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Continuing our journey across the historic route of the Oregon Short Line, we will explore the Pocatello Subdivision between Montpelier, Idaho and Granger, Wyoming.
“The Hub City” seems a pretentious claim for this place of under 10,000 persons. But, it has the Lincoln Highway, two interstates, and two double track railroads to back up that title. For us, we concentrate on the many trains, and varied motive power, of the two big railroads.
More trains than ever before roll though this central Nebraska city. Union Pacific’s transcontinental mainline passes beneath BNSF close to downtown.
The task boys, is to “Restore a Big Boy to operation!” And it was done.
A dozen great railroads, at three great locations: Dayton’s Bluff, Minnesota • Clinton, Iowa • Nopeming, Minnesota.
Explore Union Pacific’s Oregon Short Line Route between Pocatello and Montpelier, Idaho. The classic western backdrop of eastern Idaho creates a beautiful setting for trains to run through.
The Lynndyl Sub is the final chapter in 7idea’s story of the old Salt Lake Route, the former San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake rail line. These rails provide an important connection between Salt Lake City and southern California.
See a wide variety of action filmed during several journeys across the state as we visit several hot spots – and even see the last ride of an Amtrak engineer before his retirement.
We continue on the Union Pacific east to El Paso as trains race across desert of southwestern New Mexico and into the Rio Grande Valley.
Heavy railroad action and the unusual too. Catch Amtrak and Coaster commuter trains on the Surfline, see Santa Fe 3751 on a Los Angeles to San Diego trip and more.
Union Pacific’s main between Council Bluffs and North Platte and O’Fallons is a 100 to 150 train-a-day show.
Join us as we see train after train run the Nebraska prairie from Gibbon Jct to O’Fallons – and past one grain elevator after another grain elevator.
Union Pacific rolls a lot of freight on what was the Sunset Route on the former Southern Pacific. 7idea documents great railroading and great scenery on the western half of the Lordsburg Sub.
In the months right after the merger with the Santa Fe, Hal Pantti explored Burlington Northern’s “Coal Country”. Beginning at Lincoln, Nebraska, Hal traveled to Alliance. Then he followed a loop, traveling over the Angora, Valley, Canyon, Orin, Black Hills, Edgemont and Butte Subdivisions, finally arriving back in Alliance for the return trip home.
Chicago to LA, Nogales to Portland. Union Pacific is a Super Railroad. See why, and see where, in this 7 disc, 7 hour and 15 minute spectacular.
We spend 24 hours at Kirkwood, Missouri, Milepost 13.46 and the summit of the ruling grade for eastbound trains on Union Pacific’s Jefferson City Subdivision.
In part two of BNSF’s Chillicothe Subdivision, videographer Chris Wehman continues our westward journey on the super-busy BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision.
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.
23 steam locomotives from 17 different railroads. It’s huge variety of steam engines in action, everything from diminutive switchers to the largest to hit the high iron: N&W 1218, UP Challenger 3985 and 4014, UP’s Big Boy. Includes doubleheader action!
Here’s footage that cuts straight to the heart of the action! See mighty steam machines pulling hard; hitting the steepest grades of the East and West. Every clip is a steam locomotive pulling hard, or with wheel slip, or with great stack talk – as she works hard on a steep grade!
Some of these clips were seen in other Main Line Motion Picture Shows. This show was previously released under the title “Steep Steel & Slipping, Stalling Steam! (Volume 1)”. This new release has additional footage and has been digitized, upconverted, frame-by-frame stabilized and color-corrected.
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.
On former Southern Pacific’s Sunset Route, the Gila Subdivision covers over 255 miles of track between Yuma and Tucson, Arizona. Around 35 trains traverse this transcontinental main line every day. See it through 7idea’s “scenic” lens.
Each beautifully printed 2025 calendar is a deluxe 11×14 monthly wall calendar, featuring extensive captions for each photo, holidays, large blocks for notes, and superb printing quality on heavy 100-pound paper stock. Choose a calendar below and see photos of the calendar and a description.
Two shows with the complete story of the avalanche on Donner Pass that rolled a diesel, trapped a crew and closed Donner Pass for 9 days. Meet the crew, see the rotary go out, hear the rescue and see the UP crews reopen this important mountain pass.
You’ll see a great variety of steam engines in action with everything from 0-6-0’s to the huge 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. There’s 14 different locomotive models in all that are manufactured by nine historic steam builders. Also 3 exciting sections with double and triple header steam action. Plus a bonus section with 1959 DM&IR steam action…
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Union Pacific's Encina Hill