Ah, these scenes brought back memories---and regrets: memories of trips taken with Mom to visit relatives in another state when I was just a tadpole and regrets for the trips I _didn't_ take when I was old enough to travel by myself, back when they were still available. As Bob Hope used to sing at the end of his radio programs, "Thanks for the memories..." Stay safe, everyone.
What great film! Looking at the crowd at West Palm I can almost hear the Thurston Howell and Lovie accents discussing whether the Kenworthys and the Rockefellers have arrived yet. It's always nice seeing Florida before it was overrun and overdeveloped. I was born 30 years too late.
Awesome video! Nice to know that from 0:23 - 0:30 and 1:42 - 1:55 that's extremely rare footage of the sounds and whistle of the Florida east coast railway 4-8-2 mountains. Also they would sound a little bit better if they had K&L trainz b&m 3713's whistle Edit: the whistle sounds like a high pitch 5 chime
Most (or all) of the lineside scenes were filmed along the Florida East Coast Railway. The coded lines beside the track were distinctive on the FEC for having three wires above the crossarms, for some reason the three upper wires survived until around 1970, long after the crossarms and their many wires were removed. I have a blue cylinder-shaped glass insulator from that line on my windowsill, I found it lying in the mud along the track in 1973.
From a time when Florida was a vacation destination for the well-healed (note the fancy automobiles parked at the stations)--before retired, middle-income Northeast snowbirds decided to settle there year-round. Those opening shots today would likely contain all sorts of urban sprawl adjacent to the tracks rather than the unspoiled bucolic greenery pictured. The baggage carts appeared to have "FEC" (Florida East Coast) incised/carved in their top slats. Had this footage been shot just a few years earlier, it might have included the line's "Havana Special" destined for the "Overseas Route" to Key West's steamship connection for Cuba. The "Florida Special" was a premier limited operated many years by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Its popularity is evidenced by all the sections listed on the arrival board--five in total! Great footage, Speed Graphic. What I wouldn't give to see the Florida presented in this (too short) film. Thanks so much for posting it.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo Happy to hear that; looking forward to its posting. Once again, thank you for all your efforts in bringing to light these hidden gems that would otherwise remain locked away in darkness.
Thanks for putting this together. It is nice to see passenger trains from the era just a few short years before the advent of streamlining, diesels and the Second World War. The passenger station scenes with sound are icing on the cake.
Love seeing how everyone is dressed! Some of them look like movie stars! Those Pullman railway cars where cool to see too being pulled by the steam engine!
Nice to see sections being operated and the man opening the steam pipe to allow a plume of steam to trail. I used to allow a plume to help drain condensation from the steam pipe.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo The steam was closed for filming of the band. On my railroad the steam pipe connections were called "metallics". Before I got my punch the first thing I became proficient at was handling metallics.
Wow! Six sections of the Florida Special. Were they bringing the cars in individually? Lol! I guess the FEC was pretty busy at that point in time. It's unfortunate that this film is a year too late to feature the Overseas Extension to Key West, as it was wiped out by a hurricane the year before. Always look forward to seeing more footage of that stretch. Regards!
Florida Special was probably fully sold out. The 20th Century Limited often ran in multiple sections because it was fully sold out. Trains were full and steam locos at the time didn't have the pulling power of today's diesel loco. And if I remember correctly, each section had identical amenities.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo I do remember awhile back that there were some clips from a South Carolina University collection of Movie tones outtakes that had steam with sound. I wonder if there are other institutions in America that might have sound films of steam in their archives.
I edited and posted a lot of footage from the University of South Carolina's archive. Sound footage of the New York Central, the Southern Pacific, the Lackawanna, the Boston & Maine, etc. It was very popular. Too popular, in fact, and the University asked me to stop. So it's all unlisted now. However, check my playlists....
Ah, these scenes brought back memories---and regrets: memories of trips taken with Mom to visit relatives in another state when I was just a tadpole and regrets for the trips I _didn't_ take when I was old enough to travel by myself, back when they were still available. As Bob Hope used to sing at the end of his radio programs, "Thanks for the memories..." Stay safe, everyone.
What great film! Looking at the crowd at West Palm I can almost hear the Thurston Howell and Lovie accents discussing whether the Kenworthys and the Rockefellers have arrived yet. It's always nice seeing Florida before it was overrun and overdeveloped. I was born 30 years too late.
Nothing nicer than seeing these old beautiful steam engines before they were scraped.
Awesome video! Nice to know that from 0:23 - 0:30 and 1:42 - 1:55 that's extremely rare footage of the sounds and whistle of the Florida east coast railway 4-8-2 mountains.
Also they would sound a little bit better if they had K&L trainz b&m 3713's whistle
Edit: the whistle sounds like a high pitch 5 chime
Thank you for the upload sir, this is exceptional, seeing into the past, even through tidbits such as this video, is truly valuable.
Most (or all) of the lineside scenes were filmed along the Florida East Coast Railway. The coded lines beside the track were distinctive on the FEC for having three wires above the crossarms, for some reason the three upper wires survived until around 1970, long after the crossarms and their many wires were removed. I have a blue cylinder-shaped glass insulator from that line on my windowsill, I found it lying in the mud along the track in 1973.
From a time when Florida was a vacation destination for the well-healed (note the fancy automobiles parked at the stations)--before retired, middle-income Northeast snowbirds decided to settle there year-round. Those opening shots today would likely contain all sorts of urban sprawl adjacent to the tracks rather than the unspoiled bucolic greenery pictured.
The baggage carts appeared to have "FEC" (Florida East Coast) incised/carved in their top slats. Had this footage been shot just a few years earlier, it might have included the line's "Havana Special" destined for the "Overseas Route" to Key West's steamship connection for Cuba.
The "Florida Special" was a premier limited operated many years by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Its popularity is evidenced by all the sections listed on the arrival board--five in total!
Great footage, Speed Graphic. What I wouldn't give to see the Florida presented in this (too short) film. Thanks so much for posting it.
I'm currently working on a longer video of Florida in 1936. March of Time shot a ton of footage.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo Happy to hear that; looking forward to its posting. Once again, thank you for all your efforts in bringing to light these hidden gems that would otherwise remain locked away in darkness.
Thanks for putting this together. It is nice to see passenger trains from the era just a few short years before the advent of streamlining, diesels and the Second World War. The passenger station scenes with sound are icing on the cake.
Thanks from Florida.
Very nice, thank you. I sure would have loved to hear some more of that Hawaiian lap steel guitar band at the end!
Love seeing how people acted and dressed back then. Superb action shots on the trains.
Wow, that's cool. Love those cars too.
In the middle of the Great Depression and people were dressed better for the train than most folks today do for church.
The cars are prettier, too.
Love seeing how everyone is dressed! Some of them look like movie stars! Those Pullman railway cars where cool to see too being pulled by the steam engine!
The one dislike is from the southern railway
Nice to see sections being operated and the man opening the steam pipe to allow a plume of steam to trail. I used to allow a plume to help drain condensation from the steam pipe.
So that's what he's doing!
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo The steam was closed for filming of the band. On my railroad the steam pipe connections were called "metallics". Before I got my punch the first thing I became proficient at was handling metallics.
Wow! Six sections of the Florida Special. Were they bringing the cars in individually? Lol! I guess the FEC was pretty busy at that point in time. It's unfortunate that this film is a year too late to feature the Overseas Extension to Key West, as it was wiped out by a hurricane the year before. Always look forward to seeing more footage of that stretch. Regards!
Florida Special was probably fully sold out. The 20th Century Limited often ran in multiple sections because it was fully sold out. Trains were full and steam locos at the time didn't have the pulling power of today's diesel loco. And if I remember correctly, each section had identical amenities.
Awesome film! I love the Florida trains.
Looks so sunny and bright.....j/k.....I live in Florida
Really cool! Keep it up!
I come back to this video often to just hear Heavyweights at speed over jointed rail.
Amazing video!
I wished we got more footage of the fec in the steam age.
Welcome to Miami!
Loved it
holiday trains, now how come they seldom if ever get mentioned around the continent..?
Молодцы . Вполне реалистично смотрится !
Это действительно так.
Are these the only railroad clips with sound that you can find from the national archives?
Just about the only ones I've found, unfortunately. A lot of the film at the National Archives seems to be silent.
@@SpeedGraphicFilmVideo I do remember awhile back that there were some clips from a South Carolina University collection of Movie tones outtakes that had steam with sound. I wonder if there are other institutions in America that might have sound films of steam in their archives.
I edited and posted a lot of footage from the University of South Carolina's archive. Sound footage of the New York Central, the Southern Pacific, the Lackawanna, the Boston & Maine, etc. It was very popular. Too popular, in fact, and the University asked me to stop. So it's all unlisted now. However, check my playlists....
Nowadays, CSX diesels race through Florida with Tropicana trains and freight trains instead of FEC Mountain types with passenger trains.
Wspaniała elegancja. Dziś nastała era szmat i gałganów.
Just riding the war "out".
Meanwhile, back in the urban crib, unemployment exceeded 20%.
(I wonder how the rich are wintering this season.)