Steam in India 45 Mins #SRP-SIN $29.95 Exactly as it used to be when 6000 steam locomotives competed with camels and oxcarts (and the occasional truck) to carry the goods and the people of a vast dusty nation. Not a single diesel. Photographed in 16mm Commercial Ektachrome in Sync Sound but never projected. No festivals, no gaudy colors. This is the read grit of working India. 24 types of engines are identified briefly by their alphabetic symbols in small type on screen. Extensive areas of East, West and Southern railway operations are described with equal emphasis on Broad, Meter and Narrow Gauge (both 2’ and 2 1/2’). The latter include the Ootacamund, Mysore Iron & Steel, Futwah, Gwalior, Nadiad, and Baroda railways. Everyone’s favorite, The Darjeeling Himalaya, is on screen for 11 minutes. Dwells in depth on the extensive steam centers at Mayurnam, Patna, Moghul Sarai, Delhi Junction, Ajmer and Mahesana. back