Tag: Pennsylvania

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. […]

Tags Amtrak, coal, electric, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Reading

ATVR Reviews Revelation Video

Rail Trek Volume One: The East

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 28, 2019
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Producer: Ron McElrath Timeframe: 1960s-70s Locations: East-South Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Sources: R. McElrath, W. Sasser . One of three Rail Trek volumes. Eastern version. Wide coverage over 20 railroads. Updated in 2017 by Revelation Video for DVD release. The new DVD has film repairs listed as: cleanup on splices and edits. Original sources […]

Tags Amtrak, B&O, C&O, Chessie System, coal, electric, Erie Lackawanna, Norfolk & Western, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Reading, trolley

ATVR Reviews Clear Block

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 […]