“ KING OF THE RAILS “ GENERAL ELECTRIC MILWAUKEE ROAD EP-1 / EF-1 ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES XD14204

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to 1915, this black & white, silent film promotes General Electric’s “King of the Rails“ electric locomotives built for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road). These locomotives formed two classes designated EP-1 and EF-1. There were eventually forty two such boxcab electric locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in service, and the remained in operation into the 1950s. Opening titles: King of the Rails presented by General Electric (:09-:20). A brief and peculiar history of how to haul or move heavy items starts the film. First, Native Americans in headdresses are seen walking through the woods. Then, White men chop down trees as they clear the forest as part of “Progress“. The lumberjacks try to figure out a way to remove the huge logs. A log cabin. Stone boat was a useful tool but heavier objects had to