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30's era film of NYC's DeWitt yard

General Discussion
#1

I found this posted elsewhere - http://www.cnyhistory.org/video/video.html?vid=3863108A-E1C6-4B18-812A-2D44DE92D64D .
I love the shots of the guys riding the boxcars in the hump yard.

-Brian

#2

Pretty neat. I guess that is a water trough, they are installing? I thought they were deeper.

#3

You need to send this over to The Railway Channel.com. Very neat. Anymore like it around?
Noel

#4

That was very cool! I finally got it to play. What was all the hoodoo at the end with the cars?

#5

Thanks Brian.
Some great footage you found.
Those box cars are moving along pretty good coming off the hump.
Ralph

#6

The hoodo with the cars towards the end looks like a 30’s fender bender. Pushing one back from the right front of the other.
Noel

#7

I dug through that site and found these -

big NYC 40’s passenger steam - http://www.cnyhistory.org/video/video.html?vid=1F0D81B0-65B6-4607-BAEA-2C931BFB885C

a 9 minute film trying to convince the voters of Syracuse to vote on a new Northern NYC RR route versus a Southern route with elevated tracks (not much train footage) -
http://www.cnyhistory.org/video/video.html?vid=EC59B75E-CF1A-4030-A9B2-FE304940BA26

this one featured freight trains, an old steam inspection loco, miniature live steam and servicing a Pacific and Berkshire - http://www.cnyhistory.org/video/video.html?vid=F1FD401B-F8F5-47D6-9AF5-5AD5D1E72524

this one marks the end of rail service through downtown Syracuse (I guess the new Northern route was approved by the voters) - http://www.cnyhistory.org/video/video.html?vid=C91E88F2-30B2-435F-A195-77D49CB5E5C2

-Brian

#8

Brian;
Please send me, as an atachment, those clips of the “Rail progress in Syracuse”, to my email addy at: [email protected] I have a friend who would enjoy seeing that stuff but will not subscribe to any web pages…

Thank you.

#9

Thanks, Brian - fascinating!