Search results for 'Niagara,St.Catharines andToroto Railway'
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Foster Palmer's Boston Trolleys
$25.00Foster Palmer moved to Boston in 1938. He lived in Watertown when this video was made in 1997. He passed away there in 2001. In 1948 he began shooting 16mm color and black & white movies of the Type 4s, Center Entrance, Type 5s and the PCC cars. These films capture the beauty & splendor of old time Boston. The automobiles, buildings, & scenery are a backdrop to the trolley action that is shown. Learn More -
Historic Open Car #327 returns to Toronto for the TTC’s 80th birthday
$25.00On September 6th.2001 the TTC celebrated its 80th year of operations. Follow historic open replica car 327 as it travels on the former Belt Line for the first time in 50 years. Learn More -
The Niagara, St. Catharines, & Toronto Railway - The Little System that Could
$25.00The Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway had steamships, passenger & freight operations local & interurban street cars, buses & even an amusement park making it one of the most diversified systems in Canada.
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Toronto's Yonge Line - Trailer Trains to Subway
$25.00GPS VIDEO highlights 100 years of trolley service on the Yonge line, featuring early 1920’s black and white film, as well as John Mills and Lewis Swanson’s 1950’s color 8mm film of the last days of the trailer trains. Also included is color film of the early days of Yonge subway service, and Toronto’s Gloucester subway cars are seen on a 1990 farewell charter. Ray Corley, transportation consultant and former motormen provides recollections of Toronto’s transportation history. Learn More -
Streetcars of Montreal - Tramways de Montreal
$30.00The late Omer Lavalee narrates John Mills, & Fred Angus’ color film of the glory days of Montreal streetcars.Denis Latour & motorman Lucien Dauphinais also relate their memories.Scenes of Montreal’s famous Observation Cars, MU trains, home made cars & PCCs of the Montreal Tramways Company are seen. (60min,B&W,colour ,DVD) Learn More -
Milwaukee City Streetcars
$25.00The city streetcar system was part of a larger electric railway network that served the area. Featured are routes 10 & 11 plus scenes of the training track & the Lakeside Power Plant shuttle Learn More -
Boston Trolleys - Part Two - From the Early Years to the 1960's
$25.00The development of Boston's street car network through the years to the late 1960s. Art Ellis, Foster Palmer, Kevin Farrell & Bob FitzGerald‟s movies, show Boston Trolleys through the years to the late 1960s. Also included are Foster Palmer‟s Blue Hill Line film in 3 WaysTo Mattapan & much more. Learn More -
Toronto's St. Clair Division
$25.00Streetcars began service from this Division in 1913 when it was a CIVIC RAILWAY property. The TTC took over in 1921 and ran the BAY, DUPONT, ROGERS RD., OAKWOOD, FORT, BATHURST, ST.CLAIR & EARLSCOURT Lines from here until the carhouse was closed in the late 1970's. Learn More -
PCCs on Parade - Part 1 - The Big East
$25.00The President's Conference Committee Car or PCC for short, represents the most important development in streetcar technology in this century. 5,000 were built for use in the United States & Canada from 1936 to 1952. Ivor Walsh, Jim Borland, John Mills, and John Prophet's color film captures PCCs in Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Montreal, Johnstown, and New Jersey. Learn More -
San Francisco’s Market Street “F” Line
$25.00In 1993 Muni decided that PCCs would be used on the new Market St. ‘F‟ line. 14 ex-Philly PCCs were rebuilt & outfitted in the livery of the various cities which ran them. Also shown is vintage 1960s cable cars, PCCs, & ETBs, & present day LTVS & artic Flyer ETBs . Learn More -
Hamilton Street Railway - The Electric Years - 1892 to 1994
$15.00A brief history of the Hamilton Street Railway, one of Canada's first electric streetcar systems. Learn More -
Halton County Radial Railway's 25th Anniversary
$20.00Since its formation in 1953, the OERHA has promoted the preservation of historic electric railcars. This video highlights the formation of the streetcar museum and shows how volunteers, over the years, have made it Canada's premiere operating Electric Railway Museum. Learn More -
Streetcars of Ottawa
$15.00AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERFeaturing a collection of slides and film by John Mills and Bob Helprin. Slides show some early history of Ottawa's streetcar system. A short film by John Mills shows the system in operation in the 50s.
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PCCs on Parade - Part 2 - America's Heartland
$25.00Shows the PCCs in Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Louis, Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Cincinnati, & Toronto. Learn More -
PCCs on Parade - Part 3 - The Golden West
$25.00The Golden West“ has the west coast PCCs running in Dallas, Ft. Worth, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico City, Tampico and Vancouver. Learn More -
Southern Ontario Interurbans
$25.00The Grand River Railway and the "Lake Erie & Northern Railway" were amongst the first interurban lines in Canada. Both were operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway & served the Waterloo/Kitchener area to Pt.Dover/Simcoe for over 70 years along the Grand River. The London & Pt. Stanley Ry was part of a proposed Ontario Hydro-Electric Railway network that never materialized. Learn More -
North Shore Line
$25.00The North Shore Line was the direct link to downtown Milwaukee to the Chicago Loop. Bill Shapotkin provides a brief history of the origins of the line. Learn More -
Montreal & Southern Counties Railway
$20.00The history of the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway, interurban line. From 1897 to 1956 the M&SC Ry. served the Montreal south shore. This 47-mile line linked Granby in the east to the McGill Street Terminal in the city of Montreal. Learn More -
Ontario City Buses
$25.00When gas & diesel buses replaced streetcars in many Southern Ontario cities they took over the role as the transit work horse. Scenes shown here are of Ontario Transit Systems from 1989 to 1998. (2hrs) Learn More -
Toronto's Gloucester G1 Subway Cars - Final Farewell Fan Trip
$20.00This video features footage shot by Ray Neilson on Sept 30, 1990. As the TTC's G1 subway cars carried transit enthusiasts on a final farewell trip. Learn More -
Southern Ontario Branch Lines
$25.00Rail historian John Mills recalls his railfanings days from films he shot over fifty years ago. Mainline as well as branch line trains are featured. Previously released as Railway Recollections this DVD combines the First two parts of that series and condenses it. Included in this DVD is a 35 minute slide presentation by Bob Sandusky, with over 160 slides. This video features a wide variety of locomotives from CN and CP, and others. Including Northern type, Mountain type, and 2-6-0 Moguls, and many more. Learn More -
Railway Recollections Part 3 - Railfan Excursions
$25.00Part Three of this series features some of the Southern Ontario and Montreal, Quebec excursions taken by railfans toward the end of steam train operation. Most charters were organized by the CRHA and some by the UCRS and NRHS. John Mills' vintage colour film captures most of these trips and shows CN 6167 in charter service before retirement to Guelph, Ontario. Al Paterson (rail historian) and John Mills narrates. Learn More -
Railway Recollections Part 4 - Further Down The Line
$25.00Jim Van Brocklin is an American railfan who took movies of the CNR and CPR branch lines before they were abandoned in the 1950s. Steam action at small centres such as Woodstock and Guelph Jct. CN winter freight operations; double and triple headers; short line operations; and some run-bys with added sound will delight the steam fan and modeller alike. Learn More -
Railway Recollections Part 5 - Even Further Down The Line
$25.00When Steam Railways began to disappear in the USA, American railfans began to look to Canadian branch line operations to ride & take photos. Jim Van Brocklin took his movie camera & Tape recorder & captured the sights & sounds of these trains before they retired. This tape complements RR004 which featured CPR trains. Canadian National Railways double headers & steam action at Bayview Jct., Port Dover, Guelph etc. will delight all. Learn More -
Railway Recollections Part 6 - The End of the Line
$25.00In the final part of this series John Mills recalls the end of branch line steam train service in Southern Ontario. Various steam train charters are seen plus John travels to Western Canada and films steam action in Alberta. Also included are a few B&W scenes of the Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Railway from the 1950's. Learn More
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