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Take a train ride on one of America’s foremost routes, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Rocky Mountains.
Watch highlights from the 64 mile ride westbound from Antonito to Chama in September 2014.
Four great diesel programs: Last Streamliners Through The Rockies The concept for this program began with two 16mm color films – one film is the last run of the “Royal Gorge” passenger train Western Rails Western Rails includes a great variety of places and railroads. You will see Kansas City Southern on the Mississippi River…
“Cincy Diesels” spends time in Cincinnati where the CSX line heads onto the C&O River Bridge approach where we see a number of trains at different visits, with the skyline of Cincinnati in the background. We also see the Norfolk Southern engine terminal in Ludlow, Kentucky. The Southern and Norfolk Southern merger is still fairly…
This program is something unusual: An event to honor the Doolittle Raiders, as they make their “Final Toast” to the other fallen comrades and survivors. That story is told through excerpts of the ceremony in Dayton. Our main focus however is the action with the B-25 Mitchell aircraft. After a brief history, we board B-25…
We venture to Northern Arkansas to visit the operations of the Arkansas and Missouri railroad with its all-Alco fleet of motive power.
Take a journey to the beautiful Canadian Rockies and enjoy wildlife in a natural setting. The program is divided into sections with a different piece of music for each type of animal. You’ll enjoy a wide variety of animals including elk, moose, bighorn sheep, porcupine, waterfowl, eagles, bison, whitetail deer, mule deer, mountain goats, black…
Some of the most interesting railroad was the backwoods logging operations, and related short-lines that fed off wood products. This mostly 8mm and super 8mm footage is from mainly two different sources. There are several different operations shown as follows: Rayonier, Inc features 3 articulated engines including 2-6-2’s #14, 38, 120, plus 2-8-0 #70 Klickitat…
A great companion video to Steam to Silverton is this video where we spent time capturing some steam train scenes along the Durango and Silverton Railroad.
This video captures some of the last steam operations in Ontario, before switching to the west and some of the last operations of steam in Manitoba.
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad sponsors various special trains during the operating season. The engineer and fireman school trains are a good example of these types of trains.
The Gunnison line over Marshall Pass and the Monarch Branch were a part of the Rio Grande’s Third Division, which began at Salida, Colorado. We see films from 6 different sources with 95% of it color. We begin in Gunnison and watch engines at the servicing area and see the roundhouse. Later we ride the…
Here is rare footage of Rio Grande Southern Operations on this storied railroad in the Colorado Rockies. There are films by several photographers, and it’s mostly color.
Cumbres and Toltec passenger trains in lovely September!
Here is a film record of Norfolk and Western transitioning from steam to diesel, as we see everything from steam runs, to diesels hauling dead steam engines, and visits to some of the last steam areas on the N&W. We’ll see a rare shot of the Jawn Henry steam turbine on a freight, a Class…
This video captures much of the first operations for this newly restored Nickel Plate 2-8-4 by the Ft. Wayne Historical Society in the 1970’s. The first run in 1979, then in 1980 and runs on the Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad with break-in freights and excursions.Travels toward Bellevue on a cold snowy day in 1979…
Here’s the first two years of operations for 611’s second tour of duty as a restored, operating engine.
Enjoy the last big winter in Eastern Canada for a variety of F-Units on VIA Rail trains from Toronto and Montreal.
The show has three CPR engineers telling of their experiences on the power shown in this program, including 4-6-2’s, 4-6-4 Royal Hudson, 4-6-0’s, 2-8-0’s, 5400 series semi-streamlined 2-8-2’s and even a 4-4-0 number 136. We see famous Royal Hudson 2839 in freight service and the very last fantrip with Royal Hudson 2857. There is a…
We venture to western Canada in 1999 for a special steam run of Former Canadian National 4-8-2 number 6060. This engine operates on the Alberta Prairie Railroad, and on this trip made a special longer run to Coronation from Stettler, Alberta. 6060 pulls a passenger train of happy patrons who are riding behind Canada’s largest…
In 1992 Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger number 3985 made a big trip east from Wyoming to CSX country to participate in the traditional Christmas Santa Claus train on the Clinchfield Railroad line. “Challenger Goes East” highlights some of the eastern territory covered by Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 “Challenger” number 3985 as it heads for Clinchfield country….
It’s the spring of 1986 and Canada’s largest steam engine has just been rebuilt and is heading to Vancouver for Steam Expo. You are inside the cab with the crew and get to see the engineer and fireman and see tracks ahead. In addition there are trackside views and helicopter scenes west of Kamloops, B.C….
“Farewell to 2839” excursions ran in November of 1980 and we the action. This was the swan song for 2839’s mainline excursion tenure, and the engine would not disappoint. Part 2 of this two-parter includes the rare mileage “Independence Limited” operated by the Roanoke Chapter NRHS. This trip originated in Lexington, Kentucky, and traveled the…
We enjoy 2839 on a two day one-way excursion from Alexandria to Atlanta and thus begins a two-year stint of exciting action of a great locomotive playing out its final years and miles of service. In part 1 of “2839, A Royal Farewell” we see first weekend of operations from Alexandria to Atlanta over some…
Reading Railroad 4-8-4 2101 rebuilt to lead the Freedom Train in the eastern U.S. in 1975 and 1976.
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