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Footage of one of the last operational B-24 bombers flying today.
In the Pacific Northwest Rayonier was the last of an American railroad icon – the steam powered logger.
Reflections will surely be enjoyed by rail enthusiasts and anyone who likes interesting images! Every scene in this unique program features a train reflected in water or some other reflective surface. There are four main sections: Part One is the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic railroad where we see reflection scenes shot over an eight year…
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!
Witness some of the first runs of the newly restored Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 number 20, at the Colorado Railroad Museum, and on the former Rio Grande.
Travel to western Canada for both tourist and mainline steam locomotive action – including a riding of the Alberta Prairie Railway from Stettler to Big Valley in Alberta. Located roughly between Calgary and Edmonton the Alberta Prairie Railway is one of Canada’s premier steam tourist operations. Train power is steam locomotive 2-8-0 #41, which was…
Watch highlights from the 64 mile ride westbound from Antonito to Chama in September 2014.
Take a unique trip over the Denver & Rio Grande Western from Alamosa, Colorado to Durango and Silverton, via Chama, New Mexico in the mid-1950s. Enjoy the 8mm movies of Warren Scholl from a 3-day trip in 1954, and another trip to Colorado in 1956. K-36 2-8-2 #487 handles the train the first day from…
In the video we will see most of the stations, as well as water tanks, breathtaking wooden trestles and loops, and pristine mountain and lakes in this remote portion of Colorado.
Take a rare trip back in time to ride regular service trains on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Narrow Gauge on the famous “San Juan” and Silverton mixed.
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 video begins with a ride on the Durango to Silverton line in June of 1963 behind K-28 number 478. Then we ride a Memorial Day weekend excursion from Alamosa toward Durango with K-36 number 484. We encounter some snow around Cumbres pass heading west. Next is a segment riding behind number 476 (straight stack),…
Here is rare footage of Rio Grande Southern Operations on this storied railroad in the Colorado Rockies. There are films by several photographers, and it’s mostly color.
While there is a lot of Rio Grande Narrow Gauge film, Rio Grande Standard Gauge Steam is harder to come by. 1956 was the final year for standard gauge steam through the Rockies of Colorado and Utah on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. This bridge railroad handled freight and passengers mainly between Denver…
Imagine if you could turn the railroad clocks back to say 1950 and relive the days of Rio Grande narrow gauge freight trains storming over Cumbres Pass. Well in the fall of 1992, photographer John Craft, organized a series of 5 trips over a one-week period that was the first time such trips were operated…
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…
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…
The Gunnison line over Marshall Pass and the Monarch Branch were a part of the Rio Grande’s Third Division, which began at Salida, Colorado. We see films from 6 different sources with 95% of it color. We begin in Gunnison and watch engines at the servicing area and see the roundhouse. Later we ride the…
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…
See Alamosa to Chama, Chama to Durango, the line to Farmington, and of course the Silverton Branch. The video covers mostly freight operations and some mixed trains between the late 1940’s right up to 1968. Rio Grande ran steam right through 1968 being the last class 1 railroad to operate steam in regular service. The…
1968 was the final year of revenue steam operations on the DRG&W as trains operated over the narrow gauge from Alamosa to Farmington via Chama and Durango. Trains would arrive in Alamosa and loads were transferred to the narrow gauge cars for forwarding west. The oil and gas boom of the 1950’s prolonged the steam…
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.
This is a fascinating look at perhaps the rarest event in railroading, a steam-powered Rotary Snowplow opening a snowbound railroad.
Watch Santa Fe 4-8-4 number 3751 make a historic trip from Los Angeles to Chicago following the transcontinental mainline – some 2300 miles. The trip, made shortly after being restored in 1991, is still the longest this steamer has made! The trip to Chicago was an employee recognition special, and not a public excursion train….
Enjoy great action on the Santa Fe Railway system – this DVD features a variety of trains hauling freight in a variety of places! This video was shot over several years, and includes action on Cajon Pass, and Tehachapi loop, plus some additional shots along the transcontinental mainline in Arizona and New Mexico. Shot primarily…
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