Housatonic Railroad
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The Housatonic as a reborn, prosperous, regional railroad in western Connecticut.
This program looks at railroads like Michigan Northern, Central Michigan, Detroit and Mackinac, Ann Arbor and the Chief Wawatam – and more!
The former Pennsy crested the Alleghenies through tunnels between Gallitzin and Cresson. Always a favorite railfan location!
When Conrail was purchased, the Reading, Lehigh Valley and Jersey Central became part of Norfolk Southern. See this survivor!
The Hudson River has been a transportation highway since the earliest days, here’s more of the great video we began in Hudson River Rails, Volume 1.
East Deerfield yard was the heart of the Boston & Maine RR. It still is for Guilford Rail Systems.
Conrail operated over the former Pennsylvania RR through the steel city of Johnstown, we see the action at the Amtrak Station, “C” tower and South Fork.
The Grand Junction Railroad, now CSX still has a job to do every day the Produce Center.
Ayer, Massachusetts, was an important junction city on the Boston and Maine. It still is for the Guilford Rail system and MBTA.
The ‘Ole Weak and Weary came to be in 1916, operating from Winchester to Gore, Virginia, and beyond.
Included are Hartwell, Georgia Northeastern, Georgia Marble, Sandersville, Chattahoochee Industrial, Chattahoochee Valley, Apalachicola Northern, Oneida and Western.
We see CSX, Amtrak and MARC on the former B&O from Point of Rocks, Maryland through Brunswick to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, was the Pennsy ‘s major classification yard. Under Conrail and now NS, it is still very busy.
As a part of the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair, there was a twice-daily pageant based on the history of American transportation called Wheels-a-Rolling. Significant historic events were related with a railroad background. Hundreds of actors participated and many of these were steam powered!
Visit the CN and CP in BC, in 1998! There is action in Kamloops yards and along Kamloops Lake and the Thompson and Fraser Rivers at locations such as Boston Bar, Savona and the famous twin bridges at Siska and more.
Union Pacific took on the Continental Divide head on! The ruling grade over Sherman Hill, between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, made the UP the leader in locomotive “super power”. Big Boys and Challengers ruled in steam days, Turbines and Centennials handled right after.
Excursion steam captured in the Lone Star State!
Selkirk Yard is the major classification yard for much of the Northeast. See it up close and personal, with employee access!
Through the magic of vintage film, now digitized, we can see the way things used to be! Where in New England would you look to find an interurban trolley line that interchanged with a major steam railroad, crossed a state line on a toll bridge, hauled freight behind steeplecab freight motors and served several large industries in a small city?
Fantastic color images from 8mm film taken in the Appalachians on the last holdouts of steam railroading!
In the early 1980’s, an ailing New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad was acquired by the growing Delaware Otsego Corporation. New management and a new contract meant new traffic – like stack trains!
Known as the Desert Princess or the Slim Princess, this Southern Pacific line was a rarity: a narrow gauge owned by a major railroad.
Fans of the Southern Pacific know their favorite railroad had a lot to offer – and this DVD proves it! This program is made up of five vintage films about the SP.
Coal was discovered on Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, in the 1800s. To haul their product, the coal companies constructed a rail line to the Port of Sydney.
Shenandoah Junction, in the panhandle of West Virginia, is a great train watching spot with Norfolk Southern, CSX, Amtrak and MARC trains.
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