Canadian Steam 1959
Original price was: $29.95.$24.95Current price is: $24.95.By 1959, Canadian steam was being systematically replaced by diesels. The end was near.
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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.
James P Gallagher was known nationwide for his railroad photography and in 1974 he turned his camera on the Western Maryland. Volume 2 of this series cover Keystone, Pennsylvania to Cumberland, Maryland featuring the WM just prior to these routes being downgraded by the Chessie merger.
The “Wild Mary” from eastern terminus Baltimore to Elkins, WV and Connellsville, PA from 1940 until Chessie in 1975.
The Reading Company was the favorite railroad of Allentown, Pennsylvania native Charles Houser, Sr, who filmed throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Steam and Diesel are included in this rare color and black & white film.
Part 2 of this series begins with a look at the Ft Wayne Division between Chicago and Crestline, OH before moving east to the Ohio/Pennsylvania border at Wood Tower and then Horseshoe Curve and environs.
Part 1 of this series is a look at the Penn Central in Ohio and Indiana.
Part 2 of the EL series picks up where Part 1 left off and covers the years 1970 to 1976. We’ll see EL, Penn Central, Chessie System and Norfolk and Western action at AC Tower and get a look at the Marion Humpyard, a trip down the Dayton Branch, and east of Marion to Galion and Mansfield.
The vaults of the Southern Pacific provided a treasury of vintage footage to Pentrex, enough for two outstanding shows now combined on one DVD.
Not your everyday fare, the sighting of a Special (special trains and extraordinary movements) are rare treats for the eager rail enthusiast. The scenic slopes of Cajon Pass, provides the ideal setting for these exotic sights.
Streamliners epitomized a new world of modern living, symbolizing style and technical evolution in the ongoing fulfillment of the American Dream.
The only complete printed railroad traffic atlas available. In 92 detailed pages you get all rail lines, traffic density on each line, crew change points, helper districts, tonnage estimates between points and trackage rights over each line. Traffic density for the entire US rail system.
Historic Hot Spots are etched in the minds of those who were there firsthand and revered by those who wish they had been. Here we highlight a few in the transition time of American railroading.
These programs were filmed by noted railroad photographer Dick Wallin during the 1960s and 1970s. Each program brings you a unique look at classic motive power on America’s historic railroads! Two shows on one DVD.
This 140-mile stretch of Southern Pacific, now Union Pacific, double-tracked mainline challenges trains to 2.3 percent grades on its 85-mile eastbound climb to the 7,000-foot elevation at Donner Summit.
Imagine thousands of steam locomotives in everyday use, rolling through lands of stunning beauty. That was steam railroading in China in 2001 when this exciting documentary was filmed.
Soo Line 2719 is a H-23 Class 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive that was built by Alco in 1923 – and still runs today. 2719 worked hard for the Soo until retirement in 1959. But, 2719 has had more than one career since retirement.
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