For three decades in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Paul Blake shot copious movie films of railroading, mostly in the Northeast. Most of his Film in the four videos in this series were shot right in the crux of Dramatic changes in railroading throughout the region.

Witness Hump Yards, Switching, Runbys and Equipment and Road Names of decades past! Nearly all of the locomotives and trains seen in this and subsequent videos in this series, are long gone, but are definitely not forgotten.

With Action Galore and from Digitally Transferred 8mm Film, join us to watch a dramatically changing railscape of equipment and paint schemes you may not have seen for decades, and may never See again!

Railroads Featured: New Haven Railroad, New York Central, Pennsylvania RR, Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk Western, Erie Lackawanna…

Equipment Featured: Budd Rail Diesel cars, F-Units, Various Switchers, Fairbanks Morse, Alcos, Talgo trains, EP-5 Jet Electrics, FL-9s, EF-4s, GG-1s…


Note: This program has Narration with Projector Sound in the background for audio!

8mm - HD Digital Film Transfer
Approx. 62 Minutes
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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