Taiwan-1982: Orange-and-White Locomotive Hauls Blue Coaches Through a Station Yard

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Taiwan
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

railway travel
rail electrification
urban transport
passenger trains
East Asian city growth
railway enthusiasm
1980s Taiwan

Shot type: wide
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · urban railway station yard with overhead electrification and multi-storey buildings behind
Time and weather: day · overcast, hazy
Lighting: flat diffuse daylight
People: 1 · One small, distant figure standing in the open doorway of a blue passenger coach; face not identifiable.
Vehicles: orange-and-white locomotive · dark blue passenger coaches
Objects: concrete catenary mast · overhead wires · lattice gantry · cantilever arms · trackside equipment box · railway tracks · ballast
Colors: orange · dark blue · grey · off-white · pale pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The orange-and-white locomotive is centred in frame, a blue coach coupled behind it.
The engine moves right and the first blue coach with a figure in its doorway follows.
Only the cab end of the locomotive remains at the right edge.
Dark blue coaches fill the frame as the train continues past the mast.

Orange-and-White Locomotive Hauls Blue Coaches Through a... — Clip Details

Taiwan, circa 1982, home movie footage of a passenger train moving through an electrified station yard. An orange-and-white locomotive crosses the frame from left to right, hauling dark blue coaches with a pale stripe, while a figure stands in an open coach doorway. Catenary masts, overhead wires and a lattice gantry fill the foreground, with multi-storey city buildings behind. The Super 8 camera holds a static side view across several tracks under a pale overcast sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001996

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1982 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Taiwan Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for early-1980s Taiwan rail footage, giving documentaries and education pieces a real passenger train moving through an electrified city yard.
Period detail: Overhead catenary, an orange-and-white Taiwan Railway livery, dark blue coaches with open doorways and plain concrete mid-rise buildings may show the rail scene of circa 1982.
Home-movie behavior: A railway enthusiast waits trackside and films the train passing, a hobbyist record rather than an official railway film.
What appears in frame: An orange-and-white locomotive, dark blue coaches with a pale stripe, a figure in a coach doorway, a concrete catenary mast, a lattice gantry and white city buildings beyond.
Film character: Soft Super 8 focus, fine grain, a pale pinkish sky and saturated orange give the shot a warm projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a short transport cutaway or transition beat, with the train wiping across the frame to carry a cut.
Historical context: Filmed on Taiwan's electrified network, where the Western Trunk Line electrification was substantially complete in 1979, showing locomotive-hauled coaches under the new wires.
Research note: Copyright in the home movie is separate from any likeness rights; the one person is distant and not identifiable, and the railway livery and emblem are operator marks to consider for commercial use.
Research search match: Taiwan train 1980s, Super 8 railway home movie, orange locomotive blue coaches, electrified station yard Taiwan, vintage Asian rail footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's orange-and-white locomotive approaching through the city, the river-bridge crossing and the urban level crossing, then other circa 1982 Taiwan street clips, then rail electrification footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Orange-and-white Taiwan Railway locomotive under overhead catenary with city buildings behind, Taiwan, circa 1982 — An orange-and-white locomotive moves through an electrified station yard, Taiwan, circa 1982.
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Dark blue coach with a figure in the open doorway following an orange engine under wires, Taiwan, circa 1982 — The first blue coach follows the locomotive, a figure standing in its open doorway.
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Orange locomotive cab leaving frame as blue coaches pass a concrete catenary mast, Taiwan station yard, circa 1982 — The locomotive's cab end slips out of frame while the blue coaches follow.
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Dark blue passenger coaches running through an electrified station yard with mid-rise buildings behind, Taiwan, circa 1982 — Only the dark blue coaches remain as the train continues through the yard.
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