“ DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND “ SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD SAFETY FILM AIMED AT CHILDREN & TEENS 97474

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1950s film produced from the Southern Pacific railroad highlights the dangers for children of playing on rails and in railyards. The film goes over basic things to keep in mind like not trespassing on railroad property, not committing acts of vandalism like throwing rocks at passing trains, not walking on rails or switches, not playing between sitting cars, and waiting patiently until the lights and bells go off before entering a crossing. A friendly train engineer explains this to a group of children who he caught breaking into a railyard. This film was shot by Ed Carroll and Norm Butler, directed by Pete Oakeshott and edited by Ed Carroll. It is believed that most of the film was shot in Southern Pacific’s Oakland Terminal in Oakland, California. It contains footage of both steam locomotive and diesels, as the 1950s were a time of transition. Steam locos lasted well into the late 1950s on major American railroads, and in isolated cases into the middle 1960s on small common carrier roads. 0:08 a train ride in an amusement park in the color scheme of the Pacific Daylight passenger train, Goebel Beer advert sign in background, indicating this is likely the Detroit Zoo 0:29 The Southern Pacific Company presents “Dangerous Playground”, 0:53 “A Safety Department Production”, 0:56 the Southern Pacific Daylight, pulled by an Alco PA locomotive, thunders past. Freight trains driving in different environments including an EMD E8A F-unit diesel, 1:01, and a heavy steam locomotive 1:06. Interior locomotive cab POV. 1:30 Alco PA #6016 pulls a train through a grade crossing, 1:46 children playing on playgrounds, 2:03 children playing on a rail yard as an Alco S4 type diesel switch engine moves past, 2:18 group of children look over a fence and they enter the railyard, 2:44 the children begin playing on the tracks, 2:54 two kids throw rocks at a passing train, 3:03 two children passing under cars, 3:07 a child balancing on rails, 3:17 children start climbing up a car 3:37 a police officer spots them and begins running after them, 4:11 a train driver climbing out of a locomotive, 4:27 he begins showing the kids how unsafe the railyard is through examples of moving cars. A Tom Corbett Space Cadet lunchbox sits by the tracks. 5:00 train driver sits with the children and speaks to them, 5:36 a child walks onto railroad bridge, 5:56 a train, Southern Pacific #2525, a Consolidation Class C-9 2-8-0 steam locomotive approaches the bridge, 6:25 train stops just in time to save the child, 6:48 a railroad switch tower, 7:05 a boy walking along and slipping into a closed switch, while Southern Pacific #1217, a S-10 class switcher steam locomotive approaches. 7:28 boy on crutches at the Allendale Recreation Center, after surviving a near collision with a train, 7:49 a child throwing rocks at a train, 8:12 a girl on the Pacific Daylight passenger train with her mother, is thrilled to watch the scenery go by 8:40 boy throws rocks at a passing passenger train in an act of vandalism, and glass hits the girl, 8:58 a car racing a train to a crossing, 9:23 the car cross and narrowly misses the train, 9:43 children waiting at a railroad crossing, 10:08 children cross the crossing, 10:18 the children speaking to the train driver, 10:58 engineer gets back in his locomotive, the Alco PA #6016, City of San Francisco 11:20 “The End” We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit