The Stormy UPDATED
SP’s Lordsburg District & UP’s Lordsburg Sub
2 Shows, 2 Discs
SKU: DVD-PNX-STRMYX2**SPECIAL PRICE** Original price was: $29.95.$9.95Current price is: $9.95.
Visit this famous, and busy, line both pre-merger and 25 years after the UP/SP merger. It’s a great double-trip as we watch a parade of trains across this part of the Sunset Route. A Pentrex Special Presentation, 2025.
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| Producer | Pentrex |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 2 discs, 3 hours |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | NTSC, Region Free, View Worldwide on Computer |
Two shows in one case. The Stormy in 1995 and – just released – the Stormy in 2020!
In the pre-merger days of 1995, Southern Pacific ran a nonstop parade of trains across its Sunset Route and one of the most scenic stretches was the Lordsburg District between Tucson, Arizona and Lordsburg, New Mexico. Pentrex takes you back to that significant time in Southern Pacific history, when semaphore signals still lined the mostly single-tracked route and spring wildflowers blanketed the ground. The action is fast and furious and The Southern Pacific was in the middle of a major track expansion program at the time.
You’ll see the line under different phases as fifty miles of new track, several bridges, and new signals were being added. Once the construction was done, the semaphore signals came down, but we captured these historic artifacts while they were still in use. Big time mainline railroading takes place here. You’ll see hot trains and drag freights working hard across four mountain passes: Mescal, Dragoon, Raso, and Steins.
These trains are headed by SD40-s, SD45T-2s, SD45s, B30-7s, even an SD45R in Kodachrome paint. Denver & Rio Grande SD40T-2s, CSX SD60s, and Cotton Belt GP60s and B40s add interest, as well as many colorful leased locomotives. Amtrak’s Sunset Limited travels these rails and you’ll also spot trains from Santa Fe, Union Pacific, San Pedro Southwestern, and Arizona & Eastern. Steep grades, old coaling towers, a major construction project, and the last days of the semaphore signals on one of our favorite fallen flags make The Stormy an exciting program you’re sure to enjoy!
See the line as it is now, Full Union Pacific, shot in 2020. The UP split the former SP Lordsburg District into 3 subdivisions. We’ll look at this new line, and then concentrate on the “new” Lordsburg Sub. This is still a busy line – maybe even busier now than when SP locomotives headed up freight trains on this line. With this two disc set, you can see SP’s Lordsburg District (The Stormy) just prior to the UP taking over SP and this line. Then look at the changes that merger brought to the line when we we revisit the Lordsburg District…uh, the Lordsburg Sub in 2020!
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