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Enjoy the sights and sounds of 40-year old GP9, SD7, and SD9 diesel locomotives moving freight over Southern Pacific’s Central California mainlines and branch lines in the 1990s.
The vaults of the Southern Pacific provided a treasury of vintage footage to Pentrex, enough for two outstanding shows now combined on one DVD.
SP’s busy San Joaquin Subdivision runs through the agricultural heartland of California’s Central Valley. This important North-South route helps link Los Angeles and Portland Oregon, and provides plenty of fantastic train watching spots.
At 7,440 feet, the crest of the Wasatch Plateau in Utah is the fifth highest railroad pass on a US transcontinental mainline. Assaulting the steep grades of Soldier Summit takes brute force horsepower.
Experience one of the busiest and most scenic railroad routes in Northern California, the Shasta Division of the Southern Pacific. The Valley and Black Butte Districts host a daily parade of trains.
Pentrex takes you back to the late 1950s and early 1960s for a close-up look at the waning years of steam locomotives in America’s railroads. Originally two shows, “The East” and “The West”, both are now on one disc.
With an emphasis on sheer riding comfort, Southern Pacific’s famous Daylight trains transported thousands of passengers along the California coast. Contains never-seen-before footage.
For nearly 47 years, the Southern Pacific Railroad relied upon its massive AC-type “Cab Forward” steam locomotives to haul freight and passenger trains throughout California and neighboring states.
Covering the years 1934 to 1955, this spine tingling video highlights some of the worst train crashes to occur in over 20 years of railroading.
The Joint Line is an action-filled mainline with a colorful past. The Denver & Rio Grande and the Santa Fe built parallel tracks between Denver and Pueblo in the mid 1880s. During WW1, the US Government forced “joint” operations, and the scheme stayed.
Historic Hot Spots are etched in the minds of those who were there firsthand and revered by those who wish they had been. Here we highlight a few in the transition time of American railroading.
This 140-mile stretch of Southern Pacific, now Union Pacific, double-tracked mainline challenges trains to 2.3 percent grades on its 85-mile eastbound climb to the 7,000-foot elevation at Donner Summit.
Southern Pacific Daylight 4449, dressed in patriotic Red White & Blue, led the 2002 “Columbia-Deschutes Special”, a 2-day excursion that took the mighty steamer through the Columbia River Gorge and the Deschutes River Canyon.
Relive Daylight 4449 and trainset steaming from Portland to the NOLA World’s Fair.
Three rare films are brought together here for a nostalgic and thoroughly entertaining revisit of California railroading from the 1920s to the 1950s.
The San Francisco Bay Area’s own steam engine, fully restored Southern Pacific 2472, on the journey from San Jose to Los Angeles and back.
In 1991, Pentrex traveled across the country to capture the highlights of the year’s railroading events to grab two hours of nonstop adventure featuring 8 different railroad subjects.
1990 was an exciting year in American Railroading. Pentrex crews traveled the nation to capture the railroading events and subjects worthy of inclusion in the “Best of” series.
1985 was an exciting year of railroading, from steam excursions to the new EMD SD60 Demonstrator unit. This is a special presentation of many of the events that took place.
Known as the Desert Princess or the Slim Princess, this Southern Pacific line was a rarity: a narrow gauge owned by a major railroad.
Fans of the Southern Pacific know their favorite railroad had a lot to offer – and this DVD proves it! This program is made up of five vintage films about the SP.
Visit Kansas City, the nation’s second busiest rail hub, in the early 1990s. Most of our major railroads run into the city, the names may be changed due to merger, but the trains are still there!
Down to the deep south we go to record the action on shorts & mains.
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