Here's a movie, fairly long for the period, that shows a trainful of women on a part of a Colorado railroad that was runs 'round a mountainside. It's shot by Billy Bitzer, and seems to be from a train or perhaps railroad car about twenty feet behind the main railroad. The women wave handkerchiefs, presumably at Bitzer, although over the course of three minutes, they flag, and sometimes it seems as if only one enthusiastic waver is left.
This 'phantom ride' was a popular sort of movie in this period. Indeed, I have seen a film from British Biograph that recounts a likewise circuitous train route. I can't recall its name, but it was one of the 70 mm. show that played at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2018.
It's still of interest to railroad fans and buffs of early movies. For everyone else, it goes on far too long.
This 'phantom ride' was a popular sort of movie in this period. Indeed, I have seen a film from British Biograph that recounts a likewise circuitous train route. I can't recall its name, but it was one of the 70 mm. show that played at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2018.
It's still of interest to railroad fans and buffs of early movies. For everyone else, it goes on far too long.
