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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
A Trip on the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Railroad passenger train stops at station, passengers alight, train leaves - buildings along railroad tracks - men on station platform - train men couple gondolas labeled ‘Ford’ - locomotive moves gondolas - family stands outside a cabin - railroad locomotive on a turnstile, enters roundhouse - workers replace wheel on locomotive - equipment and machinery - workers roll locomotive wheels - workmen - railroad yard, shops, water tower - passing passenger train - Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Station - railroad yard and shops - smelting plant - passing railroad freight train - men with automobile in front of a covered bridge, pull automobile - corner in the business district, sign, ‘Wellston, Ohio Post Office’ - square with Civil War cannon and pile of cannon balls - children and adults on porch of a house - workman poses - worker stencils ‘Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad’ sign on side of railroad box car - views of small town business district - industrial plant - views from a moving train, men on station platform - workman fills coal tender - gondola loaded from coal hopper. [1923]
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