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.
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CSX to St. Louis and Canadian National’s Chicago to Memphis main, once the main line of the Illinois Central, cross at grade at Effingham. See 24 hours of action.
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.
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Visit the southern half of the Illinois Central Railroad as it existed in 1996 for an eye-opening tour of discovery. The secrets of the IC unfold as our travels take you from Fulton, Kentucky to New Orleans.
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Explore the exciting northern half of the Illinois Central Railroad from the Chicago area to Fulton, Kentucky. You’ll see locals, switch jobs, through-freights, and fast intermodal trains hard at work.
This video shows twenty-four hours of action in October of 2018 on the Canadian National’s historic, former Illinois Central main between Chicago and Leverette, just North of Champaign.
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Until July, 1995, Burlington Northern and Union Pacific trains took turns using a diamond crossing where their lines intersect in Grand Island, Nebraska. Now, Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains climb up and over the UP triple-track main.
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The biggest steam locomotives in the country traveled to Sacramento in June 1999 to attend the historic last Railfair of the 20th century. Pentrex captured it all and you can see it all with this 2 DVD Set. See up-close and on the main: UP 3985 and 844, SP Daylight, Santa Fe 3751, Union Pacific 4466, Yolo Shortline Steam, Southern Pacific 2467…and Shay races!
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We’ll take you across the entire line from Guadalajara to the US border at Nogales. It’s an eleven hundred mile odyssey that examines the many faces of a truly extraordinary operation.
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All four of the Clear Block Productions volumes on the Baltimore & Ohio – nearly 4 hours of classic B&O film – in one case. 4 DVDs: Part 1 “Steam & Diesel in Ohio & West Virginia”, Part 2 “Steam in West Virginia & Maryland”, Part 3 “Steam on Sand Patch” and Part 4 “A Time of Transition, 1950s to 1960s”.
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In 1934, the Union Pacific Railroad introduced a revolutionary new passenger train by sending it on a whirlwind tour of the country, stopping at more than 65 cities and covering more than 12,000 miles en route. Black & white.
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When Amtrak first rolled into Milwaukee, things had changed. Milwaukee Road’s Hiawatha and C&NW’s bi-level Streamliners were out, but Amtrak’s Empire Builder was in.
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Beaumont Hill’s San Gorgonio Pass – the mountain gateway to the Sunset Route – has always been a tough proving ground for Southern Pacific’s locomotives.
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Ever wondered how railroad tracks are maintained and upgraded? This combo will give you an up-close look at two different operations. Choose DVD or Blu-ray for this two show combo.
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The Super Chief and El Capitan were two of the finest passenger trains operated by the Santa Fe. In later years the two trains were combined into one special passenger train.