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Volume 2 in the CNJ series shows the CNJ in the turbulent 1960s, from Jersey City, NJ to Bethlehem, PA. The CNJs multiple track mainline, used by parent company Baltimore and Ohio and sister company Reading is featured being utilized by all three companies in Jersey City, Communipaw, Elizabethport, Elizabeth, Aldene, Cranford, Plainfield, Middlesex, and Bound Brook.
This program covers the years 1948 to 1963 and features the steam and diesel power of that era. Beginning near Jersey City, locations visited include High Bridge, Green Pond, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk, Glen Onoko, Ashley, Wilkes-Barre, and more. Featured motive power ranges from Camelback switchers to SD35s, and includes Pacifics, Babyfaces, Trainmasters, RSs, Geeps, and Fs.
Vignettes of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton covers the DT&I during the roads final 25 years, at locations including Detroit, Delta, Leipsic, Lima, Quincy, Springfield, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Jackson.
This is a time of transition for the B&O: Steam to diesel, first generation to second generation diesel and from the 1950s to the 1960s. Rare film gives us a peek at that exciting time.
Watch rare film from the 1940s and 1950s of B&O steam, much of it on Sand Patch Grade. Mostly color, some 1940s film is in B&W.
The second volume of this series features the B&O’s finest steam. From rare 1954 film footage we see steam powering passenger trains on the West End between Grafton, West Virginia and Cumberland, Maryland. We also steam at the head end of freights over Sand Patch Grade and coal trains on the old Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Featuring the color film Karl Walters, Vignettes of the Baltimore and Ohio, Volume 1 documents Karl’s penchant for branch lines and smaller steam locomotives. Karl was trackside during the transition years on the B&O to film steam engine classics and the newest diesels.
Volume 3 wraps up the Clear Block series by following the Soo Lines former Milwaukee Road lines from Kansas City to Chicago and Terre Haute, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky.
Part 2 of Clear Block’s three part series on the Soo follows the original mainline west of the Twin Cities to Portal, North Dakota and Noyes, Minnesota. This line taps the rich farm lands of this area.
Volume 1 of this 3 volume look at the Soo covers the former Milwaukee Road racetrack from Chicago to Milwaukee and on to the Twin Cities.
Clear Block wraps up its look at the GTW with in Detroit area – from Andersonville, north of Pontiac on the GT Holly Sub, to Monroe.
Part 5 of the comprehensive 1990s GTW series features the former Detroit Toledo Shoreline Route from Delray Tower in Detroit to Lang Yard in Toledo.
Watch the GTW on the former Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad from Springfield, Ohio north to Flat Rock Yard, on Detroit’s south side. Shot over a 5-year period, we see a detailed look at GT and Indiana and Ohio trains from trackside and onboard a passenger special.
Part three of the GTW series covers the Holly Subdivision from Durand to Detroit, and the Mt Clemens sub from Detroit to Port Huron, including both the old and new tunnels under the St Clair River.
See “The Trunk” from Battle Creek to Port Huron, Michigan. Includes the car ferry operation at Port Huron.
See the Grand Trunk in the 1990s from its western terminus in Chicago to Battle Creek, Michigan.
Have you ever passed a track gang and wondered what all those machines actually do? Here’s your answer and more.
Santa Fe’s “final run” of steam power over Cajon Pass took place in 1955 when 3759 was brought out of storage for a special excursion dubbed “Farewell to Steam”.
Enjoy four hours of nonstop action from dozens of America’s classic steam locomotives. Watch these steam locomotives in excursion service today – and see vintage film of steam in the glory days of steam.
To railfans, ‘street running” brings to mind images of long trains operating down busy city streets while traffic swerves to avoid disastrous collisions. Let’s look at 22 of these locations around the country.
Travel back to 1994, prior to the Santa Fe merger with Burlington Northern, and explore Santa Fe’s San Bernardino Subdivision in Southern California.
Southern California is host to a dazzling array of railfanning opportunities. Here’s a whirlwind tour of great Southern California railroading adventures.
Railroading in Pittsburgh includes mountain helper districts, long tunnels, countless bridges, triple track mainlines, heavy industrial switching, an active interlocking tower, and well over a hundred trains a day! NOTE: A very few customers have reported low volume on this show. The problem seems to be how a few older DVD players and this particular DVD handle mixing audio channels.
The Denver & Rio Grande Western means rugged, spectacular mountain railroading, heavy freight hauling, and terrific action shots. This is Denver to Salt Lake on the D&RGW mainline.
In the northern woods of Minnesota lies the Mesabi Iron Range, an area rich in taconite iron ore – and in railroading history. In 2001, the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway was still independent and busy hauling this iron ore.
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