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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.
Short Lines and Short Stories is a compilation of five short films featuring the Vermont Rail System, New England Central, Silver Lake Railroad, Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad and the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum.
The winter of 2007-2008 was especially harsh on Vermont’s railroads. More than 98 inches of snow fell in the Green Mountains during that winter – and brought out the snow fighting equipment on the region’s short line railroads.
Join us for a steam excursion on the Conway Scenic Railroad, from North Conway to the Sawyer River bridge, six miles up the track from Bartlett, NH and return.
Follow Pan Am Southern train ED-2 as they switch businesses from East Deerfield to the oxbow (old American Indian name: Nonotuck) in Northampton on the old Boston & Maine’s Connecticut River Division.
Travel the southern half of the old Berkshire Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad!
A rare mileage trip from Meredith to Concord, NH and return behind some classic ALCo switchers and a GP39-2.
CSX runs the famed B&O main from Point of Rocks, Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Discover the world of backyard railroading in this two part video featuring two live steam clubs in Massachusetts.
Continuing the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts trip series, take a ride through the granite region of Vermont.
The Griffin Line of the Central New England Railroad was built in the early part of the nineteenth century by the Central New England Railway as part of their main line to Boston.
The railroad industry has had to conquer and contend with mother nature in many aspects since its inception…but the recurring battle with snow, ice, and cold is one of its most photogenic.
James P Gallagher was known nationwide for his railroad photography and in 1974 he turned his camera on the Western Maryland. Volume 2 of this series cover Keystone, Pennsylvania to Cumberland, Maryland featuring the WM just prior to these routes being downgraded by the Chessie merger.
The “Wild Mary” from eastern terminus Baltimore to Elkins, WV and Connellsville, PA from 1940 until Chessie in 1975.
We get a look at the Southern through two of her own promotional films: “Piggyback Southern Style”, made in the early 1960s, and “Via Sevier” a film that follows two box cars through the system in the 1950s.
Part 2 of this series covers the final 15 years of operation in the Keystone State. Vintage diesels abound, but we’ll also see the Readings famous T1 4-8-4s power The Rambles at several locations around the system.
The Reading Company was the favorite railroad of Allentown, Pennsylvania native Charles Houser, Sr, who filmed throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Steam and Diesel are included in this rare color and black & white film.
This is the PRR in its namesake state from 1952 to 1967. Mainline and branch line steam and diesel action on the Middle division, the Buffalo Line, the Shamokin and Schuylkill Valley coal branches, and more. Steam and Diesel action.
Scenes of The P Company from Columbus, Ohio east to the New York City area from 1952 to 1966. We’ll see steam, diesel and electric!
Part 2 of this series begins with a look at the Ft Wayne Division between Chicago and Crestline, OH before moving east to the Ohio/Pennsylvania border at Wood Tower and then Horseshoe Curve and environs.
Part 1 of this series is a look at the Penn Central in Ohio and Indiana.
This program includes mostly 16mm color and black/ white film of Steam and Diesel action during the 1930s-40s-50s-and 60s in Massachusetts, Eastern New York, Ohio and Indiana. Beginning in Boston on the Boston and Albany, the program moves west along the NYCs Water Level Route.
This program covers the years 1964-1979 along the former Nickel Plate Road from Buffalo to Ft. Wayne (New Haven). Filmed by N&W employee Edward Durnwald, this program is a diesel fan’s Dream. Not only are the varied lash-ups of EMD, Alco and GE units nice, but the many paint schemes and one-of-a-kind units must be seen to be believed.
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