Fast mail, Northern Pacific R. R. /

"Here is a twelve car train dashing along at a high rate of speed. It is seen first in the distance and approaches and passes by the camera. As it takes less than 30 seconds to show this 50 foot strip on a Projecting Kinetoscope, an idea may be formed of the speed of this pet train of the Northern Pacific Railway. The waving grass along the track side, the black smoke, and the clouds of dust that follow the train, make very vivid effects. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog.
"Northern Pacific Railway Series. The following pictures were taken by our artists at various points on the Northern Pacific Railway. We are greatly indebted to their officials who afforded us every opportunity in their power to obtain these splendid views. Many of the scenes are incident to the excitement prevailing at the time of the Klondike gold rush. They show the resources of this company for handling large numbers of people, baggage, freight and excursion parties, and give to prospective tourists and merchants an idea of the facilities with which this road handles traffic of all kinds"--Edison films catalog.
68009 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 6Dec1897; 68009.
Camera, Frederick Blechynden.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0045) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Filmed near Portland, Oregon, probably in July or August 1897.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 324-325; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 98; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 9 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 9584 to FZA 2064.