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18/05/2008 10:11 am
I recently transferred some 16mm film to video of the railroad ferry St. Genevieve that was shot by William H. Bauer. I think Alan Bates said he was there, too and, of course, so was Mary Bill. She provided the film to me.
Anyway, here are several frame captures from the film. They aren't as sharp as still photos but you can see the action pretty well. If Franz will givve me the spces needed, I'll send a short video of this to the site. It's silent and under 2 minutes.
-Jim Herron
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18/05/2008 10:16 am
More...
More as diesel locomotives move a crew car to the ferry, then the whistles and a view of workers connecting the track. The boat had to move to align each track.
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18/05/2008 10:19 am
Two more.
The locomotives pull away after loading and a shot of one of the pitmans in the engine room.
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18/05/2008 10:22 am
OOPS...
I meant to post this thread on the History page. Franz, if you can move it over there, please do.
-JH
18/05/2008 12:41 pm
Jim,
Mary Bill was not along on the Ste. Genevieve trip. The partcipants were Billy Bauer, Bert Fenn, Henry Meyers (an Evansville stamp and cover collector) and myself. I made the movie from which your video was derived. Billy, Bert and I shot still pictures. Everybody was kind and generous excepting the switching foreman, who was such a grouch I wondered why he wasn't a passenger train conductor. On the way to Ste. Genevieve Billy and I stopped in Centralia and Billy shot pictures of the IC dead lines there.
The day was showery and dull with never a ray of sunshine. Thank you for sharing the pictures. They brought back a lot of fond memories.