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 #390864  by Schuylkill Valley
 
This film was taken by Mr. George W. Gerhart and the late Ark Acker.
The film starts at Port Clinton and ends at Reading, Pa.
Sorry for the graining look it's from a 2nd genration VHS video I got from Mr. Acker.

Len.


http://www.dailymotion.com/Conrail6370/video/3033124 Part One

http://www.dailymotion.com/Conrail6370/ ... uylkill-va Part Two

http://www.dailymotion.com/Conrail6370/ ... uylkill-va Part Three

The last video has narration from Mr. Gerhart.

 #416539  by Schuylkill Valley
 
Check it out , I added two more to the list, Part 2 and 3

Let me know what you think, good or bad. lol.

Len.

 #486999  by carajul
 
Wow. Absolutely amazing. Of course the graphics look pretty cheezy but what do you want for 1951. I love the old cars. They sure did things different back then. Especially the runaway coal car right thru the grade xing as it barely misses the cars.

The steam loco and caboose are great. I can't believe this branch line was so well maintained, had towers, and trains were going so fast. In 2007 you'd only find a mud path :-(

 #507177  by fp7fan
 
Just watched the videos - some interesting footage there - good job posting these so we can see 'em.
 #611957  by Big2-10-0
 
I just watched all three and they were great little pieces of history. The first one reminds me of the Pennsy and the Reading lines going into Shamokin from Sunbury. Of course the Pennsy took the low road not the high road. Nice to see some H class and a E-6 pulling a passenger cummuter train. Great job posting!