A Last Look at Steam
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2/3rds of the action is in the USA, 1/3 in Canada.
It was the twilight of steam! See a variety of CP and CN steam.
Must see for ALCO fans! Two shows featuring diesel action in Canada, one of the last ALCO mainline strongholds.
Since CP’s “Last Spike”, Rogers Pass and CP have been synonymous. “The Pass” has always been operationally challenging.
The Legendary Canadian has been in a class of its own since 1955.
Canadian province Manitoba hosts a variety of CN and CP trains and motive power.
The Union Pacific’s Donner Summit line crosses the Sierra Nevada range at over seven thousand feet. Keeping this “All Season Pass” open is vital to the railroad and California’s economy.
This is the story of nature’s bitter legacy of snow on the mountain each winter season and the Union Pacific’s annual effort to keep a green light burning on the mainline.
See and hear two of the most famous steam locomotives climbing over the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California. Experience their massive pulling power like nothing you’ve ever seen.
High praise for this DVD from those who know: “Better than The Battle For Donner Pass” – Carl Bradley, former superintendent of the Roseville Service Unit.
Fierce winter storms can dump up to 35 feet of snow on the Sierras. Dispatched at any time, day or night, Flanger trains are called to duty when storms produce a depth of snow six inches or more above the rail. Two hours.
Experience one of railroading’s great trips – across Donner Pass! In the cab of a Union Pacific EMD SD60 hauling an expedited MRVRO freight manifest heading east from Roseville Yard to Roper, Utah. Four hours.
The “Western Heritage Tour” of Union Pacific steam engine 844 rolled through many cities and towns that witnessed the birth of the transcontinental railroad.
Short Lines and Short Stories is a compilation of five short films featuring the Vermont Rail System, New England Central, Silver Lake Railroad, Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad and the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum.
The winter of 2007-2008 was especially harsh on Vermont’s railroads. More than 98 inches of snow fell in the Green Mountains during that winter – and brought out the snow fighting equipment on the region’s short line railroads.
A rare mileage trip from Meredith to Concord, NH and return behind some classic ALCo switchers and a GP39-2.
CSX runs the famed B&O main from Point of Rocks, Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Continuing the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts trip series, take a ride through the granite region of Vermont.
The Griffin Line of the Central New England Railroad was built in the early part of the nineteenth century by the Central New England Railway as part of their main line to Boston.
James P Gallagher was known nationwide for his railroad photography and in 1974 he turned his camera on the Western Maryland. Volume 2 of this series cover Keystone, Pennsylvania to Cumberland, Maryland featuring the WM just prior to these routes being downgraded by the Chessie merger.
The “Wild Mary” from eastern terminus Baltimore to Elkins, WV and Connellsville, PA from 1940 until Chessie in 1975.
We get a look at the Southern through two of her own promotional films: “Piggyback Southern Style”, made in the early 1960s, and “Via Sevier” a film that follows two box cars through the system in the 1950s.
Part 2 of this series covers the final 15 years of operation in the Keystone State. Vintage diesels abound, but we’ll also see the Readings famous T1 4-8-4s power The Rambles at several locations around the system.
The Reading Company was the favorite railroad of Allentown, Pennsylvania native Charles Houser, Sr, who filmed throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Steam and Diesel are included in this rare color and black & white film.
This is the PRR in its namesake state from 1952 to 1967. Mainline and branch line steam and diesel action on the Middle division, the Buffalo Line, the Shamokin and Schuylkill Valley coal branches, and more. Steam and Diesel action.
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