Grand Trunk, Part 5
Original price was: $29.95.$24.95Current price is: $24.95.Part 5 of the comprehensive 1990s GTW series features the former Detroit Toledo Shoreline Route from Delray Tower in Detroit to Lang Yard in Toledo.
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Part 5 of the comprehensive 1990s GTW series features the former Detroit Toledo Shoreline Route from Delray Tower in Detroit to Lang Yard in Toledo.
Watch the GTW on the former Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad from Springfield, Ohio north to Flat Rock Yard, on Detroit’s south side. Shot over a 5-year period, we see a detailed look at GT and Indiana and Ohio trains from trackside and onboard a passenger special.
Part three of the GTW series covers the Holly Subdivision from Durand to Detroit, and the Mt Clemens sub from Detroit to Port Huron, including both the old and new tunnels under the St Clair River.
See “The Trunk” from Battle Creek to Port Huron, Michigan. Includes the car ferry operation at Port Huron.
See the Grand Trunk in the 1990s from its western terminus in Chicago to Battle Creek, Michigan.
Climb on board a 3-unit lash-up of ALCo Centuries and ride the second unit (Second unit?? Yes!! That’s the BEST place to record that Great Alco Sound!) on D-LS Portland Turn from Scranton to the NS interchange at Slateford Junction in Pennsylvania.
Ride in the cab of CSX GE AC6000 unit 680 as we make a non-stop run on Intermodal train Q-161 from Willard, Ohio to Garrett, Indiana. This is 130 miles of former Conrail and B&O main line.
Here are six rare Union Pacific publicity and safety training films that have never been presented to the general public.
This collection of rare training and PR films was produced by the Southern Pacific in the 1950s and is presented together for the first time!
See zebra-striped switch engines and GP9s; and blue & yellow F-units, GP9s, U-Boats, GP35s, SD45s, and F45s in this fantastic collection of Santa Fe training and promotional films from the 1950s and 1970s.
Have you ever passed a track gang and wondered what all those machines actually do? Here’s your answer and more.
In April 2009, Union Pacific sent its goodwill ambassador, steam locomotive 844, on a 32-day excursion to help celebrate several Western railroading events.
Travel back to the 1950s to visit both the West Side Lumber Company in 1951 and the Pickering Lumber Company in 1953.
During the 1950s, steam ruled the Union Pacific fleet. From the smaller 0-6-0s to the giant Big Boys, these workhorses were the backbone of an empire. Here are three features that highlight Union Pacific steam.
Known as the Surf Line or Surfline, this is one of the most scenic stretches of railroad track in the entire country. It is about as far west as you can get – hugging the Pacific coastline between Los Angeles and San Diego
Southern Pacific steam abounds in this collection of rare color films from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Henry Hank Griffiths Jr. was one of the most prominent railroad cinematographers of the steam era. Traveling throughout the northwest, he captured images of steam at work in locations other photographers seldom visited.
Cajon Pass is one of the world’s great railroading landmarks. From 1991 to 1993 – we see Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Amtrak trains at your favorite Cajon hotspots. Two programs on one DVD.
For the Union Pacific Railroad in the early 1990s, railroading in the Blues – the 200-mile segment of UP’s Oregon Division Mainline – meant staggering grades, extreme weather, and 3 daunting summits.
Southern Pacific’s last Imperial Valley sugar beet train pulled into the station at Guadalupe, California in 1993 – the nearby sugar mill would shut down after nearly 100 years of operation. Catch the last run of the famous sugar beet train.
In 1992, Santa Fe’s mighty steam locomotive 3751 returned to the rails, this time to race from Los Angeles to Chicago and back.
Union Pacific’s 8500-series Gas Turbine Electric Locomotives earned the nicknames ‘super Fleet” as they were the largest, most powerful locomotives ever employed by the railroad.
Here is the story of a truly momentous undertaking involving a truly historic steam locomotive. After 10 years and thousands of hours of concerted effort, 3751 was returned to the rails in elegant splendor.
Santa Fe’s “final run” of steam power over Cajon Pass took place in 1955 when 3759 was brought out of storage for a special excursion dubbed “Farewell to Steam”.
It’s one of the roughest, toughest mountain passes, where heavy tonnage trains battle 2.2 percent grades and up to three sets of helpers are needed for the haul.
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