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HOT SPOTS 21 MARSHALL CANYON, WASHINGTON
UP and CP action in Marshall Canyon, Washington located
southwest of Spokane, the canyon funnels 3 railroads up to
the high desert of the Columbia Plateau. Includes the Palouse River
& Coulee County RR. Latah Bridge in Spokane to Cheney.
1 Hour 45 minutes $24.95 HOT21W WIDESCREEN DVD
CSX ACROSS OHIO
CSX on the former B&O main line, now CSX's
Chicago Line, across the Buckeye State between
State Line and Greenwich. Includes Deshler,
Fostoria, Attica Junction, Willard and Greenwich.
Narration On/Off feature and chapter markers for
each location.
2 hours $35.95 CAO VHS or DVD-R. Widescreen CAOW
QUEENSLAND COAL - THE BLACKWATER SYSTEM
Intense, heavy duty coal train action on QR
National's Blackwater System in Queensland,
Australia. Big trains powered by a pair of head
end diesel or electric locomotives, with up to
three mid train helpers. In addition, you'll see
some passenger trains, including Australia's
fastest, the Tilt train and some regular
freights.
Two hours QLB VHS or DVD $35.95 FULLSCREEN QLB OR WIDESCREEN QLBW
K-36 OVER CUMBRES PASS
Former Rio Grande three foot gauge K-36 2-8-2's
on the Cumbres & Toltec railroad in Colorado's
San Juan mountains. Double headed passenger
trains, single, double and triple headed photo
freight trains in perfect fall weather with
superb foliage and some awesome stack talk. Plus
you'll see the engines being serviced, watered
and taking coal in Chama yard.
Chapter menus and narration on/off.
1 hour 50 minutes plus previews K36 VHS or DVD $29.95 WIDESCREEN K36W
VIENNA'S TRAMS
Join us for a walk around Vienna's inner ring
road, where we'll see lots of tram action.
Conventional trams, new, slinky trams, historic
trams and the interurban-like street railway.
60 mins DVD or VHS VITR $24.95 WIDESCREEN VITRW
HOT SPOTS 20 - DESHLER, OHIO
Deshler is the crossing of the CSX north-south
single track Toledo to Cincinatti line with the
east-west double track Chicago line at grade. The
tower still stands, but is now used by MoW. All
kinds of power, including NS, UP & BNSF, the CSX
OCS with F40ís and even a couple of locals with
cabooses, and several meets. Loads of action!
Minimal narration. DVD or VHS HOT20 $24.95 WIDESCREEN HOT20W
STEAM IN THE HARZ
The Harz Mountains in Northern Germany, formerly
East Germany, is home to the largest steam
powered meter gauge system in Europe. Chunky
2-10-2 tank engines are the mainstay of the three
line system (Harzquerbahn, Brockenbahn and
Selketalbahn) and power all service trains up the
3% 12 mile climb up to the Brocken. Charming
0-4-4-0 Mallet tanks and an 0-6-0 tank are used
in regular service as well as enthusiasts
specials, and a 2-6-2 tank is also available for
enthusiasts specials. Youíll see double headers,
spectacular side by side departures and a variety
of regualar and secial trains. Some awesome stack
talk!
Narration on/off feature. 2 hours VHS or DVD HARZ $24.95 WIDESCREEN HARZW
NS - The Middle Division - Enola to Altoona
Norfolk Southernís Pennsylvania/Penn
Central/Conrail main line, the formerly 4 track
ìBroad Wayî. We start at the west end of Enola
yard on the former ìIron Bridgeî, then move on to
Rockville Bridge, where the main line from
Philadelphia joins the Middle Division. We follow
the line west to Altoona, with lots of big time
NS action, intermodals, manifests, coal trains
and Amtrak. Lots of SD70M-2ís and dash 9ís, and
some power still in Conrail paint.
Narration on/off feature. 90 minutes MDLE DVD or VHS WIDESCREEN MDLEW $29.95
HOT SPOTS 19 - GALESBURG, IL
Galesburg, Illinois is one of the busiest railroad hot spots in the mid west. You'll see some yard action, Amtrak,
and action on the old Santa Fe and Burlington, including both over-unders - downtown and Cameron. Lots of different
paint schemes and power. Narration on/off feature.
2 hours $24.95 VHS, DVD-R FULLSCREEN OR DVD-R WIDESCREEN
VISEU DE SUS - LAST OF THE NARROW GAUGE STEAM LOGGERS
A real working logging railway, with steam in use on a daily basis. The last steam logger in Europe, possibly the world.
We rode working logging trains, or a railbus following the trains. In addition to the trains and the people, in Romania's
Water Valley in perfect fall weather, you'll be chased by a train, see logging disconnects being loaded, the daily
activity in Viseu, realigning track with a crowbar, and see a derailed loaded disconnect being rerailed, 3 ring circus
doesn't begin to describe it! Plus you'll see a couple of diesels, and some of the bizarre truck/van hirailers, including
firey cold starts. OSHA would have a fit, hard hats? safety goggles? Some great stack talk! Narration on/off feature.
2 hours $24.95. VHS, DVD-R FULLSCREEN OR DVD-R WIDESCREEN
MRL 2007
The MRL SD70ACe show! Taped in late April 2007 between Livingston, MT and Elliston, west of Mullan Pass.
Features MRL's new SD70ACe's in both road and helper service, plus BNSF run through trains. Heavy action
on Bozeman Hill and over Mullan Pass to Blossberg Tunnel. Narration on/off feature.
2 hours $35.95. VHS, DVD-R FULLSCREEN OR DVD-R WIDESCREEN
TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD BY STEAM THE DARJEELING - HIMALAYAN RAILWAY
The Darjeeling - Himalayan is totally charming, and once out of the frenetic lower portion,
so are the people, especially the children. We start our journey at Siliguri, not quite the
start of the railway, but the site of the engine shed, and an Indian Rail station, so there
are 3 gauges, broad gauge, meter gauge and the two foot Darjeeling. During the journey,
the railway crosses Hill Cart Road 177 times, and rises 6874 feet to the summit at Ghum.
Kanchenjunga, the second or third highest mountain in the world (depends on who's figures you use)
at over 28,000 feet was visible from near Darjeeling, it's mostly not! You'll take a ride on the
train, and see some of the scenery and the people as well as seeing the trains in action. The
D-H is now a UNESCO world heritage site, and a truly outstanding, delightful little railway.
And for a bonus, you'll see the sugar mill at Riga in Bihar province, it's 0-8-0T, an odd
critter, ox carts and kids!
1 hour 40 minutes
$24.95 DHR FULLSCREEN DVD, DHRW WIDESCREEN DVD
MOJAVE MAGIC 2
California's Mojave Desert is a magical place of rugged mountains, wide open valleys and sweeping vistas.
BNSF's former Santa Fe main line from Chicago to Los Angeles crosses this incredible landscape, and we'll
see everything from high priority Z trains, intermodals and manifests to grain trains with multiple helper
engines, running at speed across the desert, and on their knee's fighting the grades. Superb winter sunshine
and lots of trains in magnificent scenery make this a program you won't want to miss! Narration on/off feature.
"It is simply the best video photography of contemporary railroading I have ever seen! JF"
"This video is without a doubt the best train video I have ever seen. JJ, CA"
"Your best video yet, great color, great action, great job! WW, IL"
3 hours on 2 DVD's
AVAILABLE IN WIDESCREEN ONLY MM2W $35.95
HOT SPOTS 18, ROCHELLE
Heavy UP & BNSF at this busy double track diamond. Both new power, GEVO & SD70ACe's and older power on transfers,
including ex C&NW power. SD70ACe's Katy & MoPac make an appearance.
CP train 177 is a priority intermodal. We rode a GE AC44 on177 from Field to Revelstoke through the spectacular Rocky and Selkirk mountains, including the longest tunnel in the western hemisphere, the Mount Macdonald tunnel. Picture in picture shows different views of the train, the passing scenery and the crew.
Available in VHS or DVD
4 1/2 hours on 2 DVD’s or VHS. $49.95
HOT SPOTS 17 - ROOSEVELT ROAD
Roosevelt Road is just outside Chicago's Union Station and hosts both Metra and Amtrak.
New Metra MP36PH-3S's and F40PH-2's shuttle stainless steel bi-levels, and Amtrak shows
off their P42-BWH's. Multiple train meets. Narration On/Off feature! 90+ minutes $24.95
Available in VHS, DVD Fullscreen and DVD Widescreen
1.5 hours. $24.95
WELSH STEAM 1
TWO GREAT STEAM PROGRAMS ON ONE DVD!
BLANCHE AND THE EARL
A steamy story about Wales' Ffestiniog Railway and two of it's locomotives. We take a cab ride on Blanche, and see both Blanche and The Earl out on the line. In addition we'll take a brief tour of the shops at Boston Lodge and a slate mine. Blanche makes a lot of noise for such a little engine, loads of fun! The Earl is a double Fairlie, with a central cab and two boilers!
GARRATTS UNDER SNOWDON
Take a acb ride on an ex South African 2' gauge Beyer-Garratt on the Welsh Highland Railway, and see two Garratts in action from the lineside, plus ride the train and see some scenery. The garratts are enormous machines for 2' gauge, and what a noise they make! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Almost two hours of Welsh steam action on one DVD!
WELSH STEAM 1 only $24.95 VHS or DVD-R or WIDESCREEN DVD
HOT SPOTS 16 - CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS
3 main lines meets in Centralia, splitting downtown. Canadian National's former Illinois Central,
BNSF's former Burlington and NS's former Southern. Several days of action with a wide variety of
paint schemes, coal trains, rack trains, manifests and intermodal together with Amtrak. Minimal narration.
2 hours $24.95 VHS or DVD-R or WIDESCREEN DVD.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAIN LINE
Canadian Pacific's main line along the Mississippi River through Minnesota from Saint Paul
to Chicago runs through some of the Midwest's finest scenery. In addition to a variety of CP
trains, the River Sub hosts Amtrak's Empire Builder and BNSF coal trains, and the Iowa, Chicago
and Eastern has trackage rights. Soo Line power still heads some trains on this former Milwaukee/Soo
main line. Exciting action, with a wide variety of power and paint schemes! Narration On/Off feature.
75 minutes MRML $24.95 VHS or DVD-R or WIDESCREEN DVD.
VIENNA'S COLORFUL TRAINS
Austrian, German, Hungarian and Czech power at Vienna's Sudbahnhoff, Westbahnhoff and Meidling, Austria's
busiest railway station. Then it's off to the main line west to Saint Polten, with international and long
distance trains, locals and freights. We spend some time at Saint Polten after seeing trains along the route,
where in addition to the bustle of the main line trains we see the narrow gauge Mariazellerbahn. Finally we
follow the main line south over scenic Semmering Pass. Includes a brief look at the control room at Semmering.
Narration On/Off feature!
2 hours VCT $35.95 VHS or DVD-R OR WIDESCREEN DVD.
ALONG THE NEW RIVER
CSX coal trains on the New River Sub, deep in West Virginia. We start our visit at Hinton,
then follow the tracks through Prince, with it's Art Deco depot, over the mountain to Thurmond,
and along the gorge to Montgomery. You'll see the trains far below from the overlooks, and up
close and personal from trackside. We visit the big bridges at Cunard and Hawks Nest, and catch
the Gauley shifter with it's caboose. UP makes an appearance, together with Amtrak's Cardinal,
a number of lease units and brand new SD70ACe's. R.J. Corman now operates the Loup Creek branch
from Thurmond, and we catch bright red geeps in the highly scenic valley. Narration On/Off feature!
90 minutes $29.95 ATNR VHS or DVD-R. Widescreen ATNRW DVD only.
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CALCUTTA'S COLORFUL TRAINS
Over 300 trains and 1,000,000 people use Howrah Station, across the Hoogly
River from Calcutta, every day! 5' 6" gauge trains, with people hanging from
the doors, EMU's and both diesel and electric hauled passenger trains, from
locals to Rajdhani Expresses. The trains are colorful and full of character,
the diesel locomotives are Indian built Alco models, delightfully smokey,
in a variety of types and colors. Howrah, with swarms of people everywhere,
is India's largest station. We also visit Kamarkundu Junction and Kolaghat
Junction for more passenger trains and some freight trains.
CCT 2 hours $35.95 VHS or DVD. Widescreen available only in DVD, CCTW
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STEAM TO JANAKPURDHAM
Tipong Coal Mine is located in Northeast India, on the border with Burma,
and for the moment runs the oldest steam locomotive in regular service in
the world, and a Darjeeling B class.Living on borrowed time, this 2 foot
gauge railway takes coal from the mine through the jungle to a truck loading
facility. Far from tourist destinations, this seldom visited little line is
full of charm and character! As soon as they have the money, two bridges
will be rebuilt, the coal will move by truck and this delightful little
railway will die. The Janakpur Railway runs from Jaynagar, India to
Janakpurdham, Nepal. This 2' 6" gauge line has now dieselized, but we
rode and taped a chartered steam train, with an 0-6-2 Hunswell Clarke
side tank, built in 1930. We were only allowed to stay in Nepal for one
night because of terrorists! The festival of Rama Sita was going on in
Janakpurdham during our visit, and there were thousands of people on the
station waiting for the diesel train, many of them rode on the roof and
sides, and on flat cars on our chartered train. Runby's, the ride from
the train (and the roof) and a look at the people. An entertaining look
at a charming little railway!
100 mins JANA $24.95 VHS or DVD-R. Widescreen available only on DVD-R only JANAW
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BOXCAB - MONTREAL'S SUBURBAN ELECTRICS
Available again by request after several years, this is an older
program shot in 1989 on older equipment, so the quality is not
nearly as good as newer programs. However, the boxcabs and
steeplecabs are long gone, never to return. These were the
oldest locomotives in regular service on the continent,
1914 GE and 1924 English Electric Co. Boxcabs, and 1950 GE
steeplecabs, with six axle heavyweight cars, and some 1952
EMU's.
60 MINUTES BOXC $24.95 DVD-R ONLY
EAST TO GREEN RIVER!
Union Pacific's busy transcon main line between Weber Canyon, Utah and Green River,
Wyoming. The SD70ACe's are out and about, and we caught the Western Pacific unit
leading. Lots of C44-ACTE's are also out and about, on all kinds of trains. Bright
winter conditions and some light snow and heavy UP action.
90 mins ETGR $29.95 VHS / DVD Fullscreen / DVD-R Widescreen DVD-R ONLY ETGRW
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MOUNTAIN THUNDER
Incredible steam action on the Heber Valley and Nevada Northern railroads, with 3 engines in action.
The Heber Valley's Baldwin Consolidation type 2-8-0, a former Union Pacific freight engine puts on a
magnificent display with a photo freight in Utah's snow covered Wasatch Mountains, awesome runby action,
all sound and fury! Sunrise to sunset action in superb weather. Next is the Nevada Northern, where we
take a step back in time in the engine house, then it's off to lineside for runby action, with recently
overhauled passenger 4-6-0 #40 strutting her stuff with a passenger train, including a 124 year old
Pullman palace car, and Alco 2-8-0 #93 with a freight train making the valley's echo with her whistle
and exhaust. Some magnificent action in Nevada's high country. Not to be missed, a must see program
for steam lovers everywhere! 100 mins, PLUS directors cuts and bonus feature for a full two hours!
MTNT $24.95 Full Screen DVD, Widescreen DVD or VHS. (Widescreen available in DVD Format ONLY)
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HIGHBALL OVER CAJON 2
Highball over Cajon 1 was very well received, the only complaint being it wasn’t long enough!
Here, to address that complaint is two hours of Cajon, Part 2! Taped in Spring 2001 and Fall 2005,
there’s lots of variety icluding older units from 2001, a couple of units in the new BNSF Railway
paint, and an SD70ACe, not to mention several brand new SD90MAC’s (pre wings). Blue Cut, Sullivans Curve,
Mormon Rocks, Alray, The Hill, Silverwood, Summit and Frost. Loads of action, including a number of meets,
and a 3 train meet on the hill, lots of different paint!
2 hours HOC2 $35.95 VHS OR DVD
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CONRAIL ON THE B&A
Our very first program shot with a professional camera! The image quality is not as good as our latest equipment,
but you can't see this stuff any more! Tape in 1990/1 between Selkirk and Boston when the B&A was mostly GE powered.
C30-7A's and unique to Conrail C32-8's. Only available as a DVD.
80 MINUTES COBA $24.95
BEIJING'S COLORFUL TRAINS
Colorful indeed, with a wild variety of colors, including some very strange schemes indeed. We take you to Fengtai,
on the outskirts of the city for diesel freights and passenger trains, and electric hauled passenger and freight trains.
Fengtai station is at the end of a hump yard, so we also see DF7's switching (a Fairbanks-Morse lookalike, sort of).
Next it's off to Dahuichang for diesel hauled freights and a few passenger trains, and the famed limestone railway,
with it's 2' 6" gauge 0-8-0's. We visit an unidentified junction for electric freights, and after being sent away
by the police and China Rail officials we visit a more friendly grade crossing for the double unit 8K electric
locomotives and a variety of industrial type units. Then it's off to the Beijing City Wall for an overlook at
Central Station, and finally we visit a yard, where the staff invited us in and showed us where to set up! Impressive
railroading!
2 hours 20 minutes 2 DVD set or 1 VHS $35.95
RAILS AROUND MOUNT SHASTA
Check out UP's line between Redding, California and Klamath Falls, with lots of BNSF diversion traffic. In addition the big boys,
we see California, Oregon & Pacific at Black Butte, and the McCloud River steam excursion. High Tech diesels whining up and down
the Sacramento River Canyon and through the Shasta National Forest.
90 minutes SHAS $29.95
THE IRON ROAD TO THE ISLES
Join us for a magical journey through the highlands of Scotland aboard the Jacobite steam train, on the famed
West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig. You'll see the train in the magnificent highland scenery, the
lochs and the glens and the curved viaduct at Glenfinnan (Harry Potter movie train scenes were filmed on the West
Highland Line, the viaduct appears in the flying car scene.) Full musical score written especially for this program,
and the narration tells of the often bloody history of the region, and about Bonnie Prince Charlies uprising.
Bonus feature - ride the ferry over the sea to Skye, and take a scenic tour of this beautiful island.
70 minutes RA03 $19.95
A YELLOWHEAD WINTER
Ride Via's famed flagship train #1, "The Canadian" west from Edmonton through Canada's magnificent Rocky
Mountains via Yellowhead Pass. Along the way you'll see the ride from the train, the train in the scenery,
some CN freights, and the winter scenery and the wildlife. Full musical score written especially for this
program, and narration to tell you the history of the exploration of the Rockies. Bonus feature- a winter
ride through the stunning scenery of the Icefields Parkway - magnificent!
76 minutes RA04 $19.95
OHIO CENTRAL
Where else can you find a GP30/ox-yoke GP10 lashup ambling through bucolic countryside? Or chase top and
tailed coal trains with SD40-2's, squeaky clean in their attractive maroon, gray and yellow paint? Ohio
Central has to be one of the most attractive regionals around, with a wild variety of power. We spent
some time chasing the OC in May, 2005, Zanesville, Columbus, Newark, Coshocton, coal trains and locals
in the Ohio countryside.
90 minutes OHCE $29.95
HOT SPOTS 15, WILLARD, OHIO
Willard, Ohio is a busy CSX yard on the former B&O mainline across Ohio. We spent two full days at Willard to
bring you lots of color and action, including UP, BNSF, CN, Wheeling & Lake Erie and loads of lease units. If
you didn't know where you were you'd be hard pressed to figure out just who's railroad this was, tons of action!
105 minutes HOT15 $24.95
TOKYO'S COLORFUL TRAINS
Incredible volume of trains, variety and colors. See the trains in Tokyo, Shinagwa, Shinjuku, Yono, Kawasaki and Ueno. See
the Shinkansen, the bullet trains in a variety of futuristic styles and color schemes. A wild variety of emu's and electric
freight locomotives.
105 mins TYCT $35.95
BNSF GALLOPING THROUGH GALLUP
We carry on eastwards from where we left off in "Superfleet & Sagebrush, into BNSF's Gallup Sub, from Winslow,
Arizona to Belen, New Mexico. It's now completely different, with lots of dash 9's in Heritage 2 paint, though
there are still some warbonnets around. Lots of intermodals, and lots of different paint schemes, another colorful
railroad for sure, and a busy one!
105 mins GALL $35.95
AMSTERDAM'S COLORFUL TRAINS
We start our look at the trains of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, at the central station, with electric loco hauled
passenger trains, and mu's, and the light rail near the station. Then it's out to a local park to see the trains on
the main line, then we visit the area around Dordrecht and Lage Zwaluwe for electric passenger and freight trains,
deisel freight and Belgian electric loco hauled freights and passenger trains, former East German/Soviet diesels,
private operators and the Thalys high speed train to Brussels and Paris.
105 mins AMCT $35.95
CHINESE STEAM AT WORK
Steam doing what it was designed to do, in regular service. First we visit the Fengshuigue Coal Mine Railway,
with a JS 2-8-2 on a passenger train at a very crisp dawn, then JS's shuffling cars. Next we visit the Benxi
steel mill with SY 2-8-2's shuffling hot metal cars and slag cars, continuous action often with several trains
moving at once. We even got a peek into a section of the mill where they were pouring moulten steel and slag.
Next, it's off to the totally charming Weihe Forestry Railway with it's delightful, tiny 0-8-0's hard at work
hauling logs. We caught a passenger train chartered by a Japanese group, and several trains with helpers, the
workshops, and generally marvelled that something so small, with such tiny drivers could sound so good. Then
we visit the huge Anshan steel mill for more SY's, and lastly the Puhe mine railway with SY's. 2 hours of hard
working steam.
2 Hours CSAW $35.95
IN SEARCH OF THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL
We set off in October, 2004, to look for what's left of the WC after the CN takeover, and this is what we found.
CN seems intent on obliterating the WC & IC, but we found s few units still in WC paint, albeit a bit shabby.
We followed the line from Rugby Junction to Fond du Lac, spending some time on the now double tracked Byron Hill,
up to Winnebago and across to Stevens Point and on to Junction City. Fall colors.
72 minutes CNWC $24.95
COLOGNE'S COLORFUL TRAINS
Visit the main station in Cologne, Germany for intensive passenger train service under the superb arched
glass roof. Lots of ICE trains of both styles, plus electric hauled intercity and local services, both
emu's and dmu's and a diesel hauled passenger train. Then it's off to trackside to see trains at speed,
then we visit busy Cologne West for passenger and freight trains, both electric and diesel, with a variety
of different power and operators.
TWO HOURS COCT $35.95
CURTIS HILL
Curtis Hill, Oklahoma is still a major bottleneck on BNSF's former Santa Fe transcon between
Chicago and Los Angeles. The east slope of the hill was double tracked in 1995, the west side
is currently being double tracked, but there is still the single track over the Cimarron River.
Curtis Hill is also the location of the longest continuous curve on the former Santa Fe between
Chicago & LA. Loads of action, with fleeted trains, lots of different power. Taped in May, 2004.
90 minutes CURT $29.95
SAND HILLS SUB
BNSF’s Sand Hills Sub of the Powder River Division runes east from Alliance, Nebraska. We follow the line
through the scsenic sand hills in March, 2004 from east Alliance to near Thedford. Lots of SD70MAC’s on coal
train, plus some new AC44’s and dash 9’s.
90 minutes SAND $24.95
HOT SPOTS 14 - CALLAHAN, FLORIDA
Callahan is located 20 miles north of Jacksonville on CSX's main line into Florida. It's the point the line to Tampa
splits off from the main line, and it's south of the point the line from Waycross, Georgia joins the line from Savannah
and the north. Coal trains, intermodals, manifests and Amtrak, lots of different power.
75 minutes HOT14 $24.95
GONE FOREVER - MONTREAL'S ALCOS
Many things are gone from the Montreal rail scene. The big (and small) Alco's and MLW's, Via F's,
FPA4's and LRC's, commuter F's, flags, open auto racks, cabooses and hooping up orders. This is a
much requested redo of our very first program, Montreal's Alco's, completely re-edited with some
never before seen footage. Taped around the Montreal area in 1988 and 1989, these are never to be
repeated scenes of big Alco's, every train, even intermodals, with a caboose, and most flying flags.
Image quality is not as good as today's broadcast digital, but you can't go out and see this stuff!
1 hour MONT $24.95
NORFOLK SOUTHERN BEYOND HORSESHOE
NS on the former Pennsy between Altoona and Conpit Junction. Triple track heavy duty railroading, and a helper district, with sets of SD40-2's doing the honors. There is lots of Conrail blue still around, including an SD80MAC, and former LMS units. There are a number of SD70M's on the property, all with the new style nose, some in primer and some in black, and some in the rapidly disapearing "racoon" or "bandit" scheme. A number of meets, including 2 three train meets. Loads of action.
2 hours HORS $35.95
FOSTORIA - IRON TRIANGLE
Fostoria, Ohio is the point that CSX's North-South ex C&O main line crosses the East-West ex B&O main line at grade, with Norfolk Southern crossing both on the ex Nickle Plate. The area formed by these 3 diamonds is known locally as the iron triangle. Up to 140 trains a day pound the diamonds. We spent two days there from dawn to dusk to bring you lots of action. BNSF & UP and lots of lease units, as well as NS & CSX make appearances. Continuous action.
2 hours FOST $35.95
FLAGS, FLARES & WINGS - UNION PACIFIC'S SD70M'S ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
UP's newest power working hard across the Southwest in New Mexico, Arizona and California. Scenic highlights include Steins Mountain, the Dragoon Mountain, the Maricopa Mountains, the Salton Sea and San Timeteo Canyon on Beaumont Hill. I've always liked SD70M's, but with the flaired radiators and the "Building America" flag paint, I think they are really handsome engines. See and hear them flying across the desert and lugging up grades.
2 hours FLAG $35.95
BNSF'S TRINCHERA PASS
Trinchera Pass is on BNSF's Twin Peaks sub, and runs between Trinidad, Colorado and Texline, Texas, crossing New Mexico. The line is due to start directional running in July, so we paid a visit before it happens.The line mostly hosts coal trains, with a few manifests for variety. The tracks climb and curve along the side of the mountains before heading along the plateau to Texas. A scenic piece of railroad, I even caught a train in an afternoon thunderstorm, lots of lightning!
2 Hours TRIN $35.95
ZURICH'S COLORFUL TRAINS
Spend Sunday afternoon on the main station in Zurich, Switzerland, with 64 trains in one hour, including French and Italian.
Then we head down to the Gotthard Line for a look at both passenger and freight trains. Amazing action, and they run to time!
2 hours ZCT $35.95
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HOT SPOTS 12 - THE NE CORRIDOR
Two days full of trains at two of the hottest spots on the NE corridor, Perrysville, MD and Elizabeth, NJ. AEM7's, E60's,
HHP-8's, Acela Express, NJT, MARC.
HOT12 $24.95
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POWDER RIVER - THE ORIN LINE
Staggering, continuous coal train action on BNSF's Orin line in the Powder River coal basin. UP shares the line, and there
is a continous parade of trains. Lots of meets, a couple of side by sides, and 8 (yes, eight) trains in one shot, and even
a broken knuckle. Some nice storm light and some nice sunset shots, this is one amazingly busy place.
2 hours ORIN $35.95
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WINTER ON MARIAS PASS
Continuing our very popular winter theme, we visited Marias Pass in January, 2002.
Heavy snow and 70 m.p.h. winds marked our visit, and BNSF celebrated by dumping a
westbound intermodal off the bridge at East Glacier on the Saturday night. We taped
some of the cleanup work on Sunday morning, and caught the first train to pass the wreck.
Lots of dash 9's in both Heritage schemes, and a number of warbonnets, plus SD40-2's,
including some still wearing Cascade Green. Taped between Blackfoot and West Glacier,
all the favorite locations including Two Medicine Bridge, Spotted Robe, Bison, False Summit,
Marias, Java, and Essex, and the weather goes from sunshine to heavy snow.
As Monty Python used to put it "and now for something completely different". The Utah Railway has the only
6 MK5000's built, and they ply their trade dragging coal trains over Soldier Summit. They sound very different
with their big Caterpillar prime movers, and they look splendid in the Utah's red and gray paint. We visited
Soldier Summit in January, 2002, and were granted permission to visit the loader, the unit's cab, and Martin
Shops. See and hear these unique units in action!
1 hour $24.95 Order MKSS-VHS or MKSS-DVD
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HIGHBALL OVER CAJON
Another tape on Cajon? Yes indeed. I'd never been and the railroads involved have merged. Because of El Nino everything was green, I had bright blue skies (no smog!) and there was snow on the mountains. Combined with hard working trains and power in a rainbow of paint schemes, models from GP9's through SD751's and C44-9W's pIus leased units, LOTS of SD45's (would you believe 7 in one lash-up?) and GP60M's, all working hard or whining downgrade, what more could you ask for? Lots of action at Blue Cut, Sullivan's Curve, Mormon Rocks, Alray, Terrace Cut, Summit and Frost. Check our the mergers and the scenic splendors of Cajon Pass, you'll be glad you did, this one is GOOD!
NINETY MINUTES CAJN $29.95
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WINTER ON TENNESSEE PASS
Well it's gone. This really was the last winter for Tennessee Pass and what a pity it had to close. Taped in January 1997 with lots of snow and sunshine and superb scenery. This is one of the best tapes I've done, and getting on for being my best seller, it got good reviews in both "Trains" and "Railfan" magazines. Excellent trip, I only got dragged out of one ditch and had to be towed out of Pando by a wrecker. Seriously though, the scenery is just magnificent, the trains are working hard, and the sight and sound of 4 head end AC's, 4 AC swing helpers and 2 AC's on the rear of a mammoth coal train grinding through the double S-curves at Mitchell is an unforgettable experience.
TWO HOURS WOTP $35.95
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MAGNIFICENT MONTANA
WINTER ON THE MRL
Montana Rail Link in February, 1997. We worked our way from Huntley over Bozeman Hill, Winston Hill and Mullan Pass, along the Clark Fork with its semaphores to the famous causeway near Sand Point. We had lots of snow, blowing around in the sunshine on Bozeman, sunshine and heavy snow on Mullan, and got out to the old Milwaukee Trestle at Lombard (what a drive on snow covered dirt roads that was). We caught just about all the power MRL has to offer including F45's, GP9's and a caboose, BN power including the new C44's in Heritage paint, and even an 11 unit lashup in heavy snow. Awesome railroad with older power in the depths of winter.
TWO HOURS MRLW $35.95
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MARIAS PASS
Fall 97 on magnificent Marias Pass, BNSF's mainline through the Rockies. I had some perfect weather and caught lots of the new Heritage C44's, which look terrific against the mountains and fall foliage I started at Shelby and worked through Cut Bank, Browning, Grizzly, Two Medicine Bridge, the snowsheds, Summit, Marias, Java, Essex and on down to Whitefish. I even spent a night at the Izaac Walton to complete the railfan experience of a lifetime. Beautiful fall weather and foliage, stunning mountain scenery, varied and hard working motive power make this an exceptional tape.
TWO HOURS MARI $29.95
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OH CANADA!
BC RAIL
This trip was the fulfillment of a long time personal ambition. We started at the yard at North Vancouver with a rebuilt RS18 and worked our way along the main line to Prince George. We got a brief look at the Royal Hudson along Howe Sound, then concentrated on the freights which are mostly led by the C40-8CM cowls, which we thought were handsome units. The scenery was just magnificent, especially the Fraser Canyon north of Lillooet, making for some stunning views of the trains clinging to the mountainside. We were thrilled to find a pair of C-420's switching at Prince George, and couldn't resist a quick trip to Tacheeda to catch CN handing a coal train over to the electrics This is a fascinating and unique railroad, you'll Iike it as much as we did.
TWO HOURS BCRL $35.95
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BEYOND HOPE Along the Thompson and Fraser
I'd wanted to shoot the Thompson & Fraser Rivers once I saw the CTC Board article in the August 1988 issue, it took nine years but it was worth the wait. Stunning scenery, two railroads with interesting power and lots of action make for a great railfan experience, and we had an excellent time charging up and down in hot pursuit, or finding a good spot and just sitting. We had never really seen CN's big cowls or new SD75's, and Chris had never seen CP's "Red Barns" so we saw lots of new stuff. We caught "The Rocky Mountaineer" and the "American Orient Express," which were pretty neat and several times caught trains on both sides of the river. We covered the line from Hope BC (hence the title) to Kamloops through the magnificent Fraser and Thompson Rivet Canyons.
TWO HOURS HOPE $35.95
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WINTER ON KICKING HORSE PASS
February in the Canadian Rockies, with chest-deep snow, truly stunning scenery and action red SD40-2's. What more could you ask for? We covered CP's transcontinental mainline between Golden BC and Banff AB through the Kicking Horse Valley, the Spiral Tunnels, over Kicking Horse Pass and down to Banff. Power is mostly SD40-2's with some SD40-2F's (red barns) and some leased power. The Rockies are absolutely magnificent and are right in your face, and Morant's Curve has to be one of the most spectacular locations on the continent. This tape recently received the Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum Foundation award for "Outstanding Achievement in Railroad Video"
NINETY MINUTES KICK $29.95
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SAINT LAWRENCE AND ATLANTIC
One of the bright spots of New EngIand railroading, the St. L & A runs from Danville Junction ME to Island Pond VT. We chased up and down during the winter of 1991-2 braving snow, ice and some bitter cold to bring you some splendid footage. In addition to ex CV GP9's, GATX MP15's and GP4O's we see CN GP4OL's in the splendid winter scenery of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
80 MINUTES STLA $29.95
CENTURIES & SUPER 7'S, THE ROBERVAL SAGUENAY
A little known Canadian shortline 135 miles north of Quebec City, running ex Long Island high hood C420's, GE Super 7's and a pair of unique MLW M42OTR's. The line's primary function is to move aluminum ore between the port of La Baie and the smelter complex at Arvada. These guys run hard and it was tough to keep up, but keep up we did to bring you this entertaining tape.
80 MINUTES CAS7 $24.95
EAST BROAD TOP FALL SPECTACULAR 1996
What an absolutely fabulous place the EBT is. One of the things I enjoyed most was being able to wander around the shop complex and just soak up the atmosphere and imagine how it must have been in its heyday. Largely unspoiled and unchanged in decades, with four narrow gauge Mikes in steam over the Fall Spectacular weekend, it was a real treat to see and experience. The EBT runs passenger and freight trains for two glorious days.
90 MINUTES EBTS $29.95
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STEAM NORTHEAST
Never to be repeated scenes from Edaville during railfan weekend 1991 and Christmas, 1991. Lots of smoky atmosphere, the little Baldwin 2-4-4T's are a delight to see and hear. Next is a 70 ton Climax on the White Mountain Central in the summer of 1991, then we see the Valley RR's Chinese 1647 in excursion service then double headed on railfan day.
60 MINUTES STNE $24.95
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN
The Green Mountain runs through scenic Vermont farm country on former Rutland tracks, using the last Rutland locomotive, an Alco RS 1 on passenger trains in the summer. We see the passenger trains and freight trains of the GMRR from trackside and in the cab. Green GP9's, a black ex NS GP9 and a red Vermont RR geep in summer, fall and winter.
80 MINUTES GMRR $29.95
SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL
An affectionate look at the ST on the old B&M in 1990/91. We see elderly, grimy, run down second hand power, including high hood SD45's, ex Santa Fe SD26's, SD39's, SD40-2's, GP9's and GP4O's in lots of locations, plus Conrail run through power and CP and GATX on the Bow Coal trains, plus some MBTA.
TWO HOURS HBST $29.95
THE NEW ENGLAND CENTRAL
New England's newest. We chased the southbound job south out of Palmer the weekend after startup, in February 1995, then again a couple of weeks later in some fairly brisk weather. We chased the northbound job out of Brattleboro in December and January, the latter being somewhat frigid at 20 below, but it made for some excellent photographic conditions. NEC's blue and orange units look great in the snow, and there are some earlier scenes of CV to show how it was.
75 MINUTES TNEC $29.95
MULLAN PASS
Montana Rail Link's Mullan Pass is the crossing of the Rocky Mountains in Southern Montana on the old Northern Pacific route. This short section of railroad has two horseshoe curves, two spectacular trestles and Mullan Tunnel. MRL uses older, rebuilt power, SD4O's, SD45's, SD45-2's SD19's, GP9's, some in MRL's dark blue and some still in the original RR's colors, while BNSF uses anything they own. Taped in fall, 1997.
90 MINUTES MULL $29.95 plus $3.00 S&H
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SUPERFLEET & SAGEBRUSH (BNSF ON THE SELIGMAN SUB)
Warbonnets still rule on the Seligman Sub. Sure, the mergers shows, but there are still lots of units wearing one of the best looking paint schemes ever. The new 700 series GE's are out in force, looking superb in the beautiful winter sunshine. There is some new "Heritage" paint around, and not only on C44's! There are some solid sets of Cascade Green, but not a lot of blue and yellow. This is impressive, heavy duty main line railroading at its best, with howling, high speed double stacks, and roaring manifests dragging up-grade. We cover the line from Needles, CA to Winslow, AZ, including the big bridge at Topock, the Sacramento Wash, Kingman Canyon, Crozier Canyon, Seligman, the Crookton line relocation, Williams Junction, Supai Summit, Maine, Darling, Canyon Diablo, Sunshine and lots more.
TWO HOURS SAGE $35.95
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UP ON THE SUNSET ROUTE
It's all change in Arizona, and anything goes on UP's former SP Sunset Route these days, from brand new SD90MAC's to scruffy tunnel motors, CNW C44's to an SP SD7, SP AC's to elderly C36's. UP puts on quite a show in the magnificent scenery of Southern Arizona, from Steins on the New Mexico border all the way to Yuma on the California border. Slogging up the mountains to racing across the desert, coal trains to double stack, we caught all the action.
TWO HOURS SUNS $35.95
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HIGHBALL THROUGH THE RATHOLE
Infamous in the days of steam for its long, tight tunnels and tight curves, the Rathole has been modernised and daylighted, but is still a great show. We covered the line from Oakdale TN to Danville KY, we really enjoyed the area, especially the huge rock cuts at Tateville, we even hiked through the big cut at Kings Mountain.
TWO HOURS HBRH $29.95
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THE POKEY- Norfolk Southern's Pocohontas Division
Taped in the spring of 1997 when the new widecab GE's were out and about in force, both on the point and as helpers. This is coal country, and we caught lots of heavy coal drags twisting through the narrow valleys and bIasting up the grades and through the tunnels that make up this highly scenic route. NS still uses cabooses for back up moves on the mine runs, I was surprised to find them backing up for 15 or 20 miles. Imagine a new C40-9W on one end and a caboose on the other. Also caught a coal train at War Eagle being run around by half a dozen trains. A great show and another of my favorites.
TWO HOURS POKY $35.95
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NORFOLK SOUTHERN ON LYNCHBURG'S TRESTLES
NS in and around Lynchburg, Virginia, on the famous trestles in 1992. Possum Creek, the massive James River, curved Beaver Creek, Campbell Avenue, Cotton Mill, the L&D and Harris Creek all make an appearance, together with all kinds of NS power. Our first experience of the South and Kudzu.
60 minutes NSLT $24.95
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THE WEST END - CSX'S MOUNTAIN DIVISION
The old B&O West End between Grafton and Keyser, WV. They didn't run much traffic, but what there
was was working hard. We caught manifests R316 and R317 and coal trains on their knees on the steep
grades of Cheat River, Cranberry, 17 Mile and Newburgh, usually with helpers. Mostly older, 4 axle
power with some newer SD50's, few widecabs in evidence. Several varieties of CSX paint, plus Chessie,
Family Lines and Seaboard System.
1 hour 45 minutes TWEC $29.95
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SAND PATCH WEEKEND
Still one of my favorite tapes and locations. Shot over the Memorial Day weekend of 1992, we caught trains at most of the famous locations, meets at the tunnel, a long valiant struggle up grade with the train finally stalling lots of different power from elderly B23's to new C40-BW's, GP4O's to SD50's. Lot's of different paint, from B&O blue to Chessie to Stealth and Bright Future. Sand Patch was everything we expected and more.
TWO HOURS SPWE $29.95
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CRAWFORD HILL
This was a spur of the moment trip before Chris went off to RIT in the Fall of '95. Started badly with the plane from Boston breaking its rubber band, then it's not real scenic between Scott's Bluff and Crawford so I thought the trip was going to be a bust. Not so, the Crawford Horseshoes are just awesome, and there was plenty of traffic. Lots of SD7OMAC's and enough older power to keep things interesting. Even saw the "Trough Train," which is just amazing.
TWO HOURS HBCH $29.95
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IN SEARCH OF THE F'S
EMD F units - THE classic American locomotive. We searched out some of the last remaining F's in 1992. We start the program with BAR's beautiful F3 in excursion service, MBTA F10's in their last year of service then in Cape Cod's pretty orange and green, MARC F's and an E and CSX F's in Baltimore. Long Island has ex F unit "power packs," PATRAIN on the last day of service then as Shore Line in New Haven paint. Both Amtrak and Metro North unique double powered FL9's along the Hudson, GO's control cars, VIA and Montreal commuter F's all make an appearance.
60 MINUTES ISTF $29.94
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KCS & KUDZU
We followed Kansas City Southern's E-W Transcontinental Division from Meridian MS to Shreveport, LA in August, 1996 Power is mostly 4 axle, the CN wide nose GP4OL's are out and about, looking spiffy in their new paint, there is some 6 axle power, we caught some SD40's, SD45's and a tunnel motor. KCS's units are mostly clean, we thought the gray, red and yellow paint scheme looked pretty good. We got some NS power, including a GE with at least a 6-foot flame at the stack, Delta Southern, some Mid-South geeps, the 3% grade through the enormous Kudzu patch at Vicksburg and a nice meet at Munroe. We thoroughly enjoyed KCS, and so will you.
90 MINUTES KCSK $29.95
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HIGHBALL OVER RICH MOUNTAIN
We had a delightful couple of days on KCS's fourth sub of the Gulf division. This is the north-south main line on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border over Rich Mountain. 6 axle power is the rule here, we saw SD40-2's, SD45's SD4OT-2's and SDSO's, plus some BN and Oakway run-through power on coal trains, all working hard on the grade. The tunnel motors really look spiffy in their nice new gray, red and yellow paint, and we caught several leading.
50 MINUTES RICH $24.95
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BRIDGE LINE DIVISION - CP RAIL'S D&H
Over a year in the making, we cover the old Susquehanna Division between Mohawk Yard & Binghamton, you'll see most of the famous locations, including Richmondville Hill, Delanson, Ninevah, Harpursville and Belden Hill. RS18's, C424's, an RS36 and M630's all make an appearance, together with all the other odds and ends to be found on 1993/4's D&H, including 'Gators, Ghosts and Guilford. You'll be trackside in rain, fog, snow and sunshine for some great D&H action - you'll love engineer Mike Green putting on an incredible show with two Alco's, two SD's and a LOT of smoke, these shots are worth the price alone.
110 MINUTES CPDH $29.95
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WISCONSIN CENTRAL
One of our favorite locomotive types is the SD45 and it's variants, so since WC has lots of SD45's and some F45's, it seemed like a natural to shoot. WC was very nice to us, we got tours of the dispatchers office and shops at Stevens Point, and a tour of the shops at Fond du Lac. We caught a GP3O and SDL39 on Byron Hill, a taconite train on the hill with 2 SP AC's and 2 WC units, DM&IR SD9's, UP run through trains, lots of SD45's, some SD24's and an SD35, F45's and boy d0 they look good in WC paint, and a Saturn getting nailed by the local in Black Creek. Our best selling tape ever!
TWO HOURS HBWC $35.95
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THUNDER IN THE WASATCH
SP action on Soldier Summit, from the Price River Canyon to the Gilluly Loops. Spectacular scenery, with snow covered mountains in the background. This is helper country, we had one set of 5 Rio Grande tunnel motors! Lots of action, from tunnel motors to brand new AC's, 6 trains in 15 minutes at Colton, and multiple trains on Gilluly. This is one awesome place and one tape you won't want to miss.
TWO HOURS TITW $29.95
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IN SEARCH OF ALCO'S
The products of Schenectady and Montreal are our favorite form of motive power, so we look them up whenever we can. We've seen RS1l's and an RS3 on the Winchester and Western, these guys were working REAL hard, immaculate C420's (pretty) and an RS36 on the Apache, M630's on the CP (smoke), C424's, RS18's, M630's and an RS36 on the D&H (lots of smoke) M630's on the Cartier, an RS3 on the Lamoille Valley, RS1's on the Green Mountain, an ex P&W M420 on the Mass. Central, C424's on ST, C420's and M42OTR's on the Roberval Saguenay, an S1 on the Maine Coast and ex FA "powerpacks" on the Long Island.
TWO HOURS ISOA $29.95
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SANTA FE ACROSS ARIZONA
The Santa Fe, pre merger, in 1994. Lots of warbonnets speeding across the desert, from Topock on the California border to the New Mexico border. Highlights include a glorious early morning in the snow at Williams Junction and a meet in dirty weather on the plateau above
Kingman. We got snowed on, hailed on, and roasted. Our first view of the Santa Fe.
TWO HOURS $29.95
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN SE ARIZONA
SP on the Sunset Route between Steins on the New Mexico border to Maricopa. Pre merger, with all kinds of run through and leased power, from Conrail, SF, C&IM, BN, UP, CSX, EMD, VMV and MK. San Simone, Olga, Wilcox, Cochise, Dragoon, Davidson Canyon, Picacho and Cow Town.
75 MINUTES $29.95
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STACKS & SEMAPHORES
SP's, now UP's Tucumcari line, one of the few places left that you can find any concentration of Style B lower quadrant semaphore signals. I concentrated on the area around Coyote, Carrizozo and Polly, where most of the signals are, catching then going up ano down. This was taken just after the merger, there is not too much sign of UP yet. One of my Favorites.
80 MINUTES STSE $29.95
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HIGHBALL ACROSS THE MOJAVE
Needles to Barstow on the newly formed BNSF ex-Santa Fe mainline. This is one tough route, 30 miles of 1.4% From Needles to Goffs, rising over 2000 feet for westbounds and 40 miles of 1 %+ for eastbounds, plus the 25 mile drag up Ash Hill. Brand new SD75's to freshly painted GP30's and 35's.
90 MINUTES HATM $94.95
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HIGHBALL DOWN THE YAZOO
Illinois Central's Yazoo District from Jackson MS to Memphis TN through the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta. GP10's with ox-yoke air filters, black SD40's and shiny new SD7O's with the death star on the nose. We didn't expect to like it but we did! The crop dusters antics amused us so I put a bit in the tape. Try it, you'll like it.
70 MINUTES HYAZ $29.95
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HIGHBALL OVER TEHACHAPI
Pre merger SP and SF on this world famous location in December 1995. The loop is impressive, we had a very nice morning sitting in the sunshine on the hillside overlooking the loops, a long Santa Fe pig train draped around the loop has to be one of the most spectacular sights available. We got in to Cable, Bealville, Tunnels 1 & 2, hiked into tunnel 5, got old power, new power, sunset shots, dawn shots and all in all had a pretty good time. the best thing to my mind was the oil cans, now, sadly, no longer running over Tehachapi. The sight and sound of the loads struggling up the grade with B units is just awesome, ground shaking! We covered the line from Mojave to Caliente.
