Centenary Of American Railroads (1927)

Item title reads: “ Centenary of Americans Railroad. Celebrated with parade of old-time engines to latest electric locomotive.“ Baltimore, United States of America (USA). M/S railway carriage - an old fashioned, simple, wooden railway carriage, drawn by a horse. M/S of a steam engine mounted on a rail truck. Passengers sit under a striped canopy at the back. L/S parade at a station. L/S of carriages like coaches, people in costumes, and a steam train, - looks like Stephenson’s ’Rocket’. Another train has an open carriage, huge funnel and pistons turning huge wheels. This is followed by an electric locomotive looking like a huge metal log. FILM ID:700.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from
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