A film about means of transportation ca 1920 in the United States. Promotional scenes about the advantages of Electric Traction. A railroad tunnel. An electric railroad train moves down a track. A Pennsylvania Railroad electric train at a station in Bryn Mawr,Pennsylvania. Passengers get off and on the train.
A film concerning railroad electrification in the United States. A westbound Boston and Maine Railroad steam train at East Portal, Hoosac Tunnel, where the railroad was electrified in 1911. An electric locomotive approaches the steam engine. ( Note the carbide headlamp on the electric locomotive--which were outlawed by the ICC circa 1918. ) The motor pulls the steam engine and its train West. Next: a 'cab ride' from North Adams, Massachusetts to West Portal and subsequently exits the East Portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric train moves down a railroad track on the New Haven and Hartford railroad route. An electric freight train moves along a track. An engine backs up on a track. A freight railroad train moves along a track.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. Four tracked electrified Hell Gate Bridge that connects northeastern region to south and west.
Exterior view of the original McKim, Mead & White-designed Pennsylvania Station in New York City. Cars and people outside the terminal. Electric waves being depicted by an animation of a strong man sending waves of electricity out from the fingers of his hands. A railroad train enters an electrified tunnel. Another train comes out of a tunnel of the electrified Hudson and East River tubes. A train pulls up at the Bryn Mawr station on the fully electrified Philadelphia-Paoli route.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric freight train moves along a track of the Norfolk and Western Railway. An electric engine pulls railroad cars loaded with industrial raw material.
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