Sierra's Deep Snow & When Winter Comes (Complete 44 minutes!) by Southern Pacific Company
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Sierra's Deep Snow & When Winter Comes (Complete 44 minutes!) by Southern Pacific Company
2 798 просмотров · 10 лет назад
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I found this nice old video produced by the Southern Pacific Company in the winter of 1951-52.
Here are the section titles with location in the video:
Blizzards Dominate the Sierra (00:31)
Train and Enginemen Dominate the Blizzards (00:59)
Supervisors, Linemen, Signalmen, Trackmen, Play Their Part (2:31)
Diesel and Steam Combine Their Power (5:14)
Mr. Russell and General and Division Officers Inspect the Line (5:56)
From Norden, Elevation 6890, Down to Truckee (6:20)
Snow Was No Surprise to Truckee (9:35)
Boca Was Snow Burled and Cold (10:50)
Eder and Donner Receive Snow to Record Depths (12:36)
Soda Springs, Troy, Cisco, Noted for Blizzard Winds (14:36)
Crystal Lake and Yuba Pass Become Slide Areas (17:59)
When Winter Comes (22:18)
90 Miles of Mountain Railroad – 5 Months of Winter Storms (23:01)
408 inches of Snow Fall, The Season Average (23:13)
818 inches of Snow, The Maximum Snow Fall (23:25)
Our Task? To Keep This Railroad Open, - Keep Traffic Moving (23:34)
The Answer Keep the Snow Equipment Moving. M.L. Jennings.(23:44)
Looks Like We May Have A Storm (24:00)
Rivers Rising Rains In The Lowlands (24:46)
Above One Storm and Beneath Another (25:52)
The Morrow Comes In With A Blizzard (26:18)
Planning Equipment Operations Ahead Of Stream Liner (27:04)
After the Storm the Clean Up Truckee to Norden (29:46)
Sheds to Keep Snow Out High Winds to Blow It In (33:00)
Continuing the Clean Up Norden to Troy (33:34)
A 40 Foot Width Makes Room For Next Storm (34:33)
Curves Require A Thorough Cleaning (35:21)
Signal Shed & Switch Inspection at Troy (36:35)
Yuba Pass Tracks Get a Triple Cleaning (37:29)
Spreader Rotary Flanger Arrive at Emigrant Gap (39:21)
Heading East Over a Clean Railroad (41:19)
There is no sound. Here it is in it's entire 44 minute length.
Enjoy!!!