Taiwan-1982: Orange Electric Locomotive Hauling Express Coaches Under a Road Flyover

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Taiwan
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

railway transport
electrification
urban infrastructure
travel
1980s Taiwan
railway enthusiasm
motion and speed

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · urban railway line beneath an elevated road flyover
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright hard sunlight with deep shade under the flyover
People: 2 · Two motorcyclists waiting at the left edge of the frame, seen at a distance and partly cropped.
Vehicles: electric locomotive · express passenger coaches · motorcycles
Objects: overhead catenary masts · black-and-yellow striped crossing posts · concrete flyover pillars · pedestrian footbridge · railway tracks and ballast · retaining wall
Colors: orange · cream · grey · black · pale blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A distant orange locomotive appears under a footbridge beyond the road flyover.
The train draws nearer as motorcyclists wait at the left.
The yellow chevron nose and striped buffer beam come into clear view.
The locomotive sweeps past at right.
Orange-and-cream express coaches stream past the camera.

Orange Electric Locomotive Hauling Express Coaches Under... — Clip Details

In Taiwan, circa 1982, home movie footage filmed from beside the tracks beneath a concrete road flyover shows an orange-and-white electric locomotive with a yellow chevron nose approaching from a distant footbridge. Motorcyclists wait at the left edge behind black-and-yellow striped posts as the train grows larger. The engine sweeps past at right, followed by a line of orange-and-cream express coaches. The camera holds a single steady, low view across the tracks.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002004

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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: Serves requests for early-1980s Taiwan railway footage, especially electric express trains moving through a dense urban corridor, for history, transport or economic-development documentaries.
Period detail: The orange-and-white electric locomotive, orange-and-cream coaches, overhead wires and concrete flyover may show Taiwan's Western Trunk Line soon after its 1979 electrification.
Home-movie behavior: A railway enthusiast waits patiently trackside and lets the train come all the way to the lens, a fan's unstaged vantage rather than a commissioned shot.
What appears in frame: The frame holds the dark underside of a road flyover, concrete pillars, striped crossing posts, waiting motorcyclists, a distant footbridge, overhead catenary and the approaching orange train.
Film character: Super 8 grain, warm saturated oranges, cool blue shadows and motion softness on the passing coaches give the shot a lived-in analogue texture.
Edit role: Works as a build-and-release transition or establishing shot for a rail journey, with the passing coaches offering a natural wipe to the next scene.
Historical context: The scene shows an electrified mainline threaded beneath elevated roads and beside motorbike traffic, reflecting the crowded urban transport landscape of Taiwan in that period.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness; the motorcyclists are distant and not clearly identifiable, and railway operator liveries may warrant review for commercial use, so no clearance is guaranteed.
Research search match: Researchers may search for Super 8 Taiwan train 1980s, orange electric locomotive Taiwan, Western Trunk Line archive footage or train passing under flyover.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's orange-and-white locomotive approaching through the city, the urban level crossing and river bridge clips, then other Taiwan circa 1982 footage, then early electric railway material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant orange-and-white electric locomotive approaching under a road flyover in Taiwan, circa 1982, Super 8 home movie — An electric train appears far down the line, framed by the underside of a road flyover.
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Orange-and-white electric locomotive nearing a level crossing on Taiwan's Western Trunk Line, circa 1982 — The locomotive draws nearer while riders wait at the crossing.
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Yellow chevron nose of an orange electric locomotive hauling express coaches in Taiwan, circa 1982 — The yellow chevron and striped buffer beam come into view as the express nears.
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Orange-and-cream express coaches sweeping past beneath a road flyover in Taiwan, circa 1982, Super 8 film — The train sweeps past, its orange-and-cream coaches blurred with speed.
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