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Home Movie Johnstown Pennsylvania & Altoona Railroad Trolley Cars 59264 Md59264 (1959)

1959 · Short film · 9 min

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LEWISTOWN, PA – JOHNSTOWN & ALTOONA RAILROAD REEL This color home movie from 1959 shows footage of the Johnstown Traction Company and views of Altoona, Johnstown and Lewistown, Pennsylvania. It was shot by Louis Buehler and preserved by Mitch Dakelman. Shots include::00 Lewistown Pa dusk and night shots of passing Pennsylvania Railroad trains 1:07 Conemaugh & Black Lick locomotive, Johnstown,Pa. Passing Bethlehem Steel plant 1:23 Johnstown Trolley car 357 1:48 crossing bridge 2:23 Maple Avenue, Johnstown 2:52 crossing Stoney Creek 3:30 rear of car 3:28 Changing power poles 3:47 Traveling residential street with home 4:04 on board trolley car 4:56 Bethlehem Steel plant 5:04 Main Street 5:12 Crossing Stoney Creek 5:24 passing steel mills 5:32 Maple Avenue Bridge 5:47 Conemaugh & Black Lick SW7 6:10 Horse Shoe Curve – Altoona Pa 6:37 K4s Steam engine, display at Curve park 6:47 passing east bound train 7:27 eastbound train descending curve, passing under signal bridge 7:40 K4 static display with passing trains behind 8:08 eastbound passenger train 9:15 END Rolling stock in the film is from the Pennsylvania Railroad, Johnstown Traction Company, Bethlehem Steel -- Johnstown Works, and the Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad, owned by Bethlehem Steel. Johnstown Traction Company (JTC) was a public transit system in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. For most of its existence it was primarily a street-railway system, but in later years also operated rubber-tired vehicles. JTC…

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9 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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