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| Above 3751 to San Diego DVDOn June 1, 2008, AT&SF 3751 made its first trip from Los Angeles to San Diego in 55 years and Pentrex was on the spot with multiple camera crews using the latest in high-tech equipment to bring you the best possible coverage of this exciting event!Using our famous aerial photography as w ...more | |
| Above the Rails! Combo DVDHere are two shows that lift you up into the skies above Southern California for an incredible look at railroading as you've never seen it before!Above Southern California Rails (42 Minutes) Get ready for the ultimate railfan video as Pentrex takes you into the skies to experience Southern Califo ...more | |
| Conrail Hot Spots East DVDFind a place that's easy to get to, where a concentrated number of trains are guaranteed to roll by in a short time span, and you've just located a railroading "hot spot." Pentrex camera crews traveled the eastern half of the extensive Conrail system, searching out the best places for traf ...more | |
| Conrail Hot Spots West DVDRailroading "hot spots" are favorite gathering places where railfans can expect to see numerous trains in a short amount of time. Following upon the success of Conrail Hot Spots East, which covered the eastern half of the extensive Conrail system, Pentrex set out to record many of the reve ...more | |
| Daylight Freedom Special DVDIn March 2002, Daylight 4449 returned to the rails for the Columbia-Deschutes Special, a 2-day excursion that took the mighty steamer through the scenic wonderlands of the Columbia River Gorge and the Deschutes River Canyon. Making the trip even more remarkable was the Daylight's patriotic pa ...more | |
| Western Maryland Scenic Railroad DVDClimb aboard as first generation Alco diesels pull vintage passenger cars through the beautiful and scenic mountains of western Maryland. Along the route you'll ride through the "narrows," around Helmstetter's curve, through Brush Tunnel and head up and around the mountains to the restored station a ...more | |
| Hot Spots 1 Blue Island Illinois - Metra, Indiana Harbor Belt, CSX and Grand Trunk in ChicagoBlue Island, Illinois, one of Chicago's Hottest Hot Spots, is the place tracks from CSX, GT and IHB meet. Power from Conrail, CSX, CN, CP, GT, BN, SF, SP, BNSF, IHB, IAIS, UP, CNW and a variety of lease units make for some colorful railroading. Power from switchers to GP9's, SD20's to SD75's, C36's ...more | |
| Hot Spots 10 Cisco BC - Canadian Pacifc and Canadian NationalCisco is the point in the Fraser River Canyon where CN & CP cross each other and the Fraser on big steel trestles. This highly scenic location sees plenty of trains from both carriers, CN in particular running some huge freights. Directional running is now the norm, with westbounds on CP and eas ...more | |
| Hot Spots 11 Tucson - The Union Pacific at the famous over-under at Davidson CanyonWe spent two days at the famous over/under at Davidson Canyon, in November, 2000, when the wings were new, and in May, 2002 when they were abundant! We also caught several of the new flag paint scheme, and a number of the new flair 70M’s. A special treat was a scruffy SP tunnel motor leading. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 12 The Northeast CorridorTwo 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. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 13 Williams Junction Arizona - BNSFWilliams junction is the point that the Phoenix line branches off from BNSF's transcontinental main line. Join us for two days of hot action around the junction, with power from UP, SP, KCS, CN, WC, CSX, NS & SOO in addition to the rainbow of colors from BNSF, including warbonnets! ...more | |
| Hot Spots 14 Callahan Florida - CSXCallahan 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, ...more | |
| Hot Spots 15 Willard Ohio - CSXWillard, 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 ...more | |
| Hot Spots 16 Centralia Illinois - Canadian National, BNSF, Norfolk Southern3 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 ...more | |
| Hot Spots 17 Roosevelt Road - Commuter action n ChicagoRoosevelt 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 ...more | |
| Hot Spots 18 Rochelle - Union Pacific and BNSF on a double diamondHeavy 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. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 19 Galesburg Illinois - Former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe linesGalesburg, 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. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 2 Berea - CSX and Norfolk SouthernBerea, Ohio is the point that CSX's Columbus line and NS's Chicago line meet, just to the south of Cleveland. Power is divided pretty evenly between CSX, NS and former Conrail units, plus some run-through power. With 50 movements in 12 hours, this can be a busy place. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 20 Deshler Ohio - Two CSX heavy mainlines cross hereDeshler 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 caboo ...more | |
| Hot Spots 21 Marshall Canyon Washington - Union Pacific and Canadian PacificUP 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. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 22 Fullerton California - MetroLink, Amrak and BNSFFullerton, just a few miles from Los Angeles sees MetroLink commuter trains, Amtrak Surfliners and BNSF freights, and can be a very busy place. Minimal narration! ...more | |
| Hot Spots 24 Hershey Nebraska - Four track Union Pacific MainlineHershey is on Union Pacfic's quadruple track just east of O'Fallons, Nebraska and is the busiest piece of freight railroad in the world, with up to 140 trains a day in busy periods. With so many trains, meets are common, as are multiple trains and even side-by-sides. Amazing action! ...more | |
| Hot Spots 3 Rosenburg Texas - BNSF and Union PacificRosenberg, Texas, about 35 miles southwest of Houston, is one of the last two operating towers in Texas still in their original buildings. BNSF crosses UP's busy Sunset Route, making for some colorful and busy railroading. Both UP & BNSF have small yards here, with locals, and orders are hooped ...more | |
| Hot Spots 4 - Bellevue Ohio - A busy yard on Norfolk SouthernBELLEVUE, Ohio is one of NS's busiest yards, with 3 major routes leading into the west end of the yard. Taped on a sunny, frigid day in February, 2000, with some lovely late afternoon light. Power is just about everything NS owns, some Conrail, and visits from the Wheeling and Lake Erie, CN and leas ...more | |
| Hot Spots 5 Selkirk New York - Former New York Central and Penn Central yard, now CSXSelkirk, New York is the biggest yard in the Northeast, and is now owned by CSX. We spent two frigid days at Selkirk in February, 2000 to bring you CSX in the snow from both ends of the yard. The west end for the Chicago Line and the east end for the Boston Line, the River Line and the branch to the ...more | |
| Hot Spots 6 Gary Indiana - CSX Norfolk Southern and the EJ&E come toegther herePine Junction in Gary, Indiana is our #6 hot spot, and what a hot day of railfanning we had, with 75 trains in just over 12 hours, has to be our best day yet! CSX, NS and the EJ&E all come together at Pine, plus we saw power from Conrail, UP, SP, CNW, SOO, CP, BN, BNSF, SF, South Shore and Amtra ...more | |
| Hot Spots 7 Dolton Illinois - CSX and Union Pacific cross the Indiana Harbor BeltDolton, Illinois, is where CSX & UP cross the Harbor Belt on Chicago's south side. Dolton, apart from being really ugly, has a lot of trains and an active tower. I was fortunate enough to be invited into the tower by towerman Ralph on two afternoons, which was really good, since I got some nice ...more | |
| Hot Spots 8 Daggett California - The Union Pacific Salt Lake main and the BNSF Transcon come together hereDaggett, California is the point that UP's line from Salt Lake City meets BNSF's transcontinental mainline just east of the big yard at Barstow. We taped the trains of BNSF & UP from before dawn to after sunset on a superb March 2000 day. Lots of intermodal, autorack and manifest traffic moving ...more | |
| Hot Spots 9 O'Fallons - Over 100 trains a day on the Union Pacifc mainlineO'Fallons Junction is the west end of the busiest piece of freight railroad in the country, averaging 125 trains a day. O'Fallons is just west of Union Pacific's huge yard at North Platte, Nebraska, and is the point the Orrin coal line branches off from the Overland Route. 60+ trains, non stop actio ...more |
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