American Altavista Quick Shots 2 (15 Programs, 2 Hours)
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It’s a railroad variety show! See and hear what was new high tech, state-of-the-art, high iron horsepower in 1993. 15 great railroad subjects in two hours.
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| Producer | Green Frog Productions |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 2 hours |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
1. EMD’s SD70M A monster of a locomotive with radial trucks, 4OOO HP, computer control and a burgundy body second to none. Are there slots for lots of SD70M’s? Or will another EMD product overshadow this Goliath?
2. EMD’S SD60MAC Another worthy road warrior from the Ex-King-of-Diesels. Betting that AC traction motors will pull more-better-faster. Burlington Northern has anted up for 350 MACs in a bigger buck move than the industry has ever seen. But did they pass their demonstration tests on CSX?
3. GE’s & Amtrak’s AMD-103 Some call it the first true passenger locomotive in years, a cutting edge piece of technology. Others compare it to a shoe box and worse. The builder’s plate says it’s a Dash 8-40BP – at least a close cousin of GE s Dash 8-40CW, the top selling US locomotive Over the past three years as of this time.
4. ABB’S X2000 This sleek Swedish train of tomorrow took the country and everything Amtrak by storm with its faster, smoother, tilting style of service. The US passenger train future is looking great.
5. Siemens ICE Train The German Intercity Express also swept through the Northeast Corridor and toured the country to great applause. Tested at 250 MPH, in German service at 175, and running 140 on the NE Corridor, passenger train competition is alive in the US!
That’s five new locomotives or transits hitting the US in the summer of ’93 and they are all reviewed live, right here in QUICK SHOTS 2.
The theory is: Pull more, faster, for less. Find out who did, who didn’t, and a few why not.
And there’s more, including these short features:
6. 611 on the Dry Fork
7. Mainline Motor Cars
8. Goodbye Monongahela
9. Virginia Railway Express
10. 611’s WS Jinx
11. 64 more Motor Cars
12. Naked Power RF&P Style
13. 4501 Cruises Virginia
14. Alternate Rail Power
15. The Last of the E’s
rickyfreni –
Here’s what appeared in order:
1. The New CSX Dash 8-40CWs
2. A review, cab tour, & action shots of EMD’s New SD70Ms which is the longest segment in this program
3. A Quickie on workmen moving a hopper with their own hands
4. N&W 611 on the Dry Fork Branch while leading the Independence Limited
5. A Quickie on the Northeast Corridor with Amtrak AEM7 number 908 at Seabrook Maryland
6. Speeders on the Great Smoky Mountains Railway
7. A farewell to the Monongahela with B23-7s
8. A Quickie on a Lionel 2046 Hudson
9. The Virginia Railway Express Commuter Train with Amtrak’s Atlantic City Express, MARC, & 2 freights: CSX & NS
10. A Quickie on a Continental Jet Plane passing by a pair of CP Rail units
11. Southern 4501 on the mainline which this trip was also used in Main Line Motion Pictures’ All that’s green & gold
12. A look at the narrator’s favorite bridge on the Clinchfield line which is sadly been demolished due to a nearby wreck
13. A look at BN’s New SD60MACs where in the final scene, the driver throws the papers out of the moving train
14. A quiz on what railroad/location it is
15. Speeders on the Potomac Eagle. One car in Monon colors is referred to an N&W J class 4-8-4
16. A time-lapse of UP 3985 turning into Clinchfield 676
17. Amtrak’s new Genesis units
18. A quickie on people using their hands to move a tank car while on the Florida Central
19. New railroad rules in Virginia, & 611 having troubles in November of ’90, Plus 1218 in April of ’91, 611 on Saluda in October of ’92, & into Winston in May of ’93
20. The end of the RF&P
21. Speeders on the Clinchfield line
22. The end of BN E units on MARC
23. A Quickie on an excavator moving by itself on a flatbed in April of ’91 as it tries to get to 1218 for refilling tender with coal but there are no diesels
And 24. The X2000 vs the Ice train which includes vintage films of streamliners
Brian La Rosa –
Quick Shots is a wonderful program that compiles lots of random train video footage from the early 1990’s. It especially features diesel locomotives that were brand new, including the Electro-Motive SD70M and SD60MAC as well as the General Electric DASH 8-40CW for CSX and the DASH 8-40BP GENESIS for Amtrak. I enjoy seeing all the new locomotive profiles, which are very informative with many interesting facts about them.
My other favorite parts include the Monongahela Railway and its GE Super 7 diesels, the Virginia Railway Express commuter trains, the old EMD E units used for the Maryland MARC trains, and the two European high-speed electric trains borrowed by Amtrak. It is fascinating to look back at the ABB X2000 from Sweden and the Siemens Intercity Express (ICE) train from Germany, both of which were experimented on the Northeast Corridor before the successful Acela sets arrived in 2000. This is absolutely a fun program for those who want some railroad retrospect to the 90’s.