Southern Pacific Herington Sub

SKU: DVD-MKV-SPHS
(4 customer reviews)

$19.95

The Herington Sub has a long history: Rock Island, Cotton Belt/Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific. But, in 1993 the line between Kansas City and Herington, Kansas was solid Southern Pacific territory.

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Producer

MoKan Video Productions

Narration

Yes

Run Time

2 hours

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The Herington Sub has a long history: Rock Island, Cotton Belt/Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific. But, in 1993 the line between Kansas City and Herington, Kansas was solid Southern Pacific territory.

We’ll see a variety of motive power, from home-grown SP and SSW units to oddities like the “Kodachrome” paint scheme from the failed Southern Pacific/Santa Fe merger. Foreign road power makes many appearances. And we’ll see plenty of Union Pacific traffic as the SP shared the UP line via trackage rights from KC to Topeka. Many locations and trains are marked with on-screen captions.

This program was shot using good “prosumer” equipment of the time, but is not up to the clarity of today’s high-definition video. It is however an excellent snapshot of an important time in the nation’s railroad history. The DVD is divided into over 70 chapters allowing quick access to various program sections.

4 reviews for Southern Pacific Herington Sub

  1. Dan

    It’s 1993 — Southern Pacific still ruled the Herington Sub, but the increased presence of the Union Pacific was a portent of things to come. Shot nearly 30 years ago, this video has become a nice look at paint schemes (Cotton Belt, SSW and others) and locomotive types from a generation ago. And it’s hard to watch a Kocachrome unit without wondering “what if?”. As with other MoKan productions, any shortcomings you might notice in video quality are more than offset by the program’s nostalgic and historical value.

  2. transitionalman

    This is a GREAT video of SP (and lots of UP) action back in 1993! The first half of the video basically focuses on the UP line west of KC to Topeka, where the SP has trackage rights, while the second half focuses on the SP west of Topeka to Herrington. My only wish is that they would have focused on Herrington a little more showing more of the trains off of the Pueblo (ex-MP) line.

  3. Lloyd.

    Southern Pacific fans will love this one. SP at it’s best on the American plains. Cotton Belts still appear occassionally, as does SSW. Those ugly engines from what was to be SP/SF can be seen. All working hard to show that SP still had life into one of the US’s great railroad cities (KC). And UP has an appearance also with other foreign power. A fine video of what is now a fallen flag, but still in heavy use this day. The picture quality is not the standards of 2018, but it does not have to be in order to be enjoyed. The content is very important and this video has great content on the SP.

  4. Everywhere West

    It is nice to see the Southern Pacific back where it should be… on the Herington Sub. The SP may not have been the first owner of this line, but they made it theirs. This DVD shows it when it was at it’s busiest for the SP.

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