CHICAGO SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN RAIL ACTION-1970s
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
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FROM SUPER 8 FILM WITH ORIGINAL SOUND
The 1970s were a time of change for railroads all over the country and all over the world.
Roger Koenig was out with his Super Eight movie cameras recording much of the train action before it was gone forever.
Roger lived west and south of the Windy City, so it was only natural he would frequently head for the hotbed of rail activity at Joliet Union Station. But he also visited Homewood, Blue Island, Oak Forest, and several other communities outside of Chicago.
He also got farther west to savor the last remaining switching operations handled exclusively by steam locomotives at Sterling Illinois, until the early 1980s.
Ride with us now as we relive rail action in the 1970s as seen through the movie camera lens of Roger Koenig.
Approx. 68 minutes
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
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Those classic single level coaches at 3:00 on Rock Island - Illinois Railway Museum has some of those. And I've ridden on them.
At 0:33, The Atchison-Topeka & Sante Fe SUPERCHIEF!!! We used to take the train EVERY SUMMER from Aurora, Illinois to Atchison, Kansas. THANK YOU FOR POSTING.
Rode those Rock Island Capone cars many a time. usually with an Alco RS unit up front.
I think the "less than Class 1 steam has been overlooked too much. I wish more of steam switchers was filmed particularly in the 1970s
Awesome!!!
WOW I think I'll buy this one
great footage, I wil get it aswell.
How did the RI end up with both stainless steel coaches and and the painted ones for commuter service?
Hold on. Why did the GM&O FxA-units have three portholes, but other FxA units only had two?
2:34, hot chick!!