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Ride two streamliner trains on the former Rio Grande through the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Ride the famous California Zephyr in a dome car from Denver, then ride the historic “Last Run” of the “Royal Gorge” through the Royal Gorge Canyon for the last time. This concept for this program began with the finding of two…
Two shows on one DVD: Great Steam Trains Volume 1 and Great Steam Trains Volume 2. We see four locomotive segments in each program, and a wealth of steam variety. In Volume One we start with a visit to New England and 0-6-0 # 7470 at the Conway Scenic Railroad during fall colors. This railroad…
This program consists of three rare historical military films related to the invasion of Europe in World War 2. All are black and white sound films professionally transferred to DVD. First is D-Day Convoy, which shows a lot of the preparations of soldiers, and equipment at various locations in England, as well as airborne troops…
Rare Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range film from the late 1950s to the end of steam.
Southern Pacific’s Overland Route: San Francisco toward Salt Lake City, via Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada Mountains including Donner Pass. Crossing the Bay Bridge to San Francisco we see the SP Ferry Eureka, plus streetcars and scenes at the Oakland Mole passenger terminal. Mostly steam action, there is rare footage of the “City of San…
SP action: Tehachapi Loop, Cajon Pass, and Donner Pass.
Enjoy great action on the Santa Fe Railway system – this DVD features a variety of trains hauling freight in a variety of places! This video was shot over several years, and includes action on Cajon Pass, and Tehachapi loop, plus some additional shots along the transcontinental mainline in Arizona and New Mexico. Shot primarily…
Experience one of railroading’s great trips – across Donner Pass! In the cab of a Union Pacific EMD SD60 hauling an expedited MRVRO freight manifest heading east from Roseville Yard to Roper, Utah. Four hours.
For the Union Pacific Railroad in the early 1990s, railroading in the Blues – the 200-mile segment of UP’s Oregon Division Mainline – meant staggering grades, extreme weather, and 3 daunting summits.
Southern Pacific’s last Imperial Valley sugar beet train pulled into the station at Guadalupe, California in 1993 – the nearby sugar mill would shut down after nearly 100 years of operation. Catch the last run of the famous sugar beet train.
It’s one of the roughest, toughest mountain passes, where heavy tonnage trains battle 2.2 percent grades and up to three sets of helpers are needed for the haul.
Donner Pass… the famous name evokes daunting obstacles… and with good reason. Steep grades and seven months a year of winter weather would put any railroad’s resources to the test, but the Southern Pacific was up to the job.
From the great San Bernardino Valley to the high desert community of Barstow lies one of the busiest and most scenic mainlines in the country. 12 hours of railroading on this line.
Union Pacific 844 and Southern Pacific 4449 steam locomotives make history by double-heading for the first time ever between Tacoma and Everett.
Here’s your opportunity to sit back and enjoy an entire day’s activity at what some say is the busiest all-freight railroad junction in the world – Union Pacific’s Gibbon Junction.
Steam ruled the rails in Sacramento when the California State Railroad Museum hosted Railfair ’99 and the NRHS and R&LHS scheduled their national conventions in Sacramento to coincide with the event.
Journey with Pentrex on a tour of the finest railroading hotspots Southern California has to offer! This two disc set has all the hot spots at a money-saving price.
Journey with Pentrex on a tour of the finest railroading hotspots Southern California has to offer! Here are some true railroad hot spots that feature great action from BNSF, UP, Metrolink, Amtrak and more!
Santa Fe’s line across the summit of Raton Pass in northern New Mexico is the railroad’s highest mountain pass and one of its most challenging.
Travel back in time to southern West Virginia, deep in the heart of Appalachia, to experience the busy double tracked stretch of Norfolk Southern mainline called the Pocahontas District.
Take a brief look at 46 different Pentrex shows. Volume Two.
For nearly 47 years, the Southern Pacific Railroad relied upon its massive AC-type “Cab Forward” steam locomotives to haul freight and passenger trains throughout California and neighboring states.
In 1992, Santa Fe was sending train after train across California’s Mojave Desert, making the Needles Subdivision one of the busiest lines in the nation.
Explore the entire Illinois Central System – now another fallen flag. Two discs in one case: See the North end of the system and then the South end of the IC.
Five promotional films feature both steam and early diesel power in rare glimpses of an earlier time. These advertising films promoted the value railroads played in the public’s daily lives.
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