Durand – Michigan Hot Spot
$38.95Durand is the spiritual heart of the Grand Trunk Western, now Canadian National.
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Durand is the spiritual heart of the Grand Trunk Western, now Canadian National.
This is a two and a half hour deep dive into the former New York Central (Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway) now run by Norfolk Southern. Big E shows the entire train. The narration is comprehensive and informative. It’s like an encyclopedia on the subject!
“CSX Garrett Sub across Northern Indiana” shows the trains and operations for over twenty-four hours on CSX’s busy Garrett Subdivision between Milford Junction and Walkerton in northern Indiana in April of 2010.
Lines East to West (St. Louis) and North and South (Cleveland and Chicago) cross here at Alliance. It’s a Conrail Hot Spot.
For over one hundred years four separate railroads competed for passenger and freight traffic between the New York City metropolitan area and Chicago – the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Erie, and Baltimore and Ohio.
Head to the former Santa Fe, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as “The Transcon”. This is that line West of Galesburg.
All the action over 24 hours on one of the busiest segments of track on the whole Norfolk Southern system
In a state full of hot spots, Rochelle, Illinois is one of the busiest and best known. See 24 hours of action in the fall of 1993 at the railfan park here.
24 hours at Haley Tower in Terre Haute, Indiana – just three weeks before the Tower is closed forever.
The railroad heart of Texas’s Chemical Coast is the two rail lines that run between Houston and Beaumont, a distance of eighty five miles. Here is 24 hours of action from early 2017. Every train, all the train.
Once known as the Crossroads of the B&O, Deshler is even more important to CSX – with 50 trains a day! See an entire day, 24 hours, here. See every train, and very bit of every train. With commentary on each train.
PSR (Precision Scheduled Railroading) on NS’s Premier Corridor has resulted in fewer but longer trains and the first regular use of distributed power in over thirty-five years on this line. See the new routine as you watch the entire train, and hear about the entire train.
The stretch of track dominated the Trains Magazine “Fastest Freights” survey during the entire time Trains had the survey (1960s and early ’70s). It’s still where you can see the fastest freights. Don’t blink!
Nearly 70 trains travel Norfolk Southern’s main line near Conway Yard and Pittsburgh.
Two days and a night of awesome action on “The Pokey”, Norfolk Southern’s Pocahontas Division.
Incredible action on BNSF’s Hereford Subdivision, The Transcon
Highlighting of trains and operations on the new regional railroads and main lines in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the fall of 1998.
Watch Conrail trains travel through Altoona and around nearby Horseshoe Curve.
Video of all the trains for twenty-four hours through Centralia, Illinois in May of 2013
Climb aboard the diesel cab of an Indiana & Ohio GP30, former Nickel Plate engine, and enjoy the view of the railroad as a train crew would see it. This Fall Color event was sponsored by the West Central Ohio Model Railroad Club, of Sidney, Ohio. The trip ran from Lima, Ohio to Springfield, Ohio…
Split into two shows on two discs, Pentrex takes you on a fascinating journey of railroading operations in Houston and its surrounding areas.
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