“ A RAILROAD REPORT TO AMERICA “ 1950s RAILROAD FILM PENN STATION PASSENGER TRAINS XD14754

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This film, dating probably to the early 1950s, demonstrates modernization efforts on the railroads as a shift from steam powered locomotives, to diesel engines, and begin to concentrate on freight service. The film presents a view of by-then already antiquated styles of passenger service, as well as an early look at multimodal transportation. The film displays an information technology landscape of punch card tabulation, fax machines, reel-to-reels and a feminized clerical workforce, and culminates in a spectacular demonstration of the control systems employed at Conway Yard. (TRT 17:28) A steam locomotive moves down a track, marked “Cyrus K. Holliday” (0:09). The engineer sits at the front of the train (1:06). A steam engine (1:19). Military people enter a train car. The train passes by artillery. (1:31). Workers walk past engines at a railroad yard (1:44). People