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Penn Central 1970's
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Hope springs eternal as the snowbanks melt every spring. There was not much hope on the Penn Central, deeply mired in a bottomless financial quagmire in the spring of 1973. Nobody knew at the time, but the then five year old railroad was at the midpoint in its bankruptcy...it had failed financially on June 21, 1970...on April 1,1976, it would be absorbed into Conrail.
Meanwhile, the railroad and its employees and officials were making the best of the situation...continuing as usual, despite adversity, to provide service across its sprawling system. Emery Gulash was track side with his movie camera's, recording the pulsating PC rail action during another difficult year.
You will see; Electrics, Amtrak trains, First generation Diesels, Passenger trains, DT&I Loco's, a Circus train, Freight trains and more! Locations include; Dearborn, South Junction Yard, Michigan, Romulus, Wayne Junction, Ann Arbor, Ohio, The Northeast Corridor and more... 63 Minutes
The 16mm film on this program was scanned with a state of the art Frame by Frame film scanner in Full 1080i High Definition.
From the Camera of Emery Gulash -- From 16mm Color Film
Penn Central 1970's
Purchase a Blu-Ray or DVD of this complete program at greenfrog.com
Hope springs eternal as the snowbanks melt every spring. There was not much hope on the Penn Central, deeply mired in a bottomless financial quagmire in the spring of 1973. Nobody knew at the time, but the then five year old railroad was at the midpoint in its bankruptcy...it had failed financially on June 21, 1970...on April 1,1976, it would be absorbed into Conrail.
Meanwhile, the railroad and its employees and officials were making the best of the situation...continuing as usual, despite adversity, to provide service across its sprawling system. Emery Gulash was track side with his movie camera's, recording the pulsating PC rail action during another difficult year.
You will see; Electrics, Amtrak trains, First generation Diesels, Passenger trains, DT&I Loco's, a Circus train, Freight trains and more! Locations include; Dearborn, South Junction Yard, Michigan, Romulus, Wayne Junction, Ann Arbor, Ohio, The Northeast Corridor and more... 63 Minutes
The 16mm film on this program was scanned with a state of the art Frame by Frame film scanner in Full 1080i High Definition.
From the Camera of Emery Gulash -- From 16mm Color Film
