On Shed November 2011 Edition
On Shed. November 2011 Edition
"Preserving the steam locomotive legacy..and more..on film"
FRONT PAGE
Broadsands Viaduct (C) Clive Town
Contents..and site news
Steam Tube Photographic Highlights
Steam Tube Video Highlights
On This Day in Railway History
Fillmore & Western Railway - Home of the "Movie Trains"(Lisa)
Tanana Valley Railroad - Fairbanks, Alaska(Cherie Stihler)
BC Foestry Museum(Roger Traviss)
Christian Wolmar....October 2011 Newsletter
Around the World in 80 Railways . No 17 Bangkok to Chang Mai
Great British Railway Journeys (with Michael Portillo)
For The Modellers
UK Mainline Steam (November 2011)
Contents..and site news.
November 2011 is nearly upon us..another Steam Tube year draws to an end! For a lot of us, the winter months mean cold and snow..and steam! Last winter provided plenty of opportunities to get that definitive "snow and steam photograph" or video.....Perhaps one of your photographs will grace next years Steam Tube Calendar! Go to it!
We were pleased to welcome new members this past month, bringing our total to 708.....and new Channels have been added, reflecting the diverse interests and passions of our members.
In this months "On Shed" we take a look at Lisas Fillmore & Western Railway - Home of the "Movie Trains", Cherie Stihlers local line Tanana Valley Railroad - Fairbanks, Alaska, and
Roger Traviss BC Foestry Museum. Thank you for bringing these railroads to our attention.
Christian Wolmar offers us his thoughts on current railway matters, and we are pleased to finish with an excellent Philibru film of Ronchin Model Club in France.
So, enjoy....!
Steam Tube Photographic Highlights
16,324 images in the Steam Tube library
Steam Tube Video Highlights
3,356 Video Clips in the Steam Tube library!
On This Day in Railway History
November
--/11/1920
H.P.M Beames succeeds Charles Bowen-Cooke as CME of the LNWR
The Southern Railway celebrates the 21st "birthday" of the Southern Belle passenger train with ceremonies at each end of the trains route between London and Brighton.
01/11/1907
Terence Cuneo born, British railway artist (d. 1996).
01/11/1908
The LB&SCR introduces the Southern Belle train between London and Brighton.
??/11/1908
Following experiments, the GWR begins to introduce Automatic Train Control on its main lines.
04/11/1925
Opening of Khyber Pass Railway, from Peshawar to Landi Kotal.
05/11/1967
At least 40 rail passengers have died and 80 more have been wounded after a commuter train derailed in south-east London.The 19:43 express train was travelling from Hastings to Charing Cross when at 21:16 it crashed off the rails between Hither Green and Grove Park stations near the Southern Region Continental goods depot.It happened just over a mile from the scene of the Lewisham train crash in 1957 in which 90 people were killed and 175 were injured.
Full accident report here....
Film report courtesy: SouthernRailwayFilms
09/11/1903
The 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway opens in India
11/11/1918
The Armistice with Germany is signed between 5:12 AM and 5:20 AM in Marshal Fochs railway carriage, CIWL #2419, in Compiegne Forest, bringing an end to World War 1.
23/11/1984
Almost 1,000 passengers were trapped in smoke-filled tunnels for three hours after a fire at Londons busiest underground station, Oxford Circus.
Emergency services arrived at Oxford Circus within minutes of the blaze breaking out. There were no deaths and only minor injuries.
But the damage caused was substantial, and it is expected to be many days before normal service resumes at the station.
The cause of the fire, which started at about 2220 GMT in a tunnel connecting the northbound Bakerloo and Victoria lines, is thought to have been caused by an electrical fault on a train or in tunnel cabling.
27/11/1965
7029 Clun Castle heads final steam train on WR
7029 “Clun Castle” heads “SLS Railtour” passing the former site of Cleeve Station on the Midland Region Line between Cheltenham and Ashchurch on 17th October 1965 a month or so before it hauled the last steam train on 27th November 1965. (picture by Michael Symonds)
Uploaded by Bernie Holland on 12th October 2010
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Fillmore & Western Railway - Home of the "Movie Trains"
Short Line Enterprises was founded in 1967. Between 1967 and 1972, the company bought, sold and traded locomotives, passenger cars and freight cars, mostly of 19th century origin. The majority of the equipment was acquired from the property departments of three major movie studios: MGM, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. This activity, combined with Short Lines experience in buying, selling and evaluating railroad equipment led to the companys emergence as one of the foremost appraisers in America of rolling stock and other railroad-related items. It also focused the company on its long-term path of providing movie trains for the film industry.
By 1976, Shorts Lines collection of rolling stock was anything but short. The company moved lock stock and locomotive, to the Sierra Railroad in Jamestown, California, which provided a better location for film work. It was also close to Sacramento, where principals of Short Line had been engaged by the California Department of Parks and Recreation to supervise restoration of the extensive and historic collection of the California State Railroad Museum.
Short Line was also retained as the prime contractor by the Nevada State Museum on restoration projects in Carson City. This series of projects ran from 1979 to 1988, and resulted in the restoration of three derelict steam locomotives and seven 19th Century passenger and freight cars.
During this time (1985), Short Line moved its movie operations to the Newhall Ranch, placing it within the Hollywood production zone. Between 1985 and 1990, Short Line was used in over seventy feature films, television series and commercials. No Hollywood railroad location had ever amassed that number of credits in such a brief period of time. The track lease was cancelled in 1990 when the Newhall Land and Farming Company decided to develop the surrounding area in a way, which was incompatible with movie operations.
A search began for a new home for Hollywoods "movie trains". All potential sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties were explored. The only line that met the specific needs of the film industry was Southern Pacifics Santa Paula Branch in rural Ventura County. The pastoral surroundings of the area also bode suitable for development of a passenger excursion business. The City of Fillmore showed great enthusiasm for the operation of a vintage train in conjunction with the revival of its 1920-era Central Business District. The objective - to create a major visitor destination that features the movie trains, passenger excursions and dinner trains as the master theme for the community redevelopment.
The "Movie Trains" found a home, and Fillmore became "Train Town".
In 1996, Short Line Enterprises became the film division of the Fillmore & Western Railway Company. Operations expanded from movie work and limited passenger trips to regularly scheduled daytime passenger excursions and Saturday Night Dinner Trains.
The antique trains of Fillmore & Western rolled into the 21st. Century as involved as ever in the magic of movies, while the companys passenger excursions, dinner trains, private parties and corporate events provide the means of travel to a bygone era.
Short Line Enterprises was founded in 1967. Between 1967 and 1972, the company bought, sold and traded locomotives, passenger cars and freight cars, mostly of 19th century origin. The majority of the equipment was acquired from the property departments of three major movie studios: MGM, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. This activity, combined with Short Lines experience in buying, selling and evaluating railroad equipment led to the companys emergence as one of the foremost appraisers in America of rolling stock and other railroad-related items. It also focused the company on its long-term path of providing movie trains for the film industry.
By 1976, Shorts Lines collection of rolling stock was anything but short. The company moved lock stock and locomotive, to the Sierra Railroad in Jamestown, California, which provided a better location for film work. It was also close to Sacramento, where principals of Short Line had been engaged by the California Department of Parks and Recreation to supervise restoration of the extensive and historic collection of the California State Railroad Museum.
Short Line was also retained as the prime contractor by the Nevada State Museum on restoration projects in Carson City. This series of projects ran from 1979 to 1988, and resulted in the restoration of three derelict steam locomotives and seven 19th Century passenger and freight cars.
During this time (1985), Short Line moved its movie operations to the Newhall Ranch, placing it within the Hollywood production zone. Between 1985 and 1990, Short Line was used in over seventy feature films, television series and commercials. No Hollywood railroad location had ever amassed that number of credits in such a brief period of time. The track lease was cancelled in 1990 when the Newhall Land and Farming Company decided to develop the surrounding area in a way, which was incompatible with movie operations.
A search began for a new home for Hollywoods "movie trains". All potential sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties were explored. The only line that met the specific needs of the film industry was Southern Pacifics Santa Paula Branch in rural Ventura County. The pastoral surroundings of the area also bode suitable for development of a passenger excursion business. The City of Fillmore showed great enthusiasm for the operation of a vintage train in conjunction with the revival of its 1920-era Central Business District. The objective - to create a major visitor destination that features the movie trains, passenger excursions and dinner trains as the master theme for the community redevelopment.
The "Movie Trains" found a home, and Fillmore became "Train Town".
In 1996, Short Line Enterprises became the film division of the Fillmore & Western Railway Company. Operations expanded from movie work and limited passenger trips to regularly scheduled daytime passenger excursions and Saturday Night Dinner Trains.
The antique trains of Fillmore & Western rolled into the 21st. Century as involved as ever in the magic of movies, while the companys passenger excursions, dinner trains, private parties and corporate events provide the means of travel to a bygone era.
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Tanana Valley Railroad - Fairbanks, Alaska
The Tanana Valley Railroad (TVRR) began life as the Tanana Mines Railway. Falcon Joslin and Martin Harrais, entrepreneurs living in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, learned of the gold strikes in the Chena and Chatanika river basins. Residents of the area needed a dependable, year-around means of transportation to move people and supplies to and from the mines. In 1903, Joslin and Harrais traveled to the Tanana Valley to evaluate the possibility of building a railroad from the Tanana River to Fairbanks and the gold fields. Returning to Dawson, they laid plans and secured financial backing from British investors who had financed several small industrial railroads in the Dawson area and the White Pass And Yukon Route.
On Shed November 2011 Edition
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