It was an era of war and heartbreak and then of peace and hope and prosperity. The nation's railroads were stressed nearly to the limit during World War II and then emerged from the conflict to confront nearly worn-out and aging steam locomotives and a dwindling passenger business.

Despite this, it was still a heady period on the high iron. Gene Miller was in the Heartland during this era shooting 16mm movies of this tough transition initially, in and around Evansville, Indiana.

Many of our rail action scenes were shot in Evansville where the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway made an end-to-end connection with the Louisville and Nashville at the L&N passenger depot alongside the Ohio River. The C & E I entered Evansville from the northeast, ran down the middle of Division Street, and jogged over one block to end at the depot which had run-through tracks and a stub-end terminal for Louisville & Nashville trains.

The L&N headed west, across Pigeon Creek, where its line to St. Louis split off at a wye at North Howell. The L&N’s Howell Yard and bustling engine terminal were alongside the line heading south to Louisville and Nashville.

Approx. Run Time - 46 Minutes
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround

DVD-Postwar Steam - Pt2 (Rails in the Heartland)

$29.98

Green Frog Productions has been producing videos and audio recordings for railfans and modelers since 1983.  We are a full production facility in our own suite of offices in Douglasville, Georgia.  There are full time employees and part timers.  We do our own field production, editing, duplication, and shipping. A good number of our videos have been made from 16mm & 8mm film that was shot by railfans & professionals beginning in the 1920s and continuing through the '70s.  Modern action is shot on professional equipment and edited with computers using the latest technology.  

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