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Relive the glory years of steam on the Union Pacific with all new footage in this Volume Two of Union Pacific Steam Classics. There is a wealth of variety of material in this second video. Quality varies, but you can’t go back and shoot it now! We begin with late 1950s coverage of 800 series…
Travel back to the late 1940s through 1958 to see Union Pacific steam in action in regular service. This DVD also features bonus footage of the modern UP Steam program.
Enjoy powerful diesel locomotives as they battle the rugged southwestern U.S. – as the Union Pacific heads west over the Caliente Subdivision. This 240 mile section of mainline runs between Milford, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada. This line is a major portion of Union Pacific’s route between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. The geography…
Four big mainline steam locomotives at the 1990 NRHS Convention in St. Louis. Excursions, inbound and outbound runs!
Here is a rare steam powered rotary snow-clearing operation on the former Rio Grande Narrow Gauge (now Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR) in northern New Mexico and Colorado. The rotary OY snow plow is steam operated, but her own boiler can only power her blade, thus locomotives are required to push it ahead. The southern…
Watch the dramatic action of two big mainline steam engines operating side-by-side as the feature attraction of the 1991 NRHS convention in Huntington, West Virginia.
See a variety of locomotives in action in this program, from big mainline double-headed power to small tourist railroad steam – all over the western USA.
This is the story of Canadian National branch lines that need cleared of snow and the big orange plow and early diesels CN has doing the job. In the winter of 1987 we ventured to Canada to capture some incredible railroad action. Stratford, Ontario is our base as we enjoy some plow runs on the…
Watch Santa Fe 4-8-4 number 3751 make a historic trip from Los Angeles to Chicago following the transcontinental mainline – some 2300 miles. The trip, made shortly after being restored in 1991, is still the longest this steamer has made! The trip to Chicago was an employee recognition special, and not a public excursion train….
Travel back in time almost 20 years and see the annual CSX Santa Claus Train on the former Clinchfield – with a big Challenger taking the lead.
If you want to see train action, then Rochelle, Illinois is one of the best places in North America . With between 80 and 100 trains a day for Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, there is little down time.
The Pennsy had thousands of steam engines running millions of miles through the 1950s, and yet vintage film of a PRR steamer is hard to find.
The last years for the Norfolk Southern’s Cincinnati to Portsmouth “Peavine” line. Volume Two.
Our day of shooting Ohio Rail Diamonds begins in Fostoria, where we see CSX trains, including ones from Toledo connecting to the east-west mainline, and trains on that line going both directions. Then we move east to Attica Junction where the same Pittsburgh/Cleveland CSX mainline crosses the Norfolk Southern line between Columbus and Belleview. Then…
Watch 611 work hard on the steep grades including Erlanger Hill in Northern Kentucky, plus the grades at Batavia, Peebles, and Seaman on the Cincinnati to Portsmouth Line.
Modern revenue freight trains – pulled by vintage steam! This was when Norfolk Southern’s steam program was running at full steam. See 2-6-6-4 N&W #1218, 4-8-4 N&W Class J #611, 2-8-2 NKP #587 and 4-6-2 L&N #152 – at the head of modern freights!
A steam lover’s dream! With four steam locomotives making mainline appearances! Volume Two.
Experience the excitement of 4-8-4 Class J #611 and 2-6-6-4 #1218 on former Norfolk and Western trackage once more. Volume One.
This is a comprehensive look at Deshler: A 2-dvd set in one case with 3 hours of coverage shot over a 4-year span from 2006-2009 covering parts of more than 11 different days! Deshler is located in Northwest Ohio on the busy east-west CSX mainline to Chicago. This is former B&O trackage, and includes a…
Vintage steam footage on the rarely filmed Colorado and Southern.
By 1959, Canadian steam was being systematically replaced by diesels. The end was near.
We journey to the CP in 1958 for a variety of CN and CP trains, all headed up by steam.
It’s 1957, and big steam still ruled CP and CN rails.
An inside look at this restoration, from the official videographer, with scenes and interviews no else could get! 2 DVDs.
CP’s Kicking Horse Pass was originally a brutal 4.5% grade, the Spiral Tunnels lowered it to 2%.
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Southern Pacific Vintage West