Great vintage film footage

[PJPickard]

A treasure trove of ideas here, also check out the rest on his channel. Really cool stuff.

[Chris333]

You could screen shot that and print out backdrops! 

[CNscale]

This is fascinating stuff. There are so many details you can pick up -- like the unusual layout of this Sunoco filling station at  0:59 . A fire at one of those pumps would take out the neighbouring wooden (residential?!) building fairly quickly.

It's a shame this is posted in the crew lounge (as opposed to prototype info?) where some might not be able to see it.

[Chris333]

Yeah I saved this video to my computer. I will print out a few screen shots.

The same guys has a bunch of other videos, but this one is a perfect side shot.  BTW the program used to colorize it is free open source. you can use it on photos or video.

[peteski]

It's a shame this is posted in the crew lounge (as opposed to prototype info?) where some might not be able to see it.

Good point -- you could click on the "report to moderator" link in the initial post to notify the admins and recommend moving it into the other section.

[learmoia]

Good point -- you could click on the "report to moderator" link in the initial post to notify the admins and recommend moving it into the other section.

I thought we were supposed to put everything in N Scale so people would see it.


Here is another one (Philly in the 1940s)

In the first 2-3 seconds of the film there is a 2 bay open hopper on a really tight elevated curve - and the bridge/trestle seems to have wooden rails for the railcar.

[peteski]

I thought we were supposed to put everything in N Scale so people would see it.

Um, that seems to be the general practice for some members.   

[Rasputen]

That Philadelphia one seems to have a lot of the surface textures missing, making it look like a cartoon.  The 1945 New York one has some pretty strange looking taxi cabs that I don't recognize.
Overall, these are packed with potential modelling scenes!

[learmoia]

That Philadelphia one seems to have a lot of the surface textures missing, making it look like a cartoon.  The 1945 New York one has some pretty strange looking taxi cabs that I don't recognize.
Overall, these are packed with potential modelling scenes!

The 40 second mark on the Philadelphia video looked... odd...

The track your riding on is obviously elevated, and it appears there are 2 stub end tracks that go off  into an elevated vacant dirt lot?
It may be a down grade to street level, but the tracks cut off before street level.

[Chris333]

The 1945 New York one has some pretty strange looking taxi cabs that I don't recognize.

Model 39A Checker cab. And the reason you've never seen them. Only one still exists.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/this-last-surviving-1939-art-deco-checker-marks-the-high-point-of-taxi-design/