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Pacific Electric Vol 1 - Southern District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions
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Pacific Electric Vol 1 - Southern District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions Transit Gloria Mundi PE1
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Step back into a railfan's paradise - Los Angeles in the 1940's, where the world's largest interurban was scheduling 1,100 passenger trains a day. From thousands of Pacific Electric Logofeet of vintage film, producer-archivist Don Olsen has assembled an extraordinary record of this interurban empire. Volume 1, first in a trilogy of Pacific Electric videos, features the Southern District, with the Long Beach/San Pedro , Newport Beach, Santa Ana and El Segundo/Torrance Lines. The evolution of ten and twelve hundred class cars and the "blimps" which supplanted them is well documented.

Separate sections are devoted to carload freight and maintenance-of-way activities, including rail and overhead replacement and wrecks. As the system's premier freight hauler, electric, steam and diesel powered freights, plus box motors and RPOs kept the rails well polished with wartime activity, and these amazing scenes recall it all with vivid clarity.
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DVD Item#:PE1
Runtime:1 Hour, 10 Mins ($0.32/min)
Producer:Transit Gloria Mundi
Aspect Ratio:Full Screen
Shrink Wrapped?:Yes
Disc Type:DVD
Region Code:0 Worldwide NTSC
Pacific Electric Vol 1 - Southern District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions
boxcarmike (Santa Ana, California) on 2011-10-08 15:39:49.

People who found this review helpful: 5

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  •  5 of 5


Growing up in Downey California in the 1950`s and 60`s, I managed to see the final years of the Pacific Electric as it slowly gave way to buses. This great Transit Gloria Mundi-Catenary Video Production brought back a lot of memories of the Long Beach Line and the entire Southern district that I watched slowly pass away. The film footage is fantastic considering its age and the narration and organ music just makes this dvd a nice package. If you remember the big red cars I would definitely recommend this dvd as well as the other two volumes that make up this set.

Additional remarks by boxcarmike:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Good.
DVD Value: Good Value
Recommend to others? Definitely.

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Pacific Electric Vol 1 - Southern District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions
Martram on 2009-08-15 10:23:19.

People who found this review helpful: 3

  •  5 of 5


It is almost fifty years since the last run of a "Red Car" and P.E. still inspires and surprises. This DVD is full of them.

Additional remarks by Martram:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Excellent Value!
Recommend to others? A "Must Have"!

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