Speed Graphic Film and Video | Hollywood Outtakes: Chasing Southern Pacific No. 2859 @SpeedGraphicFilmVideo | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
This is the third in a series of videos drawn from a pool of 1940's-era Hollywood feature-film outtakes and stock shots. There is no information in the archive about these, if you know what film these might have been taken for, or where they were filmed, please leave a comment.
Whatever film this was for, at some point the script called for an automobile to chase a freight train. The chase was supposed to take place at night, which is why the car's headlights are on and many of the shots are underexposed.
The star of the show, Southern Pacific Railroad's 2-8-0 No. 2859 was one of hundreds of "Harriman Common Standard" Consolidations owned by the road. Its oil-fired boiler is clearly being over-fired for the camera.
This is the third in a series of videos drawn from a pool of 1940's-era Hollywood feature-film outtakes and stock shots. There is no information in the archive about these, if you know what film these might have been taken for, or where they were filmed, please leave a comment.
Whatever film this was for, at some point the script called for an automobile to chase a freight train. The chase was supposed to take place at night, which is why the car's headlights are on and many of the shots are underexposed.
The star of the show, Southern Pacific Railroad's 2-8-0 No. 2859 was one of hundreds of "Harriman Common Standard" Consolidations owned by the road. Its oil-fired boiler is clearly being over-fired for the camera.
