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In Volume 3 of Railfanning the Reading, we’ll pick up where we left off in Volume 2 at 12th Street Allentown and traverse the East Penn Branch to the cross line proceeding west to Carlisle Junction.
125 years of steam railroading under the Southern Stars, and through the ‘southern Alps”. Join the New Zealand National Film Unit for this documentary.
One of the most famous mountain climbs in US railroad history. See it now, learn the history, and be in the cab with the crew in 1984.
You have the best seat in the house, up above the action! This all new, all-drone show covers Norfolk Southern at Horseshoe Curve and much more. DVD or Blu-ray.
The Reading Railroad in steam and diesel, freight and passenger operations, from the 40s to the 70s. Narration and commentary by Mike Bednar.
This show is loaded with exciting UP train action in the scenic state of Wisconsin. We begin with Union Pacific 4014, a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, seen pulling a 15 car passenger excursion across the Badger State. Big steam and big freight action!
What’s more iconic than a backwoods railroad and a paper mill?
Visit all the best spots as we watch Norfolk Southern crest that old foe, the Allegheny Mountains. This is the former PRR route via Horseshoe Curve.
Hop aboard for an all-access look at Amtrak’s premier passenger train, the Coast Starlight, as it makes its trip from Los Angeles’ Union Station to Seattle. Includes a behind-the-scenes look and interviews with the crew.
See these four fascinating New England shortline and regional railroads as they travel the rails across the scenic states of Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Two Classics, brought together in one show. Digitized, restored and enhanced and now available on DVD or Blu-ray. NOTE: The Blu-ray *is* 1080 HD and certainly better quality and higher resolution than the DVD, but is *not* up to modern 4K viewing standards.
Barstow, California. Gateway to both Cajon Pass and the Mojave Desert. BNSF and UP push trains through here at a rapid pace.
Southern Pacific’s Daylight 4449 has been called the most beautiful steam locomotive in operation, drawing crowds of admirers whenever the colorful, magnificent 4-8-4 runs in excursion service. In October 1995, after a three year hiatus, 4449 once again thrilled as it steamed through Fall colors in Oregon.
150 pages. Over 100 maps covering the Northeast (NY, PA, NJ, MD, DE), including more than 60 detail maps. Now covers transit lines. 45 page index plus 3 page NYC Transit Index.
Steam Rotary OY and 2 Mikados. The San Juan Mountains thundered in a continuous eruption of steam, smoke and snow. Shot in HD in 2020.
We follow the J’s last public mainline excursions out of Roanoke, and a Lynchburg to Petersburg round trip in May 2017. Then we see her historic trip to the Strasburg Railroad in 2019.
Rotary OY is joined by K-36 class Mikado #487 & 484, and put on a great show as they push Rotary OY up the 4% grade between Chama & Cumbres Pass.
2020 was a tough one for BNSF’s Great Northern crossing of Stevens Pass. 7idea takes into the storm.
“Baldwin Diesels” is a 2 show combo: “Early Baldwin Diesels on the Southern Pacific” and “California’s Baldwin Diesels”. See action on the SP, Trona, Amador Central and the Sierra Railroad. All Baldwins!
As of February 2020, Union Pacific has officially retired Challenger 3985, saying she now has a worthy successor in Big Boy 4014. Fight back! Watch 3985 from her maiden mainline trip in 1981 from Cheyenne to Sacramento and her trip to Chicago in 1993.
Narrow gauge 2-8-0 #315 was built for the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad in 1875, later became Rio Grande 425, then D&RGW 315. It finished service as the Durango Switcher in 1949, and now runs for the Durango & Silverton!
In 14 miles of the West Slope we see Sullivan’s Curve, Mormon Rocks, Blue Cut and the Summit (and more). With grades as steep as 3% and both Union Pacific and BNSF pouring trains back-to-back through this 14 mile funnel landscape, this is exciting big-time railroading! Look for rare visitors to the pass: Snow and Big Boy 4014!
Trains Magazine continues their coverage of Big Boy 4014 as it hits Sherman Hill, Cajon Pass, the Sunset Route and Texas.
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