Hump Car Journal Oiler in 1954 Movie

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Several weeks ago there was a list discussion about the car oilers at Shaffers Crossing Hump.
 
The 1954 Reading RR movie linked below shows a very similar hump car oiling operation between  11 mins 54 secs and 12 mins 05 secs, on the Eastbound Hump at Rutherford, Pa.  (Rutherford was the Reading's big classification yard at the west end of the Reading system, located right outside Harrisburg.   In 1981, I had the unusual experience of being the Trainmaster there for an unusually brief time... On my third day there, they closed the dern place and moved all the classification work, and inbound and outbound scheduled trains, across town to Enola... and me along with it ! )
 
There are other railroad practices shown in this old movie which most people just do not get to see, and some of which are to be found nowhere in today's world.  I think you will enjoy the movie.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8JijR5PpZY
 
-- abram burnett
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