL FROM CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Keywords: scenery
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