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FRANCE – a study of passenger traffic along the mainline which parallels the River Doubs just to the east of Besan on in eastern France.We also see BB25500 electrics, now very much in the twilight of their careersSWITZERLAND – we visit the busy station at Aarau on the line from Zurich to Olten. Our evening…
In this presentation, we cover the 128-mile east end from Staples to University Junction in Minneapolis.
Get ready to travel back in time to the Northeast corner of Minnesota, also known as Minnesota’s Arrowhead. Cinematographer George Niles captures stunning steam, electric and diesel images from 1958 and 1959 of several legendary railroads including: the Northern Pacific, Duluth Missabe and Iron Range, Hanna Mining, Oliver Iron Mining, Mesaba Cliffs Mining, Duluth and…
Today, it’s a fallen flag railroad, but it was once one of the most unique rail lines in the United States. The Milwaukee Road, which ran from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest, operated as an electrified line in Montana up until June of 1974. Photographer Ted Pope captured the last 4 days of the electric…
In Volume 5 of Railfanning with the Bednars, we’ll look at the last 10 months of operation before Conrail.
Volume 4 of Railfanning With the Bednars, we railfan April 1973 to early June 1975 and the arrival of the GE U23Bs on the Valley. The U23Bs would be the last new locomotives the Valley would receive.
C. Vision Productions takes you back to the 1950’s to view classic train movements in Iowa and the Mississippi River Valley in Wisconsin in Corn Belt Railroads in the 1950’s! From the films of George Niles, we will view steam and early diesel operations on the Rock Island in and around Des Moines, Iowa. Then…
Explore the former Santa Fe main line in Arizona and California. Videographer Kenn Oberneder captures the action on this super busy transcontinental main line from Seligman, Arizona to Ludlow, California.br>Next to the famous Route 66, this main line is known as one of the busiest sections of railroad in the United States. Along with tons…
Explore the former Santa Fe main line in Arizona. Videographer Kenn Oberneder captures the action on this super busy transcontinental main line from Holbrook to Crookton, Arizona. Along the way, we also capture an Alco powered train on the Apache Railroad south of Holbrook.br>From stunning scenery in the high desert of eastern Arizona to the…
Shoreham Hill After the Milwaukee Road Merger Following the Soo/Milwaukee Road merger, the Soo’s Twin Cities to Chicago Main was downgraded to a secondary route. The Soo’s double track main line through Northeast Minneapolis had been dormant for most of the winter of 1985. On January 11, 1986, the Soo ran a Roseport bound potash…
Including the SOO. Industry deregulation began. Line rationalization, abandonments, reorganization and even bankruptcy would ultimately affect traditionally steady Midwest carriers like the Rock Island and Milwaukee Road. Despite difficult years in the 1980’s, the Soo Line remained a fascinating railroad. Technology alone would create an entirely different landscape and appearance to a road that would…
Special Steam Bonanza! 2 Shows on 4 Discs for 8 Hours of Pentrex!
12 hours a day, 6 days a week for 3 months, Union Pacific and a team of skilled contractors made history by rebuilding two Jordan Spreaders. Watch the work – and the action as it plows snow.
One of the railroad’s most important tools for battling the snows during unusually heavy Winter seasons just got re-enlisted: The Rotary Snow Plow! And it comes just as an avalanche traps a crew on the mountain.
This locomotive and its 645 prime mover have operated on railroads for nearly 50 years! Volume 4 includes all new footage of Union Pacific 40’s in both transfer and main line service. We even catch one of Canadian Pacific’s rebuilt 40’s along with a couple trains led with CSX and NS SD40-2’s.
Visit Oregon’s Blue Mountains and Union Pacific’s three heavy grades.
Enjoy great steam action during the height of the autumn color at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
Enjoy great steam mountain railroading with three different adventures!
Short and sweet, this is the famous Pocahontas District.
The “North End” of the old Clinchfield.
For sheer volume it is hard to beat these 3 three miles of joint trackage.
Coal and freight from the west, heads east and south.
This program showcases the 15 tough miles of the old Norfolk and Western from the East Yard at Bluefield to the crossovers at Oakvale. The West Virginia autumn scenery is a beautiful backdrop for a parade of trains.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad has a long rich history as a strategic railroad link for commerce and, during the Civil War, of military importance. More recently part of the L&N and now a vital artery for CSX.
In Volume 2 we railfan the Champlain, Saratoga and Susquehanna divisions as well as trains on the Lehigh line, former DL&W line to Binghamton and the D&H turns from 1974 to 1981.
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