Windy City Rails, Volume 4 “BNSF’s Triple Track”
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C. Vision’s tour of railroads in and around the Chicagoland area continues in Windy City Rails, Volume 4.

C. Vision Productions returns to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Hinckley Subdivision! We last visited this line in 1998. Several things have changed since our last video and in late 2005, we decided to revisit this fascinating line in all four seasons!

The merger era on Union Pacific continues with this colorful look.

All aboard for a look at a time when Union Pacific and Southern Pacific trains ran side by side on two lines into St. Louis in Missouri and Illinois.

See many of the fallen flag railroads of the 1970’s and 1980’s. From ex-Rock Island Lines that were then operated by the SSW and KYLE to operations on former Missouri Pacific Lines in Oklahoma and Kansas just after the UP/MoPac merger. Finally, we head east into the Midwest state of Iowa to view the operations on the Illinois Central Gulf.

In January and again in May/June 2004, Union Pacific’s 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3985 ran from Cheyenne Wyoming to Houston Texas. In January the 3985 and train ran as the “Super Bowl Special”. In May and June the train ran celebrating railroad heritage. At Houston, 3985 would pull invited guests of several organizations on private runs. This…

From 1952 through 1980, Emery Gulash chased the Union Pacific throughout the west, and the transition period. This is a nearly four hour odyssey!

UP etches a course across the arid deserts and deep canyons of the Southwest.

Cajon Pass in 1987 is a very different place than it is now. In many ways more exciting for railfans, with helpers, cabooses and pre-merger railroads.

Union Pacific Odyssey Volume 2 from the camera of Emery Gulash takes you on a fantastic journey where Volume 1 left off.

From 1952 through 1980, Emery Gulash, one of the nation’s most respected 16mm film photographers chased the Union Pacific through its sparkling history.

An absolute railfan and steam classic, brought back by Pentrex! Union Pacific Challenger 3985 (sadly, now retired) looks fantastic pulling its sleek passenger train over the formidable slopes of southern California’s Cajon Pass.

Some of America’s busiest and varied railroad action can be found In this 6 disc Collectors’ Edition.

See great Northwest Shortline & Regional Railroad action along with UP Big Boy steam across the scenic and mountainous states of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

This show is loaded with exciting UP train action in the scenic state of Wisconsin. We begin with Union Pacific 4014, a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, seen pulling a 15 car passenger excursion across the Badger State. Big steam and big freight action!

Barstow, California. Gateway to both Cajon Pass and the Mojave Desert. BNSF and UP push trains through here at a rapid pace.

At Busy Grand Island, Nebraska featured two diamonds and a halting flow of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern traffic. A railfan’s dream.

Journey back in time with George Redmond, to the 1980s and 1990s. It was an exciting time in American railroading. This show covers hot spots in 4 states with 8 railroads.

Steam on mainline! See 6 big steamers running flat out on American high iron: NKP 765, MILW 261, SP 4449, UP 4014, UP 844 and N&W 611. It’s a variety of visual treats!

“Baldwin Diesels” is a 2 show combo: “Early Baldwin Diesels on the Southern Pacific” and “California’s Baldwin Diesels”. See action on the SP, Trona, Amador Central and the Sierra Railroad. All Baldwins!

As of February 2020, Union Pacific has officially retired Challenger 3985, saying she now has a worthy successor in Big Boy 4014. Fight back! Watch 3985 from her maiden mainline trip in 1981 from Cheyenne to Sacramento and her trip to Chicago in 1993.

In late May and early June of 1997 Machines of Iron made one more trip to Tennessee Pass to see the some of the final days under Union Pacific control.

In 14 miles of the West Slope we see Sullivan’s Curve, Mormon Rocks, Blue Cut and the Summit (and more). With grades as steep as 3% and both Union Pacific and BNSF pouring trains back-to-back through this 14 mile funnel landscape, this is exciting big-time railroading! Look for rare visitors to the pass: Snow and Big Boy 4014!

Trains Magazine continues their coverage of Big Boy 4014 as it hits Sherman Hill, Cajon Pass, the Sunset Route and Texas.

46 Television Commercials from the ’70s, ’80s & ’90s. Fun and nostalgic!
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