OBSOLETE! LINK TO BETTER COPY IN DESC! Runaway Freight Car, Olyphant, PA, August 20, 1992. (VHS)
Channel: Vincent Shuta
Date: 2023-10-07

Update: I re-digitized this video with OBS instead of EZGrabber, and used what I believe is the original Tape--this video may have been from a copy. The new video is here: https://youtu.be/FcgPDhSIo0o

I'm going to leave this up, but make it unlisted so that the better copy gets the attention. 

I found a VHS video cassette from August 20, 1992, when I recorded, via a full size VHS video recorder that you had to rest on your shoulder, a runaway boxcar that went through the town. 

I've converted it, and after 31 years it's a bit rough to say the least. I'm not sure how much of this is age, or the fact that VHS is 480 on a good day. But the event was recorded, and if you squint really hard and set your expectations for 30 plus years ago...it's still pretty rough. 

I have been experimenting with some AI upconverters, but there's just not a lot to work with. If I can find a way to clean it up more, then I promise to share.

Still it was a pretty wild event. As I recalled it eventually derailed around Dickson City, PA. As I look back, I don't even remember how we found out it was coming.

So with proper expectations, Enjoy!