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Title: Southern Pacific Film Archives Publisher:   Pentrex Country: USA Format: DVD Date: 8 Jan 2003 Region Code: None Genre: Transport, History Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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The vaults of the Southern Pacific provided a treasury of vintage footage to Pentrex, enough for two outstanding shows that are now combined on one new DVD!

Daylights, Cab Forwards & Early Diesels
Part of this footage was shot in 1941 for a promotional movie called This is My Railroad, but World War II intervened and in 1947 the film was entirely reshot, leaving the original footage unused. It's all great rare SP footage. You'll see marvelous images of early GS-class steam locomotives on the Coast Daylight and Noon Daylight climbing Santa Susana Pass, speeding along the Pacific Ocean and in San Luis Obispo. Also included is a rare shot of the Sunbeam in Texas. There are many scenes of the awesome SP Cab Forwards pulling freight on the Coast Line and over Tehachapi and Donner Passes. These mighty giants are also seen pulling passenger trains through the Sierra Nevadas. Mikado and Mountain types make appearances as well. A section on early diesels showcases many of SP's first-generation models, including Alco PAs; EMD E6s, E7s, F7s and GP7s; and Fairbanks-Morse Trainmasters in freight service.

Flangers, Spreaders, & Steam Rotary Snowplows
Volume II of the Southern Pacific Film Archives presents rare footage of snow fighting operations on Donner Pass, filmed by SP company photographers in the 1950s. Flangers are the railroad's first line of defense when snow starts to fall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. You'll climb aboard to watch the snow fly as the flangers are pulled by steam engines and by SD9 diesels in Black Widow colors. As the snow deepens, Jordan spreaders are called into action. Then the real show begins as giant steam-powered rotary plows are called out to do battle with the deepening drifts. Both cab-forwards and F-units are seen providing the muscle to push the rotaries over the mountains.

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WPLives 7th Jul 2021		Featuring Daylights, Cab Forwards & Early Diesels And Flangers, Spreaders, & Steam Rotary Snowplows
WPLives 7th Jul 2021		Review D. at LLRC Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2019 For the knowledge that these DVDs have, it's exciting to see steam engines working. I purchased these DVDs for the history of Southern Pacific in modeling my HO SP trains. I found out that Cab Forward steam locomotives pulled passenger trains over the "HILL." I hope to model these at my model railroad club. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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