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On April 29th 2001, Frisco 1522 ran from St. Louis to Newburg and return for a break-in run preceding its scheduled pulling of BNSF Employee Appreciation Special.
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In part two of BNSF’s Chillicothe Subdivision, videographer Chris Wehman continues our westward journey on the super-busy BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision.
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Join Green Frog Productions and videographer Chris Wehman as we take an exciting, two-part look at BNSF Railway’s Chillicothe Subdivision. Running from Chicago, ILL. to Fort Madison, IA. the line.
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The “Then and Now” series takes a look at the same railroad or locations with vintage film or video and then contrasting the “then” footage with modern “now” footage. In this series entry we look at thirty years on a stretch of railroad in deep southern Illinois: the joint Union Pacific and BNSF line primarily used by coal traffic over the hill at Goreville, Illinois.
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The western shore of the upper Mississippi River has Canadian Pacific’s River Subdivision, a busy main line that supports a non stop flow of traffic. The eastern shore hosts BNSF’s St. Croix Sub, a mostly double-tracked route providing access for a nonstop parade of traffic from La Crosse, Wisconsin to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Get both great lines in two shows with the third show in this combo getting back to the roots of the same area with winter action on the rails of the Soo Line; Burlington Northern; Chicago & North Western; Chicago Central; Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern; and the Green Bay & Western. Three shows, three discs, one case and one great combo price.
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BNSF still runs several trains with older EMDs on their Staples Sub in Minnesota. A huge variety of 4 and 6 axle EMDs can be seen on both local and road freights. BN colors still adorn few locomotives while many are dressed in BNSF black and orange. Most of these locomotives are on borrowed time, so capturing these now was a must.
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Class One railroads were well supplied with a plethora of modern GE locomotives for use on their main line trains. BNSF still runs several trains with older EMDs on their Staples Sub in Minnesota. Most of these locomotives are on borrowed time, so capturing these now was a must.
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The 200 miles between Vegas and the Tehachapi Mountains has some great train action. This 3 volume set shows us that action. Locations include: Caliente, the Mojave Desert, Cima Hill, Daggett and of course the famous Loop. Included in this set is a bonus disc with UP archive footage from the cameras of railroad builder/contractor Morrison-Knudsen.
This video shows twenty-four hours of action in October of 2018 on the Canadian National’s historic, former Illinois Central main between Chicago and Leverette, just North of Champaign.
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Until July, 1995, Burlington Northern and Union Pacific trains took turns using a diamond crossing where their lines intersect in Grand Island, Nebraska. Now, Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains climb up and over the UP triple-track main.
The Alaska Railroad bills itself as “the last full-service railroad in North America”. Come up north and see why! Big E chased the ARR in 2016 between Fairbanks and Seward and even to Whittier.
Who doesn’t miss the EJ&E? CN doesn’t. They’ve transformed the former belt line into a traffic power house. We visit the former Western Sub north of Joliet where traffic has quadrupled from what it was before the takeover. See every train over a 24 hour period, the whole train.
The stretch of track doiminated the Trains Magazine “Fastest Freights” survey during the entire time Trains had the survey (1960s and early ’70s). It’s still where you can see the fastest freights. Don’t blink!