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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
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 $34.95
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
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
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.
TWO HOURS HBOT $29.95