Hi, I just bought the Pentrex combo DVD, and I must say, wow, what a railroad you lost. It's really a shame. It's really amazing seeing Little Joes and Boxcabs throught the mountains. It's pure power! The Little Joe remember me our "Serpiente de oro", which is like a baby Joe: And the Boxcabs remember me our locomotives of "El tofo to Cruz Grande", which are like bobtails, but with cabs: So, I just wonder, what about the Quills, and the Bi-Polars?... So, does exists any DVD with footage of them? That would be very interesting! By the way, I'm from Chile. Best regards, Diego.
Bits and pieces here and there on various DVD's. I have found a couple clips of footage on random DVD's.
Diego- There is some footage, as Kurt has noted. For reasons unknown, it seemed that most railfans went after the Little Joes, then Boxcabs and Steeplecabs. Possibly the most on Quills is in the "Milwaukee Road Oldtimers Movies." Which is amateur silent footage shot by a Milw Conductor while working on the Rocky Mountain Division. Mostly 1950's, but in color. Unfortunately there was only one source for copies and I am not certain that can be acquired any more. It is a marvelous accumulation. Boxcab E50
One needs to realize, that Quills and Bipolars were used in the days before video cameras were mainstream products. They would have been expensive, the film for them very pricey as well; so they wouldn't hae been used the way modern day railfans would. We use loads of media to record the trains passing, and it's relatively cheap/reusable. In those days, it was hard to find. One example I can think of is the Machines of Iron "Otto Perry's Moffat Route". Of course, it's not MILW, but the narrator noted that color film was very expensive in those days, so it was used very little in the production. In fact, Otto used t very sparingly, only on sunny days, and with clean power, or otherwise desirable trains. B/W film was also expensive. I fear the same is true here.
