St. Louis Sojourn

Purchase at -- www.greenfrog.com
Springtime is the season when 'A young man's fancy turns to.....'. It also afflicted 4 middle aged railfans, as mother nature intended, and resulted in a venture to visit the St. Louis Union Station, and other locations in and around St. Louis, for a weekend of train chasing.
To compliment the occasion, rail transport from Detroit to St. Louis was via Norfolk and Western's night train, the 'St. Louis Limited'. Convenient night travel allowed for two enjoyable days of railfan delights in the Gateway City.
At this date turmoil was entering the passenger train services with the advent of the loss of U.S. Postal contracts and the potential of a reorganized quasi-national passenger train service.
Regardless of the future, it was still a good time to sense the pulse of passenger traffic and the St. Louis Sojourn was the 'call' in the spring of '68. This spectacular DVD, digitally transferred from crisp 16 mm color film (with a couple of minutes of b&w), is from the camera of noted railfan photographer Emery Gulash.
The following railroads are portrayed in this DVD:
Alton and Southern, Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Illinois Central, Louisville and Nashville, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk & Western, Penn Central, Southern Railway Co., TRRA-Terminal Railroad Association.
Approx. 60 Minutes
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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[@stlgevo51]

This is a great video. Awesome vintage action, and a great variety.

[@lcar4000]

An amazing video. This must have been close to the end for these trains. I drove on State Route 48 the other day and thought of these scenes

[@tommythomason6187]

Norfolk and Western was a well-run railroad, but they had a penchant for the ugly, lol: running short-hood units long hood forward, using ugly Geeps on passenger trains. The only cab units I ever saw them use for passenger trains were the ex-Wabash E units. Their red passenger cars were attractive, though and they never let the track go to crap.

[@StanDrumz]

I have this on VHS, and love it. I've about worn it out over the years, time to purchase the DVD version! I do wish the narrator utilized the proper pronunciation "St. Louis" instead of "St. Louiee" (the locals rarely call it that), but don't let that put you off. Highly recommended.

[@fredpohl5202]

I was at Fort Leonard Wood April 1968

[@blackwatchaudio5630]

I can understand why someone made this video; still, passenger trains at the end were a sad spectacle. An era of railroading best forgotten.