[Footage of trains, circa 1930s-1960s]

Title

[Footage of trains, circa 1930s-1960s]

Description

Film footage of trains, circa 1930s-1950s. The footage consists of short clips of various passenger and freight trains at unidentified locations. Visible railway names include Chicago & North Western, Soo Line, Northern Pacific, and Rock Island.

The footage is silent and is mostly in color; a few segments are in black-and-white. Some scenes are overexposed and/or blurry.

Label on container: "Railroads / Capital."

Subject

Railroads

Creator

Wegg, John

Extent

1 film reel (9 min., 34 sec.) : silent, color and black and white ; 8 mm

Rights

In copyright

Bibliographic Citation

The John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2014-09-12_AV_005_01