Amazing footage. It’s nuts to me thinking that within a decade of this footage it’d be SD45s coming out, and Amtrak not long after. It all changed so quickly.
Rode the NYC on the Big Four route from Delaware, Ohio down to Cincinnati about this time period. Changed to the L&N to go to o my Mom’s parents in Corbin, KY when I was a kid. Rode by myself the first time at about 9 years of age. My mom’s brother met me at CUT to make sure I got on the right train. At Corbin, my grandfather was a machinist for L&N and took me to roundhouse when I was about 8. Sure couldn’t do that today! Always loved Union Terminal and the water fountains where you could whisper and they could hear you at the other end of the arch. And the huge map with the clocks and time zones at the end of the concourse. So many great memories.
Sad to say all that nostalgia is bullshit when these systems should have been upgraded and electrified to handle faster trains in order to compete with the car and air industry and the boomer generation gave up on rails so it was a lose lose situation. Horrible because we would still have all these awesome stations and hubs in use and now there pathetic relics.
Excellent video. Lots of rare footage of Cincinnati Union Terminal, and the B&O, NYC along River Road. The classic paddle wheel towboat . passing under the Roebing Suspension bridge was priceless Cincinnati history. Thank you.
Thank you for presenting the Miscellaneous Trains in Cincinnati's Union Station in 1956. Quite a sight to behold. Just think, within four years of when these home movies were shot, the last steam locomotive was retired, replaced by the bigger and more powerful diesel locomotives, which went faster and farther. No occasional stops at water towers every 100, or so, miles. It was a different era then, for sure.
I just find it unusual that you don't see any C&O locomotives or freight trains going through B&O's Queensgate Yard up to the Cheviot Summit/Yard? They also had passenger service from Union Terminal.
Lots of steamers still in revenue service. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="814">13:34</a> - One of four to pull "The Cincinnatian", D.C - Cinti. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1078">17:58</a> - Several miles west of downtown, on the river; Sayler Park? <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1137">18:57</a> - 8th St. Incline in the background? <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1431">23:51</a> - Crossing the Mill Creek. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1506">25:06</a> - By that time, it's surprising to see a tow-boat stern-wheeler. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1548">25:48</a> - Roebling's suspension bridge. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1589">26:29</a> - Tanks for transferring bulk goods to/from river barges and RR transport; they are on the N. shore of the Ohio River.
@@nickkeeling9554 Didn't even know about that one; good to hear about it. A search suggests the original had many more supports, but I'm not willing to claim one way or the other.
@@nickkeeling9554 Wasn't even aware of that one; thanks for the reference. A search says the original seemed to have more supports than the image, but not clearly enough for a claim from me. We lived farther north and used the Western Hills or Westwood Northern viaducts. As a teen I fondly remember the White Castle not far from the eastern end of the W/N; 8 sliders for a buck!
Cincinnati Union Station is a shell of its former self. If I recall, the station has been reduced to one platform now. The rest of the tracks is for freight
Wonderful video. America's railways will never be like this again. The Railroads that cared about steam seemed to keep locomotives in good condition to the end. Such as B&O, N&W. Didn't realize that the L&N served Cincinnati. The Video showed L&N Berkshire on a passenger train. Was that the Dixie Flyer?
Looks like an Art-Deco style locomotive streamlined by Raymond Lowry. He got around. Some of these were literally works of art, sculptures, if you will.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="141">2:21</a> Louisville & Nashville Bug Emma Locomotive #1960 departs Cincinnati Union Station with the passenger train.
