USA: New York’s Sixth Avenue elevated railway sold for scrap metal (1938)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Famous overhead train, sold for scrap, says farewell to New York. Full Description: USA: New York: EXT General view along elevated railway / notice on window, passengers / More elevated railway / General view marchers with banners (700 men who worked on railway) / Auctioneer selling railway / view under elevated railway / empty ticket office / pot-bellied stove in waiting room / porters corner, shovels & brooms General view old time street scene, 1878 / old-fashioned spits / women wearing old-fashioned dresses / General view old steam train on elevated railway / people on last train and train away / people in last train / view train thru’ station and train past. BLUEPRINT. & BLACK & WHITE Off-stage used from slang. Railways; United States of America Background: Famous overhead train