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"Imperial Valley Sugar Beet Trains: The Ending of an Era"


Video Rails #VR074: 60 minutes, in color with stereo sound and narration, produced by Video Rails, 1993.

This video is available at the more complete train and hobby stores, and through various online stores. For online examples, here's a listing at Pentrex, and Anchor Videos. Last time I checked, it was also available at Central Coast Trains in Atascadero, CA.

We used only portions of this video tape (those marked with an asterisk in the "Used" column) during two classroom presentations. We did "let the tape run" during the visits by other classrooms and the AASRR Open House (March 28 and 29, 2002).

(my)
VCR
Counter
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Elapsed
Time
mm:ss
Used Content
0010     copyright warning
0025 00:35   video begins
0049     quick shot of Betteravia
0055     titles end, video starts
0065     review route from Imperial Valley to Betteravia
0075     collection points for sugar beets (en route)
0100     empty sugar beet gondolas come in for pickup; describes the cars
0140     switching empties
0207 06:00 * switching empties continues
0266   * loaded cars head out
0280 07:30 * in the sugar beet fields, topping, harvesting, loading trucks
0382 11:15   weighing of trucks at the railcar loading area
0446 13:00 * transfering sugar beets from truck to railroad car
0600 17:30   selecting/bagging samples of sugar beets for lab testing
0646 18:30 * loading "waste" to truck to cattle for feeding
0700 20:15 * last ever Imperial Valley sugar beet gondola is loaded
0794 22:00   the unit train heads out for the journey to Betteravia
1280 35:00 * en route along the Santa Barbara coast
1360   * still en route, mentions the SMVRR
1420 38:00   the unit train arrives at Guadalupe (late at night)
1480 39:15 * the SMVRR takes over hauling the beet cars to the mill
1514 40:00 * at the mill
1580   * unloading the sugar beets at the mill
1675 43:15 * water carries the sugar beets along the flume and into the mill
1723   * flushing empty sugar beet gondolas
1767 45:30 * SMVRR No. 1801 switches empties
1814   * shoving cars up the highline
1915 48:00 * local trucks emptying sugar beets at the mill
1945 49:00 * the refining process through the mill
2544 58:00   -end-

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