CASS SCENIC RAILROAD -1977
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · News & Politics
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) CASS SCENIC RAILROAD: PHOTOS OF OLD RAILROAD TOWN OF CASS WEST VIRGINIA, WHERE IN 1902, BEGAN ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM MAINE TO MISSISSIPPI, WHEN IT BECAME CENTER OF ONE OF BIGGEST LOGGING OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. 00:42:04 MONTAGE 1902 PHOTOS INCLUDE, TWO STORY APARTMENT HOUSE, PEOPLE POSING AT RAILING OF UPPER, LOWER PORCHES. GROUP OF MEN POSING OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE, ONE WEARS APRON, ANOTHER A HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE. GROUP PHOTO OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, TEACHERS OUTSIDE SCHOOL BUILDING. 00:42:06 GROUP ON HORSEBACK POSING NEAR PILES OF LUMBER. RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE ON TRACK AT SIDE OF HILL, STEAM TRACTOR NEARBY, WORKERS. LONG STRING OF FLATCARS LOADED WITH TIMBERS, PAN TO LOCOMOTIVE PULLING THEM. 00:42:23 WORKERS POSE ON COW CATCHER OF LOCOMOTIVE. PAN OF GROUP OF LUMBERMEN POSING. LOCOMOTIVE, WORKERS POSING. FLAT CARS FILLED WITH TIMBERS. STEAM TRACTOR LIFTING TIMBER ONTO FLAT CAR. PHOTOS OF ENDLESS TRAIN LOADS OF TIMBERS. 00:43:00 MONTAGE OLD DESERTED BUILDINGS NOW. WHEN FORESTS RAN OUT FROM OVER CUTTING. OLD SHACKS WHERE SOME OF THE LOGGERS STAYED BEHIND. OLD RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNS, OLD RUSTED LOCOMOTIVE. 00:43:28 LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE BLOWS, ENGINEER OILS PARTS, AS THEY REBUILD THE OLD LOGGING TRAIN. LAY TWELVE MILES OF TRACK, THEY PUT SEATS AND COAT OF PAINT ON LOGGING CARS. CU MACHINIST WORKS ON LATHE CUTTING PARTS FOR THE OLD LOCOMOTIVE. 00:43:45 SIGN, "CASS SCENIC RAILROAD". TICKET WINDOW. TICKETS ARE SOLD AS PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO RIDE ON TRAIN TOURING AREA. COUPLE CARRYING SMALL DOGS BOARD TRAIN. OTHERS WITH CHILDREN CLIMB ABOARD. 00:44:00 LOCOMOTIVE TAKES ON WATER FROM SPOUT OVERHEAD. CU ENGINEER STICKS HEAD OUT OF WINDOW. TOURIST TAKES PHOTO. LS SHOT OF OLD TOWN AND ITS CRAFTS, CERAMIC SHOPS, GIVE TOWN NEW LOOK, NEW SPIRIT OF LIFE. 00:44:54 ZOOM OUT OF OLD ABANDONED HOUSE. A REMINDER WHEN PEOPLE LOST ALL HOPE. CU ROSE BUSH IN BLOOM. CU ENGINEER AT THE CONTROLS. CU WHEELS RUNNING OVER TRACKS. SIDE VIEW FROM FRONT LOOKING BACK, AS TRAIN MAKES SLOW TURN. 00:45:26 GOOD SHOT OF TRAIN'S REAR CAR, WITH TOURISTS LOOKING OUT AS LOCOMOTIVE BACKS DOWN MOUNTAIN, COMING TOWARDS CAMERA. SIDE VIEW AS IT PASSES, AND AS IT PULLS AWAY.
