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In this episode of LwS EXTRA, we begin our look at the life and legacy of William A. Steventon and the Railroad Record Club. The RRC was a brilliant and very innovative way for Steventon to share the many sound recordings he made in addition to those from other railfans who also started making recordings of trains from the mid 1950s onward. The introduction of the “consumer model” portable tape recorder made it possible for dozens of “Railroad Sounds Audio Recording Engineers” to hit the road and set up their gear near railroad tracks all over the country. Compared to many of his contemporaries (like O. Winston Link, Brad Miller, or even John Prophet), Steventon may have been more prolific in his recorded output. However, he is not as widely known as others who were also out in the field making authentic recordings of trains.

On Memorial Day weekend in 1973, Ross Rowland Jr.'s High Iron Company organized an excursion train to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. The train would be pulled by ex-Reading #2102 dressed up to look like D&H #302. Jim Van Brocklin, who along with John Prophet was a prominent member of the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the NRHS, packed his family into the car and chased the train from just outside Hoboken, NJ to Binghamton, NY. Prior to this event, however, Jim did a "trial run" of sorts by recording a similar excursion that ran on the D&H tracks from Colonie, NY to Montreal, Canada in late April of 1973; likewise pulled by "D&H #302." Jim caught this train just outside of Mechanicville, NY using a portable stereo reel-to-reel tape recorder and two microphones. The results are spectacular.

In May of 1951, John Prophet took his wire recorder to Interlocking Tower XC in Erie, PA. XC sat at the junction of the New York Central's 6-track east/west main line, and the north/south P&E Branch of the PRR. This was perhaps the busiest location John ever recorded from as ore and freight trains on the Pennsy ran on a continuous basis as they made their way from two nearby freight yards to the very busy "Anchor Line Docks" that sat right on the shores of Lake Erie. Iron ore and coal were the two primary commodities being moved. In addition to regular trains, John also caught dozens of steam engines running "light" between the yards and the docks; all passing his vantage point at Tower XC... all taking shipments to the steel producing cities of Pittsburgh and elsewhere. These are some of the most spectacular recordings John made.

This is the first episode of Living with Steam EXTRA, where between episodes of the main podcast, I'll share railroad recordings made by folks other than John Prophet. On a cold, early evening in February 1993, I was inside Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY having a "look-around" with several friends. While everyone was off exploring the tower section, I wandered up to the 10th floor because I wanted to attempt to make a recording of what the outside of the facility sounded like. The mainline of the NYC (then Conrail) was obviously several hundred feet in front, and the tracks coming off the Belt Line (heading east) were right below the window I was looking out from. I lowered microphones out from two windows facing the tracks and connected them to a portable cassette deck I had brought with me. For 16 minutes, I sat in the window watching everything unfold outside the Terminal while the tape recorder captured it all... including some of my friends walking around the floor. Quiet, please! This may not be a recording of steam engines, but the recording might give you a good representation of what it may have sounded like to work at Central Terminal with the continuous and often very busy rail activity going on outside.

Het is officieel, Nils en Mark hadden het er al over gehad, maar Christopher Nolan en Cillian Murphy gaan samenwerken aan Oppenheimer. Walt Disney had een grote droom en daar komt een film van. Hij leende geld en liet een enorme jungle aanleggen in een gortdroge zandvlakte en noemde dit Disneyland. En speciaal voor Nils hebben we twee Jake Gyllenhaal nieuwtjes. Hij gaat namelijk John Prophet, een soort alternatieve Captain Amerika spelen en hij is ook in gesprek met regisseur Guy Ritchie voor diens nieuwe film. We hebben het over de trailer van Home Sweet Home Alone en om in kerstsferen te blijven pakken we ook de trailer van A Boy Called Christmas mee. En Neve Campbell en Courteney Cox keren beiden terug in deel 375 van Scream. Deze week gaan we naar de nieuwe Ridley Scott film; The Last Duel in de bioscoop.   Ben je Film Fans Podcast Fan? Je kunt ons al bedanken voor deze podcast voor maar 1 euro per maand via https://www.patreon.com/FilmFansPodcast   Vergeet je niet te abonneren op ons kanaal, laat een review achter in jouw podcast-app, volg ons op Facebook: www.facebook.com/filmfanspodcast en Instagram: www.instagram.com/filmfanspodcast. Voor meer reviews, filmnieuws en afleveringen ga je naar www.filmfanspodcast.nl. Voor vragen en opmerkingen mag je ons altijd mailen via mail@filmfanspodcast.nl.

In June of 1953, John Prophet packed up his car and drove out of Buffalo to begin an excursion by heading east/south-east. He visited Altoona, Tyrone, and Cresson, PA, and he also went as far as Cumberland, MD... always trying to stay within sight of railroad tracks... always on the lookout for active steam engines on ANY railroad. On June 28, John found himself in Shawsville, VA. His intentions may have been to photograph and record trains of the Norfolk & Western in Roanoke, but instead, he visited several smaller towns outside of Roanoke and was able to make some incredible recordings of very active N&W Y6 engines, J-Class engines, and more. It was 1953, and the N&W was still holding on to their steam engine fleet to haul coal and passengers. They wouldn't announce their intentions to eliminate steam for two more years. John was very fortunate, and we'll listen to his N&W recordings and much more in this season finale of Living With Steam.

The Pennsylvania Railroad's Rochester Branch ran through some of the most picturesque scenery in New York State, including Letchworth State Park, as wound its way between Rochester, NY and Olean, NY. Built on the abandoned towpath of the old Genesee Valley Canal, the Rochester Branch served dozens of small communities in this part of New York until regular passenger service was stopped in 1941. Freight service continued until the line was completely abandoned in 1963. The Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society chartered a special excursion on the Pennsy's Rochester Branch in October of 1952. John Prophet recorded a portion of the trip between Mount Morris, NY, and Letchworth State Park and we'll ride along with him in this episode of Living With Steam.  

By the early 1950s, John Prophet was discovering all too well that steam engines were being dropped from mainline railroads all over the country. Even at Buffalo in 1951, John was seeing more diesel engines on the tracks of the New York Central than he had noticed only a year earlier. In order to try and capture steam engines still in use, John began to venture out of the Western New York area and into localities where railroads like the Erie and Delaware & Hudson were still running steam. This episode features the only recording John made of an Erie steam engine; in Port Jervis, NY. After that, he went to Saratoga Springs, NY to catch several freight and passenger trains still being pulled by steam on the D&H.

We return to NYC's Tower 49-A in Buffalo, NY on a warm evening on October 21, 1951. John Prophet is in the tower with his best friend, Sam Herrington for what amounts to a very busy remainder of Sam's shift. We'll also hear about Sam's hobby; building miniature steam trains, and how one was used in a Western New York amusement park.

Interlocking Tower 49-A was a New York Central signal/switching tower located a mile west of Buffalo Central Terminal. John Prophet made some of his best recordings of New York Central, Pennsylvania, and Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo trains from here. John's best friend, Sam Herrington, was an operator in the tower and he was able to get John inside to make recordings dozens of times when working the evening shift. It was a very warm evening this Sunday, October 24 in 1951, and the neighborhood surrounding Tower 49-A was alive with activity. John captured every bit of it.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad entered Buffalo, NY after it had acquired the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh in 1932. Regardless, it used the trackage and stations the B R &P had been using since 1881. John Prophet visited the Buffalo Division of the B & O, which ran between Buffalo and Pittsburgh, and made dozens of recordings featuring steam-powered trains as they were either approaching or leaving passenger stations. He also took several cab rides in B & O engines. These recordings were made in 1950 and 1953; the last years of B & O steam on the Buffalo Division. This episode of Living With Steam features some of the many recordings of the B & O John made during this period of time.

Thunderstorms and trains together create a fantastic audio experience. When the "train" is pulled by a steam engine, the experience is even more thrilling. In this episode, we'll travel with John Prophet to Big Moose, a small town in the Adirondack Region of New York State. It's here, during a strong thunderstorm, that John captured two New York Central trains on the Central's Adirondack Division which ran between Utica, New York, and Montreal, Canada. Big Moose was also the scene for a well-known murder that put the small Upstate New York town on the popular-culture map. Thunderstorms, trains, and murder... all in this episode of Living With Steam.

Episode 6 of Living With Steam takes us to Niagara Falls, NY, and New York Central's Tower 65. This area was known as "Suspension Bridge" on all NYC timetables due to the history of this area where the very first railroad suspension bridge was built back in 1855. We'll learn more about the original Suspension Bridge, built by Charles Roebling, and how a visit from a special Pere Marquette train brought John Prophet out to Tower 65 in December of 1948. Be sure to visit Facebook.com/LivingWithSteam for maps and other visuals that will help better describe this complicated area of Niagara Falls.

In this episode, we learn about Buffalo's streetcar system and hear IRC recordings made in North Buffalo in June of 1950. Then, we visit the Erie Railroad's Tower FW and learn how interlocking towers work. Finally, we take a ride with John Prophet on TH&B train #380, pulled by Hudson engine #502, as it makes its run from Hamilton, Ontario to Buffalo, NY.

In this episode, we visit New York Central's Tower 50 in Buffalo. NY on November 26, 1949. While perhaps not as "glamorous" a location as some others that John visited because there were no grade crossings where an engine could show off its whistle, Tower 50 was nonetheless an incredible location if you wanted to hear "train movements" since the tower was surrounded by tracks coming from several busy NYC lines in addition to freight yard trackage. We'll also hear the story of how John Prophet came into my life and why it's important to make it a point to record conversations you have with people who are able to preserve history; regardless of what that history may be.

If portable tape recorders weren't available until around 1955, how did John Prophet capture his railroad sounds beginning in 1948? We'll learn all about the Webster-Chicago wire recorder in this episode and how John was able to work around its limitations in order to make the recordings featured on Living With Steam. This is portable "home recording" in its infancy and we'll explore how it was done.

Before 1948, when portable sound recording devices came on the market, the only way for a Railroad Enthusiast like John Prophet to capture and preserve their love of trains was to use a still camera or a movie camera. What types of cameras were used and how difficult was it to capture a moving train using an old-fashioned 8mm movie camera? Featured in this episode are recordings from Bay View Tower in Blasdell, NY.

Welcome to Living With Steam. This bi-weekly podcast features the sounds of railroading in Buffalo and Western New York from 1948 to 1955. The recordings featured in this program were captured in the field by John Prophet using a portable wire-recorder; a technology that many people have never heard of. Regardless of how "lo-fi" they may be, these recordings capture an element of industrial history that has long since vanished from Buffalo, NY. Each episode contains stories about how the recordings were made in addition to how my involvement with the archiving of the wires came to be. Some historical information about Buffalo's railroad history is woven in as well. Please note that although these recordings center around Buffalo and other locations in Western New York, if you are a lover of authentic steam engine and railroad sounds will thoroughly enjoy what you'll hear.

***SPOILERS*** Fifteen Years have passed since a man-made apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it [Clip from Pilot] Luke and Maria, two youths from an off-grid outpost called The Refuge, in rural Maine, have banded together with Marc, from a rival group called the Dwellers, in their quest to stop a military force called the Republic [Clip from Ep1] Their Guide is John Prophet, a war-hero from an earlier time, whose force of will makes him as loathed as he is loved.  Prophet, Luke, Maria, and Marc are joined by Marc’s Mother, Caitlin, and Luke and Maria’s Mother, Sam, as they survive incredible challenges, including the descent of whitewater rapids  [another clip] The motley band borrows a sailboat and make it to the ruined city of Borderton, but there things fall apart.  The gangsters who run the city betrayed the party to Saul, a megalomaniac who has overthrown the Republic and is hell-bent at dominating the world.  Saul captures Prophet’s nuclear weapon, and returns it to his aircraft carrier, the USS Citadel.  In the so-called battle of Borderton, Sam is killed in a firefight, Caitlin is left behind, and John disappears as an earthquake rocks the City.  As the curtain raises, the youths – Luke, Marc, and Maria – are struggling to survive, along with Abraham, a scientist who John helped save.  All seems lost in this desperate city, yet, Abraham has secrets to be revealed, and the mettle of our young heroes will be proven. And Now, Season 3 Download The Cleansed - Season 3 - Series Recap The post Season 3 Series Recap (SPOILERS) appeared first on The Cleansed.

This week The Cleansed returns to Radio Drama Revival, bringing us back to the end of the world, which begins in a time not-so-distant from now. The scathing, unremitting prologue episode “The Breaking” introduces the characters John Prophet, David Brenner, Sam Miller, and Luke Bovonsky, who are pulled into a topsy-turvey world when things go […] The post Episode 356 – A Great Cleansing is Coming appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

WARNING: SPOILERS Download Season 2 Series Recap Miss previous episodes of The Cleansed?  Haven't listened in a while and need to brush up?  Recap the story thus far with this quick recap to prime you for Season 2. Previously On The Cleansed Fifteen Years have passed since a man-made apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it [Clip from Pilot] Luke and Maria, two youths from an off-grid outpost called The Refuge, in rural Maine, are pulled into a grand adventure when John Prophet appears [Clip from Ep1] Prophet claims an insidious force, called the Republic, has set up a totalitarian regime in the ashes of old New York, and plans to now conquer the rest of the world with their remnants of pre-collapse military might. [another clip] No one believes him at first, but when a Republic fighter jet attacks them, the rival factions of The Refuge and The Dwellers unite behind Prophet's mission. Prophet, Luke, and Maria set off to stop the Republic, joined by survivalist youth Marc [clip] Marc's mother, Caitlin, a healer [Caitlin] and Maria's mother, Sam, a tough ex-Army staff sergeant [clip] They set off downriver to face the Republic, but what is happening in New York is more menacing than even Prophet imagined A so-called 'Wolf of Abaddon,' Saul, has assassinated the leaders of the Republic and assumed control for himself.[clip with Saul] Saul is ruthless and will kill anyone who gets in the way of his rise to power. Saul's only antagonist is Paul, who claims he is Jesus reborn, and has a group of fervent Believers who will fight and die for him. [clip with Paul] We see this coming battle forming through the eyes of ordinary people who have been roped into the warring factions. A working man, Lucian has joined with the believers [clip with Lucian] Lucian bonds with a kid of streets, Amos [clip with Amos] ; on the side of the Wolves is Zeke, a boy who used to follow John, but who now is Saul's disciple [Zeke and Saul] As the curtain raises on Season 2, our heroes are learning to trust each other and have to endure the dangers of a fast moving river. In the city, wheels are in motion that will set up the greatest battle this broken world has yet seen. And now, Season 2... The post Season 2 Series Recap (SPOILERS) appeared first on The Cleansed.

The stage has been set for an incredible battle. John Prophet is locked up, awaiting his fate at the hands of the Dwellers' justice.Their "BOL" in rural Maine seems far, far away from the troubles afflicting old New York, but this feeling of safety is about to be annihilated. Because in an open field, as a band plays fiddle and Marc and Luke watch the stars, a darker shape looms on the horizon...And in the City, two forces rise up in mighty conflagration. The stakes are raised and the battle for the soul of the City is underway.Angels and devils appear in the streets and fire rains from the sky. When the smoke clears, there are victors and losers, and a long road yet ahead for Maria, Luke, and Marc.

The stage has been set for an incredible battle. John Prophet is locked up, awaiting his fate at the hands of the Dwellers’ justice. Their “BOL” in rural Maine seems far, far away from the troubles afflicting old New York, but this feeling of safety is about to be annihilated. Because in an open field, […]

Far from the safety of the Refuge lies the City of Corinth, a broken place that once called itself New York. From the ashes, John Prophet emerged, uniting disparate groups and pushing out rival gangs. The city lay in - well, not quite peace - but a state of sanctity for some years, before a new force entered: The Republic.But on this day, no one decries the Republic. These soldiers, with their guns and ships, are turning on electricity and promising freedom. There is music, parades, fireworks. No one sees the looming shadow behind them. No one sees that behind their promises of good will, lies an iron fist.While dark shadows grow behind the wake of a parade, Luke and Maria find themselves headed down an uncertain path, while all is not quiet outside the gates of the Refuge.

Our sprawling, epic post-apocalyptic series is here!  Be sure to catch up what happened 15 years prior to the start of Season 1 in our Prologue Episode. Far from the safety of the Refuge lies the City of Corinth, a broken place that once called itself New York. From the ashes, John Prophet emerged, uniting […]

Fifteen years have passed since the "Battle of Bangor," the brutal assault on a small Maine city that set off the shattering of Northern New England during The Breaking. Since then, David and Sam have lead a ragged group of refugees and set up home at an abandoned airforce based dubbed "The Refuge." And far south, John Prophet has continued his battle for freedom.But John Prophet's luck has about run out. Even as he attempts one more daring action, enemy soldiers crowd down around him. He is forced to make a difficult decision in a train station. And then, he sets his feet northward, and comes crashing in like a lightning storm to the bucolic life David and Sam have forged in The Refuge.Maria and Luke have grown up knowing only the austerity of The Refuge. What will they make of this mysterious stranger and the storm of danger that surrounds him?

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