Colorado & Southern Steam 1950s/1960s
Original price was: $29.95.$24.95Current price is: $24.95.Vintage steam footage on the rarely filmed Colorado and Southern.
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Vintage steam footage on the rarely filmed Colorado and Southern.
By 1959, Canadian steam was being systematically replaced by diesels. The end was near.
We journey to the CP in 1958 for a variety of CN and CP trains, all headed up by steam.
It’s 1957, and big steam still ruled CP and CN rails.
Via rare 16mm film we see Burlington Route steam from in Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
UP’s biggest power, the 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy”, and the 4-6-6-4 Challenger.
Rare Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range film from the late 1950s to the end of steam.
Bay Bridge, the Ferry Eureka, The Oakland Mole and Donner Pass. This is SP’s Overland Route to SLC.
A variety of Southern Pacific steam power, from the 1930’s to mid-1950’s.
The golden age in railroad PR films, from the 1930s to 1950s.
New York Central Steam power in NYC steam’s the final years and locations.
The final year of revenue steam operations on the DRG&W. Narrow gauge from Alamosa to Farmington via Chama and Durango. 2 DVDs.
Massive Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Yellowstone type 2-8-8-4 locomotives operating in 1958 and 1959.
In the Pacific Northwest Rayonier was the last of an American railroad icon – the steam powered logger.
In the early 1950’s steam was replaced rapidly by diesels. Here are some of the final days of NP steam.
Rare and wonderful color look at Canadian steam in Manitoba.
2/3rds of the action is in the USA, 1/3 in Canada.
It was the twilight of steam! See a variety of CP and CN steam.
The last years when steam was king on the king of steam railroads.
As a part of the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair, there was a twice-daily pageant based on the history of American transportation called Wheels-a-Rolling. Significant historic events were related with a railroad background. Hundreds of actors participated and many of these were steam powered!
Union Pacific took on the Continental Divide head on! The ruling grade over Sherman Hill, between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, made the UP the leader in locomotive “super power”. Big Boys and Challengers ruled in steam days, Turbines and Centennials handled right after.
Fantastic color images from 8mm film taken in the Appalachians on the last holdouts of steam railroading!
Known as the Desert Princess or the Slim Princess, this Southern Pacific line was a rarity: a narrow gauge owned by a major railroad.
Coal was discovered on Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia, in the 1800s. To haul their product, the coal companies constructed a rail line to the Port of Sydney.
Sit back and watch vintage railroad action on the famous “Joint Line”! The Denver and Rio Grande Western and Santa Fe each had single track mainlines between Denver and Pueblo.
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