Southern Railway 4501 to Summerville Back In Steam in 2014
Original price was: $24.95.$19.95Current price is: $19.95.2014 marked the return to steam of one of the most famous steam locomotives in the world: Southern Railway Mikado #4501.
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2014 marked the return to steam of one of the most famous steam locomotives in the world: Southern Railway Mikado #4501.
Pullman predated the Civil War, and became THE name in first class rail travel through the golden age of railroads. Pullman operated the sleeping car service on all the great name trains from the 20th Century Limited to the Super Chief; the Broadway Limited to the Panama Limited. But with the formation of Amtrak in…
We cover 11 steam locomotives and 34 diesels with these pacing sequences. Over 3 1/2 hours on two DVDs.One of the most exciting things for railfans is pacing; driving alongside as thousands of horsepower of locomotives go about their business. We have included pacing sequences in many of our titles over the years, and after…
Join Diverging Clear Productions for a look at a classic Norfolk & Western locomotive in action on one of the oldest tourist railroads in the United States.br>Former N&W 4-8-0 #475 was built by Baldwin in 1906. The class M 4-8-0s combined a larger boiler with similar running gear to the earlier class W 2-8-0s, resulting…
The late 1980’s were a golden era for the operation of preserved steam locomotives. Both Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern had official steam programs, and the ranks of locomotives restored by volunteer groups was expanding.1905 built Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 #152 was returned to steam in 1985. The next spring, the bugs had been worked…
Diverging Clear Productions is proud to release the next DVD in The Heritage Series, featuring St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522 in some of her first excursions after her return to service in 1988.
This program was a quarter-century in the making, featuring footage shot from 1985 to 2010. 65 different locomotives are featured; many that run today and many more that no longer run.
The Cumbres & Toltec is one of the scenic wonders of tourist railroading in North America. Trains run over the 64 mile portion of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge system between Chama, New Mexico, and Antonito, Colorado.We visited the railroad in the summer of 2012, focusing on the southern portion of…
Join Diverging Clear Productions for a visit to one of the oldest, certainly one of the hardest working, tourist railroads in the United States.br>The Black Hills Central Railroad has been hauling passengers out of Hill City in the scenic Black Hills of southwest South Dakota since 1957. With a combination of spectacular scenery and steep…
In June of 1993, former St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522 pulled a pair of trips from St. Louis to Centralia, Illinois, as a part of Norfolk Southern’s popular steam program. Lacking facilities to turn the locomotive in Centralia, Burlington Northern took the train on a pair of side trips from Centralia to Sesser, Illinois, where the train was turned on a wye. On the B.N., the train operated as an employee special.
In June, 1994, the annual convention of the National Railway Historical Society was held in Atlanta, Georgia. The convention featured two mainline locomotives: Norfolk Southern’s former Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611, and restored St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522.
In 2005, the Kentucky Railroad Museum in New Haven, Kentucky, celebrated the 100th birthday of former Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 Pacific #152. On October 15 and 16, just as the fall colors were starting to turn, Diverging Clear Productions visited to catch the century old locomotive in action.br>The Kentucky Railway Museum operates excursion trains between…
Diverging Clear Productions was on hand when a newly restored steam locomotive made her debut in September, 2010; former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401 at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois. For the third year since her return to service in 2015, Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 in 2017 ran excursions out of…
Diverging Clear Productions was on hand when a newly restored steam locomotive made her debut in September, 2010; former Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401 at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois.br>#401 was built by Baldwin in 1907, and even when new was not one of the largest locomotives on the roster. This smaller stature actually…
When in mid 2010 we learned that three Southern Railway Consolidation type steam locomotives were to be returning to operation, we began making plans to film all three. Between April and July 2011, we did just that. The result is “Southern Steam Returns.”br>The first part of the program covers Southern Railway #154, an 1890 product…
All aboard for a look at five different operations featuring steam power in 2016.br>We begin in Roanoke, Virginia, in May, as Norfolk & Western Class J 4-8-4 #611 hauled a series of excursions from Roanoke to Lynchburg and Walton. We focused on the grades surrounding Roanoke to present scenes of the locomotive at work. This…
Come along for a look at Conrail in its prime during the first half of the 1990’s on former Pennsylvania Railroad lines in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Once again we took to the road in 2018 in search of operating steam.br>2018 marked the 9th year of operation for Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401 at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois. In May, Southern Rail Productions chartered #401 and a period mixed train for a day long photo train. We present some highlights…
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.
Join us for a look at the Santa Fe in its final years. Filmed between 1992 and 1995, this program visits the Santa Fe’s eastern end at several locations in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.The show starts at Edelstein, Illinois, where trains are seen both in town and on the hill east of town. Other locations…
The Illinois Central existed for nearly a century and a half and this program covers the last sixty years from 1938 to the winter of 1998-99, the independent I.C.’s last.
The Illinois Central existed for nearly a century and a half and this program covers the last sixty years from 1938 to the winter of 1998-99, the independent I.C.’s last.
Part One of a New “Best Of” Series from Green Frog Videographer Chris Wehman
Exciting late Canadian steam and 1st generation diesels in action in the Hamilton, Ontario Canada area! Sit back and relax as we re-live what railfanning was all about 45 to 65 years ago! (This film was originally silent with dubbed in sound added during production to enhance your viewing pleasure). You will see Canadian power,…
The time frame of this video is from 1985 to 1995. The first half shows DT&I orange and black as well as the GT blue, red, and white schemes. Many cabooses are featured as the GT continued to use them even after the other Class 1 railroads had adopted the “FRED”, or end of train…
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