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These amazing scenes were filmed between 1989 and 2003 during a series of tours by Bill Alborough of England. Rail action includes modern electrics, which dominate over 80% of the network, along with streetcars, narrow gauge steam and diesel locomotives of various types and eras.
GM&O action between 1960 and 1965 includes the Kansas City Bloomington Motor Car; FAs at Corinth, MS; the only E8 and F7A on the roster; and mail pick up at 80 per in Virden, IL. Then, there’s Rock – some of their FAs rode on EMD trucks! Silvis Shops power includes Centercab Whitcombs and a leased UP Alco S4. An F2 on freight and E3 heading the “Golden State” are two examples of why this road has such appeal to the student of rare diesels.
Horsepower was the main thing – just get the tonnage over the road but for the observer, B&O’s mixed bag of external and internal combustion power made for a show full of suspense and variety
Lots of mainline steam & diesel at Lordstown, Willard. and more.
“50 More Cab Rides” is the answer to all the railfans who clamored for more after the release of our best seller, “101 cab rides”. Enjoy!
There’s so much here 4 hours!) that this two show combo is only available on Blu-ray. Here you’ll meet Norfolk Southern’s 30th Anniversary Heritage Fleet and then see the unprecedented gathering of passenger-pulling “Streamliner” locomotives – all at the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer.
The Canadian National in Southern Ontario and Michigan, on CN and former GTW tracks. Unusually complete coverage in 4 discs.
Noted rail photographer/filmographer Emery Gulash spent many hours, weekends and vacations capturing the nation’s railroads. From 1952 until 1980, Emery shot the Santa Fe from Chicago, west. Here are the first two volumes of that material, in an almost-4-hour set of programs. At a special price.
Special to RailfanDepot! Tour the modern Norfolk Southern. Follow the path of important Atlanta to Chicago traffic – from Chattanooga, through the CNO&TP, then Ohio (hitting Bellevue and other hot spots) then onto the busy racetrack across Indiana to Chicago (via Fort Wayne and Elkhart). This is a Special item for RailfanDepot. Thank you Green Frog! 7 original programs on 4 discs, available on DVD or Blu-ray. Check the description tab below for a rundown on what each of the 7 programs offers.
Trains and ferries were the way many people traveled to New York City in the pre-expressway late 1940s.
Savanna, Illinois, 138 miles west of Chicago on the Mississippi River
This is a two and a half hour deep dive into the former New York Central (Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway) now run by Norfolk Southern. Big E shows the entire train. The narration is comprehensive and informative. It’s like an encyclopedia on the subject!
The Cincinnati area has many places where fans gather to watch and photograph trains. One of the busiest and a local favorite is Hamilton.
For over one hundred years four separate railroads competed for passenger and freight traffic between the New York City metropolitan area and Chicago – the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Erie, and Baltimore and Ohio.
Until July, 1995, Burlington Northern and Union Pacific trains took turns using a diamond crossing where their lines intersect in Grand Island, Nebraska. Now, Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains climb up and over the UP triple-track main.
Join Pere Marquette 1225, NKP 765 and more for a Great Gathering of Steam in Owosso, Michigan.
Locomotives as large as a modest house and weighing many tons, and the cars they pull, can cause carnage on a huge scale when they fly through the air or slide uncontrollably across the ground. This amazing footage covers 1934 through 2011.
Everyone wanted to get to Florida in the 1940’s to 1970’s. See the passenger trains that did the job: FEC, SAL, SCL and early Amtrak.
On the Norfolk & Western, things were different – very different for steam!
14 railroads are covered in this exceptional collection of steam!
From the Super 8mm films of Joseph Seidl comes a moving portrait of vintage and exotic railroading in the 1960’s throughout parts of the US and Canada.
The Midwest is populated with a varied mix of interesting shortline railroads. In this production, C. Vision cameras travel to Indiana and the lower peninsula of Michigan to bring you the fascinating activity of several shortlines within these two states. A few independent shortlines were documented before takeover by operator Genesee & Wyoming, and we…
When you think of all of the steam locomotives that were built in the U.S., the ranks of survivors are thin; even more so for operable examples. So what would the odds be that a one-of-a-kind locomotive built for a small logging operation not only survive, but operate in the Twenty-First Century? Not good. But…
Pullman predated the Civil War, and became THE name in first class rail travel through the golden age of railroads. Pullman operated the sleeping car service on all the great name trains from the 20th Century Limited to the Super Chief; the Broadway Limited to the Panama Limited. But with the formation of Amtrak in…
We cover 11 steam locomotives and 34 diesels with these pacing sequences. Over 3 1/2 hours on two DVDs.One of the most exciting things for railfans is pacing; driving alongside as thousands of horsepower of locomotives go about their business. We have included pacing sequences in many of our titles over the years, and after…
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