Speed Graphic Film and Video | PRR 4-4-0 No. 1223 at Strasburg, March 1971 @SpeedGraphicFilmVideo | Uploaded November 2015 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
ex-Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1223, one of the last of the 4-4-0's built in the US, was part of the collection of locomotives that the PRR saved from scrapping. It operated from the 1960's into the 80's on the Strasburg Railroad. It is now on display in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
ex-Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1223, one of the last of the 4-4-0's built in the US, was part of the collection of locomotives that the PRR saved from scrapping. It operated from the 1960's into the 80's on the Strasburg Railroad. It is now on display in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
![Railroading in Colorado, 1916 [Silent]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uhziau1iLKQ/hqdefault.jpg "Railroading in Colorado, 1916 [Silent]
Henry Fords cameramen traveled west in 1916, and on the way captured some scenes of railroad operations in the state of Colorado. Scenes include:
0:20 Denver & Rio Grande passenger trains in Royal Gorge, include a ride in one of their open cars.
4:11 Unknown doubleheaded passenger train emerging from a tunnel, with a helper (cut in ahead of the observation car) at the rear.
4:41 Freight train, location unknown
4:52 Freight train, location unknown
5:04 Long shot of the Georgetown Loop (?)
5:14 Driving up Pikes Peak. Shots of the Manitou & Pikes Peak cog railway.")
