New York Central Volume 1

[AldofromBordeaux]

excellent to see & to hear !!! GREAT JOB Thank U Sharing with us

[myphonyaccount]

1:47 is Huron River dam top line at Ann Arbor in front of the Barton Hills hydro electric station still in use today for electricity, freight and Amtrak.

[Flashmikko]

Nice video! I personally enjoyed that rare footage of the Aerotrain making a run! Very nice touch!

[Robofish12]

This definitely makes me feel like I was born in the wrong time period.

[Traincal007]

Nice

[wackymac28]

nice footage

[Shenandoah58]

Lose the music....please!

[BNforever2009]

I was around when the NYC existed but was never around the rr--my parents werent railfans and my dad hated trains. In Chicago, there were just a few places to go to see trains. You didnt venture into certain neighborhoods and back then you were restricted to just a few areas. This was from the 50's thru the early 80's!!!!!

[anotherluckyone]

Very nicely put together. I like the way the music works with the video to build interest.

[AndyUltras91]

the best railroad are FS from Italy

[ACLTony]

Nice to see New York Central's "Great Steel Fleet" on film. I remember back in my youth days of the 70s-80s wising that film clips of the NYC J-Class Hudsons existed. I'm glad to see that they have all along. Did these clips come from collector's, railroad archives, rail fans? They look excellent!

[GreenFrogVideos]

Yes, these came from the Emery Gulash 16mm Film collection!

Green Frog Prod. Ltd.

[aerobee58]

Thank you for this posting.Excellent filming.

[jeepers2655]

used to have a switcher go by my house with coal for the Uniroyal plant/Ball Band.....took tracks up and trestle,and took plant down.....new trestle is there but not the same,just a walk way........Like these videos of the good ole days.

[TheYoshifan93]

NYC should have the NYC! XD Get it?

[TheUnknownAvenger]

My uncle Frank was a New York Central employee at one time. He hired on the NYC in 1952, and he worked for them until 1968, when he became a Penn Central employee, and he worked on mostly former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage in the Penn Central era. When Conrail was born, he returned to the former NYC lines and continued until he retired from the railroad business in 1980. Sadly, he died in 1989, but he left behind a great collection of New York Central photos, but I forgot where I put them. :(

[irish89055]

great stufff... anyone know the name of this big band piece? I've heard bits of it before... maybe Benny Goodman huh? Is that an Aerotrain at 1:23?

[JoeRailfan]

I think that's the Kalamazoo, Michigan station at 0:36 and BO Tower in Kalamazoo at 0:42. The tower still stands today, and the station has been beautifully restored (they added a bus terminal onto the front, but the architects did a good job matching it to the station). 4 Amtrak trains now pass through Kalamazoo each way per day and another one has been proposed!

[heartlandrails]

@JoeRailfan you could be right, the first view would be looking west at an eastbound arriving. It is coming around a curve where the MC had a small yard & Roundhouse at one time, the South Haven branch came off there. I used to get 10cent rootbeers at an A&W stand in the inside of that curve in the 50s. in the second view, if correct, you are seeing TWO towers, the first one was the PRR tower and BO tower is seen in the distance. The PRR tower is preserved offsite, BO tower still active.

[AlcoholicSemenStain]

Its been so many years....decades of darkness

[TrainmasterCurt]

The glory days of railroading

[xxxIronHeadxxx]

I used to work fo rthe sentral back in the 1960 before the merger. Piloting several passenger trains.

[duroche53]

The music is faux Glenn Miller and it fits perfectly.

[xxxIronHeadxxx]

@duroche53 no it doesnt.

[intercityrailpal]

Gee lots of Michigan Central stuff here! I rode the sold out "Wolerine" Business class a few weeks ago. 95mph, soon to be 110mph. Chicago to Detroit corridor.

[irish89055]

@intercityrailpal i can never make out those loco's wit the stripes ... Are they central michigan and if so why the title here?.. i see a few NYC loco's .. i love the music and shots anyway..

[HotPRshop]

Typo in "Videos"? No apostrophe needed.

[burghman1969]

Love the emerald green F unit at 1:29! Has any company produced an O scale version of this paint scheme?

[Trainlover4ever2006]

I don't see any NY Central today.

[artntrinkets]

nice job! one of the best

[TheNw1218]

woah! awesome!!!

[roaming2]

Which train is that on 1:00? That looks so futuristic!

[prr1361]

GM Aerotrain

[BudmanPackfan]

there's one on display at the National Railroad Muesum in Green Bay.

[gulomb]

Nice video. Really have to wonder, though, if GreenFrog knows what a gene is...

[JoJoJopete]

Is the Aerotrain used the one that came from the Pennsylvania Railroad after Pennsy was done with it?

[BudmanPackfan]

no, the NYC bought it direct from GM/EMD

[choirboyfromhell1]

1:47 EL at AC?

[troy12n]

Whats with the Green F7A at 1:29??

[choirboyfromhell1]

It's an E8, and they had a few painted like that in the 1960's.

[JoJoJopete]

I thought that the green E8 signified Penn Central.

[choirboyfromhell1]

I believe that it was the NYC painted a few this way, all PC E-8's where black to my recollection.

[BudmanPackfan]

that hue of green was the NYC, the PC green was just a bit darker, and used on caboose and cars only, the locos were all black, the repainted ones that is.

[Mcoov]

Technically that was a green as well, in use by the PRR since their first diesel. Once the PRR bought the NYC, it essentially ceased to exist. as the PRR dominated Penn Central.

[ConrailSD70MAC]

at 1:07, that looks like Windsor Ont.

The CPR Hudson probably just arrived from Toronto as the NYC train passes the home signal for the Detroit Tunnel.

[impsqu]

The most famous locomotive ever was New York Central & Hudson River RR #999, a 4-4-0 biult for speed. She was the first human vehicle to go faster than 100 mph, in May 1893. The engineer was Charlie Hogan, who worked for the NYC from 1864 to 1939, 75 years! The 999 is now at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Hogan is there too, as a figurine with an audio track. I am doing the audio. Come and visit us!

[PhotographyAurora]

I'm pretty sure this song is called Eager Beaver.

[BudmanPackfan]

@ photography Aurora: unfortunately it's not. I've been searching for it, and have gone through over 350 Stan Kenton titles and several versions of Eager Beaver and have come up empty so far. :( sometime I'll find it. It might not be a Kenton tune, but it sure sounds like his orchestra's style.

[7855waldo]

My Uncle Artie used to work for and revere the NY Central. We used to sit on the bank above the train line in Yonkers in the late 1950S and he'd tell me how proud he was to have worked for them (by then, he had retired).

Today, you work for a place that uses you and then you walk, allegiance non-existent. What a vast improvement.

Ugh.

[kj762aa]

I love this song

[Saugertiesrailfan]

is this a DVD??!?!?! id love to have this if it has the trains sounds :)

[Danamn1]

No Diesel.

[rleclare]

Aerotrain was powered by 1200 hp 567 EMD diesel that powered regular traction motors in a single flexcoil truck. It had a B-1 wheel arrangement .

[alnboy90]

what train is in 1:02 ?

[traindude80]

That's the "Turbo Train" A special High Speed Train powered by a Gas Turbine electric Engine.

[Danamn1]

That's not the Turbo Train but the Aerotrain built by EMD in 1956.

[traindude80]

It still used a Gas Turbine Electric Engine right?

[PhotographyAurora]

The GM Aerotrain.

[JoJoJopete]

Is the line above the NYC at 2:12 the PRR or is it NYC?

[robmasterman]

A fascinating and quality vintage production, thanks very much for sharing...Bob

[Dhoylandrules84]

Your right actually Pentrex is very good ive probably bought 15 vids from them but i always liked Green frogs push on classic railroading. Im only 24 so i love seeing things that were before my time. Ive never seen any fallen flags really, i just grew up seeing nothing but conrail EVERYWHERE. So Green Frog always had a special spot with me

[Dhoylandrules84]

Green frog has the best videos out there as far as im concerned. I watched my two tape set of the Penn Central probably 300 times hahaha

[55westend]

Pentrex is right up there, too - - they and Green Frog are in the same league, IMHO.

[GreenFrogVideos]

The music we use comes from professional sound libraries we purchase, and are basically generic!

[55westend]

Thanks. That just sounds too good to be generic - - it sounds to me like either Woody Herman or Stand Kenton, circa late 40's. A really terrific song. Maybe some of those big bands recorded numbers for generic libraries as practice! If anyone knows the name of this piece, please let us know! I'm a train fan and a jazz fan! The music goes very well with the train footage since they're both of the same era and these are probably silent films anyway. Thanks for posting.

[JoJoJopete]

Is it just me or did NYC trains primarily consist of NYC and NYC subsidaries freight cars?

[niselat]

@GreenFrogVideos old people aren't the only ones who enjoy railfanning. How about some Snoop Dogg or Insane Clown Posse?

[yardlet6]

@niselat I can't see Dogg and Violent J armed with cameras and thermoses. Since the Posse from Michigan they might have more of an interest in the NYC. Unless they prefer the Pere Marquette.

[55westend]

What's the name of the song and who is playing it? Great video!

[kin1934]

You Need To Add Real Train Sound With It Not Song

[kin1934]

hey i own K&J Productions i do not sell video i make as for free on my release i have memory of new york centralit is on youtube i made the video of it

[MusicMasterJames]

nice trains

[SD457500]

Great video! What was that song that you used? It was really good.

[tprdfh51]

Some of the scenes appear to be along the ROW of NYC's CASO Sub through ON, Canada? At :23-26 and 2:13 it looks like the overpass west of Rougemere Yd in Detroit, MI?

[bmet47]

I would love to find footage from the Canadian Southern line.Canfield Junction would be a goldmine!

[400exNick]

I really enjoyed this video! Its so cool that many of the signals in this video are still in use on the CSX

[Driverman2008]

Where can I download this song from?

[GreenFrogVideos]

Sorry but the music we use comes from professional sound libraries that we have to pay license fees in order to use the music for each cut!

[nicholasbreeden]

@GreenFrogVideos well which professional sound library can I find this song at?

[ACLTony]

@Driverman2008 - If you have V-Downloader on you computer, just copy and paste this URL into it, then download it as an MP3 and you'll have the exact recording.

[choirboyfromhell]

1:11 Eastern Branch at Fostoria.

[Driverman2008]

I think from 00:17 to 00:34 is the best part of this video.

[Driverman2008]

Awesome footage of an awesome railroad!;)

[fish1erp]

I'm hoping this is a promo video since the speed of the snipets is so fast I have no idea what I'm looking at half the time.

[GreenFrogVideos]

Yes, this is the intro portion from this video, we typically will do a musical intro like this, then settle in on the program!

[Pittoop]

LOL, they played that beginning song in another train video I've seen! It was a rare Model Layout video called "Model Railroads in Action": 5 Great Layouts from Great Model Railroads magazine.

[railmogul2]

i wish i was alive back then

[RENFEMikado]

The Big Band music sets the feel for the 40's and early 50's...good choice...also like that Kankakee, Lafayette, Elkhart and South Bend are probably represented here..

[Trekkerjon]

Why don't you use different background music for different videos?

[ThatYankeeKid]

Excellent video, I gave it 5 stars. At the end, did anyone notice just how fast the drivers on that Mowhawk were turning?!

[ClassicUndertaker120]

HOLY CRAP!!!! The NYC Aero Train!

[pickerel101]

On your website, do you have any movies about New York Central?

[GreenFrogVideos]

Currently we do not have any NYC video's to view on our site, but we have them here!

[pickerel101]

This is awsome!! I have some of those trains on my model train layouts!

[CB900]

Are these tapes silent? That music has to go.

[GreenFrogVideos]

We only put music on the Intros of our videos, and sometimes at the end for the credits!

[bnsf261]

the music rocks.

[DarkTower97]

some of the best train vids on u tube!! Very well done 5 stars no brainer!

[1225hubbard]

I have vol 1&2 GREAT VIDEOS money well spent!!!!