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After last month's tree-making, the hills between Alma and Wrights look much more realistic. This video shows off two trains in the scene as well as the Wrights trestle and station scene, Alma station and siding, and a bit at the end of the Wrights General Store, summit tunnel, and fruit packing shed. Apologies for the shaky video; camera phones aren't great for steady video.
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The soundtrack is Paul Whiteman and his orchestra playing "California Here I Come". Folks who've operated on the Vasona Branch know I have 1920's era pre-show music playing in the background. Some of the music is vintage (copied off one of the sites providing out-of-copyright 78's, though the Library of Congress also has a copy online), while other music on the playlist just sounds old, but might be played by a bunch of college kids from San Luis Obispo.
Very atmospheric, but not a version of the song that I know. I'm much more familiar with Al Jolson's rendition.
ReplyDeleteYep, definitely worked well. I'll have to go to old instrumental 78's more often for soundtracks; the Steve Reich on the time-lapse fit the scene, but was awfully harsh at the beginning.
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