Specials & On Sale Items
| At the Throttle Cab Ride Vol 1 DVDThe San Bernardino Subdivision Los Angeles to San BernardinoWith the camera secured to the front of an eastbound stack train and the scenic landscapes of the BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision stretching before you, you're at the throttle and about to experience a train ride like no other! In this show ...more | |
| At the Throttle Cab Ride Vol 2 DVDClimb aboard as we take an exciting 70-mile trip over BNSF's Cajon Subdivision from Devore to Barstow. You'll have the best seat in the house! We've placed our camera at the very front of the lead unit on BNSF's hottest Z train. The four GE Dash 9 44CWs on our train provide 17,600 horsepower for the ...more | |
| At the Throttle Cab Ride Vol 3 DVDTrain MeetsWelcome to Volume 3 of At the Throttle. With our camera mounted on the lead engine of a BNSF train, we ll take to the rails to bring you a spectacular and unique perspective of railroading like no other! Volume 3 is dedicated to train meets, the exciting encounter of two opposing trains t ...more | |
| At the Throttle Cab Ride Vol 4 DVDThe Alameda CorridorHop on board! We ve got a first class ticket for you to ride a BNSF doublestack train on the Alameda Corridor! From Hobart Yard in Los Angeles to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and back again, including Terminal Island and Pier 400, you re about to witness a line that fe ...more | |
| At the Throttle Cab Ride Vol 5 DVDAt the Throttle Volume 5 takes you to Southern California's scenic Surfline, primarily in San Diego and southern Orange Counties, to enjoy images of railroading that few ever experience. With our camera mounted inside and outside the cabs of several different BNSF locomotives, you'll get to see the ...more | |
| At the Throttle Cab Ride Vol 6 DVDWelcome to Volume 6 of our exciting At the Throttle Cab Ride series! In this program, we'll show you a railroader's perspective and a whole lot more as we once again take to the rails in Southern California. Not only is this production the longest of our At the Throttle shows, it's the most varied. ...more | |
| Pentrex DVD Previews Vol 1 DVDPentrex DVD Previews bring you the subjects, variety, and action you look for in your railroading entertainment and they're the ideal way to sample the superior quality that goes into every Pentrex show. Volume 1 treats you to 43 different shows spanning two and a half hours of great viewing!Note ...more | |
| Pentrex DVD Previews Vol 2 DVDPentrex Previews are a favorite way to sample the full range of railroading adventures you can expect to find in a Pentrex DVD. Whether you're looking for steam, vintage diesels, favorite fallen flags, famous locations, or today's mainline operations, there's something for everyone in this over two ...more | |
| Pentrex DVD Previews Vol 3 DVDHere's the best way to sample the quality that goes into every Pentrex show, preview our latest DVD releases, and revisit your favorite railroading hot spots! Pentrex DVD Previews Volume 3 is packed with highlights from these 44 exciting programs:* Above 3751 to San Diego * Across ...more | |
| At the Throttle Complete Six DVD SetAn entire 6 disc set of our top selling "At the Throttle" series. Over 12 hours!!You'll get:AT THE THROTTLE 1The San Bernardino Subdivision Los Angeles to San BernardinoWith the camera secured to the front of an eastbound stack train and the scenic landscapes of the BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision s ...more | |
| Santa Fe across ArizonaThe 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, ha ...more | |
| 177 Cab Ride - Field to Revelstoke on a Canadian Pacific Priority Intermodal TrainCP 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 ...more | |
| 315 & the Mudhen - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RailroadC-18 #15 and newly restored K-27 "Mudhen" #463 team up in the fall Chama Steam charter on the Cumbres & Toltec. Some great stack talk, single and two engine run by's and in cab footage. ...more | |
| K-36 Cab Ride - Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RailroadRide the the cab of a Durango & Silverton 3 foot gauge former Rio Grande K-36 2-8-2. You’ll see the magnificent scenery, the crew at work, some run-by’s and through it all you’ll hear the engine at work, with some awesome stack talk. ...more | |
| Midwest Challenger - Union Pacific 3985Union Pacific's Challenger 3985, the biggest operating steam engine in the world on a U.P. special between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Saint Paul, Minnestota in September, 2008. You'll see this impressive, massive locomotive storming Archer Hill, along the triple track, a spirited departure from North Pla ...more | |
| 734 Photo Freight - Western Maryland Scenic RailroadEx Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 #734 on a photo freight on the Western Maryland Scenic in fall foliage. Hear her barking exhaust, and see smoke and steam plumes in the cold air as the engine works hard on the grades. ...more | |
| Action SP - Southern Pacifc at merger timeSouthern Pacific just before and just after the merger with Union Pacific. You'll see AC44's, C-40-8W's, SD45's, SD70M's, GP60's and B40-8W's in action at Tehachapi, including the oil cans, on Beaumont Hill, with helpers, Soldier Summit, the old Western Pacific, the Little Rock Sub and the Sunset Ro ...more | |
| Alaska FloatplaneLake Hood, next to Anchorage International is the busiest float plane harbor in the world and we spend some time there watching the activity. Then we're off to Katmai National park to see the bears. We travel there in the right hand front seat of a Dehavilland Beaver of Rust's Flying Service, across ...more | |
| Amsterdams Colorful TrainsWe 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 Zwal ...more | |
| Amsterdam Schiphol 2001The best airport I've seen from a shooters (and a watcher's) point of view, with no fences, just canals, and the heavies plopping down right in front of you. Loads of KLM B747/MD-11/B767 action, lots of landings and takeoffs, some sunset and evening shots, some heavies landing after rain (nice spray ...more | |
| A Rocky Mountain Winter - Canadian Pacific in the Rocky and Selkirk MountainsCanadian Pacific through the magnificent scenery of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains in February, 2008. New Gevo's are out and about, some in the new, simpler paint and some in the new 'Olympic' paint. Some superb winter weather compliments the action, which takes place bewteen Exshaw and Revelstoke, ...more | |
| A Salute to the Southern PacificThe SP lives! At least in the hearts of it's fans, and here on DVD! SP power in action on Tennessee Pass in the winter before it closed, over the grades of Cajon Pass and Soldier Summit, and a GE powered local in Rosenberg, Texas. Power is AC44's, SD70M's, SD40-2's, SD45's, C40-8W's and SD40T-2 & ...more | |
| A Salute To ConrailA fond farewell to Big Blue. All new footage of an old favorite as it goes into merger. Exciting snow scenes on Charlton Hill (see if you can spot the snowmobile being buried), 80MAC's and C30's on Washington Hill, the OCS and MAC's at State Line Tunnel, action at Iona Island and Bear Mountain on th ...more | |
| Along the Animas River - Action on the Durango & SilvertonExciting narrow gauge steam action in the spectacular scenery of Coloradoís Animas River Canyon. A fall Durango & Silverton photographers special provides both sunny and moody, atmospheric weather, and a winter special has glorious sunshine with deep snow. K-28 2-8-2 #478 is the power for the s ...more | |
| Along the Feather River - BNSF and Union Pacific on former Western Pacific railsNine days of charging up and down the Canyon went into this tape, they weren't running many trains! Sometimes it was hard to tell just who the railroad belonged to, BNSF has trackage rights and sent everything they had, and of course UP is a mix of UP, SP, and CNW, plus leased power, a veritable rai ...more | |
| Atlanta Hartsfield International 2001The world's busiest airport, with a staggering 900,000+ aircraft movements and 80,000,000+ passengers. A major Delta/Delta Express hub, with everything from Brasilias, ATR's through MD80's, B737-200's to B777's, MD-11's and L1011's, with all three paint schemes, plus the Olympic painted B777 and B75 ...more | |
| Along the New River - The CSX New River SubCSX 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 ...more | |
| Badlands Coal - The BNSF Dickinson SubThe Dickinson Sub runs from Glendive, Montans through the Badlands of North Dakota to Dickinson. Traffic is mostly coal loads and empties to and from the Powder River Coal Basin. This is SD70MAC and SD70ACe territory, with some GE's thrown in for variety. ...more | |
| Rails Around the Bay Area - Amtrak, ACE, CalTrain, BNSF, Union PacificThe San Francisco Bay area is busy with trains! Pinole for Amtrak and UP alongside San Pablo Bay, Niles Junction for Amtrak, ACE, UP & BNSF, Jack London Square for street running Amtrak and BNSF, Franklin Canyon for BNSF, Martinez for Amtrak and UP, and Santa Clara for Cal Train, Amtrak, ACE and ...more | |
| BC Floatplane - Harbour AirJoin us at the Vancouver waterfront home of Harbour Air, the largest operator of float planes in the world. Watch turbo Otters, Beavers and twin Otters taxi out, take off and land in clouds of spray. Experience the ride from the Vancouver waterfront to Victoria Harbor from the copilots seat of a tur ...more | |
| BC Rail - North Vancouver to Prince GeorgeThis 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 t ...more | |
| Union Pacific Over Beaumont HillThe former Southern Pacific Sunset Route east of San Bernadino, California. Taped over 2 springs and a summer, there is still lots of SP power around, plus older UP power, though the merger is really starting to show. This is helper country, usually SD45's, sometimes on the head end, sometimes on th ...more | |
| Beijings Colorful TrainsColorful 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 DF ...more | |
| Berkshire Doubleheader! Nickel Plate 765 and Pere Marquette 1225Nickel Plate 765 and Pere Marquette 1225 together for the first time since the 80's on a Lerro Productions photo freight. Day 1 was the 765 alone, day 2 was both engines. Purely mindless runby's, but hear them bark! Lots of sound and fury, massive smoke plumes and some awesome stack talk. Includes s ...more | |
| Britain Heritage SteamA look at two of Britain's Heritage Railways, the North Yorkshire Moors and the Great Central, both on Gala Weekends and with a total of 13 engines in steam. The world's newest main line steam engine, the 2008 built A1 Pacific 'Tornado' is running on the GC, as is the 2008 restored Britannia Pacific ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Oregon BluesOregon's Blue Mountains, known as The Blues, are a formidable challenge to the trains of Union Pacific. 2.2% grades and tight curves means helpers, and UP uses distributed power on heavy trains. Join us as we follow the La Grande Sub from Hinkle Yard to Huntington, through the scenic Blue Mountains ...more | |
| The Best Of ConrailYou'll see our favorite shots from "Winter On the B&A" and "Conrail's River Line" plus footage from Amsterdam, Lackawanna, CP DRAW, Tifft Street, Frontier Yard, Allentown, and Cresson, plus run through on ST and NS. ...more | |
| Boxcab - Montreals Suburban ElectricsAvailable 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 ...more | |
| Buffalo & PittsburghThe B&P runs between its namesake cities using orange SD45s for power. Hauling coal and manifest traffic through the scenic hills and valleys of Pensylvania and New York, these ex SP monsters put on a great show. Taped in July, 1998, mostly between Salamanca and Punxsutawney, with a side trip to ...more | |
| C420-Alcos On the Apache and the Arkansas & MissouriOne 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, ...more | |
| Cable Cars Of San FranciscoWalk with us as we climb the hills of San Francisco and watch the world famous cable cars on the Powell-Hyde line. See these favorite attractions as they climb the steep hills, just as they have for 125 years. Visit the power house and see the giant wheels that drive the cables, and find out how it ...more | |
| Highball Over Cajon - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern CaliforniaAnother 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 thro ...more | |
| Calcuttas TramsYou've never seen anything like it! Ancient trams ply the crowded streets of amazing Calcutta, India's largest city. Mixed up with street vendors, rickshaws, insane taxis, demented speeding mini-busses, nerveless pedestrians and the odd sheep and goat, the battered trams continue much as they have f ...more | |
| Canadas Canyon - Canadian National and Canadian Pacific along the Thompson and Fraser RiversCanadian National and Canadian Pacific in the magnificent scenery of Canada's Canyon, along the Thompson and Fraser rivers of British Columbia. Follow the line from Hope to Kamloops Lake through the lush rainforest of the Lower Fraser to the arid canyons of the Thompson River. Directional running ha ...more | |
| CSX across OhioCSX 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. ...more | |
| Cajon Pass - BNSF and Union Pacific through the San Bernadino MountainsOne of North America's iconic train watching locations, California's Cajon Pass takes the trains of BNSF & UP through the San Bernadino Mountains. You'll see trains at Keenbrook, Blue Cut, Cajon, Sullivans Curve, Mormon Rocks, Steins Hill, Alray, Hill 57 and the summit, working hard up the grade ...more | |
| Centuries & Super 7sA 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 ...more | |
| Gears In the Woods - Shays At CassGeared Shay locomotives at Cass, West Virginia, with a Carl Franz photo freight, and the following weekend at the Cass Railfan weekend. We see all four operating Shays in action, with the signature triple header and side by side run-by's, with lots of close ups of the thrashing machinary. Lots of so ...more | |
| Conrails Chicago Line Volume 1 - Buffalo To SyracuseWe cover Conrail's busy Chicago line from Frontier Yard in Buffalo to DeWitt Yard in Syracuse, covering the action through Depew, Alde, Batavia, Byron, West Bergen, Churchville, Chili Junction, Rochester, Fairport, Palmyra, Lyons, Savannah, Weedsport and Syracuse. Run through power from UP, SP and N ...more | |
| Conrails Chicago Line Volume 2 - Albany To SyracuseYolume 2 covers the Chicago Line from Selkirk to DeWitt, with action at Fuerra Bush, Unionville, Vorheesville, Guilderland, Fullers, Rotterdam, Hoffman, Cranesville, Amsterdam, Fonda, Yosts, Little Falls, Herkimer, Utica, Oriskany, Rome, Oneida, Canastoga, Chittenango, ano Kirkville. Lots of runthro ...more | |
| Conrails Chicago Line Volume 3 - Buffalo To BereaWe start Our coverage outside the hulk of Buffalo's Union Terminal, with CR, CP and NS, then on to CP DRAW, Tifft Street, and work west through State Line, North East, Erie, Conneaut, Ashtabula to Cleveland and Berea. Lots of foreign power, BNFS, Amtrak on the Erie Test Track, the Flats Industrial i ...more | |
| Calcuttas Colorful TrainsOver 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 c ...more | |
| In Search Of the Wisconsin CentralWe 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 ti ...more | |
| Conrail On the B&AOur 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. ...more | |
| CSX on the Chicago LineTaped in August, 1999, merger day plus 85. Conrail's Chicago Line now belongs to CSX, so we took a look at the line between Selkirk and Buffalo to see what was happening. Power is half CSX and half re-numbered Conrail, with leased units and run-through power making for some colorfull railroading. Lo ...more | |
| Colognes Colorful TrainsVisit 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 train ...more | |
| Columbia River - BNSF and Union PacificAmtrak, BNSF & UP action on oppsite banks along the mighty Columbia River, which divides Washington and Oregon. This is rugged, highly scenic country, and both railroads put on great displays. BNSF is using some older power, including a number of warbonnets, while UP is using mostly newer power. ...more | |
| Connie Close UpRide the flightdeck of not 1, but 2, Lockheed Constellations! Start with an explanation of the engineeers panel, then we see startup, taxiing and take off from both inside the aircraft and airside. You are riding in the MATS Connie, owned by the Constellation Group, restored and doing the show circu ...more | |
| Jakes Railroad - The Copper BasinJake's Railroad is Arizona's Copper Basin, and 'Jake' Jacobson is president and CEO. The Copper Basin's reason for being is to haul copper ore from the massive mine in Ray to the concentrator and smelter in Winkelman. Join us for a Hirail ride as Jake explains the railroad, then check out the trains ...more | |
| Coal Smoke Over Cumbres DVDA five day photo charter on the Cumbres & Toltec with superb weather on all five days. Awesome stack talk from hard working K-36's fighting the grade on a perfectly still pre dawn morning, pre dawn and sunrise glint shots at Lava tank, super sunrise silhouttes at Hangman's trestle come together ...more | |
| Cajon Pass Cab RideJoin us for a March, 1998 legal cab ride over California's Cajon Pass on board BNSF C44-9W #1018, on train ZLACMEM. The BN-ATSF merger is young, and most of the power seen is warbonnet or bluebonnet. The view is straight ahead with some roving camera shots, and you'll hear radio chatter and conversa ...more | |
| Bridge Line Division - Canadian PacificOver 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 ...more | |
| Crawford Hill Revisited - BNSFJoin us for a return visit to BNSF's Nebraska helper district, where heavy coal trains struggle up the 1.55% grade over Pine Ridge and through Crawford Hill's famous twin horseshoe curves. Lots of sound and fury as sets of SD70MAC's assault the grade aided by sets of SD60M helpers. You'll also see o ...more | |
| Conrails River LineBig Blue action on New York's highly scenic line along the Hudson River. All the famous locations, Iona Island, Bear Mountain, Popolopen Trestle, Storm King, Newburgh, West Point, and lots more. This is the old New York Central West Shore Route ...more | |
| Chinese Steam At WorkSteam 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 act ...more | |
| Curtis Hill - BNSFCurtis 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 al ...more | |
| A Living Legend, the DC-3Join us for a look at the legendary DC-3, now in service for over 50 years! Meet the people who maintain them and keep them running, meet the pilots who fly them. Enjoy interviews, take part in the walkround, see engine start-ups, taxying, takeoffs and landings, and fly in the cockpit. We spent time ...more | |
| Dallas Fort Worth International 2000Dallas Fort Worth is a major American Hub and a Delta Hub. With over 860,000 aircraft movements, DFW is a busy and exciting place. Just about everything American and American Express owns makes an appearance, together with Delta, America West, TWA, United, Continental, Vanguard, Sun Country, Kitty H ...more | |
| To the Top Of the World By Steam the Darjeeling - Himalayan RailwayThe 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 gaug ...more | |
| Dusseldorf International 2006Dusseldorf is one of the few international airports with observation area's, from where you will see airlines from all over Europe, including Eastern Europe, plus airlines from North Africa, North America and the Middle East. Tupelov's from Russia make several appearances, including one wearing Aero ...more | |
| East Broad Top Fall SpectacularWhat 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 ...more | |
| East To Green River! The Union Pacific Evanston SubUnion 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 a ...more | |
| Eureka & the Goose - Durango and Silverton Scenic Railroad - 2-Disc Set DVDBuilt by Baldwin in 1875, wood burning 4-4-0 "Eureka" performs at the Durango and Silverton Railfest. Originally built for the Eureka and Palisades, Eureka was sold for scrap, featured in movies and badly damaged in a fire. Lovingly restored, Eurekas now runs occasionally at Railfests. Goo ...more | |
| Wisconsin Centrals English Welsh & ScottishWisconsin Central took over most of Britain's freight railroad in 1996, forming the English, Welsh & Scottish Railway. Join us as we visit in October, 1998 for a look at operations. We visited 6 of Britain's hot spots, Milford Junction for coal and EMD class 59s, Warrington on the electrified we ...more | |
| F40 - The Engine that Saved AmtrakEMD’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 ...more | |
| Canyon Sub - BNSF and Union Pacific in the Feather River CanyonUP & BNSF through the spectacular scenery of the Feather River Canyon between Oroville and Portola, California. Famous locations include Serpentine Canyon, Williams Loop, Pulga, James, the trestles at Keddie, Clio and Rock Creek, all in perfect weather. ...more | |
| Rails To the Sunshine - The Florida East Coast RailroadThe Florida East Coast in action on the north end of the system, between the yard at Jacksonville and Melbourne. Manifests, locals, intermodals and rock trains ply the well ballasted main line of the FEC. The new SD70M-2ís are much in evidence, paired with ex Union Pacific SD40-2's and GP40-2's sti ...more | |
| Flags, Flares & Wings - Union PacificUP'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 th ...more | |
| Fostoria - Iron Triangle - CSX and Norfolk SouthernFostoria, 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 diamond ...more | |
| Frankfurt 2001Taped in late August of 2001 at the home of Lufthansa, with heavy action with B747's, A300's, A340's, the historic Junkers and cargo MD-11's. Several Russian aircraft make appearances, including Yak 42's and TU134's, plus a wide variety of European, North American, Middle Eastern and Asian carriers, ...more | |
| The Funnel - The BNSF Spokane SubBNSF's Spokane Sub between the spectacular trestle across Lake Pend Orielle to Napa Junction in Spokane. Sunrise and sunset shots at Lake Pend Orielle, the big cut at Granite and the summit at Athol, with paint schemes from warbonnet, Grinstein green through Heritage 1 and swoosh. Coal trains, autor ...more | |
| BNSF Galloping Through GallupWe 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 ...more | |
| Guilford On the B&MA re release of one of our very first programs, unavailable for a number of years. Re edited, with some never before seen footage, Guilford on the B&M is perhaps a misnomer, as the program includes a chase north of Portland with GP35's. You'll see Bluebird GP9's and GP40's, shabby ex Santa Fe SD ...more | |
| The Green Mountain - Running on former Rutland Railroad railsThe 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 ...more | |
| Highball Through the Heartland - The BNSF Marceline SubBNSF's Marceline sub between Kansas City, MO and Fort Madison, IA. BNSF & NS share tracks for 35 miles east of KC, and UP has trackage rights for plenty of variety. Lots of new "Premium Heritage" units, still a decent amount of Warbonnets, and the trains are moveing right along (mostly ...more | |
| Steam In the Harz - German Narrow GaugeThe 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 ...more | |
| Highball Across the Mojave - The BNSF Needles SubNeedles 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. ...more | |
| Crawford Hill - Burlington NorthernThis 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 a ...more | |
| Highball Over Tehachapi - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern CaliforniaPre 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 ...more | |
| Highball Through the Rathole - Norfolk Southern on the CNO&TPInfamous 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 ...more | |
| Sherman Hill - Union PacificSherman Hill, UP's crossing of the Continental Divide in Wyoming is one of the greatest shows in railroading. We braved thunderstorms, hail, torrential rail and even sunshine to bring you all the excitement of big time railroading. We hiked in to Hermosa Tunnel and Dale, found our way in to Sherman ...more | |
| Springfield TerminalAn 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 M ...more | |
| Highball Over Silver Zone - Union Pacific on former Western Pacifc railsUP over the former Western Pacific between SaIt Lake City and Winnemucca, including the paired track with SP (pre merger) through Palisade Canyon. The "Trains" article called this line "Trains in a desolate landscape" and it sure is. We got out and about on the salt Flats, Wendov ...more | |
| Wisconsin CentralOne 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 an ...more | |
| Highball Along the Columbia - BNSF and Union PacificUP and BNSF along the highly scenic Columbia River between Washington & Oregon in the Pacific Northwest. We covered the line from Cape Horn Tunnel to west of Pasco, and from Troutdale to Hinkle. We were really pleased to find cabooses on the BNSF trains that cross the Columbia at Wishram and on UP's ...more | |
| Highrail Through the Rockies 2 - Canadian Pacific Exshaw To Lake LouiseI've been sitting on this since about 2001. It was a fairly gloomy day (not to mention really cold), but we did meet a couple of trains, and I got to ride around Morant's Curve. Shot over the cab from the bed of a CP pickup, you see the view straight ahead, more or less as a train crew would see it. ...more | |
| Hong Kongs Trains and Boats and....Colorful, vibrant, exciting Hong Kong! Busses that run in packs, trains on a 3 minute headway, the steepest funicular railway (50% grade!!) In the world, the world famous Star Ferries in one of the busiest and most beautiful harbors in the world, light rail trains running yards behind each other. It ...more | |
| Hong Kongs TramsBright and colorful, Hong Kong's trams are the last fleet of all double deck trams in the world. Ride the clanking, swaying trams from the Chinese market at North Point through the city to Whitty Street, stopping off along the way to see the trams in action on the crowded roads and through bustling ...more | |
| Highball Over Cajon 2 - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern CaliforniaHighball 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 ...more | |
| Beyond Hope - Canadian National and Canadian Pacific along the Thompson and Fraser RiversI'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 ch ...more | |
| Norfolk Southern Beyond HorseshoeNS 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 ...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 23 Kansas City, The Bottoms - BNSF, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City SouthernKansas City is home to some of the most intense railroading anywhere, with upwards of 400 trains a day passing through. We take a look at the old industrial area of The Bottoms, with trains from BNSF, UP, NS & KCT, and spend time at BN Crossing, with trains on three levels and continuous action ...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 25 Marion Ohio - CSX and Norfolk Southern across eight diamonds3 main lines cross at grade at the depot in Marion, CSX and NS banging across 8 diamonds. All kinds of traffic, from locals to coal trains, intermodals, manifests and a rail train. All kinds of power, from geeps to the latest GE's and GMD’s. Lots of action! ...more | |
| Hot Spots 26 Kingman Canyon - BNSF on the transcon mainlineA constant parade of big GE high tech power through one of the most scenic parts of BNSF's transcon, Arizona's Kingman Canyon. From meets in rare snow to winter sunsets, the action never stops! Taped in February, 2011. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 27 Point Of Rocks - CSX, MARC, AmtrakCSX's Metropolitan Sub to Washington and the Old Main Line to Baltimore diverge at Point of Rocks, Maryland. MARC commuter trains use the station, and Amtrak's Capitol Limited passes through daily. CSX runs locals, manifests, coal trains, autoracks and intermodals. We also take a look at Harpers Fer ...more | |
| Hot Spots 28 Logan Hill - Four tracks on the BNSF Orin SubSpend the day, from sunrise to sunset, on the overpass at the summit of busy, 4 track Logan Hill on BNSF's Orin Sub in the Powder River coal basin. More than 400 million tons of coal are produced every year, and more than 100 trains a day are needed to cope with demand. Multi train meets are common ...more | |
| Hot Spots 29 Dolton Illinois - CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, BNSF, IHB, Canadian National, Canadian PacificAmazing volume of trains, CSX, NS, UP, BNSF, IHB, CN, CP, the bottle train, locals, stacks, pigs, autoracks and manifests all pound the diamonds of this very busy Chicagoland junction.Tapes in June 2012. ...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 30 Cassandra Pennsylvania - Norfolk Southern on the busy Pittsburgh LineExciting action from the railfan park at Cassandra on NS's busy Pittsburgh line. This is manned helper country in both directions, and eastbounds are working hard up the grade. We also take a fascinating look at a MoW crew changing a rail in the middle of the action then spend the day around Cresson ...more | |
| Hot Spots 31 Blue Island Illinois - CSX, Union Pacifc, BNSF, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, Indiana Harbor Belt, IChicago's busy Blue Island crossing sees trains from CSX, UP, BNSF, CP, CN, IHB and Iowa Interstate, with Metra crossing overhead in the background. The last manually operated crossing tower in the USA was in operation during our visit, but was recently (June 2013) closed and demolished. ...more | |
| Hot Spots 32 Bayview Junction Ontario - Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, VIA, GO Transit, AmtrakCN, CP, VIA, GO Transit and Amtrak all use the Y at Bayview Junction in Hamilton Ontario. Check out this popular local railfan location. ...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 FallonsO'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 | |
| Rails Around Houston - Port Terminal, Railway, BNSF, Union PacificHouston, Texas is a hot bed of UP and BNSF activity with lots of chemical traffic. Houston is also home to the Port Termainal RR, with unique blue and silver MK1500s. We taped at lots of Houston hot spots to give you a good idea of the action. Belt Junction, Settegast, Eureka, Tower 26, Tower 87, Ro ...more | |
| High Plains Hot Shots - The Union Pacific Sidney SubUnion Pacific hotshots, double stacks, grain trains, manifests and coal trains on the high plains of Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. The Sidney Sub, part of the Overland Route, runs from Cheyenne to North Platte and sees up to 50+ trains a day. Grain elevators decorate the landscape, and make an imp ...more | |
| Highrail Through the Rockies - Canadian Pacific Field to Lake LouiseTaped from the back of a CP Highrail Pickup in early June 2000 in perfect weather. No bugs on the windshield (no windshield!), no wipers, just a straight ahead view with a locked down camera. Only problem was insufficient light from the pickup's headlights, so I've left out the Spiral Tunnel interio ...more | |
| Highball Over Triple Track Cajon - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern CaliforniaBNSF recently finished triple tracking Cajon Pass in California, one of the premier train watching locations in the world. We take a look at the new triple track Cajon, with favorite locations Keenbrook, Blue Cut, Sullivan’s Curve, Mormon Rocks, "The Hill", Summit and Frost, as well as s ...more | |
| Highball Down the Yazoo - The Illinois Central RailroadIllinois 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 ...more | |
| Houston George Bush Intercontinental 2000Houston's George Bush Intercontinental is a major Continental hub, and sees just about ecerything Continental owns, together with Continental Express. Foreign carriers include British Airways, Air France, Luthansa, Aerolittoral, KLM Asia, Aeromexico and Canadian. One of the highlights is Continental ...more | |
| Isle of Man Steam RailwayA Spring photo charter, featuring charming 2-4-0 tank engines originally built for the railway between 1876 and 1905. Despite their small size, these little engines make impressive stack talk when working hard. Three days of photo run-by's with passenger trains and a mixed train, plus some service t ...more | |
| In Search Of ALCOsThe 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, R ...more | |
| In Search Of Steam Volume 1In "In Search of Steam Volume 1" we take a look at SP 4-6-2 # 2472 on a Niles Canyon Railway photo charter. Then we see Union Pacific's big 4-8-4 #844 in Arizona hauling the Arizona Centennial special. Finally we visit the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway's 2011 RailFest, with ...more | |
| In Search Of Steam Volume 2A superb winter day in Nevada's High Sierra, with Virginia & Truckee 2-8-0 #29 on a photo charter, followed by the Nevada Northern's photographers weekend, with 4-6-0 #40 and 2-8-0 #93 on passenger trains, freight trains and a work train. Atmospheric engine house and yard scenes, and out on the ...more | |
| In Search Of the FsEMD 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. L ...more | |
| Steam To Janakpurdham - Narrow Gauge in IndiaTipong 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 fa ...more | |
| Sweet Steam - The Sugar Cane Railways of JavaThe declining sugar cane railways of Java, Indonesia, still host a wide variety of elderly, exotic colorful steam engines in both the cane fields and the mills, and also have a variety of diesel "critturs". Steam from O&K, including unique inside frame geared Luttermoller's, Jung, Ducr ...more | |
| Big Steams Last Stand - Winter on Jingpeng Pass - ChinaChina's Jitong Railway is the last big steam hauled main line in the world, with double headed QJ 2-10-2's taking trains over Jingpeng Pass. We visited Jingpeng Pass in Mongolia in February, 2003 to take in the sights and sounds of big steam working hard, and what a trip it was. We visted the shops ...more | |
| K-36 Over Cumbres Pass - Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RailroadFormer 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 en ...more | |
| KCS & Kudzu - Kansas City SouthernWe 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 ...more | |
| Winter on Kicking Horse Pass - Canadian PacificFebruary 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 Banf ...more | |
| KCS Over Rich Mountain - Kansas City SouthernKansas City Southern tackles the stiff thirteen mile grade over Rich Mountain on the Oklahoma - Arkansas border. New power is much in evidence, SD70ACe's, Gevo's and of course the new "Retro Belle" paint scheme. BNSF & UP coal trains make an appearance, as do KCS's former Mexican units ...more | |
| Las Vegas McCarran International 2000Las Vegas McCarran is a Southwest Hub and their fleet of B737s, and home to National Airlines, with a good showing of their B757s. In fact, McCarran is an exceptional place for both B737s and B757s, with planes from lots of carriers making appearances. DC10s from United, Northwest, Sun Country and H ...more | |
| Steam Over La Veta Pass - Rio Grande Scenic RailroadA Trains Unlimted Tours steam photo freight on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroadís La Veta Pass in Colorado, with ex Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 #18 at the beginning of May, 2008. Some superb mountain weather and some sprited run-byís, lots of sound and fury! Minimal narration. ...more | |
| Los Angeles International 2000Los Angeles International ranks number four in the world for aircraft movements and is an extraordinarily busy place. Loads of B747s, many from the Pacific Rim make LAX a colorful and excitimg place. Lots of big birds takeing off and landing, such exotics as an Air tahiti Nui A340 and an Egyptair B7 ...more | |
| London HeathrowIs the busiest in the world for international traffic, with aircraft from all over the world making appearances. Loads of widebodies, aircraft from Europe, Canada, the United States, North and South Africa, Australia, the Mediteranean, the Near East, Middle East and Far East, the Balkans, Russia and ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Little Rock SubThis is actually three subs, the Little Rock, White Bluff and Pine Bluff subs. Directional running through the pine trees of Arkansas, between Texarkana and Little Rock, Little Rock and Pine Bluff and Pine Bluff and Texarkana. Lots of older power and a number of depots still standing. I caught the L ...more | |
| Londons Colorful TrainsSince Britain’s railways privatised there are now lots of colorful paint schemes. we checked out London’s main line stations to see what was new, including Eurostar, the Channel Tunnel train, and spent a day at Clapham Junction, Britain’s busiest railway station, with loads of non stop action, ...more | |
| Mojave Magic - The BNSF Needles SubExplore the magic of the marvelous Mojave Desert as we follow BNSF's Needles Sub from Barstow to Needles, California. Incredible long vistas across the desert with stunning mountain backgrounds, with hurrying intermodals and dragging manifests. A veritable rainbow of power, from Santa Fe GP30s throu ...more | |
| CSX on the Magnolia CutoffCSX on the bridges and through the tunnels of the famed Magnolia Cutoff in West Virginia. The B&O originally followed the circuitous course of the Potomac River, but in the early 20th century, after the arrival of competitor Western Maryland, built a new, more direct line with tunnels cutting th ...more | |
| Manchester International 2000Visiting Manchester after Heathrow was interesting, I expected it to be the same on a smaller scale. Not So! Looking through the tape I counted over 50 airlines, many not seen at LHR. MAN is a single runway airport (at the moment, a second is being built) and can be pretty wild, being the busiest Br ...more | |
| Marias Pass - BNSF crosses the Rocky MountainsFall 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 snows ...more | |
| Orlando International 2000I know, it's been a long time coming! Hard to believe five years have passed, but looking at the program there are fallen flags, older paint schemes, aircraft no longer in service. Loads of Delta, particularly B737-200's, L1011's, B727's, plus Midway, TWA, Sun Country, American, Continental, United, ...more | |
| NS, The Middle Division - Norfolk Southern Enola to AltoonaNorfolk 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 Alt ...more | |
| Melbournes TramsMelbourne, Australia is a vibrant city with an extensive tram network. There are a variety of styles, from the classic W type to ultra modern flexible units. See the trams in the city center, competing with traffic and crowds of pedestrians. Melbourne has an intensive service, there are often multip ...more | |
| Meridian Speedway - Kansas City SouthernKansas City Southern, with Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern trackage rights trains on the recently upgraded Meridian Speedway between Shreveport, Louisiana and Meridian, Mississippi. KCS puts on a show with Geeps, AC44's, SD70MA's and SD70ACe's, some still in TFM paint and some new 'Retro-Belle' p ...more | |
| Miami InternationalStunning, exciting rush hour with several streams of aircraft converging, big planes passing little planes, little planes passing everybody, outstanding fast paced action. Lots of South & Central American carriers, European and Caribean, plus USA & Canada. Cargo B747's,DC-10's, DC-8's and a ...more | |
| MK5000s Over Soldier SummitAs 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 U ...more | |
| Mojave Magic 2 - The BNSF Needles Sub, 2 DVD SetCalifornia'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 wi ...more | |
| Winter on the Moffat Route - Union Pacific on former Rio Grande railsContinuing on our very popular winter series, we take a look at the Moffat Route west of Denver through the Colorado Rockies. We see Union Pcific coal trains with distributed power, with former SP and UP AC units, BNSF trackage rights trains, Amtrak, and the Ski train with 3 former Amtrak F40's pain ...more | |
| Change In the TehachapisBNSF's Mojave sub runs from Barstow to Bakersfield, California, crossing the Mojave Desert and the Tehachapi Mountains in the process. From Mojave to Bakersfield, BNSF uses trackage rights on the UP (former SP). Both BN/SF and UP/SP mergers are in full swing, and the line is a riot of coloful locomo ...more | |
| Gone Forever - MontrealMany 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 b ...more | |
| MRL 2007 - Montana Rail LinkThe 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. ...more | |
| Winter on the MRL - Montana Rail LinkMontana 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 ...more | |
| Mississippi River Main Line - Canadian PacificCanadian 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 trac ...more | |
| Mallets In the Mountains - Italian built steam in EritreaItalian built 0-4-4-0 mallet tank engines at work in this scenic African country. From the Red Sea port of Massawa across the deserts and up though the mountains, over the bridges and through the tunnels to Arbaroba and the capital of Eritrea, Asmara. Along the way we'll see the people, camels ...more | |
| Mountain Thunder - Steam on the Heber Valley and Nevada Northern railroadsIncredible 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 a ...more | |
| Mullan Pass - BNSF and Montana Rail Link on the former Northern PacificMontana 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, so ...more | |
| Munis F Line - San FranciscoSan Francisco's preserved PCC cars (and others) on the F line between Fisherman's Wharf and Castro. Join us as we hike the five mile line and see these colorful cars in action, on their own right of way along the Embarcadero and in the crowded setting of Market Street, with crowds, cars and trolley ...more | |
| Norfolk Southern over Christiansburg MountainNorfolk Southern's Christiansburg and Whitethorn Districts of the New River Division. A rare oportunity to see both eastbounds and westbounds on the normally eastbound Whitethorn District. Coal trains and manifests, and intermodals on the east end of the Christiansburg District. ...more | |
| Norfolk Southern on LynchburgNS 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. ...more | |
| Ohio CentralWhere 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 ...more | |
| Powder River, The Orin Line - BNSF and Union PacificStaggering, 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 ...more | |
| Pan Am-Norfolk Southern - The Patriot CorridorThe Patriot Corridor between Ayer, Massachusetts and Mechanicville, New York is Norfolk Southern's access to the Boston market. Run as Pan Am Southern, the line was refurbished and developed jointly by NS and Guilford Transportation. We'll see the daily pig trains, usually with NS power, coal trains ...more | |
| Sand Patch The East Slope - CSXCSX crests the Allegheny Mountains in Pensylvania at Sand Patch summit. We'll explore the east slope from Cooks Mills to the summit in fall and in spring. Older power fights the unrelenting westbound grade, often with manned helpers. This is real mountain railroading! ...more | |
| Phoenix Sky HarborPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the busiest two runway airport in the world, with over 33 million passengers in 1999. An America West hub, Sky Harbor hosts the specially painted 757's, 6 of which are seen in this program. Southwest, Delta, Northwest, Continental, American, Alaska, Fronti ...more | |
| PKP Cab Ride Poznan To SzczecinRide the cab of a classic green Polish Railways EP 07 electric locomotive 120 miles from Poznan Glowny to Szczecin. The view is straight ahead, and the weather varies from sunny to showers to heavy rain and sleet. ...more | |
| PKP Cab Ride Szczecin To PoznanRide a Polish State Railways red and cream EP 07 electric locomotive on a PKP express passenger train between Szcszecin and Poznan. The view is straight ahead, and we pass both passenger and freight trains. The weather varies from sunny to showers to thunderstorms. Minimal narration. ...more | |
| Polish Narrow Gauge3 Polish narrow gauge lines, two steam with Px48 0-8-0's and one diesel, in some perfect spring weather. A reasonable representation of what Poland's extensive narrow gauge network was like in it's glory days! Little information is available, no narration. ...more | |
| The Pokey - The Norfolk Southern Pocohontas DivisionTaped 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 rou ...more | |
| Plandampf PolskaThe last steam hauled passenger trains in regular service in Europe run out of the steam center at Wolsztyn, Poland. Join us for a Plandampf, a special steam event organized by The Wolsztyn Experience. We'll see three types of engines, O149-7, Pt47-65 and Tr5-65 on regular service trains to Poznan a ...more | |
| Coal Country - the Powder River - The BNSF Orin SubBNSF & UP haul an amazing quantity of coal out of the Powder River coal basin on BNSF's Orin Sub. We catch the trains of both roads from Orin Junction to Donkey Creek Junction. The line has had a major upgrade since our last visit due to the sheer volume of traffic. You'll enjoy side by side run ...more | |
| Prairie Coal - The BNSF Jamestown SubWe continue our journey east across BNSF's North Dakota former Northern Pacific main line in to the prairies of the Jamestown Sub. Traffic is mostly coal loads and empties to and from the Powder River coal basin, led by SD70M's, SD70ACe's and new GEVO's, with a few Warbonnets thrown in for variety. ...more | |
| Queensland Coal - the Blackwater SystemIntense, 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 ...more | |
| Rails To the Kenai - Alaska RailroadRide the Alaska railroad from Anchorage to Seward, with a side trip to Whittier. You'll see the scenery of the Turnagain Arm, glaciers, the longest road (and rail) tunnel in North America, all from the train, moose, and of course the trains in the stunning scenery. At Seward, you'll take a boat ride ...more | |
| Tracks Of the Beaver - Canadian PacificFollow the Tracks of the Beaver, Canadian Pacific between Exshaw, Alberta and Revelstoke, British Columbia through the totally stunning scenery of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. You'll see the scenery, the wildlife, take side trips to the Takakkaw Falls, Johnston Canyon and Mount Revelstoke. You'l ...more | |
| Iron Road To the Isles - The West Highland Line in ScotlandJoin 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 tr ...more | |
| A Yellowhead Winter - Via Rail The Canadian and Yellowhead PassRide 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 ...more | |
| Denali Star - An Alaskan Rail AdventureRide the Alaska Railway's premier passenger train, the Denali Star, from Anchorage to Fairbanks. On the way, you'll see the scenery from the train, the train in the scenery, the wildlife, flowers, Denali National Park, and as a bonus feature, take a ski-plane ride to the glaciers of magnificent Moun ...more | |
| Trans Karoo African Rail AdventureTake a tour of the Cape Town area, the historic buildings and Table Mountain, and the Cape of Good Hope, including the penguin colony at Boulder Beach. We'll ride one of South Africa's premier express trains, the 'Trans Karoo' from Cape Town to Johannasburg, seeing the wine country, and the desert o ...more | |
| Silverton Train, A Colorado Rail Adventure - The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge RailroadThe Silverton Train was one of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's premier passenger trains on the narrow gauge. Take a ride on today's Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad through the spectacular fall scenery of the Animas River Canyon. You'll experience the ride from the caboose, ride the ...more | |
| A Rhineland Journey - A German Rail AdventureJoin us for a cruise down the Rhine, through the heart of Germany. Along the way, you'll see the splendid scenery, with fairy tale castles. You'll see the river traffic, including the historic paddle steamer 'Goethe', and of course you'll see the trains on both sides of the Rhine, from locals to ICE ...more | |
| Rails & the Mother Road - A Route 66 Rail AdventureWell, this one's a bit different. Elrond Lawrence's book "Route 66 Railway" convinced me that I should go take a look and see what was left of Route 66's artifacts. Disc 1 takes a look at California, from San Bernardino, over Cajon, through Victorville to Barstow, and across the Mojave to ...more | |
| Tranz Alpine ExpressTake one of the world's greatest railway journey's, The Tranz Alpine Express across spectacular Arthur's Pass on New Zealand's south island. You'll see the scenery from the train, ride in the engine cab and see the train in the scenery.Original score by Brandon Howell. Feaures 3 audio tracks ...more | |
| Taieri Gorge Limited - A New Zealand Rail AdventureRide the Taieri Gorge Limited from Dunedin, on New Zealand's south island, through the rugged Taieri Gorge to Middlemarch. You'll see the scenery from the train, and ride in the engine cab through tunnels and soar over bridges on one of New Zealand's most spectacular train rides.Original sco ...more | |
| The Rathole - Norfolk Southern CNO&TP LineNorfolk Southern's former CNO&TP line between Cincinnatti and Chattanooga was infamous in steam days for it's many tight tunnels. Called the Rathole, the line has been mostly daylighted, and recently much double track has been laid. we follow this busy scenic route from Danville, Kentuck to Oakd ...more | |
| Romney, Hythe & DymchurchThe RH&D is a 15" gauge, 1/3 scale, 13.5 mile light railway in Kent, England. Power is to the outline of Gresley A3 Pacifics, plus a couple of 4-8-2's. Built in the late 1920's, impeccably maintained and turned out, these 9+ ton engines are truly delightful. The railway is not a t ...more | |
| Highball Over Rich Mountain - Kansas City SouthernWe 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, al ...more | |
| Mountain Sub Cab Ride - The Rocky Mountaineer, Revelstoke To FieldA 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 ahea ...more | |
| Canadian Pacific Heart Of the RockiesThis video was awarded the "Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum Award for Outstanding Achievement in Railroad Video". Canadian Pacific in the heart of Canada's spectacular Rocky Mountains, between Field, BC and Exshaw, AB. Stunning scenery, snow covered mountains in some superb weather. In ad ...more | |
| Canadian Pacifics Mountain Sub and Rogers PassThe descriptions for the scenery that CP's Mountain Sub runs through are all inadeqate. The sub runs from Golden to Revelstoke, British Columbia, through some of the most stunning scenery on the continent. Lots of snow on the mountains, AC4400's, SD90MAC's and tired SD40-2's provide the action. All ...more | |
| Regional Railways Cab Rides - Montana Rail Link and Arizona & CaliforniaCab rides on Montana Rail Link and the Arizona & California regional railroads. Montana Rail Link carries BNSF trackage rights trains from the midwest to the Pacific northwest. You'll ride a westbound intermodal train from Helena, Montana to Garrison, then an eastbound manifest back to Helena. Y ...more | |
| Rails Around the Metroplex - BNSF, Union Pacific, AmtrakTrains around Fort Worth and Dallas. Locations include Tower 55, Tower 60, Saginaw, Dallas Union Station, the Trinity River Bridge and Irving. Railroads include UP, BNSF, TRE, DART, DFW&W, DGW and Amtrak. 4 railroads use gensets, and we see them all. ...more | |
| South African Steam - Cape GaugeFantastic big steam action at Friends of the Rail, with a 15F, 19D and a 24 in action. The we visit Sistonka Stimela, with a 19D and a massive GMAM Beyer-Garratt. Finally, we visit Reefsteamers and see a 25NC, a 15F and a 12AR in action. Superb pre dawn to post sunset light and engines being worked ...more | |
| Superfleet & Sagebrush - The BNSF Seligman SubWarbonnets 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, an ...more | |
| Sand Hills Sub - BNSFBNSF’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. ...more | |
| South African Steam - Narrow GaugeVisit the magnificent two foot gauge private railway at Sandstone Estates in South Africa. See NGG13 and NGG16 Beyer-Garratts in action, double headed and solo in superb pre dawn to post sunset light, magnificent action. Catch the only two Lawley 4-4-0's in the world in action, then a rare German Ò ...more | |
| South African Steam - PatonPaton's Country Railway operates the second oldest narrow gauge Beyer-Garratt locomotive in service in the world, 2-6-0 0-6-2 #55. Built in 1920, the locomotive worked most of it's life in the area. We'll see the engine being prepared for the days work, see the entire route from the train and see ru ...more | |
| South Baltimore - CSX, MARCIn May of 1992 we ventured to CSX trackage south of baltimore in search of MARC F units. In addition to MARC & CSX F's, we saw MARC RDC's and an E unit, and lots of different CSX paint, from gray GP30 slugs to new C40-8W's, from B&O blue through Chessie and Family Lines, plus Conrail, Susie ...more | |
| Seattle-Tacoma International 2000Seattle is an Alaska and Horizon hub, Alaska flies B737's and MD80's, while the Horizon parade is dash 8's and Fokker F28's. The international excitement is provided by Aisiana B747's, BA B747's, Aeroflot and SAS B767's, Martinair and China Eastern MD11's, and Cargolux and Eva B747's. Lots of United ...more | |
| Rails Around Mount Shasta - Union Pacific, BNSF, California, Oregon & Pacific RailroadCheck 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 throu ...more | |
| ShibanxiWe visited this unique little railway in the Spring of 2011, when the rapeseed was in full bloom. The railway is the lifeline of the villages it serves, with little road access, virtually everything must travel by train. Chinese tourists from Chengdu flock to the area at weekends, and many tourist t ...more | |
| Canadian Pacifics Shuswap SubCanadian Pacific's Shuswap Sub runs from Revelstoke, British Columbia to Kamloops, through lush forests and alongside sparkling lakes. the line runs through eagle pass in the Monashee Mountains, past historic Craigellachie of last spike fame, through the Notch Hill Loop, alongside Shuswap lake and d ...more | |
| Salt Lake City International 2000Salt Lake City is a major Delta Hub, with a constant parade of Delta and Delta Express in the rush hour, together with Southwest, Northwest, America West, TWA, United. UPS, Airborne, FedEx and Emerey. A UTANG KC135 and a DC3, along with some smaller aircraft all add to the interest. Superb mountain ...more | |
| Southern Pacific in Southeast ArizonaSP 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. ...more | |
| Sand Patch Weekend - CSXStill 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 ...more | |
| Highball Over Stevens Pass - BNSF and steam in the passA July, 2000 chase of 4449, with 4449 tucked in behind it! Taped between Gold Bar and Trinidad Loop we go from rain forest to desert, via the Columbia River. Power goes from BN green SD40's through War Bonnets and Oakway to Heritage 2 to a black SP steam engine. Wild! Pine trees and steep grades in ...more | |
| Saint Lawrence and AtlanticOne 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 s ...more | |
| Rails Around St Louis - Alton & Southern, Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, TRRA, Union PacSaint Louis hosts a wide variety of railroads, Alton & Southern, Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, KCS, Manufactures Railway, NS, TRRA and UP. See the action on the huge MacArthur Bridge, Merchants Bridge, Gateway Yard, Lecledes Landing, Granite City, Grand Boulevard, the Amtrak Station, Valley Junction, Breme ...more | |
| Steam Northeast - Tourist steam on the Edaville, White Mountain Central and Valley railroadsNever 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 exc ...more | |
| Steam PreviewsPreviews from the following 17 steam programs: Steam Northeast, East Broad Top, Chinese Steam at Work, Winter on Jingpeng Pass (all fullscreen) Steam to Janakpurdham, Darjeeling-Himalayan, Welsh Steam 1, Steam on the Harz, Viseu de Sus, K-36 Over Cumbres Pass, K-36 Cab Ride, Along the Animas River, ...more | |
| Stacks & Semaphores - Southern Pacific, The Union Pacific Tucumacari LineSP'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 merg ...more | |
| Union Pacific on the Sunset RouteIt'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 a ...more | |
| Supercab - SD40-2 C30-7 GP40-2 SD60M C40-8W SD90MAC AC6000CWIn 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 AC6000C ...more | |
| Sydneys Colorful TrainsThe trains of Sydney, Australia. We first take a look at Enfield Yard and the locomotive facility. Next is a visit to the Botany Goods Line, followed by an interlude at Sandown, where Freight Australia units take a tank train out, we get a brief ride on a T class switcher, and a pair of ancient Alco ...more | |
| Trackside Britain, the NortheastWe take a look at Barnetby, one of Britains hottest spots for freight. Trains from two oil refineries, scheduled iron ore to the steel mills at Scunthorpe, with returning empties, and coal trains, plus passenger trains make for a very busy location. Barnetby also still has impressive stands of semap ...more | |
| Tehachapi Cab RideAlthough it starts in a grey day in March, 1998, this is a fascinating ride from Bakersfield to Barstow over Tehachapi Pass. Eight units power the Z NBYWSP-9, BNSFÕs hottest train, with C40-8W #861 on the point. The view is straight ahead from Caliente to Mojave, but with many roving camera shots, ...more | |
| Highball Over Tehachapi 2 - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern CaliforniaThe seventh railroad wonder of the world is Tehachapi Loop. Join us as we follow this railfan favorite stretch of line from Sand Cut to Mojave in perfect late fall weather. BNSF has trackage rights over the UP, and we'll see trains from both roads, from dawn to sunset, with mostly new power dragging ...more | |
| 2 Geeps To Paradise - Montana Rail LinkFollow Montana Rail Link's Gas Job with an SD45 and SD40-2 over Evaro Hill and the 4th Sub and chase the Paradise Local down the 10th Sub with two geeps. In addition, we see BNSF overhead traffic, with coal trains, double stacks and manifests. Taped between Missoula and Lake Pend Orielle. ...more | |
| Tifft Street Afternoon - Busy yard action with CSX, Conrail, South Buffalo, Buffalo & PittsburghThe famous Tifft Street Bridge in Buffalo NY, now sadly rebuilt with wire ...more | |
| Thunder In the Wasatch - Southern Pacific, Rio Grande, Soldier SummitSP 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 Col ...more | |
| New England CentralNew 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, ...more | |
| Tennessee Pass Cab Ride - Union Pacific Southern PacificRide on board KCOAT, a 5600 foot autorack train with clean SP power, on a sunny December day, over Colorado's Tennessee Pass, from Pueblo to Minturn. See the Royal Gorge from the lead SSW GP60's walkway, the Arkansas River Gorge, and the steady climb to the deep snow at the summit. On the way, meet ...more | |
| Blackpools TramsBlackpool was the first town in Great Britain to have an electric tramway, opening in 1897. Trams still run in Blackpool today on the same basic route it all started on, along the coast to Fleetwood. See and ride the trams of Blackpool, single and double deckers, old and new, colorfull and tradition ...more | |
| BNSFs Trinchera PassTrinchera 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 an ...more | |
| TrijetsThrill to the thunder of action packed landings, takeoffs and in-your-face taxiings in this tribute to the Trijet. We take a look at Boeing's B727, Douglas's DC-10, Lockheed's L1011 TriStar and McDonnell Douglas's MD-11 in action in North America and Europe, with a fond final look at Delta's L1011's ...more | |
| Triple Track Winter - The Union Pacific Overland RouteThe busiest piece of freight railroad in the world in the driving snow of winter storm Q and the perfect weather of the following days. Meets, side by sides and all the UP action the triple track between O'Fallons and Gibbon Junction is famous for. ...more | |
| Trackside 1 & 2 - Three hours of trains from across the USAVolume 1:Winter on the Saint Lawrence & Atlantic.Steam over Mount Washington - The Cog.The Bridges of Abo Canyon. Aberdeen & Rockfish.Aberdeen, Carolina & Western.Black River & Western steamCP GP9's on Guilford.Street running on Erie's 19th Street. Contributor Bob Sechler on the Monongahela. Volume ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Triple Track Main (North Platte To Gibbon)Awesome action on the busiest piece of freight railroad in the world, with an average of 125 trains in 24 hours. Loads of SD90/43MAC's and C6044AC's on manifests, coal trains and intermodals, plus CNW and SP power, and run-throughs. UP is working on triple tracking the complete line between North Pl ...more | |
| Triple Track Two - The Union Pacific Overland RouteOur most requested sequel! Taped between O'Fallons and Gibbon Junction on Union Pacific's Overland Route, this is the busiest piece of freight railroad in North America, averaging over 125 trains a day. Coal trains, grain trains, drag freights, autoracks and speeding intermodals all pound the rails ...more | |
| The West End - The CSX Mountain Division, former B&OThe 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 ...more | |
| Tokyos Colorful TrainsIncredible 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. ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Arizona MainlineUnion Pacific's busy former SP Sunset Route across Arizona. We start our look at this scenic route at Wilcox on the Lordsburg Sub, and end up at sunset at Mohawk on the Gila Sub. Lots of stack trains with dpu's, manifests and grain trains and several locals. Double tracking is in progress, but there ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Salt Lake RouteThe inspiration came from Mark Hemphill's superb book. We cover the line from east of Barstow, through the scenic splendors of Afton Canyon, along the access road through the Devil's Playground to Kelso, up Cima Hill, down through the Ivanpah Valley, over Erie Summit and beyond Las Vegas to Meadow V ...more | |
| Viennas Colorful TrainsAustrian, 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 tr ...more | |
| Viseu De Sus - Last Of the Narrow Gauge Steam LoggersA 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 ...more | |
| Viennas Colorful TramsJoin 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. ...more | |
| A Salute To the Warbonnet - Santa FeA tribute to the best loved paint scheme in America, the classic red and silver Santa Fe "warbonnet" passenger paint scheme, resurected in 1989 and applied to freight locomotives for fast intermodal service. We take a look at this spectacular paint scheme in current service at many favorit ...more | |
| Winter in the Wasatch - Union Pacific, BNSF, Utah Railway, Rio Grande, Soldier SummitSuperb winter sunshine on stunning Soldier Summit in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Heavy coal drags charging up-grade with 6 unit sets of Utah Railway helpers, or a six unit set of Rio Grande tunnel motors, plus BNSF on trackage rights, all in gorgous December sunshine. The second half of the program is ...more | |
| Winter on the Arizona Divide - The BNSF Seligman SubBig time winter railroading across the Arizona Divide. Heavy now in the San freancisco Mountains, Arizonaís highest point, north of Flagstaff brought snow to the BNSF Railwayís transcontinental main line. This busy route is now home to the new GE ìGEVOísî and the new paint scheme. Many favorite ...more | |
| Warsaws Colorful TrainsIntense electric passenger train action at Warsaw East and West stations, with a variety of colors and locomotive types, plus emu's. Warsaw-Berlin Express, Inter-City, regional railways, local trains, commuter trains with bi-levels, and some railbusses. We also visit a couple of other locations for ...more | |
| Windermere Sub - Canadian PacificBig GE's on coal trains and a pair of SD40-2's on the wayfreight alongside the Columbia River, which runs through the Rocky Mountain Trench. This is CP's highly scenic Windermere Sub between Golden and Fort Steele, BC. ...more | |
| Winter on the B&A - ConrailAnother of my favorites. We spent many days plodding up and down the Mass Pike in some nasty weather. We caught the Lake Shore head headlight to headlight with a freight at Charlton, with a stalled snow blower on the passing track. We were on Washington Hill in a two foot blizzard, I'm still surpris ...more | |
| Winter on Marias Pass - BNSF on former Great Northern railsContinuing 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 cau ...more | |
| Winter on Tennessee Pass - Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Rio GrandeWell 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" ...more | |
| Welsh Steam Volume 1TWO 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 ...more | |
| Welsh Steam Volume 2Celebrating 60 years of preservation in 2011, The Talyllyn Railway was the first railway in the world to be preserved and run by volunteers. We see the liitle engines, including the two original engines from 1866, being serviced, then follow the line to Abergynolwyn. We also take a cab ride along th ...more | |
| Winter on the Wisconsin CentralWinter action on the Wisconsin Central in January, 1999. We visited a couple of hot-spots, Junction City and Byron Hill for all the action. Lots has changed since our visit in 1996, welded rail is now in place, train speeds are higher and CN has trackage rights. WC, CN, CP, NS, CSX and Conrail in fa ...more | |
| Tokyo Yamanote LineThe Yamanote Line runs in a loop around Tokyo. We'll ride the line on an emu, with a view from behind the drivers compartment. Along the way we'll stop of at Tokyo for the Shinkansen, Shinegawa, Shinjuku, the busiest staion in the world and other locations for a wide variety of Tokyo's trains. ...more | |
| Canadian Nationals Yellowhead PassCN on the Albreda and Edison subs over Yellowhead Pass between Hinton, Alberta and Tete Jaune, British Columbia in June, 1999. You'll see CN's unusual power, EMD & GE cowls together with new SD75I's and C44-9W's. The Canadian, the best looking passenger train around, and its baby sister, the Ske ...more | |
| Vancouver International 2001Lots of recently merged Air Canada/Canadian Air Lines, including B727-200's, A319's, A320's, B767's, B747's, and A340's. Other carriers include Canada 3000 with A330s, A 320's and B757's, plus aircraft from recently merged Royal Air. United, American, Delta Express, Northwest & Alaska make appea ...more | |
| Zurichs Colorful TrainsSpend 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! ...more | |
| Zurich Kloten 2001Awesome action at one of Europe's premier airports for aviation fans, featuring lots of great Swissair action. Taped from several locations around the airport perimeter as well as the observation deck, you'll see landings, takoffs, overheads and some in your face taxiings in one of our best programs ...more | |
| Program Previews - A Look at 28 of Our Newest ProgramsPreviews from the following programs:Hot Spots 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25, Calcutta's Colorful Trains, Queensland Coal, Vienna's Colorful Trains, Florida East Coast, Winter on the Arizona Divide, KCS Over Rich Mountain, High Plains Hot Shots, Montana Rail Link 2007, Highball Over Triple T ...more | |
| Hot Spots 33, Pine Junction - Norfolk Southern and CSX in GaryPine Junction at Gary, Indiana hosts 2 double track main lines, from CSX and Norfolk Southern. Joining that traffic is the single line from Canadian National (former EJ&E). We'll see Amtrak, CP, South Shore, UP, BNSF and Indiana Harbor Belt besides our host railroads at Pine Junction. It makes for ...more | |
| Hot Spots 34 Bathurst Street Toronto CanadaBathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada is located one mile outside Toronto Union Station and is a very busy place indeed during the morning and afternoon rush hours, often with multiple trains in view. In addition to GO Transit, Bathurst Street sees trains from Via Rail Canada and Amtrak. ...more | |
| Manchester International 2006Now that the second runway is in place, there are a number of great locations on the sunny side of the new runway. Since our last visit in 2000, airlines have gone, new airlines have shown up, liveries changed and airlines changed aircraft types. A wide variety of aircraft, from regional props and j ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Bailey YardUnion Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska is the largest railroad yard in the world, with constant activity twenty-four hours a day. Join us for a tour of the yard, with informative commentary by our guide, and a visit to the diesel shops. Take in all the action from the Golden Spike Tow ...more | |
| Utah Railway Over Soldier SummitThe Utah Railway owns the only six MK50-3's built, and these together with five ex Australian SD50S's drag 15,000 ton coal trains up the 2.4% grade to Soldier Summit using all of the units roaring 38,500 horsepower creating an unforgettable spectacle. The line over Soldier Summit belongs to Union Pa ...more | |
| 611 Returns to SteamAfter a year rebuilding, and 20 years as a static museum display, N&W 611 stormed back into steam, and the public's mind, in 2015. Crowds turned out to watch the J Class 4-8-4 as she took up the Queen of Steam mantle once again. Built by the N&W in Roanoke, the J Class was destined for greatness. | |
| Illinois Joint Line CSX & UP on the Villa Grove SubUnion Pacific's Villa Grove Sub runs from the big city of Chicago to the small town of Villa Grove. It is a busy double-track main, jointly owned by CSX and UP. This North-South line crosses many of the busy East-West mainlines in the Chicago area. We’ll see Canadian National, Indiana Harbor Belt ...more | |
| Airliners at Work B757Boeing's graceful twinjet 757 in action in North America and Europe, with a wide variety of world airlines and paint schemes, including fallen flags. Lots of landings, takeoffs, and in-your-face taxiing for maximum action!Running time 90 minutes. ...more | |
| Chiles Colorful Narrow Gauge Mining RailroadsSee the colorful diesels of the Ferrocarill de Antofagasta e Bolivia hauling their heavy loads over totally barren Cumbre Pass, across the Atacama Desert and in to the Andes at the Bolivian Border. Next, we see elderly EMD's of the Ferronor Diego de Almagro Sector struggling up the 3.5% grade to the ...more | |
| Hot Spots 35 Homewood & La Grange IllinoisChicago is a railroad town and there are a number of great hot spots here - some which Highball Productions has covered previously in our Hot Spots series, such as Blue Island and Roosevelt Road. La Grange and Homewood are two hot spots along the I-294 corridor of Chicago suburbs. The track arrange ...more | |
| Union Pacific 844 Returns to the MainlineUnion Pacific never retired 4-8-4 number 844, She became the first in a line of significant steam locomotives to be saved and restored to operating condition and then used as ambassadors for the UP. The public loves seeing and riding behind big steam! But steam requires a lot of care, and afte ...more | |
| Hot Spots 36, Barstow California DVDBarstow, California. Gateway to both Cajon Pass and the Mojave Desert. Barstow features a huge, and restored, former Harvey House/Santa Fe depot. It is also division point for three BNSF subdivisions: Mojave Sub, Needles Sub and the Cajon Sub. Union Pacific has trackage rights from Daggett through B ...more | |
| Rails through the Hudson Highlands DVDWe begin our run in Ossining, heading north to Poughkeepsie, pausing at many intermediate points along the way. Some locations visited are Croton North, Peekskill, Cold Spring and Roa Hook. FL9’s in Metro-North’s tasteful red, blue and silver scheme abound. Several Metro-North trains are even po ...more | |
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