The Lightning Stripers
45 Mins #SRP-NYC2 $29.95

They’re all here. All the first diesels: DES–2, FT, F3, E–8, the largest fleet of Alco PAs and FAs in the world, even Baldwin Sharks and an FM C–Liner, all of them covered wagons. You’ll see A–B–B–A lash ups on ore trains, solid block refrigerator and Pacemaker freight.

Passenger operations feature the Putnam branch, 125th ST Station, Mott Haven Yard. More than half the tape is devoted to the world-renown New York Central fleet of long haul streamliners: The New England States, The Empire State Express, The Pacemaker, The Commodore Vanderbilt, plus dozens more and featuring, of course, the train of legend, The Twentieth Century Limited. All of them are shown rocketing down the four track, 90 MPH raceway of the famed “Water Level” route. Includes the Aerotrain and a jet propelled RDC doing 184 MPH. Transferred from original 16mm footage shot by the railroad itself, most of it never used.

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