The Country Pundit

An Interesting Find from the NYCS

In a previous entry, I mentioned the head of the New York Central System, Alfred E. Perlman. While making sure that I had his name spelled right, I found something very interesting:

Public Domain Theater Part II/IV (The Big Train)

This is a promotional film made by the Central in the 1950s; its content is unknown to me and I've never heard of it before. (Of course not; it's from the green team.) I'm downloading the film's two parts as we speak, and will post commentary in the near future. From what I understand, it follows the course of an Early Bird scheduled fast freight from Chicago to the City of New York. One source of mine indicates that the Central promised 29 hours from terminal to terminal and introduced the service in 1954; we shall see what the film says.

I've never really seen Perlman that much, nor have I ever heard his voice. This promises to be very interesting.