My late great aunt and uncle lived about a block up Cambria street from the station . I would visit when I was a kid in the 1960s and remember hearing the trains coming upgrade at least 10 minutes before the gates went down
Love the proper uniforms, classier world in US here. Due to fear of the Lord , and Christandom in general. Not all need be Christians, but the society resulting from most being married and following Judeo Christian values and morals .ade life pleasant for all here, the. Came the reliance on govt. As small g. Dependency. On govt. To live is bad. Great TR video. Love to hear the trains in the mountains of Boone.
The passenger train in the opening minutes may be #27-15, the westbound "Cavalier," which according to the June 1956 Official Guide carried a 10 roomette / 6 double bedroom sleeper from New York to Williamson; and the one from 2:30 to 3:15, #9, a Roanoke-Bristol local. And at 26:05, the very end, could be its Bristol-Roanoke opposite, #10. Just theorizing.
I didn’t realize how many RS11’s N&W had! The only one I ever saw “in the flesh” was being used one day on the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway in the late 70’s as the Lexington, NC switcher. We were headed out of town on vacation and saw it sitting at the depot on the house track. One 15 second glimpse as we passed, and never saw another! That switcher typically sported a N&W GP-9.
I find it funny how the station platforms are asphalt with yellow safety lines and then the passenger trains are steam-powered with heavyweights. The transition era was something.
Great presentation. Love the 1950s scenes and the soundtrack is like magic. You see, I ran the projector in Mr. Proctors Careers class and Mrs. Livingston's English class. ( 1970-72, Sharples Jr. High, Seattle WA)
Oops! On the ground. Let's try and get that front axle back on the rails before the trainmaster shows up. Nice footage of some smaller steam on the N&W and the big stuff too like the Y's and J's not to mention some early diesel power. Thanks for sharing!
Nah, this was before the era of college grad, management degree train masters, back when they were promoted conductors or engineers. If the train master showed up back then, he would ask if everyone is ok, then proceed to do his job to help get the train rerailed asap
@@motorvation2752 We had a few "old head" trainmasters like that on the Soo Line. But none on the Chicago & North Western. At the C&NW they were all mean, old/young fart, bastards whether they were college graduates or not.
Fantastic video. I have had the privilege and honor to see the j and I believe the A at Walton and ride to both Bluefield and Gladesprings thru Walton.First time I have seen bh tower in film I believe. Great place to watch trains.Thanks for Sharing.
Spectacular on so many levels! My dad and I drove from Radford to Christiansburg to watch Amtrak arrive behind E8’s around 1974; alas, it did not look like this by then. (new subscriber, Virginia)
As interesting as the motive power was in the '70s, the steam/diesel transition period in the '50s and early '60s was probably even more interesting to live through.
@RailroadMediaArchive that explains the high quality! I ended up shooting my camera at a projector screen while running the film. I know not the best quality, but it works for me at the moment.
@@drpeerless1 I actually don't think the RetroScan did a very good job. The film required quite a bit of post-processing to filter out grain, spots and scratches.
@@drpeerless1 If you have an HD camera where you can manually set the shutter speed and a variable speed projector you might get decent results by pointing your camera into the lens of the projector. The image might be flipped, but that's easy to fix. Moviestuff's original WorkPrinter scanner was basically the same concept. I know of people who have retrofitted an HD camera to it.
