Early Diesels – Top Frog – Volume 5

Producer: Green Frog

Locations: USA

Timeframe: 1950s- 1960s

Length: 72 minutes

Source: Emery Gulash

Early diesels are reviewed in a vintage overview. Emery’s wonderful 16mm film is a great way to accomplish this task.

The Frog has taken from 30 hours of previously released material. Maybe, 20 shows, give or take. A mashup of 1950s through 1970.

Single DVD-R. Chapter advance.

Bob Carrera and Bob Rodriguez. Both narrators with informative narration. Obviously, different pulls.

This is all color footage.

Many Railroads: Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Rio Grande, Milwaukee Road, New York Central, Gulf Mobile & Ohio, Soo Line. Also: B&O, Erie Lackawanna, Grand Trunk, Ann Arbor, Pennsylvania RR, Nickel Plate, Rock Island, and more.

These highlights have been organized by locomotive builder. Actual program does not play in this fashion.

Alco Diesels

Alco PA on a Mail Train. An RSD-4 switches freight at Lamar, CO. In 1958.

Alco Century units on Erie Lackawanna.

Rock Island fielded some RS-3 engines thst were geared for fast passenger service.

Baldwin

Santa Fe Baldwin DS-4 is a 1,000hp

Electromotive of LaGrange

F units

Grand Trunk Western has 2 F units bracket a Geep.

July 1955 Wabash F7 1172-A at Del Ray Jct. Departs Oakwood Yard with train SC-1. Canadian factory built F units for Wabash.

E Units

Electromotive E units were seen on Gulf, Mobile & Ohio long distance passenger trains. The Abraham Lincoln waa a well- known name train.

GP7/ GP9

Rio Grande GP7 with a Freight Train from Antonito,

C&O GP9 trio is on the point.

This Burlington Route freight hustles out from Chicago area.

Electromotive GP30 quartet

A Pennsylvania GP35 leads some mixed power.

Fairbanks Morse

A Fairbanks-Morse with a local freight at Willow Springs, Illinois depot.

General Electric

Soo Line at Libertyville, Illinois. A General Electric U30C leads a GP35.

General Electric Gas Turbine. These powerful engines on Union Pacific. Rated at 8,500 horsepower.

Two Santa Fe freights go their seperate ways in 1965 near Joliet. This show is somewhat heavy on Santa Fe. It’s mighty fine, no matter what is one’s favorite roadname.

Early Diesels – Top Frog – Volume 5

Top shelf 16mm films by Emery Gulash are fantastic! A hand picked collection from his reels. These are represenative of the time period. It is an outstanding show.

Rating: 5 Stars