The Great Depression hit the railway system hard, in the 1930s, along with the increasing number of automobiles, it was difficult to compete. In Volume 5, learn how innovation and modernization turned trains into valuable assets in everyday life. Streamliners began to break records in speed allowing people to travel to and from work on time, while the high-class society took cross-country trips upon these diesel powered passenger trains. This DVD explains how locomotives were essential to our economy's growth, and why we needed them to transport goods and services. Learn more with with these short subjects: "Eastbound," "Wheels A' Rolling," "The Railroad Signal," "The Freight Yard," "Opening a New Frontier," "Mr. Dodds Goes to Colorado." B&W and color. 2 hours.
The Golden Age of Trains, Volume 5
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