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See the last of working CB&Q steam, steam on the Bevier & Southern, and the last C&S steam on the Climax branch and then early ’60s steam excursions on the Burlington. Great film!
Great action on two famous grades. On the former Pennsy Middle Division. which includes Horseshoe Curve. Sand Patch, on the former B&O, is where we catch CSX action.
See a wide variety of action filmed during several journeys across the state as we visit several hot spots – and even see the last ride of an Amtrak engineer before his retirement.
The Monticello Railway Museum is home to some of the best preserved railroading in the central United States.
The Sand Hills Subdivision was once a quiet backwater of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system.
The Norfolk & Western “J” class 4-8-4 is considered by many to be the best engineered passenger steam locomotive ever built. Designed to handle passenger trains in the mountains unassisted and to make time in the flatlands, the class had a combination of speed and power unmatched anywhere. In May, 2016, the last surviving “J”…
Over the years, we have used many scenes filmed at night in our video productions. Due to feedback from our viewers, we are now proud to release a video filmed completely after dark.
Just as we began shooting in the 16×9 widescreen format in 2011, several Southern Railway steam locomotives were being restored to operation. In the years that followed, we made numerous trips to film these locomotives in action. This program presents some of the best scenes of these locomotives, shot over the course of a decade.
For sixty years, the Strasburg Rail Road has been offering rides behind steam locomotives in the Dutch Country of Pennsylvania between Strasburg and Paradise.
Come along to a look back at St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522 during the heyday of her excursion career between 1992 and 1996. Trips include the following: Kirkwood, Missouri, area: May 2, 1992 Springfield to St. Louis, Missouri: May 16, 1992 St. Louis to Coffeen, Illinois: June, 1992 St. Louis to Galesburg, Illinois:…
Our theme in our search for steam in 2022 was beasts in the east.
The “Then and Now” series takes a look at the same railroad or locations with vintage film or video and then contrasting the “then” footage with modern “now” footage. In this series entry we look at thirty years on a stretch of railroad in deep southern Illinois: the joint Union Pacific and BNSF line primarily used by coal traffic over the hill at Goreville, Illinois.
The “Then and Now” series takes a look at the same railroad or locations with vintage film or video and then contrasting the “then” footage with modern “now” footage. In this series entry we look at the narrow-gauge lines of the Denver, Rio Grande & Western from the second World War to today’s operations on the Cumbres & Toltec and Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge railroads. This is a 2-disc set.
Come along for a look at the only steam locomotive never retired by a Class I railroad in the U.S., Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844. Our program begins with a look at vintage Union Pacific passenger power, and the 800 series 4-8-4s in their prime in the forties and fifties. Following steam’s retirement, the very last…
Steam safari 2021. Action in six states.
Big Boy on Missouri Pacific rails in Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois.
Come along for a look at change over the decades at a southern Illinois hotspot that sees three mainlines funnel through downtown in this two-disc set.
Join us for a visit to a popular Chicago area hot spot as it was in July, 1993.
Crawford Hill is well known as the toughest railroad grade in the state of Nebraska. Located on the Butte Subdivision, the route over Crawford Hill was once a quiet backwater of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system. Today, it is a heavy duty piece of railroad. Beginning in the early 70s, the line became one…
Two hours of what was the biggest steam on the rails when it ran.
Two hours of what was the biggest steam on the rails when it ran.
Just before and first years after the creation of BNSF, as the railroad began to find its identity.
We look back at St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522 on the mainline with freight cars in tow in 1991 and 1992. The first segment covers a pair of break-in runs in October, 1991. The locomotive suffered a mechanical failure in 1990 when the axle bearings on the pilot truck overheated. Attempts to repair…
The merger era on Union Pacific continues with this colorful look.
Crawford Hill is well known as the toughest railroad grade in the state of Nebraska. Located on the Butte Subdivision, the route over Crawford Hill was once a quiet backwater of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system. Today, it is a heavy duty piece of railroad. Beginning in the early 70s, the line became one…
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