Southern Pacific Steam in the 1950s - FULL VIDEO

sea Vision Productions presents the Southern Pacific steam in the 1950s in the San haqin Valley of California from the films of Dr whand Paul Matt we begin with cab forward locomotive number 4281 leading a Christmas special on December 23rd 1954 here the train is leaving toah Hatchapee [Music] heading to a high Vantage Point Dr Matt captures a freight train with another cab forward Dr wayand Paul Matt was a railroad doctor for both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific in Bakersfield California during the 1950s and 60s this gave him the opportunity to photograph many steam locomotives in the West [Music] [Music] the yard at Bakersfield was one of Dr Matt's favorite places to film here we see GS4 number 4449 stopping and pulling out of the yard with a passenger train the 4449 still operates today by the friends of SP 4449 they are a nonprofit organization dedicated to the restoration maintenance and operation of the former Southern Pacific steam locomotive based in in Portland [Music] [Music] [Music] Oregon [Music] Dr Matt captures another train on to Hatfield in [Music] 1954 [Music] one of Dr Matt's favorite ways to shoot the steam trains was pacing along with them in the San wien Valley on Highway 99 here he gives Chase to cab forward number 4281 [Music] on December 30th 1954 crane busiris assists in cleaning up a derailment near Tahachapi [Music] back to more pacing scenes of cab forward number [Music] 4281 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] GS4 number 4476 is in charge of a freight heading out of [Music] Bakersfield [Music] m [Music] [Music] we [Music] [Music] at Bakersfield the 4472 heads into the [Music] yard Southern Pacific number 3673 which is a Baldwin F4 2102 is being shipped in a freight train probably to a scrapyard in the 1950s the Southern Pacific was in the transition of dieselization which was bringing an end to many of the steam locomotive careers cab forward number 4227 is also mid-train it is interesting to see the refrigerated reefers with the ice hatches [Music] open [Music] on December 1st 1957 Dr Matt follows a California Nevada and Pacific Excursion version LED with cab forward number [Music] 4274 [Music] on October 12th 1958 we see GS4 number 4460 leading another Excursion [Music] train [Music] back in the yards at Bakersfield we see number 2827 which is a 280 C9 Baldwin switching the [Music] yard [Music] so soon the 4431 approaches the camera as it readies to back onto its [Music] train [Music] more action at Bakersfield this time in the Forum of of a fir trck after the firetr excitement Dr Matt gives us a look at the [Music] Roundhouse [Music] [Music] [Music] number 4458 leads this train out of [Music] Bakersfield [Music] [Music] next we see the 4439 heading out of [Music] Bakersfield [Music] [Music] now stopped the 4439 winds for an opposing Freight LED with two [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] diesels [Music] [Music] back in the yards at Bakersfield we see a variety of yard action from Dr Matt's camera on May 30th 1954 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] on November 17th 1953 we Pace along with mountain mt4 number 4353 as it leads a freight from lero to B Bakersfield this is an SP built [Music] 482 [Music] [Music] [Music] November 19th 1953 and we are once again in Bakersfield where number 3734 Rolls by clanging its Bell also number 4467 is preparing to take train number 51 with nine orange and yellow Passenger cars out of the [Music] yard [Music] number 3689 which is a bald one F4 2102 wastes no time with its train through the San haqin Valley on junee 16th 19 [Music] 1953 [Music] shifting our attention away from the sanw Valley we now move a little East to view the Narrow Gauge operations on the Southern Pacific this line ran through the Owens Valley from laws to Keeler California here we see number 18 in charge of the train this is a Narrow Gauge 460 locomotive built by Baldwin locomotive Works in 1911 this locomotive is now on static display in Independence California these scenes were captured on August 20th 1954 the SP abandoned this line in 1960 [Music] [Music] [Music] at oweno which is north of Keeler we see the crew doing some switching and interchanging of the freight [Music] cars [Music] here we see workers take taking out wood ties from the standard gauge box car and loading them on the Narrow Gauge flat [Music] car [Music] you this scene shows the Baldwin which was originally built for the Nevada California Oregon railroad being turned on the hand operated turntable in [Music] laws [Music] for [Music] [Music] back to pacing in the sanen valley we see antique SP steam locomotive number 2248 with a diamond stack as it travels from lero to Bakersfield this locomotive and tender was captured on August 30th [Music] 1956 [Music] [Music] [Music] three men roll on a handar in Bakersfield as number 4439 moves in the yard past a set of [Music] f-units [Music] in August of 1956 2102 F5 number 3737 is in charge of a freight [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] in April of 1961 Dr Matt captures SP2 4102 number 5021 sitting idle at the Pomona Fairground just east of [Music] Pasadena number 3669 is cruising along as it heads to rescue a train with a locomotive [Music] failure [Music] SP number 4476 and its Square tender take care of this fast moving freight train here we get to see some great Drive Rod [Music] action [Music] [Music] this is train number 51 LED with the 4431 it is leaving Bakersfield with a passenger train in September [Music] 1955 [Music] the 3669 is now seen with a train rolling through the San waen Valley [Music] [Music] now we see the 4476 in charge of the Cotton Belt train in September of [Music] 1955 [Music] let's take a look at more Bakersfield yard action taken on October 9th [Music] 1955 [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] number 3737 is seen along Highway 99 and will soon pass the station at McFarland [Music] California [Music] oh [Music] [Music] in this faded scene we see 484 locomotive number 2728 being shipped to a [Music] scrapyard our last steam locomotive in our show is 464 number 3696 coming into Baker field [Music] yard closing our show we see some diesel [Music] operations sd9 number 3923 leads this train through Tahachapi [Music] Loop [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] here Dr Matt captures scenes from Bakersfield yard in the diesel ERA this huge yard was just as busy with activity in these scenes as it was in the steam days [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we sure hope you enjoyed our look at the Souther Southern Pacific in the 1950s thanks for joining [Music] [Music] us [Music]

Channel: C Vision Productions

Views: 18,449

Keywords: Southern Pacific, Steam locomotive, Steam train, Cab forward, SP cab forward, SP 4449, SP, Train, Trains, Railroad, Railroads, Railway, Railways, Locomotive, Locomotives, Railfan, Railfanning, C Vision, C Vision Productions

Id: Ezog30x0OKo

Length: 63min 52sec (3832 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 29 2023