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00:01:01 1.6
PRE-TEEN STANDS ON PLATFORM SMILING AS STEAM
LOCOMOTIVE PASSES BY. CONDUCTOR SMILES AND WAVES,
BOY WAVES BACK.
00:02:25 85.6
TALKING HEAD EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE OF THE FILM
RAILROAD PROUD. NEW ENGLAND ACCENT
00:02:49 109.6
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
00:03:37 157.6
LOCOMOTIVE BACKING UP IN THE YARD TO CONNECT
WITH TRAIN CARS
00:03:49 169.6
WORKERS WASHING TRAIN WINDOWS, READYING TRAIN FOR
TRIP. WORKERS CLEANING GARBAGE FROM TRAIN
00:04:04 184.6
TRAIN CAR IN REPAIR SHOP
00:04:17 197.6
WORKERS CLEANING, WASHING TRAIN SEATS IN SHOP,
RUNNING SEATS THROUGH PRESSING MACHINE.
00:05:01 241.6
WORKERS SEALING TRAIN CAR WINDOWS IN SHOP
STREAMLINE WINDOWS
00:06:16 316.6
WORKERS SPRAY PAINTING RAILROAD TRAIN
00:06:29 329.6
LOCOMOTIVE BACKING UP IN YARD
00:06:42 342.6
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.
00:07:06 366.6
WORKERS LOADING ITEMS ONTO TRAIN DINING CAR.
WORKER HANDS BLACK CHEF CHICKENS, HE SAYS HE'S
GOING TO MAKE CHICKEN FRICASEE TONIGHT.
00:07:24 384.6
CHEFS IN TRAIN PANTRY STOWING GROCERIES
00:07:40 400.6
CU LOCOMOTIVE BACKING UP, COUPLED TO TRAIN CARS
00:07:50 410.6
PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVING YARD, BOSTON ?
00:08:26 446.6
ENGINEER POV MYRIAD OF TRACKS IN YARD
00:08:39 459.6
PASSENGER TRAIN ARRIVING AT STATION. CONDUCTOR
ROLLING UP TRAIN DESTINATION ROUTE FOR PASSENGERS
TO SEE. NEW YORK SHORE LINE EXPRESS TRAIN. THE
YANKEE CLIPPER.
00:09:03 483.6
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
00:09:28 508.6
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
00:09:39 519.6
ENGINEER PREPARES THE TRAIN. CONDUCTORS SIGNAL TO
ENGINEER TRAIN IS READY, BOARD TRAIN.
00:09:56 536.6
PASSENGER TRAIN LEAVES STATION IN BOSTON. PASSING
BACK BAY STATION.
00:10:51 591.6
WOMAN BUYING A BICYCLE, CIRCA 1940s. CU BILL OF
SALE
00:11:08 608.6
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
00:11:35 635.6
LOADING A TRACTOR TRAILER ONTO FLAT CAR. HITCHING
FLAT CAR & OTHER CARS ONTO TRAIN.
00:13:28 748.6
SIGNAL TOWER OPERATOR WATCHES TRAINS PASS. SIGNAL
MAN FLASHES THE REPORT TO DIVISION HEADQUARTERS.
COMMUNICATIONS. ELECTRIC SIGNALS GOING UP IN YARD.
00:14:04 784.6
TRAIN PASSING THROUGH STATION
00:14:21 801.6
CREW CLEANING THE SIGNALS, MECHANIC WORKING ON
SIGNAL MECHANISM. TECHNICIANS OVERHAUL SIGNAL
MECHANISMS AND GIVE THEM SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
00:14:52 832.6
WORKERS STENCILING INFORMATION ONTO FREIGHT CRATE.
00:15:01 841.6
CREW SECURING MASSIVE CRATE TO RAILROAD FLAT CAR
RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS, COAL CAR, FLAT CARS PASS.
00:15:25 865.6
FREIGHT CARS GOING THROUGH CLASSIFICATION YARD,
MOVE UP INCLINE, "THE HUMP", OILED WHILE ON THE
MOVE. OILING WHEELS.
00:16:14 914.6
YARD MASTER DIRECTS THE SWITCHING OF CARS. GIVING
VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS.
00:16:30 930.6
CARS UNCOUPLED ROLL ON THEIR OWN, RETARDER SLOWS
THEM DOWN. TRAIN TRACKS SQUEEZE TOGETHER SLOWING
DOWN THE WHEELS
00:16:48 948.6
YARD MASTER IN TOWER GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
00:16:51 951.6
IN THE RETARDING TOWER, WORKER CONTROLS THE SPEED
OF SINGLE CARS MOVING BY. SWITCHES CONTROL WHICH
TRACK THE CARS GO DOWN
00:17:27 987.6
INSIDE BUSY LCL TRANSFER WAREHOUSE, MANY WORKERS
ON ELECTRIC CARTS CARRYING CARGO
00:17:57 1017.6
ENGINE HOUSE, LOCOMOTIVE ON TURNTABLE, TURNING
LOCOMOTIVE.
00:18:10 1030.6
HEAVY REPAIRS BEING MADE IN THE LOCOMOTIVE SHOP.
REPAIRING TRAINS
00:18:19 1039.6
OVERHAULING LOCOMOTIVES IN SHOP
00:18:57 1077.6
OVERHAULED LOCOMOTIVE TESTED ON THE SLIP TRACK,
OIL TRACK.
00:19:33 1113.6
WORKER FILLING LOCOMOTIVE WITH SAND, COAL
00:19:47 1127.6
LS CRANE FILLING CARS WITH COAL. MOUNTAIN OF COAL
IN YARD. PAN YARD FILLED WITH COAL. MASSIVE
QUANTITY OF COAL
00:20:13 1153.6
INSIDE WAREHOUSE STOCKED WITH SUPPLIES, SHOVELS,
BROOMS, LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR REPLACEMENT PARTS, ETC..
00:20:28 1168.6
CRANE MOVES PILE OF RAILROAD TIES INTO TRAIN CAR
00:20:47 1187.6
HS PILES OF OIL BARRELS IN YARD
00:20:54 1194.6
SALVAGING TRAIN PARTS IN SALVAGE YARD
00:21:08 1208.6
RESEARCHER IN LABORATORY. TESTING STEEL. IN
CHEMICAL LAB APPLYING CHEMICAL SCIENCE TO
RAILROADING
00:21:38 1238.6
MAN USING MICRO-METALLOGRAPH CAMERA TO STUDY
METALS.
00:21:48 1248.6
RAILROAD CREW LAYING TRACKS. MECHANIZED DEVICES
HELP TRACK LAYING, CIRCA 1940s INDUSTRIAL.
MAINTENANCE
00:22:43 1303.6
TRAIN ARRIVING IN NEW HAVEN. ELECTRIC TRAIN.
00:24:02 1382.6
INTERIOR RAILROAD POWERHOUSE, WORKERS CHECKING
BOILER HEAT METERS. BLOWING POWDERED COAL INTO THE
FURNACE. CU TURBO GENERATORS. MAIN CONTROL ROOM.
00:24:51 1431.6
POV ON CABOOSE MOVING DOWN TRACKS. ELECTRIC TRAIN
TRACKS. 1940s
00:25:08 1448.6
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES BEING OVERHAULED IN SHOP
00:25:44 1484.6
ELECTRIC TRAIN ROLLING DOWN TRACKS TOWARD VIEWER.
00:25:58 1498.6
UNDERGROUND SIGNAL TOWER, NEW YORK CITY, GRAND
CENTRAL TERMINAL. LARGE URBAN CONTROL CENTER
00:26:50 1550.6
CU CONDUCTOR WRITES ON RAILROAD SCHEDULE BOARD.
00:26:58 1558.6
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 1609.6
PASSENGERS IN NEW HAVEN RAILROAD TRAVEL BUREAU
OFFICE. TRAVEL CONSULTANTS TALKING TO PASSENGERS.
00:28:10 1630.6
PASSENGER WALKS UP TO TICKET AGENT, PROCESS OF
BUYING A TICKET.
00:28:53 1673.6
PASSENGER ON BOARD TRAIN IN SLEEPER CAR GETS INTO
BED. SLEEPING ON TRAIN
00:29:03 1683.6
CREW UNLOADING MASSIVE CRATE FROM RAILROAD FLAT
CAR ONTO TUGBOAT IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.
TUGBOAT TAKES OFF FROM DOCK.
00:30:23 1763.6
CREW UNLOADING CARGO FROM TRAIN FREIGHT CARS, ONTO
TRUCKS.
00:30:48 1788.6
TRUCK LEAVES LOADING DOCK
00:30:55 1795.6
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 1928.6
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 2027.6
FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVES AT STATION, CREW UNLOADS
PERISHABLES QUICKLY FROM REFRIGERATOR CARS.
00:35:11 2051.6
HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF PRODUCE TERMINAL, BUYERS
BARGAINING FOR PRODUCE. HAGGLING HEARD.
00:36:01 2101.6
FREIGHT, REFRIGERATOR CARS PULLED INTO THE YARD
FOR INSPECTION. INSPECTOR TAGS CAR WITH BAD ORDER.
CAR PULLED INTO REPAIR YARD.
00:36:52 2152.6
SUPERVISOR GIVES WORKERS REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS, CREW
REPAIRS RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR. TEST THE CAR. REPAIR
SHOP
00:39:26 2306.6
WORKERS PERFORMING TASKS SEQUENCE. ROOM FULL OF
SECRETARIES TYPING. BOOK KEEPER TALLYING ON ADDING
MACHINE. WORKERS SORTING THROUGH MAIL.
00:39:41 2321.6
CU MAN TOUCHING UP LETTERS ON THE SIDE OF THE
TRAIN
00:39:44 2324.6
MONTAGE RAILROAD EMPLOYEES CIRCA 1940s
PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS
00:40:00 2340.6
TRAIN LEAVES STATION, CONDUCTOR STANDS ON CABOOSE
WAVES AT VIEWER
00:40:33 2374.01
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1940-1949  Color: Black & White
Genre: RAILROADS & TRAINS

Description: A BOY'S DREAM COME TRUE

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