Sad to see this quality kind of tranportation is no more. My dad worked on the railroad and we had free passes to travel. Took several vacations via the train. Loved every minute of it. Best way to go!
My dad's grandfather was an engineer for the D&RGW so his grandmother used the free pass to take my dad and my aunts to her house during the summer time.
Great video of the Santa Fe passenger trains before Amtrak. The Santa Fe was one of the railroads that loved passenger train service. I travel long distance by Amtrak, it beat the damned bus, fighting traffic in urban/suburban metro areas, beat the hassle & drudgery of flying domestically and the airport hassles. When I'm home in the San Diego area, I ride on the Pacific Surfliners to & from Los Angeles & Oxnard,CA, alternating between the 2 cities, in Los Angeles I take Metrolink to the San Fernando/Sylmar Metrolink Station & then catch the 239 bus to my final destination for my Los Angeles visit and my Ventura visit, I get off in Oxnard, catch the Gold Coast Transit bus 6 to my final destination in Ventura for my Ventura visit(Shorter trip from Oxnard Amtrak/Greyhound station to my final Ventura destination) the trip is relaxing, enjoyable & far less stressful. Train travel is the way to travel.
I used too hear this at work. Being a Supervisor,I had the "power" to stop to listen. Loved it the first time I heard it from '68 - 78. Got the LP in '77. The "train" rhythm and the "sneaky" sax,and the solo are the best parts for me. Thanks for posting. I've been hoping for this since '08 !
You can still ride with Steam Locomotives from the A.T.&S.F., at 3 various places in the U.S.A. The 3751 4-8-4 Northern Class has been running since 1991 in San Bernadino California since 1991. And 3415 4-6-2 Pacific class is run for special weekends in Abilene Kansas. And now in October 2021 there is 2926 4-8-4 Northern class in Albuqurque New Mexico that is one of the Very largest of the 30 4-8-4s' that were built in the 1940 era during WW2 and equipped with 80" inch diameter main driving wheels, and with roller bearings on all axles, plus the connecting rods, 2926 was fully able of running at over 120 M.P.H. on the long straight tracks across the flat open prairies, when it pulled the Luxurious trains of the past, like CHIEF, EL CAPITAN, GRAND CANYON, CALIFORNIA LIMITED. PLUS...2926 also used that super power to pull long freight trains that were over 1 mile long with 132 freight cars and up to 150 cars, that weighed nearly 5280 tons and more at express speeds of 75 M.P.H., with all that freight delivered ON TIME at Minimal Cost. Too bad that the u.s.a. is so backwards in 2021, A.D.
That’s very interesting to hear! I heard that 2926 is about to have its first excursion as of the time I write this comment. Do you know where any Santa Fe streamlined red war bonnet diesels run in preservation today? I know there are definitely some still out there and I remember seeing a video of a vintage diesel in the Santa Fe colors running at one point although I don’t see or hear many rail tours with them happening. I’m kind of surprised because the Santa Fe diesels are certainly one of the few diesel locomotives that can compare in fame and public image to most steam locomotives.
In the previous scene when they are being served you can see the back windows moving in the opposite direction as well, the continuity guy must have taken another train. My cousin takes the Amtrak when he comes into town, says its much nicer,and more relaxing than having to drive 300 miles.
I would agree, and even at 55 or 75 mph, that'd be faster than driving in traffic on most highways, even on the 400's in Ontario which are limited to 62 mph or 100 km/h. Sadly passenger travel by train is expensive in ontario and it'd be cheaper to just fly or drive (and a roadtrip from Oshawa to Montreal by car would be about 5 hours versus a 400 dollar ticket on VIA for a 4.5 hour trip from Toronto to Montreal on 2nd class not counting the time it'd take to get to Toronto from Oshawa by road or by GO Train)
I love the rails this song and the train photos. However, "when it shows junior" reading the book before he gets his hamburger that he digs out of his other food and devours, if you look, the window he is in front of has the scenery going backwards, the widow behind his head has blurred scenery going forwards??? I will look again. Back then if the train had more people then it could hold, extra cars would be added, some backwards. As on a main line a wye might not be close by and they had no way to reverse the car direction.
Do you hear that whistle, down the line? I'm thinkin' that it's engine number forty-nine, She's the only one that'll sound that way, On the Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe! See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend! I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend, Folks around these parts get the time of day, From the Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe! Here she comes! (Woo-ooo woooo-woooo-wooooo-woo-ooo) Hey Jim you better get the rig, (Woo-ooo woooo-woooo-wooooo-woo-ooo) She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big And they'll all want lifts to Browns Hotel, 'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell All the way from Philadelph-i-ay On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe! Here she comes, Here she comes, Here she comes, Here she comes! Here she comes, Here she comes, Here she comes, Here she comes! And they'll all want lifts to Browns Hotel, 'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell All the way from Philadelph-i-ay On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!
These people had no idea how lucky they were. What I would GIVE to see those days. People talked to each other and took pride in what they did. I hope when you die you can go back in time and see what it was really like back then. Things are so boring nowadays. Everything is done for us. And no when planes came into the picture, Railroads were screwed over by the government, and nobody has cared about them since. Railroads played such a massive role in America and it seems like they are just being neglected and forgotten by the general public and it’s sad. Look at some old photos of American trains. Tell to my face that modern day pilots truly love the machines they work with. I have nothing against planes, I love them, it’s just that seeing how the government absolutely screwed railroads over really gets to me. If the government hadn’t bought out railroads only to replace them with highways and airports, and taken profit from the railroads to build the airports we would very well still have our beloved railroads.
Just a reflection!! My bad. But in no picture from the inside is the train going more than 35mph. The outside pictures show the train doing about 65mph once!!! The rest, have it going about 35mph. That is what killed the American passenger train. Slower speeds then it could go, and the people knew about it So, they would try flying and never go back to riding the train. The 2000 mile journey would have taken 57 hours to complete. The plane would get them to L.A. in about 6.5 hours.
This is the world I want to live in
Who could blame you?
11 years now and I still am jamming to this
Sameeeeeeee
I'm with you!
Same
Sad to see this quality kind of tranportation is no more. My dad worked on the railroad and we had free passes to travel. Took several vacations via the train. Loved every minute of it. Best way to go!
My dad's grandfather was an engineer for the D&RGW so his grandmother used the free pass to take my dad and my aunts to her house during the summer time.
Theirs still Amtrak but it’s not old
But it’s still a train ride.
And ford still transports cars by train.
Why it's the dingus song
Fun Fact: The footage in this video is from the amazing railroad film "Passenger Train" from 1954
Great video of the Santa Fe passenger trains before Amtrak. The Santa Fe was one of the railroads that loved passenger train service. I travel long distance by Amtrak, it beat the damned bus, fighting traffic in urban/suburban metro areas, beat the hassle & drudgery of flying domestically and the airport hassles. When I'm home in the San Diego area, I ride on the Pacific Surfliners to & from Los Angeles & Oxnard,CA, alternating between the 2 cities, in Los Angeles I take Metrolink to the San Fernando/Sylmar Metrolink Station & then catch the 239 bus to my final destination for my Los Angeles visit and my Ventura visit, I get off in Oxnard, catch the Gold Coast Transit bus 6 to my final destination in Ventura for my Ventura visit(Shorter trip from Oxnard Amtrak/Greyhound station to my final Ventura destination) the trip is relaxing, enjoyable & far less stressful. Train travel is the way to travel.
I was seven years old I kinda missed the Glory Days of streamlining travel
+Tejasnite i would, those amfleet cars look like flat out fucking garbage tube shaped pieces of shit
CSX2665 Yep
@@CSX2665 the amfleets were made in the 70s, making them old.
Damn imagine those propeller hats
The bouncy riff at the start. Is also used for the "SILVER STREAK" 1977 movie, with Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburg, and Richard Pryor, sadly all gone.
So I’m not the only one who noticed that
I know the Union Pacific song is legendary but so is this.....And the sheer genius of Mancini makes it even better ...
The Good 'ole Super Chief
I hear that whistle loudly
I used too hear this at work. Being a Supervisor,I had the "power" to stop to listen. Loved it the first time I heard it from '68 - 78. Got the LP in '77. The "train" rhythm and the "sneaky" sax,and the solo are the best parts for me. Thanks for posting. I've been hoping for this since '08 !
Now I feel of planning to get the Lionel Santa Fe train set this Christmas
Love that song and the AT&SF. They had arguably the greatest passenger trains in North America. Thanks for sharing.
You can still ride with Steam Locomotives from the A.T.&S.F., at 3 various places in the U.S.A. The 3751 4-8-4 Northern Class has been running since 1991 in San Bernadino California since 1991. And 3415 4-6-2 Pacific class is run for special weekends in Abilene Kansas. And now in October 2021 there is 2926 4-8-4 Northern class in Albuqurque New Mexico that is one of the Very largest of the 30 4-8-4s' that were built in the 1940 era during WW2 and equipped with 80" inch diameter main driving wheels, and with roller bearings on all axles, plus the connecting rods, 2926 was fully able of running at over 120 M.P.H. on the long straight tracks across the flat open prairies, when it pulled the Luxurious trains of the past, like CHIEF, EL CAPITAN, GRAND CANYON, CALIFORNIA LIMITED. PLUS...2926 also used that super power to pull long freight trains that were over 1 mile long with 132 freight cars and up to 150 cars, that weighed nearly 5280 tons and more at express speeds of 75 M.P.H., with all that freight delivered ON TIME at Minimal Cost. Too bad that the u.s.a. is so backwards in 2021, A.D.
That’s very interesting to hear! I heard that 2926 is about to have its first excursion as of the time I write this comment. Do you know where any Santa Fe streamlined red war bonnet diesels run in preservation today? I know there are definitely some still out there and I remember seeing a video of a vintage diesel in the Santa Fe colors running at one point although I don’t see or hear many rail tours with them happening. I’m kind of surprised because the Santa Fe diesels are certainly one of the few diesel locomotives that can compare in fame and public image to most steam locomotives.
@@lucasquintanilla1673galveston TX and CSRM
Nice footage to accompany this one!
In the previous scene when they are being served you can see the back windows moving in the opposite direction as well, the continuity guy must have taken another train. My cousin takes the Amtrak when he comes into town, says its much nicer,and more relaxing than having to drive 300 miles.
I would agree, and even at 55 or 75 mph, that'd be faster than driving in traffic on most highways, even on the 400's in Ontario which are limited to 62 mph or 100 km/h. Sadly passenger travel by train is expensive in ontario and it'd be cheaper to just fly or drive (and a roadtrip from Oshawa to Montreal by car would be about 5 hours versus a 400 dollar ticket on VIA for a 4.5 hour trip from Toronto to Montreal on 2nd class not counting the time it'd take to get to Toronto from Oshawa by road or by GO Train)
I love the rails this song and the train photos. However, "when it shows junior" reading the book before he gets his hamburger that he digs out of his other food and devours, if you look, the window he is in front of has the scenery going backwards, the widow behind his head has blurred scenery going forwards??? I will look again. Back then if the train had more people then it could hold, extra cars would be added, some backwards. As on a main line a wye might not be close by and they had no way to reverse the car direction.
Nostalgic
Love the Music ♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟
Loved this Linds very nostalgic.
0:01 I literally thought of the batman intro when this started. LMFAO. 🤣
Do you hear that whistle, down the line?
I'm thinkin' that it's engine number forty-nine,
She's the only one that'll sound that way,
On the Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe!
See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend!
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend,
Folks around these parts get the time of day,
From the Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe!
Here she comes!
(Woo-ooo woooo-woooo-wooooo-woo-ooo)
Hey Jim you better get the rig,
(Woo-ooo woooo-woooo-wooooo-woo-ooo)
She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big
And they'll all want lifts to Browns Hotel,
'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelph-i-ay
On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!
Here she comes,
Here she comes,
Here she comes,
Here she comes!
Here she comes,
Here she comes,
Here she comes,
Here she comes!
And they'll all want lifts to Browns Hotel,
'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelph-i-ay
On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!
ATSF Is My Favorite!
Trivia: Henry Mancini also composed the opening theme song for the Pink Panther cartoons being made around the same time.
I Used that Song as the Intro/Theme Song for My Orbrium Railroad Spinoff Series:Rails of the Santa Fe
This was from a double LP (an abridged version was issued on CD, years later).
The real ATSF 49 is a Santa Fe Warbonnet on display in Frisco Texas
Santa Fe all the way
Nice work 👏
These people had no idea how lucky they were. What I would GIVE to see those days. People talked to each other and took pride in what they did. I hope when you die you can go back in time and see what it was really like back then. Things are so boring nowadays. Everything is done for us. And no when planes came into the picture, Railroads were screwed over by the government, and nobody has cared about them since. Railroads played such a massive role in America and it seems like they are just being neglected and forgotten by the general public and it’s sad. Look at some old photos of American trains. Tell to my face that modern day pilots truly love the machines they work with. I have nothing against planes, I love them, it’s just that seeing how the government absolutely screwed railroads over really gets to me. If the government hadn’t bought out railroads only to replace them with highways and airports, and taken profit from the railroads to build the airports we would very well still have our beloved railroads.
SANTA FE TREN 81
OK. In the dining car two windows are going in opposite direction!!! Busted!!!
NOT!!!!! THERE IS A MIRROR ON THE DINING CAR WALL DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LADIES HEADS, HA HA HA HA 😂. GOTCHA!!!!!
Cool, never knew this.... a bit like baby elephant walk, eh
craigseattle That's Henry Mancini for you. It's his signature sound.
899B/10
:)
i really like it better than the union pacific one but that's something ...that's cool too..
Test
Just a reflection!! My bad. But in no picture from the inside is the train going more than 35mph. The outside pictures show the train doing about 65mph once!!! The rest, have it going about 35mph. That is what killed the American passenger train. Slower speeds then it could go, and the people knew about it So, they would try flying and never go back to riding the train. The 2000 mile journey would have taken 57 hours to complete. The plane would get them to L.A. in about 6.5 hours.
That's dingus song
Nice work 👏