Train Action Hot Spots, Volume 1
Original price was: $24.95.$19.95Current price is: $19.95.A dozen great railroads, at three great locations: Dayton’s Bluff, Minnesota • Clinton, Iowa • Nopeming, Minnesota.
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A dozen great railroads, at three great locations: Dayton’s Bluff, Minnesota • Clinton, Iowa • Nopeming, Minnesota.
Wisconsin Central Railroad action begins on the Mesabi Iron Range in Northeastern Minnesota and travels south over the DM&IR to reach the DWP yard at Pokegama.
Famed rail photographer Emery Gulash once said “to be a railfan in the mid 1950’s in or near Chicago was a double barrel dream”. If that’s the case, being a Chicagoland railfan in the early 1990s meant capturing the great railroads before they were gone. Dennis Jenko caught these soon to be fallen flags: ATSF, BN, CCP, CNW, CR, CSX, EJ&E, IHB, SOO, and WC.
Operations at different points around the dynamic Wisconsin Central Railroad.
The best selling series continues with new footage from Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
The Wisconsin Central assumed operations of the former Soo Line “Lake States” trackage on October 11, 1987.
In Volume 2, we will cover operations on WC’s mainline from Slinger, Wisconsin north to the Fox Valley cities of Neenah and Oshkosh.
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 “Belt” interchanges with every railroad through Chicago, it’s Clearing Yard is one of the largest yards in the country. The “West End” sees all the western roads, and of course the BRC itself. Lots of varied action!
The Midwest means nonstop action with plenty of variety. In this 3 disc set, you will see mainline, shortline and regional railroad action from all over the Midwest. 3 discs, 1 case.
The Wisconsin Central became one of the biggest and most successful of the regional railroads. Pentrex is re-releasing this as a “Pentrex Classic Presentation”. This is an early Pentrex show, but is still an excellent watch!
The final volume of this 6 part series covers the branchlines in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from Trout Lake to Powers, and from Marquette back to Trout Lake.
Shot over a 5 year period during winter, spring, summer and fall, we follow the Valley, Marinette, Fox River and Manitowoc Subdivisions. Part 5 of 6.
We’re on the Bradley, Pembine, and Manistique Subdivisions from Ladysmith, Wisconsin to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. Part 4 of 6.
In Part 3 of this definitive 6 part look at the Wisconsin Central we leave Junction City and continue west to Superior, Wisconsin and Minneapolis.
Following a look at the yard and shops in Fond Du Lac, the program continues west to visit Van Dyne, Oshkosh, Neenah, Dale, Weyauwega, Gills Landing, Waupaca, Nelsons, Stevens Point and Junction City. Part 2 of 6.
In Part 1 of this 6 part series, we follow the WC’s mainline from Franklin Park near Chicago, to Scott Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, visiting Deval, Libertyville, Burlington, Waukesha, Rugby Jct., Slinger, Lomira, and Byron on the way.
Featuring the Wisconsin Central’s Minneapolis Subdivision from the Twin Cities to Owen, Wisconsin.
See exciting freight train action on fallen flag Wisconsin Central Ltd. across scenic Central Wisconsin – including the famous WC Valley Line.
The Wisconsin Central Ltd. was the nation’s largest regional railroad and this DVD video captures the WC during their ice bound winter months.
Exciting railroad action on the Wisconsin Central Ltd. Now a fallen flag, but the WC was going strong when this footage was shot.
Features the railroad action in the and around Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The railroads of the Twin Cities metro area covered in this DVD include some now fallen flags: Burlington Northern, Soo Line, CP Rail, Chicago & NorthWestern, Twin Cities & Western, Minnesota Commercial, Minnesota Valley, Dakota Rail, Wisconsin Central, Minnesota Zephyr, Amtrak, Osceola…
Winter action on the Wisconsin Central in January, 1999, just a couple of winters prior to the Canadian National take-over.
The Wisconsin Central was a regional railroad success story in the 1990s. Canadian National bought it in 2001 and the WC is gone now. But this video was shot in 1996 – when the WC was a hot independent property.
We set off in October, 2004, to look for what’s left of the WC after the CN takeover, and this is what we found.
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