Short Lines & Branch Lines Volume 2
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2018
- This is a preview of Short Lines & Branch Lines Volume 2. This program is available from www.johnpmedia.com.
DVD summary below:
In Volume 2 of Short Lines & Branch Lines, we’ll cover lines in the Hudson River Valley
These lines interchanged with main lines to service the smaller communities and rural areas along the routes.
We’ll tour Penn Central’s Catskill Mountain branch, Wallkill Valley branch and Upper Harlem line, followed by the New York Susquehanna and Western and the Erie-Lackawanna Northern branch taken through the lenses of Frank and Bruce Malone from spring of 1975 into the first month of Conrail
Narrated with commentary by Mike Bednar. Color; approximately 79 minutes run time 
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I've never seen PC trains in such high quality film. Awesome collection!
i think this is the only time we've ever seen anything PC in high quality
Loving what I’m seeing. Penn Central especially. All these vintage railway crossing signals are amazing too.
5:15. That tressel was scetchy. Before the line was abandoned the engineer would stop at the bridge and walk across to the other side .the conductor would put it in first notch and let the train cross unmaned.Engineer would jump on then stop at the other end and wait for Conductor to walk across.
I live right next to the Catskill mountain branch, here in Phoenicia NY, and let me tell ya, I'd give anything just to see one more freight to go right on through!!!
There are scenes at Mt Tremper, close to Phoenicia on the DVD
@Hector Idris ha ha haaaa! What?! 🤣😂😂
As always, great work by all involved. Thank you. I wish you had more.
Fine video! Love the commentary!!!
We operate a tourist railroad on the Catskill mountain branch between mp.3.9 and 8.3.
Loved Mike's potshot about the Poughkeepsie bridge fire..
I was there all day watching.
Huh! Well I guess I'll have to look for that DVD, thanks John! B)
Wow......we all want more footage like this. So great :)
0:26 theres just something about an orange and white striped doodle bug that makes you smile :)
rdc
Those were the days of great railroading!!!!
I sooo wish i had a dvd player and a way to buy this dvd, its so cool looking.
John p is the man
Great Music!
I liked the PC GP38-2.It has a weed cutter plow on it.
So awsome
I’m lucky enough to live near a short line RR. The TXNWRW
Well, as far as I know the tracks are still there in Kingston and Phoenicia, and big Indian tracks are being saved for the U&D railroad down in Arkville NY.
We're still pushing for renovation of the Catskill mountain branch line (the U&D railroad Corridor ).
facebook.com/UDRailwayRevitalization/
It's just the tracks from boiceville NY, and to where the tracks end in Kingston NY that they're tearing up.
This was such a great video to discover. I grew up in Accord NY, so I am very familiar with the Catskill Mountain branch and also the Rosendale trestle. Would there be lengthy videos of trains operating on the Catskill Mountain branch and more footage of the Rosendale Wallkill branch? I really enjoyed what you had in this video. Thank you.
There's much more to see on the full DVD. The DVD can be purchased at: www.johnpmedia.com/dvds/short-lines-branch-lines-volume-2
@@JPMediaRR This is great! I am going to have to purchase this. Thank you for the reply and info.
Ulster County (where I live) had this grand idea to allow pedal cars out of the Museum/Depot in Phoenicia. Idk how successful this first season was and I imagine groups of these cars could only run in one direction at a time and (perhaps) at someone else's pace. The Locomotive didn't see a spark all Summer. Someone in this County with deep pockets pushed this idea through to the detriment of the entire County. Too bad they didn't make it certain times with a train other times. Yes, the DURR is proceeding toward Pine Hill. It's too bad that the Catskill stops at the route 28 crossing. There's so much potential here.
Train had more riders. Paid about 75 % less than the pedal cars.
Have a fun time I did here
do you by chance have any recordings of the penn central when it ran through covington indiana?
Does anyone know how much of this DVD is dedicated to the Erie-Lackawanna Northern Branch?
Disappointed it cut off right before the Erie Lackawanna shots-- is there an extended version of this somewhere?
This is just a preview. You can purchase the full DVD from www.johnpmedia.com
Any videos in Western NY?
Is there any engine sounds or is it all dubbed over with music?
No sounds, just music. This was the usage condition for the footage set by the owner of the films
Is this the whole video or is this a preview?
This is just a preview. The entire DVD is 79 minutes runtime
Since the trains were fairly short I wish they had shown the entire consist.
We have to remember that this is movie film. Film was expensive to buy and process and each camera roll only ran for a little over 3 minutes. This is why the scenes were selective when shooting - expensive and not a lot of run time
Tracks are still there in Big Indian I just google earthed it lol however they’ve been long overgrown
Ya, but the railroad down in Arkville the U&DRR, has been working their way up there recently, gonna take awhile to do it, but they'll get er done!
Too bad Ulster County killed the railroad aand tore up the tracks in a bunch of places.
A section in big Indian was torn up 3 years ago.
Rust on the rail doesn’t mean deferred maintenance. Just means the line doesn’t see much traffic.
Indeed Deferred Maintenance means the complete opposite; track that is used so often it gets worn down to dangerous degrees but because deferred line hosts one of more key customers on their track and because it would be uneconomical to restore the route they have to use the worn track anyhow.
On the website yet?
Not yet, hopefully by Tuesday or Wednesday
On the website now
John Pechulis ordered and enjoyed!
Glad you enjoyed it
4:38 what is locomotive named?
GE U25B
WENT TO CONRAIL! NOT NO SHORTLINES!
Wait did he say it took 6 days round trip? wow PC sucked.
The track was in bad shape. Speed limit was 10 mph.
It is sad that all of these short lines were not included in the USRA's consolidation plan, but with PC's bankruptcy and the overall awful conditions of US railroads in the mid-70s, they were just not profitable and therefore doomed to be trails. Sorry guys and girls; while we would love to see regular train service return to the branch, the economics just don't support it.
Like Uncle Joe the trains were movin' kinda slow at PC Junction...
No why the RR's failed? Money. Profits. Making the investors happy. Railroads = politics.
Interstate highways and bigger faster trucks did in the railways dude.
Too many railroads too. Now you only have a few. Csx,bnsf, Union Pacific, and Norfolk southern are the only big ones left in the USA. Locally here in Illinois, Canadian national took over for Illinois central about 20 years ago.
@@gregrowe1168 Right. Also I would add Kansas City Southern., CP and CN to the list.
Still only a few big railroads along with some local short lines. Back in the 60's and 70's you had dozens of railroads. Many were eventually bought out or merged with the big 4 I first mentioned. And many just couldn't make it and went bankrupt. I don't think railroads will ever become obsolete though because trucks couldn't replace the amount of freight they carry. And planes, though faster, just can't haul enough freight either. Ships will always be needed for overseas shipping as well.
Great video and commentary, but lose the hillbilly music.
Hi Quinn, thanks for your input. The music was specifically chosen to enhance the feel and area of the subject material. We feel it is a good match
Liberal
Lose the music .......