Chicago & North Western, Left Hand Railroad
SKU: DVD-HRV-WAR002$39.95
The C&NW was great granger railroad with lots of action. In this documentary by Bill Warrick we’ll see C&NW steam, diesels, streamliners, and freights. Exclusive interviews help us understand this great railroad.
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Producer | Herron Rail Video |
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Run Time | 56 minutes |
Narration | Yes |
Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
Technical Details | NTSC, Region Free, View Worldwide on Computer |
By Bill Warrick….A documentary of this great granger railroad with lots of action from steam to diesels,streamliners, freights, interviews and more! Tracing the history of C&NW with historic film footage, stills, and interviews with Art Dubin, Mike Blazak, George Krambles, and Jim Neubauer plus lots of historic film footage of passenger and freight operations. Includes M&StL and CGW footage, too! C&NW fans will find this video to be a must! Mostly color, Narrated, Audio in stereo!
rickyfreni –
Locations for this historic fallen flag that has since been owned by Union Pacific in April of 1995 includes the Hot Spot of Rochelle Illinois before the new park was built in 1998, West Chicago diamond, the Metra commuter rail station at Glen Ellyn, Omaha Nebraska, Superior Wisconsin, the Kate Shelly Bridge, somewhere in Indiana on the South Shore Line’s Interurban route, Calholin, Clyborne Junction, Highland Park with Pacific 656 using the turntable, & North Freedom.
Tons of motive power are featured from the 1836 built Pioneer at the 1948 World’s Fair, to today’s C40-8s & SD70Ms, as well as the since scrapped 4-6-2s including one of them on the 400, the 3000 series 4-8-4s, the 600 series 2-8-2s, 0-6-0s, the 1700 series 2-10-0s, 2-10-4s, Hudsons on the Streamlined Hiawatha, & what’s left of the R1 class 4-6-0s with 1385 on the Mainline with Circus Trains, & Passenger Extras, plus a variety of Diesels, & Electrics.
Aside from the narration from Bill Warwick, there are also interviews from Jim Neubauer, George Krambles, Norman Ross, Arthur Dubin who also plays the piano, & Phil Weibler.
Did you know that in 1960, the C&NW merged with the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad?