The 1940s and 1950s. The 1960s were horrible times for the railroad industry. Union Pacific was in horrid financial shape, as well as the entire US Railroad Industry. The reason why only 8 Big Boys and 2 Challengers were saved is because UP couldn't afford to save more of them. They tried to save 12 of each by 1962.
As a child, my father worked for "the railroad". I assume it was UP because we lived in Chicago at the time, and we would take annual trips on The City of Los Angeles to visit family out in California. As he was an employee, we could afford first class accommodations. Even as a kid, I sensed the terrific service, great food and beautiful scenery we traveled through. I would sit for hours up in the dome car, in the most forward seat, where you could view straight ahead, and pretend I was an engineer! The COLA was one of the greats. This made me lifelong rail fan. Never became an engineer though.
Very nice vintage video! The color is exceptional....... Union Pacific has always been a beautifully maintained railroad! Motive power and roadbed are top notch!
I grew up in Cheyenne Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 a lot of the beautiful video! Bringing back so many memories! 4004 my old play ground set in Cheyenne Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 my Beloved Wife her dad worked in Barstow California USA 🇺🇸 as Railroad 🛤 Mail Handler in Barstow .. i am truly blessed indeed and thankful for our USA 🇺🇸 I remember UP RR Passenger service coming into Cheyenne Wyoming UP RR Depot ! WhoootWhooooot! North Platte! Gold Spike Museum In Bailey Yard! WhoootWhooooot! My Beloved Brother in Law ! UPRR Locomotive 🚂 Engineer William “ Bill “ Riley Sr! Gold Spike Award! WhoootWhooooot 4004 Big Boy was our Play Ground set!! WhooooWhhhhooot
Terrifying noise. Los Angeles and Oxnard California banned the Turbine Locomotives from there city limits in 1963. Amazing marvels of technology though.
Quick question: What happened to the original orchestra music heard for the first 19 seconds? It really fit the bill and was honestly the perfect match for Emery's shots whereas this new music that cuts in at the 20 second mark is just an odd replacement that's just a tad to loud, or at least to me it is.
@@GreenFrogVideos Ah. Apologies for the delay in my reply. Just gotta love the whole copyright stuff here on RUclips. And you're very much welcome for the views. Film such as this is a thing to be treasured to an extent, and for me, is always worth the watch, even if it's for the hundredth time. I remember when I first stumbled upon this and the Volume 2 video and they've never left their rent free spot in my mind, so I'll definitely be purchasing them both once I'm able to.
Thanks for watching, we still have the original music on the full disc copies for purchase from our website, but the music had to be removed on RUclips due to Copyright!
I think I know what you're asking, and the answer to both questions is yes. 844 was never retired by UP, but since diesels were the main power by 1960, a diesel had taken the number 844, so the FEF-3 was renumbered to 8444. And since regular steam on Class Is was over by the end of 1960, the then 8444 was indeed pulling an excursion. It would've been cool if it were an actual passenger train though. She were built for fast passenger and mail trains, and Amtrak hadn't been conceived yet. Also, am I the only one who wants to see 844 in Armour Yellow?
Russell Streak Nope I want to see it yellow too. I saw it when it was in Kansas City a year back and I couldn't really see it because it was black and it was nighttime
Sorry about that but we do not have the name of this music in our records, in any case it is from a Pro music library from back in the late 90's not accessible to the public!
@@GreenFrogVideos Thats alright, do you credit the music in the Union Pacific Odyssey DVD? I have volume 1 & 2, and have tried to look for it, if it is cited, where would it be?
God, I hate that generic corporate music that cuts in at the 20 second mark, it's the worst kind of souless boring music where there's supposed to be an orchestra.
How about all of the above, The original Film transfers were Up-Converted to HD with a Supercomputer, Yes Up-Converted is a real Word, or real Terminology if you will... then Improved, Enhanced, Sharpened, Noise reduced and then Re-Edited from the resulting New HD Raw Film Transfer footage! Green Frog Prod. Ltd.
"Upconverted" - What is hell does that mean? Does it equate to upgraded? Or is it a made-up word to seem more impressive than it really is?. Why don't people use plain English instead of trying to flummox everyone with buzz words.
Just like we mention, this footage had been up-converted to High Definition resolution from standard definition resolution, in other words, basically from 480 lines to 1080 lines of resolution, plus the footage has been remastered scene by scene with better color correction, sharpness, brightness and color saturation! The difference between what we have now and what the footage was before is a very noticeable upgrade!
@@GreenFrogVideos Just AS we mention, this.... Up-converted.... You did not justify making up a meaningless, manufactured word. Can you speak proper English, a language with more than 40,000 way os saying what you want to a precise degree. How about saying that you made copies of the original using high definition scanners and digital equipment. This enabled you to achieve 1080 lines of definition. In addition the footage has been corrected for color balance, acuity, brightness and contrast. The result is a noticeable improvement. But, you would prefer to use buzz words, meaningless though they may be, not once but twice. Jargon is still jargon.
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The 60s were the pinnacle of Union Pacific's operations. Other railroads too, but this one was just the best.
The 1940s and 1950s. The 1960s were horrible times for the railroad industry. Union Pacific was in horrid financial shape, as well as the entire US Railroad Industry.
The reason why only 8 Big Boys and 2 Challengers were saved is because UP couldn't afford to save more of them. They tried to save 12 of each by 1962.
It's so nice to see all these old freight trains without all the graffiti.
I feel like it adds character to the trains
Yeah where did that graffiti come from why don’t they bother to take it off anyway
As a child, my father worked for "the railroad". I assume it was UP because we lived in Chicago at the time, and we would take annual trips on The City of Los Angeles to visit family out in California. As he was an employee, we could afford first class accommodations. Even as a kid, I sensed the terrific service, great food and beautiful scenery we traveled through. I would sit for hours up in the dome car, in the most forward seat, where you could view straight ahead, and pretend I was an engineer! The COLA was one of the greats. This made me lifelong rail fan. Never became an engineer though.
Retired 2010 locomotive department….awesome video of their great heritage 👍😎
The Union Pacific GETEL locomotives just look So Cool.
Very nice vintage video! The color is exceptional....... Union Pacific has always been a beautifully maintained railroad! Motive power and roadbed are top notch!
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Loved the Bird Burners
thx to the green frogs and we can now enjoy in 1080p! thanks!
I love the UP! Me and my dad watched this tape over and over again!
You guys put together some great videos, I love watching them. Thank you!
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This is a great time machine( this film I mean). Thanks a lot for sharing this with all of us youtubers!
The music is fitting for such a mighty railroad!
I wish the Union Pacific passenger and freight trains operated in Chicago as of the 1950s if it didn't. Sorry if it didn't
I really like that horn on the turbine as it goes by and as your pacing it it!
Great film most all of my life I have been a railfan
I’ve never heard the horn or the sound of a GE 8500 HP Gas Turbine before
I grew up in Cheyenne Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 a lot of the beautiful video! Bringing back so many memories! 4004 my old play ground set in Cheyenne Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 my Beloved Wife her dad worked in Barstow California USA 🇺🇸 as Railroad 🛤 Mail Handler in Barstow .. i am truly blessed indeed and thankful for our USA 🇺🇸 I remember UP RR Passenger service coming into Cheyenne Wyoming UP RR Depot ! WhoootWhooooot! North Platte! Gold Spike Museum In Bailey Yard! WhoootWhooooot! My Beloved Brother in Law ! UPRR Locomotive 🚂 Engineer William “ Bill “ Riley Sr! Gold Spike Award! WhoootWhooooot 4004 Big Boy was our Play Ground set!! WhooooWhhhhooot
Contains much rare footage of the short-lived UP steam-electric turbine!
Which part of the video?
I love it, I love trains
David Price ! My dear Brother! Yesssssireeee TrainCrazeDaze! WhoootWhooooot
The old railroad days were nice
I live in dupo il where one of the biggest up railyards are and I live right down the street from the yard.
It Is Amazing ☺️
The silver engine at the beginning is Burlington, not UP.
After watching the NYC video and this, it seems like UP cared a lot more about keeping their trains clean than NYC
Kitties
5:40 my grandma lives in silver creek but not at the time of this film she moved there about a year ago
I saw the double diesels on the left when they droppes the 4 8 4 off to change power
Nice video I can see #844 in a couple of clips
2:50 I think that's the only footage I've ever seen of a running C855.
THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!
It’s crazy how turbines sounded like fighter jets
Terrifying noise. Los Angeles and Oxnard California banned the Turbine Locomotives from there city limits in 1963. Amazing marvels of technology though.
Awesome video!
Nice ! Good !
i live in dever and now there is only one regularly scheduled train at union station! which is the California zephyr.
you know ive recently been making a union pacific gen-3 GTEL on stormworks
What's with the change of background music?? (Which sounds really bad)
844 never retired
Quick question: What happened to the original orchestra music heard for the first 19 seconds? It really fit the bill and was honestly the perfect match for Emery's shots whereas this new music that cuts in at the 20 second mark is just an odd replacement that's just a tad to loud, or at least to me it is.
We still have the original full music on the Discs we sell on our website, but on RUclips it had to be removed due to Copyrights! Thanks for watching!
@@GreenFrogVideos Do you know what peice of music that is? I've been trying to find it for I would say 4-5 *years*
@@GreenFrogVideos Ah. Apologies for the delay in my reply. Just gotta love the whole copyright stuff here on RUclips. And you're very much welcome for the views. Film such as this is a thing to be treasured to an extent, and for me, is always worth the watch, even if it's for the hundredth time. I remember when I first stumbled upon this and the Volume 2 video and they've never left their rent free spot in my mind, so I'll definitely be purchasing them both once I'm able to.
Now we know where the term "rolling coal" comes from
I love the music! What’s the name of the main song? The one in the description is for the first one.
Sorry but we do not have the name of that original music cut, came from a Pro CD sound library back in the 1990's!
@@GreenFrogVideos Thank you for getting back to me.
What was the original music is used in this video?
Why did the GTELs have such short lives? ...Aside from their backfire explosion tendencies.
Russell Streak noise and environmental concerns it's a shame realy
I think the advent of more powerful and efficient Diesels (such as the DD35 and DDA40X) was one of the reasons as well.
Russell Streak along with what's been already said, fuel costs were proving to be too much. Bunker fuel is expensive.
They didn’t have a particularly short life. They were in use for the better part of two decades, the early 50’s to the late 60’s.
9:33 GE U50 or U50C beside 844
At the time UP 8444***
ATSF foamer I have a photo of my Late Brother in Law at the helm of 8444
What year were any of them filmed?
Please return the old music
Thanks for watching, we still have the original music on the full disc copies for purchase from our website, but the music had to be removed on RUclips due to Copyright!
Wait was the up 844 8444 that time and was it pulling a passneger train or excursion
I think I know what you're asking, and the answer to both questions is yes. 844 was never retired by UP, but since diesels were the main power by 1960, a diesel had taken the number 844, so the FEF-3 was renumbered to 8444. And since regular steam on Class Is was over by the end of 1960, the then 8444 was indeed pulling an excursion. It would've been cool if it were an actual passenger train though. She were built for fast passenger and mail trains, and Amtrak hadn't been conceived yet. Also, am I the only one who wants to see 844 in Armour Yellow?
Russell Streak Nope I want to see it yellow too. I saw it when it was in Kansas City a year back and I couldn't really see it because it was black and it was nighttime
I'm guessing that was the late 60's or early 70's when that shot was taken?
50s-80s train
Someone please tell me what the music in the beginning is, I've been trying to find it for almost a year, and im not joking about that
Sorry about that but we do not have the name of this music in our records, in any case it is from a Pro music library from back in the late 90's not accessible to the public!
@@GreenFrogVideos Thats alright, do you credit the music in the Union Pacific Odyssey DVD? I have volume 1 & 2, and have tried to look for it, if it is cited, where would it be?
@@ev0738 If we did give credit on the programs it would be at the very end with the running credits, otherwise we would not have it listed!
@@GreenFrogVideos That does make sense, thank you! I'll look for it there.
Are those pantographs on the top of the F a and b units?
What year were these shots filmed? There seems still a lot of long haul passenger traffic.
Shot in the 1960s by Emery Gulash who lived in Detroit Michigan!
At 1:00, was that Bailey Yard in North Platte?
@ 2:57 is that an early model of the DDA40X ?
no it is actually the ALCO C855 in case you did not know about this model
My bad, but yes it is a C855. The DDA40Xs didn't start running until 1969 when the last of the GTELs started being retired.
@digitalqw33r What happened to the rest? Amtrak? lol
@digitalqw33r California zephyr is owned by Amtrak, the others i don't know everyone fly's these days.
I like New York Central
@drrgperrin Sorry, my mistake. The sound icon was hidden.
whats with the intense hip hop over mid to late 1900s footage
What's your problem?
@@CtkM0076 i dont have one, i just want to know why they chose hip hop music for something from the 1950s
@@frootloops1696 ooh ok sorry if that bother you
i'm assuming the music got copyright claimed and they had to replace it because it was different before
God, I hate that generic corporate music that cuts in at the 20 second mark, it's the worst kind of souless boring music where there's supposed to be an orchestra.
@digitalqw33r They don't know what they're missing.
What station is shown at 9:41 (ruclips.net/video/RwBKGPEg6uA/видео.html ?
There's no sound.
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what?
"Up-converted"!?
Why not "enhanced" or "improved" or "digitally-edited"?
No need to invent a new word.
How about all of the above, The original Film transfers were Up-Converted to HD with a Supercomputer, Yes Up-Converted is a real Word, or real Terminology if you will... then Improved, Enhanced, Sharpened, Noise reduced and then Re-Edited from the resulting New HD Raw Film Transfer footage!
Green Frog Prod. Ltd.
GreenFrogVideos
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The vdo is good however the music qqinqq
"Upconverted" - What is hell does that mean? Does it equate to upgraded? Or is it a made-up word to seem more impressive than it really is?. Why don't people use plain English instead of trying to flummox everyone with buzz words.
Just like we mention, this footage had been up-converted to High Definition resolution from standard definition resolution, in other words, basically from 480 lines to 1080 lines of resolution, plus the footage has been remastered scene by scene with better color correction, sharpness, brightness and color saturation! The difference between what we have now and what the footage was before is a very noticeable upgrade!
@@GreenFrogVideos Just AS we mention, this.... Up-converted.... You did not justify making up a meaningless, manufactured word. Can you speak proper English, a language with more than 40,000 way os saying what you want to a precise degree. How about saying that you made copies of the original using high definition scanners and digital equipment. This enabled you to achieve 1080 lines of definition. In addition the footage has been corrected for color balance, acuity, brightness and contrast. The result is a noticeable improvement. But, you would prefer to use buzz words, meaningless though they may be, not once but twice. Jargon is still jargon.