A steam locomotive pulling a passenger train of the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (acquired by Ford Motor Company in 1920) arrives at a station and passengers alight. Train leaves the station. Buildings at the station. A group of men on the station platform. Large water tank for servicing steam locomotives with logo of DT&I railroad on it. A porter wheeling a dolly passes on way to some buildings. Passengers standing on platform of train station. Railroad man switches several gondola rail cars to siding. A steam locomotive backing up pulls several Ford Motor Company gondola rail cars from a loading facility and then returns again. A local worker and his family are seen as he pushes two children in a swing. The family poses in front of a modest dwelling, and then go inside. One small house is a log cabin with chinking. The other is a simple wooden house or shack.
Industrial railroad yard of Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad. Logo appears on a station building and on a water tank in the yard. Various railroad cars are seen, including gondolas and passenger cars. Steam rises from several buildings in the complex. Several cars are parked in a field near railroad tracks. A steam locomotive pulling passenger cars passes. Cars are seen parked by a building with a sign reading:"Detroit, Toledo and Ironton" atop its roof. Scene shifts to railroad yard, where several trains are seen on multiple tracks. Views of industrial buildings surrounding the yard. View of a smelting plant.
' Back to weather forecasting ' . A boy along with his father visits weather bureau and the chief of the bureau acquaints him with the importance and method of forecasting weather. Scientific instruments used to forecast weather. Weather bureau in Richmond, Virginia.
Scientific instruments used for weather forecast. Wind vane shows the direction of wind blow. An anemometer indicates speed of the wind.
Scientific instruments used for weather forecast. Thermometers used to record maximum and minimum temperatures. A man notes down the temperatures. Wet and dry bulbs of thermometers used to record humidity level.
Over cast sky. Conditions in upper atmosphere exert an influence on weather conditions.
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