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Conrail’s Beginning

Producer: Clear Block Timeframe: 1976 Locations: East Length: 100 minutes Source: Paul Geiger In May, 1976 Paul Geiger took his 8mm movie camera to film Conrail. This is early in the merger. He visited many locations. Another unrestored vintage, 8mm color film collection. The films are clean. Dark scenes too often. Nothing weird color wise. […]

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Vignettes of the Western Maryland Volume 2

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 26, 2019
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Producer: Clear Block Timeframe: 1974-75 Locations: Keystone to Cumberland Length: 58 mins + bonus Sources: James Gallagher, Todd Miller Careful! Volume 2 continues with WM. Filmed in 1974/75. Only 58 minutes of film here. There are 24 minutes of tourist line video, from 1985. Western Maryland Scenic. Appearance wise, things look about the same, as […]

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Vignettes of the Western Maryland Volume One

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 3, 2019
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Producer: Clear Block Timeframe: 1940 – 1975 Locations: System Length: 1 hour Sources: Multiple . A large collection of films. Steam to mostly diesel. Preponderance, of color footage. Wide coverage of this railroad. Todd Miller performs the narrative. Good script that he wrote. It moves geographically across the territory. A well organized show. Steam era. […]