The Smigiel Railway hangs on to its future existence by a slender thread, so we thought it timely to remind BTWT readers what this railway was like in the 1960s: 13 trains each way with two two-coach train sets in operation. This delightful film was made by Lodz animation studio Semafor and uploaded onto YouTube by YamanKos.
Some 60 years later Smigiel Yard still had a track layout befitting the HQ of a major narrow gauge railway and the line between Smigiel and Stare Bojanowo still enjoyed a regular passenger service as seen on this video by bosz112. To see the present state of the line please see our recent post.
Behind The Water Tower 
Saturday, 8 October 2011 at 13:33 |
The 1960s item – a weird little film ! I’m wondering whether it was “purpose-made” back then in b&w “in-real-life”, and then the animated figures added in. Or if the cartoon animation is more recent; the black-and-white film seems a strange thing for anyone to have shot: so much “static background”, so little train-type action.
Sunday, 9 October 2011 at 23:29 |
The Gapiszon animated children’s films were made in 1964. The b&w film is a collection of mostly static shots so as not to detract from the animated action.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 at 05:39 |
Thanks! All is clarified.