[1960s HOME MOVIE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FREIGHT OPERATIONS]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1960s

Description:

This amateur-shot home movie features unique and rare footage of electric freight operations in the American Midwest and Pacific NW. It was probably filmed in the 1960s. It starts with a shot of a Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western RR electric locomotive / box motor. At 4:00, a diesel switch engine or freight engine is shown. At 7:10, a Hutchinson & Northern Railroad (H&M Railroad) electric locomotive is seen; this locomotive is now visible at the Hutchinson Salt Museum. The H&M Railroad operated a switching and terminal service from a connection with UP and BNSF at Hutchinson to the Salt Mine. At 11:20, the Sand Springs Railway Company. The Sand Springs Railway Company is a Class III railroad operating freight rail service between Sand Springs and Tulsa, Oklahoma over a 32-mile route. Traffic handled includes steel, pulpboard, scrap iron, scrap paper, petroleum products, plastics, and lumber. At 14:15, a Sapulpa Railway Co. box motor / interurban trolley car. Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway Company, L.L.C. is a shortline which operates freight service between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sapulpa, Oklahoma over 10 miles of track known as the Sapulpa Lead. At 17:10, an oddball self-powered work car from the "Sewerage and Water Board" is shown. At 18:44, it pulls a Gulf, Mobile & Ohio box car. At 21:27, a KCC 732 Kennecott Copper Corporation locomotive. This is a 75-ton, 750-volt steeple cab locomotive built with pantographs and batteries for overhead or remote operation. KCC #1098 is shown at 21:50. At 23:04, a huge open pit mine is seen. This appears to be the Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest human-made excavation, and deepest open-pit mine in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19,000,000 short tons. At 24:43, Sacramento Northern locomotive 442 is shown. At 28:17, color footage of YVT Co. #298 aka Yakima Valley Transportation Company. YVT was an interurban electric railroad headquartered in Yakima, Washington. It was operator of the city's streetcar system from 1907–1947, and it also provided the local bus service from the 1920s until 1957. At 34:07, the Good Year blimp is seen. At 35:56, BCH (British Columbia Hydro) locomotive 960 is shown. At 39:20, a steam locomotive is shown at a station next to a Norfolk and Western EL-2B electric locomotive marked Virginian. Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 133-mile (214 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia to Mullens, West Virginia. At 40:42, Virginian #113 electric locomotive. At 41:50, Virginian #105 Alco Westinghouse EL3A locomotive. At 43:12, locomotive #107 ALCO / Westinghouse boxcab electric locomotive. At 45:28, Great Northern locomotive 5015 is shown in the yard, as well as #5004A. #5015 was a Great Northern Railway class Y-1, one of eight electric locomotives with AAR 1-C+C-1 wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 73-mile (117 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Wenatchee, Washington to Skykomish, Washington, including the Cascade Tunnel.

Complete Record: This amateur-shot home movie features unique and rare footage of electric freight operations in the American Midwest and Pacific NW. It was probably filmed in the 1960s. It starts with a shot of a Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western RR electric locomotive / box motor. At 4:00, a diesel switch engine or freight engine is shown. At 7:10, a Hutchinson & Northern Railroad (H&M Railroad) electric locomotive is seen; this locomotive is now visible at the Hutchinson Salt Museum. The H&M Railroad operated a switching and terminal service from a connection with UP and BNSF at Hutchinson to the Salt Mine. At 11:20, the Sand Springs Railway Company. The Sand Springs Railway Company is a Class III railroad operating freight rail service between Sand Springs and Tulsa, Oklahoma over a 32-mile route. Traffic handled includes steel, pulpboard, scrap iron, scrap paper, petroleum products, plastics, and lumber. At 14:15, a Sapulpa Railway Co. box motor / interurban trolley car. Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway Company, L.L.C. is a shortline which operates freight service between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sapulpa, Oklahoma over 10 miles of track known as the Sapulpa Lead. At 17:10, an oddball self-powered work car from the "Sewerage and Water Board" is shown. At 18:44, it pulls a Gulf, Mobile & Ohio box car. At 21:27, a KCC 732 Kennecott Copper Corporation locomotive. This is a 75-ton, 750-volt steeple cab locomotive built with pantographs and batteries for overhead or remote operation. KCC #1098 is shown at 21:50. At 23:04, a huge open pit mine is seen. This appears to be the Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is the largest human-made excavation, and deepest open-pit mine in the world and is considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 19,000,000 short tons. At 24:43, Sacramento Northern locomotive 442 is shown. At 28:17, color footage of YVT Co. #298 aka Yakima Valley Transportation Company. YVT was an interurban electric railroad headquartered in Yakima, Washington. It was operator of the city's streetcar system from 1907–1947, and it also provided the local bus service from the 1920s until 1957. At 34:07, the Good Year blimp is seen. At 35:56, BCH (British Columbia Hydro) locomotive 960 is shown. At 39:20, a steam locomotive is shown at a station next to a Norfolk and Western EL-2B electric locomotive marked Virginian. Virginian Railway's class EL-2B comprised four two-unit electric locomotives with AAR (B+B-B+B)+(B+B-B+B) wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 133-mile (214 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Roanoke, Virginia to Mullens, West Virginia. At 40:42, Virginian #113 electric locomotive. At 41:50, Virginian #105 Alco Westinghouse EL3A locomotive. At 43:12, locomotive #107 ALCO / Westinghouse boxcab electric locomotive. At 45:28, Great Northern locomotive 5015 is shown in the yard, as well as #5004A. #5015 was a Great Northern Railway class Y-1, one of eight electric locomotives with AAR 1-C+C-1 wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the 73-mile (117 km) electrified portion of the railroad, from Wenatchee, Washington to Skykomish, Washington, including the Cascade Tunnel.