Volume-2 of the Old Michigan line, from Battle Creek Michigan to Chicago, we stop at towns such as Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Dowagiac, Niles Michigan City, Indiana, and on to the windy city–Chicago–the rail hub of the US.
Two Complete Shows, in one Case. Railroad Video Productions “North Shore & South Shore”, Part 1 (RVP Item #196) and Part 2 (RVP Item #229). Over 90 minutes of rare color film from the 1950s and 1960s!
The Cincinnati area is laced with shortlines. In Part 3 of this series we follow three Indiana & Ohio’s subdivisions plus the varnish of the Lebanon, Mason & Monroe Railroad.
From Trains Magazine, a ride on Amtrak from coast to coast, a look at the beginning of Amtrak and excusive behind the scenes video and interviews. Here is some of America’s best scenery with Trains providing a passenger experience, including tips and tricks.
At Princeton, Indiana, twenty eight miles north of Evansville, the busy CSX Chicago to Nashville main, the former Chicago and Eastern Illinois, crosses the ex-Southern Railway, Louisville to St. Louis line of Norfolk Southern.
Every train for nearly 32 hours between Geneva, the end of the commuter district, and Nelson, where a former CNW secondary line heads south to St. Louis.
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.
The former RF&P, now CSX, main line goes right down the middle of the street in Ashland. On peak days there are 40 CSX and Amtrak trains runnin’ the street.
Not everything is freight. See business trains, inspection trains, dinner trains, commuter trains, and excursion trains from the Midwest to the Southwest in glorious 1990s action.