" MAINLINE U.S.A. " ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS 1957 PASSENGER TRAIN TRAVEL PROMO 64194

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This film “Mainline U.S.A” is a 1957 revision of an earlier film made in the 1940s. It is presented by the Association of American Railroads and provides an overview of the railroad industry, its history, and its role in the US while featuring a number of shots of trains, engines, and railways. The film is produced by Dudley Pictures Corporation, photographed by Edwin E. Olsen, narrated by Art Gilmore, edited by Ernest Flook, and written by Herman Boxer and Carl Dudley with music by Howard Jackson.

Credits (00:09). “Mainline U.S.A” title banner (00:16). Credits (00:23). The Statue of Liberty (00:47). Scenic nature views (00:51). Mount Rushmore (01:02). The United States Capitol Building, located in Washington, D.C (01:08). Crops (01:12). Niagara Falls (01:17). New York City (01:21). A coastline railway (01:37). A combine harvester (01:43). Mining (01:46). Industrial buildings (01:50). A driving train (01:53). Caterpillar industrial scenes (02:03). A locomotive (02:13). Point-of-view from a driving train (02:21). Mountains (02:30). Desert (02:35). A waterfall (02:38). Mountainous landscape (02:46). Horseback and carriage riding (02:51). Mountains (03:02). Wheat field (03:08). Chimneys (03:13). Farmers pack a trailer (03:17). Horseback riding (03:25). Tree felling (03:32). The “Best Friend of Charleston” steam-powered railroad locomotive (03:38). DeWitt Clinton of M&H Railroad steam locomotive (03:44). (03:49). The William Crooks 4-4-0 steam locomotive (03:50). A train crossing a bridge (04:00). Countryside views (04:13). Urban scenes (04:17). A driving train (04:22). The Western Maryland (WM) 236 locomotive (04:37). Large pipe freight (04:42). Raw materials in train cars (04:46). Industries including mining, agriculture, and manufacturing (04:57). A Baldwin BLH RF-16 cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight (05:10). Domestic scenes (05:18). Cars driving on highways (05:23). A freight train (05:26). A combine harvester (05:32). A grocery shelf (05:36). Fruit trees being picked (05:39). The EMD FT diesel-electric locomotive (05:43). Fright cars with coal (05:50), copper (06:01), and iron (06:05). Tree felling (06:10). Cows (06:17). Cotton picking (06:20). Oil mining (06:23). Caterpillar industrial scenes (06:26). An M&S locomotive (06:34). NYC (06:45). A EMD F7 southern pacific locomotive (07:02). A crowded train station (07:07). The CRIP 650 Rock Island Railroad EMD E8 locomotive (07:15). Driving trains (07:22). The EMD Aerotrain streamlined trainset (07:33). Train passengers (07:41). Horseback riding (08:15). Sailboats (08:20). Fishing (08:24). Skiing (08:29). Swimming (08:36). Water Skiing (08:42). Driving trains (08:49). EMD F3 freight and passenger train (08:59). Footage of the railroad industry from production to installation, and construction of cars and locomotives (09:14). Parked trains (10:04). The ‘Flying Crow’ train arrives (10:06). Potato planting (10:10). A restaurant (10:13). A train car restaurant (10:16). A factory (10:22). Central research laboratory (10:39). The construction of welded railways (10:55). Freight classification yards controlled by operators (12:12). Views of the centralized traffic control of railways controlled by an operator (13:36). Views of the modernized services for freight protection such as keeping perishables fresh during transportation (14:24). Refrigerator cars being re-iced mid-journey (14:52). Truck trailers are moved on freight cars between truck terminals to minimize highway traffic (15:19). A train driving through the City of Chicago (16:02). Crowded streets (16:08). The manufacturing of train engines (16:31). The construction of railways (16:33). The installation of traffic signals (16:37). Freight yard (16:39). A railway snowplow (16:42). Driving trains (16:45). Railway maintenance (17:03). The BO 931 Baltimore & Ohio EMD E8 train (17:09). Railway maintenance (17:20). Union Station Kansas City (17:23). Tanks transported on freight cars (17:30). Fire trucks (17:34). Maintenance of highways (17:38), waterways (17:41) and airways (17:42). Driving trains and production views (17:51). Credits (19:21).

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