The Late Great Nickel Plate, A 1950s High Speed Freight Special
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NKP’s famous 2-8-4 Berkshires strut their stuff across the system, from Buffalo to Chicago!

Do you like vintage ALCO / MLW units, steam on the grade (like a Beyer-Peacock 2-8-0) and century-old shops machinery? From the tropical semi-Amazon of Machu-Picchu to the Atacama desert and the almost 16,000′ Andes summit, this is one unforgettable roller-coaster of a rail journey!

Stand alongside the busiest tracks in America during those exciting years before Amtrak! See Pennsy, Penn Central, CNJ and more along their Jersey mainlines.

From GG-1s to ACELA, we see Penn Central, Conrail, Central of New Jersey, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains spanning three and a half decades.

The covered wagon ranks were thinning rapidly! During 1978, classic EMD and ALCO cab units were being replaced by second generation models on passenger and freight roads. On a series of trips Chris Skow filmed some of the final regular assignments of E8s, F7s, FAs and even the PAs.

Listen again to EMD 567 chants of F-Units, more robust resonating twin-engine E-Units, and crisp ALCO four-cycle exhaust, all in early covered wagons.

The Great White North, by rail, with polar bears and whales.

From bankrupt Penn Central to profitable Conrail. Watch fan favorite Big Blue move toward profitability and eventual sale to Norfolk Southern and CSX.

Before the merger. E and L and E-L scenes from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Thinking of Amtrak as America’s Rail Trek, it has now lived long (half a century), but has it prospered? Amtrak at 50.

Amtrak 40 brings the Amtrak story up to 2011, but with a look back over the entire forty year period.

“50 More Cab Rides” is the answer to all the railfans who clamored for more after the release of our best seller, “101 cab rides”. Enjoy!

The task boys, is to “Restore a Big Boy to operation!” And it was done.

Dozens of types of Diesel, Steam & Electric power. Super fast running to switching operations. Across the USA, Canada and 30 other countries.

The 50 year history of the Cardinal, with a cab ride, interviews and historical footage.

The much anticipated, and long delayed, merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central in 1968 (with the forced addition of the New Haven in 1969) was not to be a panacea for railroading in the Northeast. Film from a half dozen photographers help us look back at important transition period – one we can see now was filled with a lot of variety.

Here are the Erie-Lackawanna’s final years, on the West End of the system – from Ohio to Chicago. Beginning with a 1968 cab ride, we end with the E-L’s final weekend and a funeral train of surplus locomotives.

“The Train of the Stars” wended its way through Cajon and Raton passes and into American lore. Experience why the Super Chief was one of the best known streamliners. See the equipment, from the earliest E-units to the FP45, from sleepers and diners to the famous Pleasure Domes. Then see the transition to Amtrak and the Superliners.

A series just for the fans of Mike Bednar’s commentary – the most colorful and interesting narration from the JPM catalog. Volume 2. (Note each scene and commentary in this show has been seen/heard in previous John Pechulis Media shows.)

A series just for the fans of Mike Bednar’s commentary- the most colorful and interesting narration from the JPM catalog. Volume 1. (Note each scene and commentary in this show has been seen/heard in previous John Pechulis Media shows.)

Volume 7 puts us in the year 1996 where we begin our look at Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern operations with the Mountain Job, then we find Mike Bednar on the Minersville job. Big Mike and Billy Yanoshik give us narration, details and commentary.

In Part 3, we build the famous town of Chama including scratchbuilding the Chama roundhouse and machine shop. We’ll also begin to construct the extension to Gato. Scenery is built around the yard and then along the backdrop and we’ll build some cottonwood trees for our layout.

In Part 2, we cover the building of the complete (HO Scale) Graden Mill. Then the coal pit and ramp to the pit in the Durango Yard. Plus scenery, backdrops and river scenery, and more!

Follow the renovation efforts as the guys survey sites to rework, head into the field to research real scenes, and then plot out practical benchwork, trackwork, wiring, and scenery solutions for Chuck’s and other home layouts too.

Explore Union Pacific’s Oregon Short Line Route between Pocatello and Montpelier, Idaho. The classic western backdrop of eastern Idaho creates a beautiful setting for trains to run through.
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