Thomas Edison, the inventor of the motion picture camera, filmed some name trains at the turn of the 19th century. Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond Express, PRR Philadelphia Express, CNJ, Southern Pacific's Sunset Route (Passenger and freight) and from the San Francisco area Shay steam locomotive "498" which pulled tourists up the the slopes of MT Tamalpais. Filmed 1896, 1897 & 1898. Edison worked in and out of his laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, NJ.
This is a reproduction of an earlier you tube upload.
These are Public Domain films non commercial use only.
Superb archival images. A nice history lesson. Thank you very much. Philippe
PhilbruProduction 1 year ago
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sfo1164 1 year ago
Fantastic footage. Thanks for sharing.
bluecomet390 1 year ago
@bluecomet390 UR WELCOME!
sfo1164 1 year ago