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The Railroad Signal - New York Central Railroad Educational Documentary 1948

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Uploaded by on Nov 30, 2011

New York Central Railroad Educational Documentary from 1948 that gives an overview of railroad signals and related safe working infrastructure used by trains, as well as the ongoing improvements to the signalling systems due to technological advances.

The film was released as part of the NYC's "Running the Railroad" series, and features many examples of different signalling systems in use by the New York Central Railroad, as well as lots of scenes of passenger and freight trains.

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  • Ah I getting so thats where the term "High Ballin' " came from which meant to go really fast down on a line

  • What was wrong with those days? Can you imagine my dad took an actual train to downtown Pittsburgh in the 50's. I would have loved that. I remember when they took the rails and train out to make the city jail. ick.

  • Sadly, nowadays the US cannot build such beautiful machines. Read for example about the rolling stock in many subways: they at made in Japan, Germany, Sweden...

  • @ella73tv2

    very beautiful video

    faboulous and smart steamer

    they represented the power that u.s.a. in the past had on our world

    myalberto1958

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