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Steam On Horseshoe Curve

Go back to the most famous battleground between steam and gradient in the world. Here is mightiest steam in the Pennsy stable -- in fact, on any railroad roster. Rare b&w footage from the 1930s and 1940s shows K-4s, M-1s (Mountains), Js (2-10-4 Texans), the famed I Class Decapod (600 2-10-0s, the largest fleet in the world), even E-6 Atlantics, heavyweight Pullmans and brass rail observations climbing the curve. Sync sound scenes include the famous banshee whistle.  See many high-speed run-pasts rounding the curve from trackside plus views from on board and in the cab. Color footage from the 1940s and 1950s shows double and triple headers on the famous Horseshoe Curve in summer, the T-1 4-4-4-4s and Q-2 4-4-6-4s. The DVD closes with the arrival of the diesels: a Baldwin Centipede, E-7s and E-8s and, finally, the lo-nose hoods. 50 minutes.

Under The Heat -- Pennsylvania GG1s

Opens with a brief history of Pennsy Electric engines showing the DD-1, the P-5 (boxcab) and P-5A (streamlined) and explains the circumstances that led to the development of the GG-1. A wide variety of freight and passenger trains are shown, almost all on the high speed, four track raceway between Washington and New York: The Congressional, The Senator, The George Washington, The Crescent, The Silver Meteor and many others. Crossing The Great Susquehanna and the Delaware River bridges, the Port Road to Harrisburg, entering and leaving both Washington, D.C. and Penn Stations in New York. Sunnyside Yard where the famous name trains were stored and assembled, Wilmington Shops where the GG-1s departed. Even has the famous Tuscan Red GG-1 #4877 in action. Closes with third rail action along the Harlem River on the New York Central and dwells on the New Haven FL-9s arriving and leaving 125th Street station. All color except footage of the P-5s. 24 minutes.