There is a brief set-up narrration for each engine, then the cab ride itself is live audio only, so you experience it the way we did when it was shot.
Lets examine these further. The first segment with 4-6-0 #1551 was shot during the time we got footage for "America By Rail-The Heatland" in 1994. However most of these were not used, since we had another camera there also. In this you will see good shots of the engineer, and fireman shoveling coal, as we make a run from Sugar creek to Baltic. Most of the views are from the firemans seat, plus a few others, like behind the engineer, and out the firemans side front window.
Louisville and Nashville #152 was ridden from Frankfort to Midway, Kentucky in 1987 as it made a one-way trip from Louisville to Paris where it did excursions the following weekend. This was the last time the engine went on this route apparently. We see shots behind the engineer, and pilot engineer, plus quite a few views of the fireman shoveling coal. The |
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