Steam on Horseshoe Curve, 1 & 2 61 Mins #SRP-PRR 1 and SRP-PRR 2 Combined $49.95 Part one: Begins in the thirties with what was then the oldest power on the Pennsy: E–3 Atlantics. Continues through the forties including K–4s, M–1s (Mountains), Js (2–10–4 Texans), and the famed I Class Decapod (600 2–10–0s), the largest fleet in the world. A wide open run past by a K–5, yes, K–5 Pacific, one of only two built by the Pennsy. Coal drags, hot shots, heavyweight pullmans and brass rail observation cars with sync sound recordings including the famed Pennsy banshee whistle. Dwells on passenger trains crossing the Rockville Viaduct and has some of our best ever pacing shots made of doubleheaders on the middle division from a Model A Ford - absolutely rock steady. Double, triple and quadruple heading on the famous curve, past the railway station that once stood in the middle of the curve itself. Closes with 17 high speed run pasts, rounding the curve in heavy snow. 69 run pasts in all, plus onboard cab, dining car, and coach interior shots. Black and White Part two: Crystal clear footage from the forties and fifties. Includes all the engines mentioned in Part 1 plus the rigid frame duplexes: the T–1 4–4–4–4s, and the Q–2 4–4–6–4s, the mightiest steam in the Pennsy stable - in fact on any railroad roster. Both tapes take you back nearly fifty years to the most famous battleground between steam and gradient anywhere in the world. As many as five steam engines on a single freight. Two trains climbing and two descending side by side on the four track main. Taking water at two different locations including one where the fireman forgets to lower the scoop and the entire 100 car freight backs up and tries again. K–4s galore, including the streamlined units created for the Broadway Limited. Closes with the arrival of the diesels: a Baldwin centipede 4–8–8–4 + 4–8–8–4, E–8s, and finally the ominous growl of the lo-nose hoods: Pennsy, Penn Central and Conrail. 98 run pasts Color back