Specialty CollectionGenre: RAILROADS & TRAINS
Description: SHOWS THE ASSEMBLING OF A FREIGHT TRAIN IN KANSAS CITY AND A PORTION OF ITS TRIP TO CHICAGO. PICTURES THE METHOD USED IN A FREIGHT YARD TO SEPARATE CARS AND TO ASSEMBLE THEM FOR TRIPS TO VARIOUS PLACES. SHOWS THE DUTIES OF SOME OF THE FREIGHT TRAIN CREW AND CONCLUDES BY PRESENTING SOME OF THE AACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN THE HOURNEY OF THE TRAIN TO ITS DESTINATION. RAILROAD CROSSING. LIGHTS FLASH. TRAIN GOES BY. BOY HANGS OUT CAR WINDOW. POINTING. COUNTING THE CARS. CONDUCTOR AND REAR BRAKEMAN. LOOKS AT CHART FILLED WITH NUMBERS. BOX CARS. LONG TRAIN. MAN IN TRAIN CONTROL BOOTH. TRAIN CARS ROLL DOWN HILL BY THEMSELVES. MAN PULLS PIN TO SEPARATE CARS. WHITE PAINT ON WHEEL. SWITCHER IN TOWER. TRACKS MERGE. SWITCHES. CU PRESS BUTTON. COASTS ALONG SLOWLY. CU TRACKS SWITCHING. STEEL PIPES ON FLATBED CAR. TWO CARS LOCK TOGETHER. MEN ON ROOF OF CARS FILLING REFRIGERATOR CAR WITH BLOCKS OF ICE. ICE BEING CRUSHED. CU STOP WATCH. CONDUCTOR RECEIVES HIS ORDERS. CABOOSE. SANTA FE ENGINE DRIVING THE TRAIN. MAN HANGS OUT TRAIN WINDOW. CONDUCTOR JUMPS ONTO MOVING TRAIN. SPEED LIMIT SIGN. TRAINS SPEEDOMETER. GOING UNDER BRIDGE. CONDUCTOR IN HIS ON-BOARD OFFICE. POV OF TRAVELING TRAIN. ON RADIO TELEPHONE. ON BRIDGE. CU SIGNAL CRACKER GOES OFF. PASSING STATIONS. CROSSING GATES GO DOWN. PASSENGER TRAIN PULLS AWAY FROM STATION.
