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If you want to see train action, then Rochelle, Illinois is one of the best places in North America . With between 80 and 100 trains a day for Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, there is little down time.
Another visit to Illinois hot spots, featuring six junctions for a lot of variety. Volume Two.
See a variety of railroads and railroad power in this DVD featuring hot spots in eastern Illinois. First we visit Watseka, which has the old Chicago and Eastern Illinois Mainline going south from Chicago. This line is jointly operated by Union Pacific and CSX, so the double track line sees trains from both railroads, since…
UP’s biggest power, the 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy”, and the 4-6-6-4 Challenger.
The Union Pacific’s Donner Summit line crosses the Sierra Nevada range at over seven thousand feet. Keeping this “All Season Pass” open is vital to the railroad and California’s economy.
This is the story of nature’s bitter legacy of snow on the mountain each winter season and the Union Pacific’s annual effort to keep a green light burning on the mainline.
See and hear two of the most famous steam locomotives climbing over the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California. Experience their massive pulling power like nothing you’ve ever seen.
High praise for this DVD from those who know: “Better than The Battle For Donner Pass” – Carl Bradley, former superintendent of the Roseville Service Unit.
Fierce winter storms can dump up to 35 feet of snow on the Sierras. Dispatched at any time, day or night, Flanger trains are called to duty when storms produce a depth of snow six inches or more above the rail. Two hours.
Experience one of railroading’s great trips – across Donner Pass! In the cab of a Union Pacific EMD SD60 hauling an expedited MRVRO freight manifest heading east from Roseville Yard to Roper, Utah. Four hours.
The “Western Heritage Tour” of Union Pacific steam engine 844 rolled through many cities and towns that witnessed the birth of the transcontinental railroad.
Here are six rare Union Pacific publicity and safety training films that have never been presented to the general public.
In April 2009, Union Pacific sent its goodwill ambassador, steam locomotive 844, on a 32-day excursion to help celebrate several Western railroading events.
During the 1950s, steam ruled the Union Pacific fleet. From the smaller 0-6-0s to the giant Big Boys, these workhorses were the backbone of an empire. Here are three features that highlight Union Pacific steam.
Henry Hank Griffiths Jr. was one of the most prominent railroad cinematographers of the steam era. Traveling throughout the northwest, he captured images of steam at work in locations other photographers seldom visited.
Cajon Pass is one of the world’s great railroading landmarks. From 1991 to 1993 – we see Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Amtrak trains at your favorite Cajon hotspots. Two programs on one DVD.
For the Union Pacific Railroad in the early 1990s, railroading in the Blues – the 200-mile segment of UP’s Oregon Division Mainline – meant staggering grades, extreme weather, and 3 daunting summits.
Union Pacific’s 8500-series Gas Turbine Electric Locomotives earned the nicknames ‘super Fleet” as they were the largest, most powerful locomotives ever employed by the railroad.
The largest, most powerful diesel locomotives ever built: Union Pacific DDA40X Centennials weighed 270 tons, were almost to 100 feet long, carried 8,000-gallons of fuel, and generated 6,600 horsepower – with speeds of up to 90 mph.
Here is the whole turbine story, from rare footage of an early steam turbine experiment in 1938 to an experimental coal-burning turbine locomotive.
The rotary is rarely called out… but January 1993 saw a series of storms with heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Union Pacific mainline through the Feather River Canyon was hard hit. And so the rotary was called to duty.
The busiest freight mainline in North America is Union Pacific’s Kearney Subdivision in central Nebraska. The 110-mile portion from North Platte to Gibbon Junction can see an average of 100 trains a day.
Step back to 1991 to watch as Union Pacific sends double stack and intermodal trains through their recently upgraded, former Western Pacific, Feather Canyon and its challenging terrain.
Sleek and stylish EMD E-8s and E-9s were the backbone of the Union Pacific Railroad’s fleet throughout the 1950s and ’60s.
Climbing gently from the tidewater ports near Portland is the Columbia River Gorge. It is a spot of beauty that hosts two railroad: BNSF and Union Pacific. Follow the UP in Volume Two.
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