Burlington Northern’s Funnel

SKU: DVD-PNX-FUNNEL
(4 customer reviews)

$24.95

The Funnel is one of the busiest single track mainlines in the U.S. today.

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Producer

Pentrex

Run Time

1 hour 5 minutes

Narration

Yes

Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New

Technical Details

No Region Code, NTSC

The Funnel is one of the busiest single track mainlines in the U.S. today. Stretching seventy-one miles from Spokane, Washington to Sandpoint, Idaho, it incorporates the best elements of Pacific Northwest railroading: mountain grades, deep cuts, long bridges, and high-density, high-tonnage traffic. Ninety percent of Burlington Northern’s container traffic, all of its lumber trains, and the majority of its intermodal trains are routed through the Pend Oreille Subdivision, known as The Funnel. BN runs up to one hundred trains a day through this gateway to the Pacific.

Experience the Funnel as you’ve never seen it before. Starting at Latah Junction, follow the traffic over Latah Bridge to Spokane and the Parkwater Yardley facilities. Then watch intermodal, grain, and mixed freights grind past Ramsey, Apple Orchard, The Big Cut, Granite, Cocolalla, and across the 4,000 foot long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille to Sandpoint Junction. This video was filmed just prior to Burlington Northern’s merger with the Santa Fe. The motive power to be seen includes B30-7s, B39-8s, SD45-2s, and multiple SD40-2s on heavy grain trains. Blue skies and gorgeous scenery add to the excitement of railroading through the Funnel.

4 reviews for Burlington Northern’s Funnel

  1. rickyfreni

    In this final Video Rails title made in 1997 (despite that the footage was filmed prior to the Santa Fe Merger in September of 1995), there are a great variety of cascade green painted diesels from mostly SD40-2s to a rare SD9.

    Locations include Latah Junction wye at high bridge in Spokane Washington, Marshall Canyon, Sunset Junction with a Maintenance of way machine on the rear of the mixed freight in one scene, Milepost 1481.6, Parkwater Yard, Otis Orchards, Howser Junction, Harvest Road Crossing, Raftrum Cut, Ramsey at MP 38.7, East Apple Siding at MP 31, Big Cut at MP 23, Rock Cut, Granite, Cocolala at MP 18, Algoma, Lake Ponderay, & ends at Sandpoint Junction.

    Other road names aside from Burlington Northern include Grand Trunk, AT&SF, Montana Rail Link, Wisconsin Central, Union Pacific, MPI, Electro-Motive Division, General Motors, GATX, LMX, Canadian National, Guilford, & Seaboard Coast Line.

    Did you know that the high bridge at Latah Junction was built in April of 1971 (about less than a month before Amtrak’s Debut)?

    All in all, aside from the footage of Bill Lambert, Jim Knight did a marvelous job narrating this official final Video Rails program which almost each & every title by the San Diego based company, have since been purchased by Pentrex.

  2. Dylan

    Good video. Has a lot of great footage. The scenes and camera work is beyond amazing.

  3. Dan

    Beautiful scenery and non-stop trains … it’s easy to see why The Funnel is a railfan hot spot! The video does a nice job showing the challenges the railroad faces in funneling dozens of long, heavy trains through a single-track mainline each day. The video was shot just before the BNSF merger, and Cascade Green still rules The Funnel. Creative shooting locations showcase not only the trains, but the natural beauty of the region, and watching trains on the five thousand foot bridge over Lake Pend Oreille is worth the price alone! An enjoyable, well produced video.

  4. Kevin Willie

    This is a Classic Video Rails Film now (Pentrex)when i was growing up i would watch this over and over and over and this is really informative great Scenes and Locations including Latah JCT , Marshall Canyon, and more this Flim was made and Produced before the Hauser Id Fueling Facilty was built this is one of my Favorites

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