Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
Comprehensive look at early steam engine locomotives, train stations and electric trains across North American. Film also highlights the travel industry sparked by the railroad system.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
MSs train station in Vaughan, Mississippi. MSs smoke billowing from stream engine train at night.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Still of Casey Jones railroad crash. Illustrated sheet music about Casey Jones & railroads. Illustrations and photographs of early railroad days. Illustrated maps of the United States showing rail lines.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV antique steam engine freight train moving over rural bridge. LS steam engine freight train chugging across snowy winter landscape past a barn. LS steam engine train moving across rural landscape of gentle sloping hills.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Opening credits.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
MS steam billowing from stationary train. GV railroad track stretching across scenic rural landscape. GV pan of silhouetted cactus against a pink sky. GV pan of snowy mountainous landscape. Elevated MS looking down at railroad cars filled with raw lumber moving quickly. LS train moving over bridge in steep rural community. MS empty freight car for holding livestock moving along track. MSs stationary refrigeration cars. MS stationary "United States Mail" railroad car.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival still of early mail train. Illustration of circus train.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
MS/GV circus train moving along track. LS train moving across semi-arid landscape covered in sage brush.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival still of Native Americans seated in front of train.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS train moving across flat rural landscape.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Early railroad posters.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS/GV antique passenger train moving across flat rural landscape.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations of early passenger trains.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
MS antique plow tearing into grass. Scenic LS pan of wheat field. Scenic LS pan of flat rural farm land.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Early railroad travel posters.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
Scenic GV of snowy lake, evergreen tress and mountains in Yosemite National Park, California. LS Bridal Veil Falls at Yosemite. LS Old Faithful geyser at Yellow Stone National Park. Scenic GV of Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana. GVs of Zion National Park, Utah and Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Scenic LS of Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lake National Park, Canada situated in isolation on bluff below tall mountain peak. Establishing GV of Prince of Wales Hotel. GV Glacier Park Lodge, Glacier National Park, Montana. Stationary MS of antique train engine reading "Manitou & Pike's Peak RY."
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustration of train moving through the Colorado Rockies.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS snow capped Pike's Peak in the Colorado Rockies. GV/LS antique passenger steam train chugging across bridge up Mount Washington, New Hampshire. POVs from train moving up Mt. Washington. Stationary GV of antique train at the summit of Mt. Washington.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival still of train moving over bridge.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV Overseas highway Old Seven Mile Bridge at Key West, Florida (originally part of the Overseas Florida East Coast Railway, Key West Extension). CU/MS/GV statue of Henry Flagler. GV pan of Florida swamp. Scenic LS pan of beach and ocean. MS/GV/LS courtyard at Flagler College (formerly the Ponce de Le n Hotel) in St. Augustine, Florida.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of Henry Flagler and railroad.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GVs Overseas highway Old Seven Mile Bridge at Key West, Florida (originally part of the Overseas Florida East Coast Railway, Key West Extension). GVs plantation style homes in Key West, Florida.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of the Overseas Florida East Coast Railway.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV pan of the Overseas highway Old Seven Mile Bridge at Key West, Florida (originally part of the Overseas Florida East Coast Railway, Key West Extension). MS Florida newspaper reporting a massive hurricane killing folks in Key West.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of train derailment and highway to Key West.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
Elevated LS of antique steam engine train moving through wooded landscape. GV train moving through rural countryside. GV steam engine passenger train moving along snowy winter landscape with leafless deciduous trees. MS pan down clock tower with arms at 12 o'clock noon. MS clock tower reading 12:30. GV stone clock tower reading 11:50. CU tiled clock reading 11:27.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Map highlighting time zones.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
Establishing GV of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. Traveling GV of steam engine train moving along track. Traveling CU of railroad track from moving train. GVs antique steam engine train moving toward camera. MSs railroad tracks. LS train moving across landscape with gentle sloping hills. GV steam engine train pushing to freight cars, man stands on one of the cars.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations and archival stills of train wrecks.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV silhouetted train moving along track lined with leafless deciduous trees.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Railroad illustrations.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
CU train brakes. MS antique train with engineer. CU link and pin car hitch.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations of hitching train cars with pins.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
CUs automatic hitch system. LS pan of flat landscape at sunset, telephone poles are seen. GV telephone pole next to train track. MSs stationary antique steam engine.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations of telegraph.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV telephone poles along railroad line. Traveling GV of antique train cruising along track.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations of antique locomotives.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
MS pan of stationary locomotive. Several MSs antique trains in motion showing moving gears.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of logging train.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV train moving along track.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of trains.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV train moving past trees. GV steam engine train moving across snow dusted landscape.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations and archival stills of electric trains.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV stationary antique electric train.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations and archival stills of early passengers.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV/MS dinning car.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills and illustrations of early food service on trains.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV steam engine train cruising past trees.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival still of George Pullman.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS train moving across bridge, autumn color is seen in the foreground.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations and archival stills of early train travel.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS clock tower at the St. Louis, Missouri Union Station. Low angle GV of St. Louis Union Station. Low angle GV Union Station in Indianapolis, Indiana. GV Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. MS pan up statue. Low angle MS of decorative clock outside Grand Central Station in New York City. GV pan of Grand Central Station facade. MS pan up entrance to Grand Central Station with decorative clock above. Interior LS of Grand Central Station concourse. MS gold clock inside Grand Central Station.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Several archival stills and illustrations of Grand Central Station New York.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV pan down Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri. GV pan from stationary antique locomotive on display to the Lindsborg, Kansas train station/depot. Several GVs of unique train depots/stations.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of train depots.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV looking out pained window to old western/ghost town. GV train station in ghost town. LS antique steam engine train chugging along track. GV antique locomotive passing over bridge. GV railroad track at dusk. GV antique steam engine train moving toward camera. GV freight locomotive passing behind trees.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations of early railroad workers and unions.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS antique locomotive belching steam as it passes behind trees. POV riding train, seen from behind engine. GV steam engine train moving across winter landscape.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations and archival stills of Wall Street.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
MSs statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Map of the US highlighting railroad lines near the Great Lakes. Archival stills and political cartoons of Jay Gould. Map of the US highlighting railroad lines in the Southwest. Archival stills of Jay Gould. Archival still of George Gould. Archival still of Edward Henry Harriman. Map of the US highlighting railroad lines stretching across the country. Archival still of Edward Henry Harriman. Archival still of James Hill. Map of the US highlighting railroad lines in the Northern states. Archival stills of James Hill. Archival stills of John Pierpont Morgan (J.P. Morgan).
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS antique passenger train moving across rural landscape, horse pulled plow is seen tilling a field in the foreground. GV antique passenger train moving along track.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
Archival still of Collis Potter Huntington. Maps of the US highlighting Southern railroad lines. Archival stills of Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GV antique electric train moving toward camera. POV from head of electric train. GV antique electric train moving behind trees.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of early electric trains.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GVs antique electric train/trolley moving along track.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Archival stills of early electric trains/trolleys.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
LS/GV electric train moving along rural landscape. MS railroad crossing sign, electric train passes in front. LS/GV of antique electric train moving across the countryside.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: Illustrations and archival stills of early electric trains.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
GVs antique electric train/trolley moving across countryside. GV defunct electric train track with grass going between the planks. MS shiny antique Model-T Ford in mint condition. Nice GVs of classic Model-T driving along contemporary rural highway. GVs antique locomotives moving through rural landscapes (summer, winter, dusk). CU/GV abandoned railroad tracks. GV antique train moving across rural farmland.
Railroad - The Golden Age (1880 - 1916)
DO NOT SELL: End Credits.