The New York Central circa 1943
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- The New York Central in the early 1940's--no Niagaras, no road diesels and the newest thing on rails was the streamlined Empire State Express. These scenes were filmed by the Office of War Information (OWI), some of them for the 1943 film "Troop Train" ( • Troop Train (1943) ).
Scenes include:
0:15 A 4-6-2 Pacific backs up in Poughkeepsie. Part of the New Haven's high bridge across the Hudson can be seen in the distance.
0:54 A 4-6-4 Hudson leads an 11-car train at an unknown location.
1:13 Track maintenance in progress as a Hudson flies by with a string of reefer cars.
1:22 An Empire State Express, with a streamlined Super Hudson at its head, passes the track crew.
1:31 Another Hudson flies by. This (and the previous two shots) was taken at Clinton Point stone works, just south of Poughkeepsie
1:45 Southbound with just six cars. This appears to the tunnel at Oscawana Island.
2:02 A pair of shots at the Breakneck Ridge tunnels
2:37 A close-and-low shot on a bridge
2:58 Looking down from Anthony's Nose near the Bear Mountain Bridge
3:25 (after the credits) Another less successful shot at the bridge.
The National Archives has done an excellent job digitizing these films.
The film is silent, so as usual I've added a contemporary music track.
![A Day in New York 1940s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](/img/n.gif)
When we had it all together !
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Awesome shots of Hudsons in action. And the musical accompaniment is perfect - thank you Richard Boylan and George Blood -- you've given this NYC fan a real gift.
Perfect tune! Thanks.
A wonderfull slip back in time. Thank you
An excellent compilation of NYC material especially showing the almost new Empire State Express with her shining Budd equipment. Track crews stood on the side keeping an eye on the passing train to make sure all was in good order. The "Troop Train" film mentioned in the description can be viewed on You Tube and contains some of the scenes shown here. Especially enjoyed the slow reverse move of the Pacific locomotive. Thanks so much for all your hard work. You've hit another home run.
Thanks. And thank you for reminding me that I meant to put a link to "Troop Train" in the description.
Absolutely love the Central and their Hudsons.
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The usual great footage of a great "Fallen Flag" railroad! Many thanks. Stay safe, everyone.
The "Empire State Express" pictured is the streamlined steam version inaugurated on December 7, 1941, an event completely knocked off the newspapers' front pages by Pearl Harbor.
1:13 Yes, those are head-end express reefers. This location, all the way to 1:31, appears to be Camelot, New York on the Hudson Division.
1:48 Taken from atop Oscawanna Tunnel, I believe.
The scenes at Breakneck Ridge show trains passing through the bore that was added when the mainline expanded to four tracks.
Thanks for the info. I'll update the description.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo You're welcome. Thanks for posting this, and all the other historic film footage you are digging out of the country's archives. Even if only for several minutes, your videos are a treasure to watch. I also enjoy the very varied musical selections that accompany the movies.
You would be correct sir on your time stamps. That is definitely Camelot, the large concrete structure on the right is part of a quarry that is still functioning today.
The video shot at 1:48 is from atop Oscawana tunnel looking south towards Harmon
I dig that crazy swing music.
Wow! One year older than I am. Great músic, great trains.
One of the very few creators I jump up and down about a notification from! Thanks for all you do :-)
Incredible footage!! Just beautiful!!! Excellent and completely appropriate music too!!
I think that opening shot showing the wheels backing up is in Poughkeepsie NY because in the background that bridge structure looks a lot like the New Haven RR Maybrook line bridge over the Hudson that is now a Walkway over the Hudson. Several other scenes are clearly along the Hudson River.
Great footage! Loved seeing the passenger consists! Some great Steam engines too! Including a stream lined Super Hudson! The music was great too....for part of it i thought it was Glen Miller! (Hal Mcintyre...I will have to look him up! )
Hal played lead auto with Glenn Miller until Glenn set him up with his own band in October 1941 (l think). He continued to lead a band until he died in 1959. The trains were pretty good too!
That’s excellent I love they playing the music in the background
Lovely photography.
I love the video! This is wonderful experiencing the NYC in 1943!
Wow I thought that was the 611 N& W streamliner coming through the station
Notable in the early wartime shot that the ESE has lost its head end tavern car, but the locomotive is still fully streamlined and without the PT-1 tender.
This is pretty awesome stuff! Plus I LOVE Swing Music, so that is a plus :)
0:16 appears to be Poughkeepsie with RR bridge in background.
Did you have not another video about the empire state express only ... I love this train... Video about that's so Hard to found it... Thanks
Were you thinking of this? ua-cam.com/video/T8otg7518YU/v-deo.html
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This has always amazed me in railroading: That the spikes driven into wood can keep the rails from tipping over when a very heavy steam engine rolls over them. Seems like there's not much of a spike holding onto the rail. Obviously it works but it just looks like it shouldn't. Precarious at best, especially going around a curb and sometimes when the wheels depress the rail and it rises after the wheels pass.
Track is (or was) laid out both by surveying and calculations. There are rules for how fast a train can safely go around a "flat" curve (both rails at the same height). To go faster than that the curve must have "superelevation", that is, it must be banked. Just like with highway curves, there are rules for how much superelevation is necessary for a given top speed. By tilting the track the train is still pushing "down" on the rails a sufficient amount rather than trying to push the rails to the side or roll them over.
On some curves they also used "gage bars" between the rails to hold the spacing correct, since the outside rail tends to get pushed to the outside. If the rails spread too much the inside wheels will drop off the railhead, which is obviously not good. The gage bars also help keep the track from rolling.
0:01 best looking intro
Spectacular, more please. Esp. of the NYC
Love those hudsons real speedsters
If only I could see these Hudsons in action
I wonder if the stainless steel train had florescent lights. It made it first public appearance in the New York World's Fair of 1939 to 1940.
Very nice. The period music helped make it worth viewing.
Awesome!
I miss the sound of steam locomotives.
Do you mind if I use any footage from thus? I will credit you.
This footage is freely downloadable from the National Archives (catalog.archives.gov).
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo Can not find it, searched under "railroad" and the "Office of War Information", looked through all the files labeled "library" too.
Look for Library Stock Shot #32
Sorry for the Second Post, but the 1938 20th Century limited was pretty new in 1943?
That's just 5 years after it was inaugurated. Probably
I believe The Empire State Express was inaugurated on December 7, 1941.
What song is this?
It's called "Thirty Miles an Hour" Full details in the credits at the end.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo sorry, used to having the song listed in the description.
No problem. When UA-cam recognizes copyrighted music, it will add it to the description. For some reason, it didn't recognize this track.
Anyone know the location starting at 1:33?
Clinton Point stone works, just south of Poughkeepsie.
What a Splendid Video I love the NY Central Before the MTA Took it over then it became METRO-NORTH.