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Two shows on one DVD: Great Steam Trains Volume 1 and Great Steam Trains Volume 2. We see four locomotive segments in each program, and a wealth of steam variety. In Volume One we start with a visit to New England and 0-6-0 # 7470 at the Conway Scenic Railroad during fall colors. This railroad…
Heavy fast mainline action and hard mountain railroading. Something for everyone.
See a variety of railroads and railroad power in this DVD featuring hot spots in eastern Illinois. First we visit Watseka, which has the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Mainline going south from Chicago. This line is jointly operated by Union Pacific and CSX, so the double track line sees trains from both railroads, since…
Another visit to Illinois hot spots, featuring six junctions for a lot of variety. Volume Two.
Louisville and Nashville 4-6-2 #152 is one of the more authentic locomotives that has ever operated in mainline excursion service. 152 now runs for the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, but in the late 80s was running on old home mainline rails! The focus of this video is a series of operations with 152…
Travel to the bluegrass state of Kentucky to see Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 in action on the Kentucky Railway Museums ex-L&N trackage between New Haven and Boston. L&N 4-6-2 152 was built in 1905 so it’s over 100 years old now. But she still looks good and has the well proportioned look of a modern…
The long-gone, much-loved Ohio Central was a one-of-kind operation.
Ride two streamliner trains on the former Rio Grande through the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Ride the famous California Zephyr in a dome car from Denver, then ride the historic “Last Run” of the “Royal Gorge” through the Royal Gorge Canyon for the last time. This concept for this program began with the finding of two…
Three steam engines running on the mainline, with not a diesel in sight.
Rare and wonderful color look at Canadian steam in Manitoba.
Four great diesel programs: Last Streamliners Through The Rockies The concept for this program began with two 16mm color films – one film is the last run of the “Royal Gorge” passenger train Western Rails Western Rails includes a great variety of places and railroads. You will see Kansas City Southern on the Mississippi River…
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.
World War 2 films featuring war-time train subjects and modern day military transport trains – in two countries – make up this unique video. “Troop Train” is the first film, a black and white sound film showing the creation of a special train. “Hospital Train” is a color film depicting the care wounded soldiers got…
Montana Combo is a great combination of two Montana railroad related subjects. First we see Burlington Northern’s Marias Pass, a 35 minute program shot in 1990 along this former Great Northern line, and then we have a 60 minute program “Montana Rails” which was shot in 2001 on the regional hauler Montana Rail Link (MRL)….
Take a journey to the beautiful Canadian Rockies and enjoy wildlife in a natural setting. The program is divided into sections with a different piece of music for each type of animal. You’ll enjoy a wide variety of animals including elk, moose, bighorn sheep, porcupine, waterfowl, eagles, bison, whitetail deer, mule deer, mountain goats, black…
Washington State’s Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad is the location of this presentation which features the two rarest types of geared steam locomotives. Heisler #90, a 90-ton, 3-truck locomotive built in 1930 is joined by the newly restored Climax #10. The Climax is ex-Hillcrest Lumber Co. which operated on Vancouver Island, and was the last standard…
Norfolk and Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 is the only Class A that survives. In 1986 it was sent to Birmingham, Alabama for the Irondale shop forces to work their magic and bring this locomotive back to life. We get an exclusive visit to see some of the restoration work in the fall of 1986, as we…
Norfolk and Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 is one of 14 streamlined engines built by the N&W. It ran between 1950 and 1959, then restored and operated in excursion service from 1982 to 1994. We now get to enjoy the locomotive again for its third tour in operation. First we have a segment shot in…
Norfolk and Western Class J 4-8-4 number 611. Part 2 of a trilogy.
The Class J 4-8-4 611, in part 3 of a trilogy, is without diesel helpers.
Here’s the first two years of operations for 611’s second tour of duty as a restored, operating engine.
We enjoy steam scenes such as start-ups, Cincinnati Union Terminal departures and the engine facility where local railroads kept their power. We’ll also see the freight yard near Clare. Scenes at Batavia include stopping, starting, and blowing through without stopping! We even see the trains catching mail on the fly from the RPO car. Speaking…
This show has some unique features that are normally not seen in videos. Besides all the great 1994 Durango and Silverton runby action we also get a tour inside the yard and roundhouse at Durango, to see some things not normally available. We also see a couple of engines where the hostler shovels some coal….
Come see heavy mainline action on the New Haven Railroad, along the shore line and its mainline. We get to see steam, diesel and electric locomotives. Included is a 10 minute Black and White section of rare NH steam in the 1940s. The balance is color and features 1950s era material. A variety of locations…
This wonderful video find is from original 16mm film footage shot by Kent Cochrane, a noted WWII Navy combat photographer, who turned his attention to the New Haven after the war.
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