Big Boys and Challengers
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UP’s biggest power, the 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy”, and the 4-6-6-4 Challenger.
Watch BNSF power change over 13 years.
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…
What can you say? Modern steam, in regular service, on coal trains in the dead of winter.
The big Lima product has a full excursion season for the Chessie System, including the Mountain Division.
C&O 4-8-4 #614 came back to life in 1980 to power the Chessie Safety Express excursions.
See the railroad as the engineer does; ride in the cab of a new SD40-2 over Kicking Horse Pass.
The Fraser and Thompson River Canyons in British Columbia.
We venture to western Canada in 1999 for a special steam run of Former Canadian National 4-8-2 number 6060. This engine operates on the Alberta Prairie Railroad, and on this trip made a special longer run to Coronation from Stettler, Alberta. 6060 pulls a passenger train of happy patrons who are riding behind Canada’s largest…
Canadian National’s transcontinental mainline crosses through some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. West of Jasper, Alberta in Jasper National Park is Yellowhead Pass. The CN crossing of the Rockies. There is a variety of freight traffic on this busy section which splits west of Mt. Robson (Canada’s highest peak) to go southwest…
We enjoy 2839 on a two day one-way excursion from Alexandria to Atlanta and thus begins a two-year stint of exciting action of a great locomotive playing out its final years and miles of service. In part 1 of “2839, A Royal Farewell” we see first weekend of operations from Alexandria to Atlanta over some…
“Farewell to 2839” excursions ran in November of 1980 and we the action. This was the swan song for 2839’s mainline excursion tenure, and the engine would not disappoint. Part 2 of this two-parter includes the rare mileage “Independence Limited” operated by the Roanoke Chapter NRHS. This trip originated in Lexington, Kentucky, and traveled the…
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%.
Since CP’s “Last Spike”, Rogers Pass and CP have been synonymous. “The Pass” has always been operationally challenging.
Ride the train and watch trackside, here is Canada from 1952 through the early 60s.
It’s 1957, and big steam still ruled CP and CN rails.
We journey to the CP in 1958 for a variety of CN and CP trains, all headed up by steam.
By 1959, Canadian steam was being systematically replaced by diesels. The end was near.
A variety of vintage Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific Steam awaits you on this DVD. Most of it this footage is 16mm, from a variety of sources, but there is also a little bit of 8mm shot by Warren Scholl in 1958 of CN 4-8-2 number 6079 in Windsor, Ontario, and some CP commuter steam…
In 1992 Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger number 3985 made a big trip east from Wyoming to CSX country to participate in the traditional Christmas Santa Claus train on the Clinchfield Railroad line. “Challenger Goes East” highlights some of the eastern territory covered by Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 “Challenger” number 3985 as it heads for Clinchfield country….
What’s better than a passenger train chasing you? Well, how about a second trip up the mountain, but this time engine #484 (a 2-8-2) pulls a freight train of 10 cars and caboose. This is maximum tonnage for this locomotive on this piece of railroad, and #484 puts on quite a show. Several times the…
Take a unique journey on the rails of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in the Rocky Mountains, as we view a steam passenger train from in front of the train. Through special arrangements with the railroad we chartered a passenger train, and an escort train to use as a camera platform and videotaped the…
Here is one of the busiest mainlines in the United States, the 500 miles of former Chicago and Northwestern line from Chicago west to Omaha and Fremont.
“Cincy Diesels” spends time in Cincinnati where the CSX line heads onto the C&O River Bridge approach where we see a number of trains at different visits, with the skyline of Cincinnati in the background. We also see the Norfolk Southern engine terminal in Ludlow, Kentucky. The Southern and Norfolk Southern merger is still fairly…
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