The age of steam came to its finale' in the early 1950's. Photographers Ted Carlson and Rolf Nordquist captured this end of steam at its finest. From 16mm color films you'll witness the splendid action captured as steam bid it's farewell. We'll see Northern Pacific steam, Klickitat Lumber, Rayonier Lumber, Hillcrest Lumber (Shays, and Climaxes in these three sections!) Canadian Steam in Western Canada, Mallets of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and Norfolk & Western Class A's and J's plus more. Approx. 55 Minutes Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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- 4 of 5
In this 3rd & final chapter of the Green Frog Steam in the 50s trilogy from 1994, there are lots of locomotives including the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range with 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones, Norfolk & Western with Class A 2-6-6-4s, Y Class 2-8-8-2s & J Class 4-8-4s, as well as a mention of 1218 & 611, Union Pacific with the mighty Big Boys (including scenes of survivor 4017 before it was put on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay Wisconsin that was covered in part 2 from 1993), Challengers & a couple of clips of 8444, Northern Pacific with 4-6-0 number 1372, Great Northern, a variety of Logging Railroads with shays, tank engines & other articulated engines on Klickitat Lumber, Rayonier, & Hillcrest Lumber Company, plus several other road names. Some of these scenes in this program was also shown in the 1996 video: Steam Giants Across America. All in all, Hollywood Actor Dan Chandler did a marvelous job narrating this program.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Good value.
Recommend? Yes.
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