The Transcon in Illinois
$40.95Head to the former Santa Fe, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as “The Transcon”. This is that line West of Galesburg.
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Head to the former Santa Fe, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as “The Transcon”. This is that line West of Galesburg.
CSX to St. Louis and Canadian National’s Chicago to Memphis main, once the main line of the Illinois Central, cross at grade at Effingham. See 24 hours of action.
All the action over 24 hours on one of the busiest segments of track on the whole Norfolk Southern system
24 hours at the busy St. Elmo diamond and the Conrail and Union Pacific’s parallel track there.
In a state full of hot spots, Rochelle, Illinois is one of the busiest and best known. See 24 hours of action in the fall of 1993 at the railfan park here.
This video gives a look at the trains and operations on the mid-section of the Illinois Central in May of 1998.
Part 1 of the video brings you an in-depth look at Norfolk and Western’s big 4-8-4, Class J, #611
This program was filmed – 7/14/2001
24 hours at Haley Tower in Terre Haute, Indiana – just three weeks before the Tower is closed forever.
This video shows twenty-four hours of action in October of 2018 on the Canadian National’s historic, former Illinois Central main between Chicago and Leverette, just North of Champaign.
The Budd RDC story from 1949 to the survivors today.
All four of the Clear Block Productions volumes on the Baltimore & Ohio – nearly 4 hours of classic B&O film – in one case. 4 DVDs: Part 1 “Steam & Diesel in Ohio & West Virginia”, Part 2 “Steam in West Virginia & Maryland”, Part 3 “Steam on Sand Patch” and Part 4 “A Time of Transition, 1950s to 1960s”.
In 1934, the Union Pacific Railroad introduced a revolutionary new passenger train by sending it on a whirlwind tour of the country, stopping at more than 65 cities and covering more than 12,000 miles en route. Black & white.
The Green Machine fallen flag travels across the former Great Northern Railway’s Minnesota ore lines.
Ted Pamperin is recreating railroading as it was during World War II, in early winter. This is the C&O, with the Mann’s Creek Narrow Gauge Railroad, It is truly a masterpiece.
Model Railroader’s “Trains of Thought” columnist Tony Koester discusses model railroading and takes you back to his childhood and his favorite Nickel Plate Road subdivision on the NKP’s St. Louis Division.
It’s a famous layout that is almost constantly changing. Lets traverse Howard Zane’s revised (again) Piermont Division, with 6 newly redesigned sections.
Soo 2719 was beautifully restored to operating condition by the Locomotive & Tower Preservation Fund in 1998 and is now once again under steam and ready to roll. The Soo Line 2719 is a H-23 class 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive that was built by Alco in 1923. The Soo 2719 was donated to the city…
KCS operates the ‘Meridian Speedway’, a busy 320 mile long rail corridor from Shreveport, Louisiana to Meridian, Mississippi. Volume One covers Louisiana.
This is Union Pacific’s scenic – and busy – Oregon Short Line route between Bliss and Pocatello.
Hundreds of trains roam the 2,200 acre private rail preserve – pulled by classic steam, diesel, and electric locomotives.
A trio of the Southern Railway’s best steam locomotives.
It’s a transition time for the EL as we leave the 1960s and head into the 1970s. Narration by Mike Bednar.
Railfan the DM&IR, then chase CNW ALCo C628s with ore train.
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