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ATVR Reviews Charles Smiley Presents

Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date October 16, 2019
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Producer: Charles Smiley Timeframe: 1940- 1963 Locations: Greater Los Angeles area Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Sources: Lloyd Salkeld, Ross Salkeld, Ed Minshall, Paul Lukens, Roy Gabriel Charles Smiley Presents with a double feature. The two streetcar lines, that once served Los Angeles, and vicinity. Pacific Electric is the much larger of the two companies. […]

Tags California, electric, PBS style, Southern Pacific, trolley

ATVR Reviews WB Video

The Fifties Express

Producer: William Brown Timeframe: 1950s Locations: USA, Canada Length: 52 minutes Source: Irving E. August Irving August is a notable railroad Cinematographer, from the 1950s. This impressive all color collection, is a wide ranging one. Covering a variety of lines, in the United States, and Canada. Steam and early diesel. Electrified lines. Freight and passenger […]

Tags B&O, Canada, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, coal, electric, Milwaukee Road, New York Central, Norfolk & Western, Pennsylvania, steam, steam train

ATVR Reviews Pentrex

The Heritage Collection, Volume 1

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date April 30, 2019
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Producer: Pentrex Timeframe: 1940 – 1950s Locations: USA Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Five vintage films from the 1940s and ’50s. Professionally produced by the Railroad organizations of the time. Most, if not all of these have circulated. Convenient to have a group on a single DVD. A detailed Chapter Menu breaks them down by […]