The CN and CP in the Montreal run side by side along the north bank of the St. Lawrence River. There is a lot of freight action as well as VIA passenger traffic on the CN and Montreal commuters on the CP.

These DVDs cover the D&H during the late 1980s and early 1990s under the control the Guilford Rail System then operations under the court appointed Susquehanna and finally the Canadian Pacific. 2 DVD set.

New England’s CV just as steam was giving way to diesel, 3 DVDs, 3 Hours.

Take a series of cab rides with Conrail trainman Gary Gurske over the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts.

After Boston and Albany freight and passenger trains quit running the rails, it was time for New York Central trains and then Penn Central trains to ply the former B&A tracks. And then came Conrail Blue.

This is the former C&O from Lynchburg to Kenova, including Clifton Forge, Covington, White Sulfur Springs, St. Albans and Huntington. You’ll also see Ohio River Terminal operations in Huntington with a rare ALCo C415.

There were a lot of great places along the Pennsylvania Railroad’s four track main over the Allegheny spine to watch and photograph trains. One of the best of those railfan locations is between downtown Altoona, (ALTO Tower) and famous Horseshoe Curve.

Two great railroads bisected the city of Berea, OH. To the north was the New York Central’s water level route and to the south was the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, the Big 4. They interchanged here under the control of Berea Tower.

We get to witness Baltimore and Ohio steam locomotives running out their final years in the early ’50’s in the Cumberland, Maryland. A beautiful sight!

Amtrak’s shops at Beech Grove is the destination for a lot of equipment needing of heavy repair or major maintenance.

Visit the BCR from North Vancouver to Lillooet and follow a freight a freight along Howe inlet at Porteau and Britannia Beach. Also, steam action and the Vancouver Sky Train.

Boston and Albany tracks still see freight trains today – but now those trains say CSX on the side. Before CSX, before Conrail, there was Penn Central.

When the railroad-building craze hit the US in the 1830’s, the political and commercial interests in Boston sought to access the vast market potential in the burgeoning west. A rail charter was granted to build a line west from Boston to the New York line.

Alto Tower, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, controlled the former Pennsylvania Railroad’s busy four track main over the Alleghenies, including the passenger station, the sprawling shop complex, a major freight yard and access to the Hollidaysburg secondary. See this famous tower, sadly now closed, under Conrail and Norfolk Southern flags!