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If you enjoy great looking steam action, and hard-working steam sounds, this is the DVD for you. In 2002, the Ohio Central Railroad, renowned for its restoration of steam engines, sponsored some photo specials that were the first for former Grand Trunk Railway 4-8-4 #6325. In June, the big 4-8-4 sported the Grand Trunk Number…
See both steam engines in the Union Pacific’s Steam Program: 4-8-4 #8444 (now #844) and Challenger 4-6-6-4 #3985.
4014 is the largest operational steam locomotive in the world. The now famous Big Boy class of 4-8-8-4’s were world-renowned, and folks came from around the world to see this one operating for the first time in nearly 60 years. This video record features the run from Cheyenne to Ogden. We begin with the first…
Southern Pacific operated numerous special trains and excursions during the early and mid-1950’s right up until the final steam days.
“Via F’s In The Rockies” is loaded with the great scenery of Western Canada, and includes scenes of the famous “Canadian” on the original route over Canadian Pacific tracks which includes beautiful Kicking Horse Pass. You will follow two runs of the pre-cut-back Canadian between Field and the Bow Valley in the spring of 1986…
We begin in Cheyenne as 8444 has received its original number 844 (a UP diesel was retired, freeing up the number 844) and is set for a July 1989 outing.
Four big mainline steam locomotives at the 1990 NRHS Convention in St. Louis. Excursions, inbound and outbound runs!
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.
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.
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.
The Ohio Central has gained a reputation for expertise in restoring steam engines. Here we get to see a Grand Trunk Western 6325 brought back to operating condition. We begin with a bit of history of the 6325 and the 4-8-4 class of engines, as we watch the 6325 at the Ohio Central’s Morgan Run…
There is no more desolate place on the Canadian Pacific Railway Mainline than the section along the north shore of Lake Superior. Regardless of the season, rock cuts, sheer cliffs, tunnels and sharp curves make this a challenging piece of railroad. You will go beyond trackside, as we ride the trains, see the dispatch center,…
Mishaps, incidents & the clean-up, mostly from the 50’s and 60’s.
Take a train ride on one of America’s foremost routes, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Rocky Mountains.
This video captures much of the first operations for this newly restored Nickel Plate 2-8-4 by the Ft. Wayne Historical Society in the 1970’s. The first run in 1979, then in 1980 and runs on the Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad with break-in freights and excursions.Travels toward Bellevue on a cold snowy day in 1979…
What can you say? Modern steam, in regular service, on coal trains in the dead of winter.
Enjoy contemporary action with CSX and Amtrak trains at the hot spot locations of Ashland, and Doswell, Virginia -located on the busy former Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad north-south mainline.
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.
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…
Enjoy some of the biggest steam power that operated in the United States as we present 2-8-8-2’s, and 2-6-6-4 articulated steam power on the Norfolk & Western Railway. Most of the films were shot on the Cincinnati to Portsmouth line, the western end of the Norfolk & Western Railway. Steam freight operations ended in 1956,…
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!
By 1959, Canadian steam was being systematically replaced by diesels. The end was near.
Through the 16mm films of Everett Rohrer and Perry Becker we can enjoy Burlington Route Steam from the upper Midwest to the states of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. Regular service operations include Burlington’s ancient 4-6-0 number 919 on mixed train service from Cheyenne to Sterling, CO in 1956, and several Colorado and Southern steamers in…
Follow SP 4449 from Portland to Yakima on several days of action.
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