1958

After looking at the first railroad engine, the Tom Thumb, and the De Witt Clinton, and seeing an engine in a race with a horse, wherein the horse won, Bash climbs aboard a real engine of the early days, and has a ride. She shows how the engine worked, and even mounts to the cab to throw wood in the firebox, and handle the throttle. The engine is the “Genoa, #12,” of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, which hauled millions of dollars’ worth of gold from the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Songs include “Puffer Belly,” “Casey Jones,” and “Little Red Caboose.”

Bash Kennett; KQED, San Francisco; Kathleen Rawlings; Richard Moore

National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center

Educational; Music; Historical; Children's

Railroad trains ; Steam-engines ; United States--History.

National Educational Television

IUL Moving Image Archive

English

1 Film (0:15:00); 16mm}

Alternative title: Railroads and woodburners

IULMIA Film Database: 30000162884872