Shortlines and regionals are a vital source of traffic for the big Class 1 Railroads. Much of Conrail’s traffic in the Northeast fit this pattern. Explore those railroads and their Conrail connections.
Famed rail photographer Emery Gulash once said “to be a railfan in the mid 1950’s in or near Chicago was a double barrel dream”. If that’s the case, being a Chicagoland railfan in the early 1990s meant capturing the great railroads before they were gone. Dennis Jenko caught these soon to be fallen flags: ATSF, BN, CCP, CNW, CR, CSX, EJ&E, IHB, SOO, and WC.
In Volume 2 of the tracks of the old Missouri Pacific, we’ll continue in the St. Louis Missouri area and across the Mississippi River in the East St. Louis area with Green Frog’s professional railroad photographer Rich Scheid.
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.
Continuing coverage of Conrail’s Executive Train, this last installment shows scenes of this dual-purpose train taken at track level, whereas our first two volumes were cab rides.
Renowned filmographer Emery Gulash captures a variety of classic railroading in Michigan. 1967 action on C&O, DT&I, Pennsy, Santa Fe, N&W, New York Central, Grand Trunk, and DT&SL in Michigan.
Noted rail photographer/filmographer Emery Gulash spent many hours, weekends and vacations capturing the nation’s railroads. From 1952 until 1980, Emery shot the Santa Fe from Chicago, west. Here are the first two volumes of that material, in an almost-4-hour set of programs. At a special price.