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Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Otto Perry (1894–1970) was an American photographer and railfan specializing in railroad photos. Perry worked as a mailman in Denver, Colorado, where he met and became friends with Louis McClure, another noted photographer. [1] By the time Perry died, his collection contained more than 20,000 photos, from all parts of North America.
1946 builder's photo of a DeRoI-33 electric locomotive built by Mitsubishi. The photograph's background shows a reduced contrast to place more emphasis on the locomotive. A builder's photo, also called an official photo, is a specific type of photograph that is typically made by rail transport rolling stock manufacturers to show a vehicle that has been newly built or rebuilt.
Supertrain was the most expensive series ever aired in the United States at the time. The production was beset by problems, including a model train that crashed. NBC paid $10 million for a total of three sets of trains: a full-size train with enormous passenger cars measuring 64 by 26 by 22 feet (19.5 m × 7.9 m × 6.7 m), and two model train sets at 1:9.6 and 1:48 scales for outside shots. [1]
California State Railroad Museum (March 25, 1990) Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad (April 1, 1990) Moffat Tunnel (April 8, 1990) Ward Kimball (April 15, 1990) Wm. K. Walthers (April 22, 1990) Santa Fe Piggyback (April 29, 1990) Lionel Trains (May 6, 1990) Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (May 13, 1990) Minnesota Commercial Railroad (May 20, 1990)
Hell on Wheels is an American Western television series about the construction of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States, which broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC, from November 6, 2011 [2] to July 23, 2016.
Maxted said the show featured "superb camerawork" and "dramatic background music", adding that the show would be "coveted by rail fans and of interest to general viewers". [2] The Times called the show "trainspotting for adrenaline junkies" giving railroading a "full-on, hyperbolic treatment". [ 3 ]
Iron Horse is an American Western television series that appeared on ABC from 1966 to 1968 and starred Dale Robertson as fictional gambler-turned-railroad baron Ben Calhoun. Costars included Gary Collins, Robert Random and Ellen Burstyn (who was billed as Ellen McRae). The series pilot was released as the film Scalplock.