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Three steam engines running on the mainline, with not a diesel in sight.
Narrow gauge 2-8-0 #315 was built for the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad in 1875, later became Rio Grande 425, then D&RGW 315. It finished service as the Durango Switcher in 1949, and now runs for the Durango & Silverton!
This is a quality show with 16mm original films expertly transferred to video for your viewing pleasure. There is a wealth of material here with both riding and trackside views between 1954 and the early 1970’s. This covers freight and passenger trains on the 4th Division of the Denver and Rio Grande Western between 1954…
Travel to New Mexico and Colorado and see passenger train operations on the Denver and Rio Grande Western’s narrow gauge between 1947 and 1966. First we see rare footage of the San Juan that was the daily regular train from Alamosa to Durango. We see both onboard and some trackside views of this train that…
Deshler, Ohio is a CSX hotspot with a double-track main west to Chicago, and a diamond with the north-south line between Toledo and Cincinnati. With the amount of action, you can’t make too many trips to Deshler!
Some of the most interesting railroad was the backwoods logging operations, and related short-lines that fed off wood products. This mostly 8mm and super 8mm footage is from mainly two different sources. There are several different operations shown as follows: Rayonier, Inc features 3 articulated engines including 2-6-2’s #14, 38, 120, plus 2-8-0 #70 Klickitat…
This video captures some of the last steam operations in Ontario, before switching to the west and some of the last operations of steam in Manitoba.
The show has three CPR engineers telling of their experiences on the power shown in this program, including 4-6-2’s, 4-6-4 Royal Hudson, 4-6-0’s, 2-8-0’s, 5400 series semi-streamlined 2-8-2’s and even a 4-4-0 number 136. We see famous Royal Hudson 2839 in freight service and the very last fantrip with Royal Hudson 2857. There is a…
Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 on NS excursions duty in NC, over the famous loops.
It is not our intent to recreate battle scenes or stories through modern day documentaries. Rather this is what the people on the “Home Front” would have seen during the war. This collection includes 8 Black and White, silent with titled information – exactly as presented to the public during the war. Since the footage…
The Pennsy had thousands of steam engines running millions of miles through the 1950s, and yet vintage film of a PRR steamer is hard to find.
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…
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…
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…
This program consists of three rare historical military films related to the invasion of Europe in World War 2. All are black and white sound films professionally transferred to DVD. First is D-Day Convoy, which shows a lot of the preparations of soldiers, and equipment at various locations in England, as well as airborne troops…
The Lima-built 2-8-4 looks good and sounds great as it blasts along on former Chesapeake & Ohio trackage.
See Southern 4501 throughout her career. Including rare film of 4501 working on the Kentucky & Tennessee RR in the early 1960’s.
Last four CSX F-units, and in mainline class-1 freight service.
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…
SP action: Tehachapi Loop, Cajon Pass, and Donner Pass.
New York Central Steam power in NYC steam’s the final years and locations.
From the last years when steam was king on the king of steam railroads. This program is a real variety pack! The first segment is 1953 footage where we see 4-8-4 J class number 609 arrive in Lynchburg. We ride it toward the west with several scenes shot out the rear of the Powhatan Arrow….
“Western Canada Combo” brings you two outstanding shows shot in western Canada: Scenic Trains of Canada and Scenic Trains of BC Rail.
Let’s take a trip to southwestern Ontario, to capture snow plow action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National branch lines. This footage was shot in 1988, and most of these lines are now abandoned! We spent 10 days in the Stratford area and recorded 8 different plow extras. As power we see 5 different CN…
Western Rails includes a great variety of places and railroads – all west of the Mississippi!
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