A variety of vintage Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific Steam awaits you on this DVD. Most of it this footage is 16mm, from a variety of sources, but there is also a little bit of 8mm shot by Warren Scholl in 1958 of CN 4-8-2 number 6079 in Windsor, Ontario, and some CP commuter steam…

Travel to Africa, noted for big game animals, and discover it is also home to some of the largest steam locomotives on the planet! At this time the unique articulated steam locomotives known as “Garratts” still thrived in the country of Zimbabwe, the world’s last stronghold of these interesting locomotives. You’ll see 15th Class 4-6-4…

Another visit to Illinois hot spots, featuring six junctions for a lot of variety. Volume Two.

Ride two streamliner trains on the former Rio Grande through the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Ride the famous California Zephyr in a dome car from Denver, then ride the historic “Last Run” of the “Royal Gorge” through the Royal Gorge Canyon for the last time. This concept for this program began with the finding of two…

Montana Combo is a great combination of two Montana railroad related subjects. First we see Burlington Northern’s Marias Pass, a 35 minute program shot in 1990 along this former Great Northern line, and then we have a 60 minute program “Montana Rails” which was shot in 2001 on the regional hauler Montana Rail Link (MRL)….

Come see heavy mainline action on the New Haven Railroad, along the shore line and its mainline. We get to see steam, diesel and electric locomotives. Included is a 10 minute Black and White section of rare NH steam in the 1940s. The balance is color and features 1950s era material. A variety of locations…

Watch mainline steam action with 2-8-4 number 765 during fall as she powers several excursions including Cincinnati to Russell, and Huntington to Hinton through the famous New River Gorge region.

Enjoy two Nickel Plate Railroad steam engines in one show with 2-8-2 number 587 and 2-8-4 number 765.

Let’s take a trip to southwestern Ontario, to capture snow plow action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National branch lines. This footage was shot in 1988, and most of these lines are now abandoned! We spent 10 days in the Stratford area and recorded 8 different plow extras. As power we see 5 different CN…

Travel back in time with us to explore the Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge operations between Alamosa, Chama, Durango and Silverton. These expertly shot 16mm films were accumulated by Clarence, Perry, and Jim Becker on several visits between 1957 and 1968. This is a nice mix of passenger and freight operations. The Beckers…