Southern California Live Steamers Presents Really Cool Railroad Videos
Below are some really neat videos that we have found while surfing the Web. Some are related to our live steam hobby while others are related to full sized trains and their operation. Check back often for new additions. If you have any videos that you think are really cool, please feel free to let us know so that we may add them. Don't forget to vote for the video so that we can sort them by most popular.
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Video Title: OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version - Official Date Added: 3/11/2010 12:50:22 AM
From the new album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky" available at http://www.okgo.net/store OK Go on Tour http://www.okgo.net/shows/ Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off of the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky". The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months. OK Go thanks State Farm for making this video possible
All it needs is a steam engine to make it really cool. Enjoy!
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Video Title: Great Railroad at Work, A (Part III) (1942) Date Added: 3/9/2010 12:39:12 AM
Everything there is to know about the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
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Video Title: Great Railroad at Work, A (Part II) (1942) Date Added: 3/9/2010 12:33:33 AM
Everything there is to know about the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
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Video Title: Great Railroad at Work, A (Part I) (1942) Date Added: 3/9/2010 12:09:03 AM
Everything there is to know about the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
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Video Title: Safe Roads (1935) Date Added: 3/9/2010 12:03:02 AM
Driving is compared with running a railroad train. With excellent images of steam-era passenger trains.
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Video Title: Mainline U.S.A. (1957) Date Added: 3/8/2010 11:37:10 PM
Importance of railroads in the U.S. economImportance of railroads in the U.S. economy, with many great running views of freight and passenger trains.y, with many great running views of freight and passenger trains.
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Video Title: Railway with a Heart of Gold (1965) Date Added: 3/8/2010 11:19:02 PM
This film is an account of the Talyllyn Railway, a historic narrow-gauge slate carrier in Tywyn, Wales, and its operation by a preservation society who saved it from being sold for scrap. Although the release date is 1965, it was actually filmed in the early 1950s. Academic Film Archive of North America director Geoff Alexander visited the railway in June, 2009 as part of the process of preparing the film for uploading:
"Opened in 1865, the Talyllyn railway was the first narrow-gauge steam railway opened specifically for industrial hauling by steam. Since saving the railway in the late 1940's, hundreds of individuals have been involved in keeping it running, and visitors are welcome to ride (www.talyllyn.co.uk) The passion for the railway on the part of the Society is extraordinary. Volunteers are classed in three groups: adults, adolescents, and children, and a significant number of marriages and children have happened as a result of the social interaction among society members. I found the Talyllyn experience to be a culture with a passion for preservation. Filmmaker Kit Davidson gave the Society the right to use this film to raise funds, and they sell the DVD in their shop. When I arrived, the four people cleaning the locomotive spontaneously started whistling the theme to this film, written by Judd Woldin. The railway is easily visited by rail from virtually any point in the UK, as connections can be made to the town of Tywyn, in Wales, where the Talyllyn Railway is located."
For more on the filmmaker, visit www.afana.org/davidsoncarson.htm
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Video Title: Steam Powered Cars, Airplanes and Locomotives from 1933 Date Added: 3/8/2010 11:16:29 PM
Demonstrates the practicality of steam-driven automobiles, airplanes and trains.
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Video Title: A Streetcar Ride Down Market St. San Francisco 1905 Date Added: 3/8/2010 11:07:34 PM
The first track from Airs' Moon Safari album, accompanied by scenes from a video shot from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905. Before the earthquake/fire of 1906 destroyed the area. Remarkable footage of the turn of the century lifestyles in California.
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Video Title: Lester & Earl - Wreck of Old 97 Date Added: 2/27/2010 11:53:01 PM
A classic moment with Flatt and Scruggs! And the Beverly Hillbillies.
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