All images on these pages are taken directly from Highball's tapes.
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
MK5000's OVER SOLDIER SUMMIT
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-DVD
MOUNTAIN SUB CAB RIDE - THE ROCKY MOUNTAINEER, REVELSTOKE TO FIELD, BC
A Railfan's dream come true! Ride the cab of the Rocky Mountaineer's ex CN GP40-2L's
through the stunning scenery of British Columbia's Selkirk and Rocky Mountains and see
the engineers view of inaccessible Kicking Horse Canyon and the interior of the Connaught
Tunnel. The main view is straight ahead, with picture in picture of the scenery and crew.
Hear the locomotives work, in cab conversations, (some conversations have been edited
to protect the guilty!) radio talk, and see the engineer and conductor at work.
RMCR 2 Tape Set - 4 Hours $49.95
F40
EMD’s F40 is the engine that saved Amtrak, powering the nation’s passenger trains for
25 years. Now about at the end of it’s career with Amtrak, the F40 soldiers on in
commuter service, and leased to other carriers like CSX and the Ski Train. See the F40
in action on Amtrak, CSX, CalTrain, ACE, MBTA, Metra, the Ski train, Pandrol Jackson,
in freight service on the UP, on the Iron Road with a chopped nose, and as cab control
cars.
F40 60 Minutes $24.95
SUPERCAB
In Supercab we take an in depth look at the development of the Supercab locomotive, from the industry standard SD40-2 and C30-7 locomotives of the '70s, the GP40-2 "Canadian" cab that started it, to the SD60M & C40-8W, the first US Supercabs, through the high tech SD90MAC and AC6000CW of today.
60 MINUTES SUPE $24.95
C420-ALCOS ON THE APACHE AND ARKANSAS & MISSOURI
One of our favorite locomotice builders is the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York, and our favorite Alco is the Century 420. Two railroads roster fleets of C420s, Arizona's Apache, and Arkansas' Arkansas & Missouri. We visited both railroads in 1998 for the pure pleasure of it, and this tape is the result of our journeys. See these pretty locomotives doing what they do best, lugging freight. Both roads keep thier locomotives in immaculate condition.
60 MINUTES C420 $24.95
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
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