Santa Fe
Odyssey Volume I - DVD-R. This exciting video series
showcases 30 glorious years of Santa Fe railroading. Your
tour begins in the 1950s, where you’ll thrill to the last
vestiges of steam, famous high speed passenger trains, and
"hotshot freights" as you follow the road from the West
Coast to Chicago. Stunning trackside footage and detailed
commentary provide a fitting tribute to this fallen flag.
2pk DVD-R Set. Color, 2 hours.
Be sure to also see Volume II (RV6644) and Volume III
(RV6947) of this exciting series.
Santa Fe
Pictorial - DVD. Enjoy thrilling action on the
Santa Fe - prior to the 1995 BNSF merger - at a variety of
locations such as Cajon Pass, Tehachapi Loop, the
transcontinental main line in Arizona and New Mexico, and
the remote Canyon Diablo bridge. You'll view GM and GE
wide-cab units in their first tour of duty, a variety of
paint schemes, a 10-unit freight descending the loop at
Caliente, F45s, cabooses, and much more. Color, 1 hr. 20
min.
#0RV7171
Price: $29.95
Santa Fe
Swan Song - DVD-R. Travel Santa Fe "all the way"
during its last decade of service before the mega-merger
with rival Burlington Northern. You'll enjoy unique views of
this fallen flag along busy main lines and branch lines -
even unusual street running! - at locations such as Colorado
Springs, Denver, Pueblo, Garden City, La Junta, Lamy, Santa
Fe, and Long Beach. A delightful mix of modern and "senior"
motive power - from GEs and EMDs to CF7s - shares the rails
on everything from short locals to massive, high-tonnage
unit trains. Color, 1 hr. 16 min.
#0RV5327
Price: $19.95
Santa Fe
Vintage West - DVD-R. This parade of power features
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway action throughout
southern California - including visits to Cajon, Tehachapi
and the Needles Subdivision - prior to Santa Fe's 1996
merger with the Burlington Northern Railroad. You'll see a
variety of liveries, locomotive power, and passenger and
freight service, hearing all the railroad's natural sounds
along the way. Color, 1 hr. 34 min.
#0RV8193
Price: $28.95
Santa Fe
Warbonnets Through Raton Pass - DVD. This exciting video showcases the
trains and motive power used in Raton Pass, one of America's
premier railfan hotspots. You'll enjoy a thorough look at
Santa Fe's "super fleet" - including Dash 8s, Dash 9s,
GP60Ms, F45s - and learn how freight trains are broken apart
and rebuilt to tackle the 3½% grades of The Pass. You'll
also see a plethora of Southwestern depots, the Glorietta
Roundhouse, "helper operations," "Kodachrome SD-units" and
more. Color. 60 min.
#0RV8542
Price: $24.95
Santa Fe's
Arizona Mainline - DVD-R. Stretching across the mountains
and deserts of Arizona, the Santa Fe mainline is a
double-tracked ribbon of high-density railroading at its
finest. Here, in Kingman Canyon, at Canyon Diablo Bridge,
and at so many more scenic Western locales, you'll see EMD
F45s in SF's classic blue and yellow scheme, brand new
General Electric Dash 8-40BW units purchased as part of SF's
Super Fleet program, and even the Southwest Chief, Amtrak's
successor to one of Santa Fe's great luxury passenger
trains. Color with stereo sound and narration, 1 hr. 20 min.
#0RV5778
Price: $29.95
Santa Fe's
New Mexico Main - DVD. This video features nonstop Santa
Fe action in New Mexico from the busy western terminal of
Belen, up through Mountainair and back down across the high
deserts at Clovis. Along the way you'll cross Abo Canyon
high above the desert floor, watch high-speed SuperFleet
trains race through Dalies Junction and get a last look at
diesel classics such as SDF45s and GP30s before they are
removed from Santa Fe's main line service. Color, 60 min.
#0RV6539
Price: $39.95
Santa Fe's
New Mexico Mainline Combo - DVD. Enjoy two action-packed Santa Fe
trips, each captured along one of the road's picturesque New
Mexico subdivisions. Volume I takes you on the Clovis
Subdivision where hot intermodals and drag freights needle
through the confines of Abo Canyon, across seven spectacular
bridges and past rugged outcroppings. In Volume II, you'll
travel along the Gallup Subdivision where heavy westbound
trains climb the steep grade out of Belen before fighting
extreme weather conditions and the taxing topography of the
region. Color, 3 hours.
#0RV5772
Price: $29.95
Santa Fe's
Raton Route - DVD. This video features modern Santa
Fe power against a panorama of the Old West. You'll visit
Raton Pass, the Las Vegas Sub and Glorieta Pass where F45s
in the silver and red warbonnet scheme and strings of "Kodachrome"
SD units strut their stuff. Amtrak's Southwest Limited - the
successor to the famous Super Chief - also pays a visit
along with long, dusty coal drags and special Santa Fe fast
freights with hi-tech motive power. Color, 110 minutes.
#0RV6540
Price: $39.95
Santa Fe's
Seligman Sub - DVD. The Seligman Sub offers rail fans
a colorful and exciting look at Santa Fe fast freight
operations. This video takes you from Needles, California to
Winslow, Arizona, a railroad playground where
high-horsepower diesels such as C30-7s, SD45s GP60s and
B39-8s pay a regular visit. Highlights include heavy freight
action on the massive steel arch bridge over Diablo Canyon,
Supai Summit, the busy Peavine Line and Kingman Canyon.
Color, 60 minutes.
#0RV6541
Price: $39.95
Southern
Pacific Scrapbook - DVD. This video showcases Southern
Pacific freight action in the last decade before the merger
with Union Pacific. You'll see the busy main lines and
branch lines at the Lordsburg District, Donner Pass, Lompoc
and Santa Cruz, where sugar beet and "oil can" trains polish
the rails. Highlights include high-speed SDP45 pacing shots,
cab ride footage, and a visit to Stockton Junction where
first and early second generation Southern Pacific, Union
Pacific and Santa Fe diesels pound the diamonds. Color and
B&W, 1 hr. 30 min.
#0RV6866
Price: $26.95
Southern
Pacific's Tehachapi Line - DVD. Like You've Never See It Before!
This film offers one of the most in-depth looks at Southern
Pacific's vaunted Tehachapi Line ever released, with
coverage extending from the east end of Bakersfield Yard to
Mojave Yard. You'll see more than 40 trains - including
steel coil, sugar beet, oil can and Piggybacks - battle
grades that average 2.3%, and be treated to a host of
massive motive power lashups from both Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe. On-screen tables give you specific details for
each train. Color, 110 min.
#0RV8697
Volume One. Steam favorites from the Soo Line, Milwaukee Road and Chicago &
North Western polish the rails at locations such as Fond du Lac, Byron Hill
and East Dubuque. You'll also enjoy footage of a circus train unloading
animals and equipment, the Rexall Special Train, a National Guard train, and
much more. B&W and color, 50 minutes.
Be sure to also see Volume Two of this series (RV5430).
Volume Two. Your trip continues with more outstanding
footage that includes President Eisenhower's train at Fond
du Lac, the Flying Scotsman, Englewood Union Station, Beaver
Dam, and more than a dozen railroads such as the North
Shore, Illinois Terminal, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, Milwaukee
Road and Chicago & North Western. Color and B&W, 1 hour.
Be sure to also see Volume One of this exciting series
(RV5428).
#0RV5430
Price: $29.95
Street
Running in HO Scale on The City Edge Layout - DVD. Visit Victor Smith's stunning "The
City Edge" HO scale urban layout to view 12 incredible train
scenes (including dual elevated main lines), hear authentic
train sounds, and enjoy rail running from a unique mini-cam
perspective!
You'll see the trains of Norfolk Southern, Terminal Railroad
Association of St. Louis, Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe;
night running; a Frisco and Missouri-Kansas-Texas parade;
Gulf Mobile & Ohio operations; the Missouri Pacific bridge
over the Missouri River; a flyover; and more. Includes a DCC
tutorial and a layout wiring schematic. Widescreen, Dolby
Digital 5.1, 45 minutes.
#0RV2051
Price: $29.95
Super Chief
- DVD-R. Speed · Style · Service.
Hosted by TV celebrity and railroad aficionado Michael
Gross, this Telly Award-winning video is the complete story
of America's premier western passenger train. You'll enjoy
interviews with former Santa Fe president John Reed, Super
Chief passengers, and Santa Fe employees who rode the train
during its zenith. Includes footage of the Super Chief's
motive power, all-Pullman consist, 4-star cuisine, famous
passengers and more - much of it previously unreleased.
Color, 58 minutes.
#0RV6224
Price: $24.95
Tehachapi
Loop Combo - DVD-R. This DVD contains two programs -
Tehachapi I: The Santa Fe and Tehachapi II: The Southern
Pacific - that present thrilling footage of trains roaring
through the scenic canyon and over the engineering marvel of
Tehachapi Loop in the mid-1980s. You'll view the flashy
red-and-yellow paint scheme that was used during the failed
merger, SP Daylight #4449 at the point of a passenger
special, a tank train, and more. Color, 1 hr. 46 min.
#0RV8457
Price: $39.95
The
Burlington Northern Santa Fe in the Arizona Forest - DVD. This program takes you to the
Coconino and Kaibab National Forests in Arizona to view BNSF
diesel-powered trains at stunning locations such as Eagle
Nest Mountain, Williams Junction, Supai Summit, Flagstaff,
West Double A Crossovers, Bootleggers Crossing, Sherwood
Crossing, Riordan Summit, and Cosnino. Includes sound and
on-screen graphics. Color, 2 hours.
#0RV5731
Price: $24.95
The
Official Guide of the Railways - DVD-R. Through the Guide.
This video takes you back to the 1950s and '60s to savor the
color and individuality of the U.S. passenger trains of 40
lines, the precursors of today's Amtrak. You'll see the
entire consists of most of these trains, each from a cast
that includes Southern Pacific's Daylight, Pennsylvania's
Broadway Limited, Chesapeake & Ohio's Sportsman, Chicago &
North Western's 400, Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle,
Santa Fe's Super Chief, Frisco's Meteor and dozens more. An
excellent reference to a bygone era. Color and B&W, 1 hr. 30
min.
#0RV6743
A 1950s Look at the Santa Fe.
You get The Santa Fe Super Chief, a 1948 film introduction
to the beautiful train in which you'll experience
out-of-this-world accommodations, dome cars and interiors of
this incredible train. You also get several minutes of Super
Chief run-by action and Play It Safe, a film on dangerous
safety practices that includes great ATSF train footage. All
together, it's some of the best Santa Fe color film you'll
ever see. Color, 30 min.
Challenge for Tomorrow.
See the Santa Fe in transition as diesels replace steam in
the 1950s. Footage includes the last active steamers heading
into the roundhouse for the last time as F-units, E-Units
and Alco PAs usher in a new age. Also included is footage of
Santa Fe's San Francisco bay rail ferry system. Color, 30
minutes.
#0RV6083
Price: $24.95
The Stormy - DVD. Southern Pacific's Lordsburg District. This
program takes you back to the pre-merger days of 1995 to view a nonstop
parade of trains across one of the most scenic stretches on Southern
Pacific's Sunset Route: the Lordsburg District between Tucson, Arizona, and
Lordsburg, New Mexico.
You'll view hot trains and drag freights working hard across four mountain
passes; a variety of motive power, including SD40s, SD45T-2s, SD45s, B30-7s
and an SD45R in Kodachrome paint; D&RGW SD40T-2s, CSX SD60s and Cotton Belt
GP60s and B40s; Amtrak's Sunset Limited; trains from Santa Fe, Union
Pacific, San Pedro Southwestern and Arizona & Eastern; and more. Color, 1
hr. 30 min.
#0RV9194
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The Super
Chief - DVD. This program presents the full
story of one of the world's most famous trains - the Santa
Fe Super Chief - from birth to burial. You'll take a trip
from Chicago to Los Angeles, tour the train from the
Pleasure Dome with its individual rotating chairs to the
Turquoise Room used for private dinner parties, and view the
world's largest fleet of streamliners and their varied
configurations: The Chief, The Texas Chief, El Capitan, and
others. Color, 1 hr. 13 min
#0RV3107
Price: $39.95
The
Surfline/Surfline Cab Ride Combo - DVD. The Surfline/Surfline Cab Ride
Combo
This DVD contains two spectacular programs. The Surfline
follows every mile of Amtrak's spectacular Surfline from San
Diego to Los Angeles. Highlights include a look at every
station along the route, the famous Carlsbad wooden
trestles, rare cab rides aboard Amtrak's powerful Dash
8-32PWH and F40 locomotives along the scenic California
coast, nearby Santa Fe freight action, and more. Surfline
Cab Ride takes you for a magnificent cab ride aboard
Amtrak's train 579, the San Diegan. You'll reach speeds up
to 90 mph, witness several "meets," soak in the gorgeous
beach scenery, and more on this amazing West Coast sprint.
Color, 2 hours total.
#0RV5764
Price: $29.95
The Trains
of Galesburg - DVD. Galesburg, Illinois is one of the
Midwest's busiest railroad towns. In this program, you'll
visit to this important rail hub for a feast of exciting
modern railroad action on each of the seven lines that run
through it as well as in the depot area downtown and at the
junction at Cameron. Highlights include BNSF trains on the
old Santa Fe and Burlington lines, a detailed overview of
the busy yard near Galesburg and Amtrak passenger action at
the Galesburg depot. Color, 90 min.
#0RV8395
You'll travel on the Santa Fe Super Chief during its zenith;
learn the story of "Big George," a mile-long freight train;
explore the critical link between the development of the
U.S. railways and westward expansion; view the 20th Century
Limited and the 1937 inauguration of Southern Pacific's
Coast Daylight; follow the classification and makeup of a
125-car diesel freight; see the return of the famous
"General;" view plenty of great steam action; take an
in-depth look at European and Canadian railways; explore
what the future may hold for railroad technology; and much
more. Color and B&W, 13 hrs. 41 min.
#0RV3059
Price: $24.95
The Way
West Odyssey - DVD-R. Head west on a 2-disc rail
adventure that showcases the essence of contemporary
railroading. You'll travel from California to Illinois where
pig trains sprawl across the Midwest, helpers shove trains
through the Rockies and long tunnels and bridges connect
main lines in the Northwest. Trains from mighty Class Is
such as the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Burlington Northern,
Rio Grande and Soo Line offer a gripping look at the
challenges railroads face "on the way west." Color, 2 hours.
#0RV6912
Thunder from the Wild West.
"Whether you like trains or you just love travel and
adventure, look no further than Thunder Under Heaven."
- Trains magazine. This program takes an insider's
look at the Grand Canyon Railway's 120-year evolution, from
just before the arrival of the Santa Fe Pacific in northern
Arizona to the present-day steam operations of the historic
line that runs between Williams, Arizona, and the South Rim
of Grand Canyon National Park. Rare, vintage footage of the
railroad includes winter steam action!
#0RV9061
Price: $24.95
Thunder
Under Heaven DVD Set. Thunder from the Wild West &
Thunder in the Canyons.
"Whether you like trains or you just love travel and
adventure, look no further than Thunder Under Heaven." -
Trains magazine. These program takes insiders' looks at the
Grand Canyon Railway's history and current steam operations,
including rare, vintage footage of winter steam action!
Thunder from the Wild West - Explores the 120-year evolution
of the historic line that runs between Williams, Arizona,
and the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, from just
before the arrival of the Santa Fe Pacific in northern
Arizona to the present day.
Thunder in the Canyons - View the railway's equipment and
operations during a typical day on the big steam railroad as
the crews work jobs from another century, making the
128-mile roundtrip between Williams and the Grand Canyon's
South Rim.
In this 1991 footage, you'll see fallen flags such as
Chicago & North Western, Conrail, Illinois Central, Soo
Line, and many others at famous hot spots and at
lesser-known locations where you'll enjoy everything from
"new" Santa Fe Warbonnets to time-worn North Western Geeps.
There are even special treats such as Burlington Northern
E-Units, a Belt Railway of Chicago Alco C-424, and
high-speed railroading action as Amtrak passenger trains
dash to meet their schedules and Santa Fe pig trains speed
toward their destinations. Color with hi-fi sound and
narration, 2 hours.
#0RV5776
Price: $29.95
Twisted
Rails - DVD. In this 1934 thriller starring
Jack Donovan and Alice Dahl, the mountain division of the
Tidewater Railroad is sabotaged by a gang's series of wrecks
and robberies. Donovan and an engineer's son spearhead the
effort to capture the gang's leader - who is planning to
steal a $50,000 gold shipment - and rescue the engineer's
kidnapped daughter. Shot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway, this film features plenty of great steam locomotive
action! B&W, 1 hour.
#0RV2331
Price: $21.95
Western
Steam in 1940 - DVD. View thrilling western steam
railroading from 1939 through 1942! In this program
showcasing trains of AT&SF, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
and Western Pacific, you'll ride through the Feather River
Canyon; visit the yard throat of one-year-old Los Angeles
Union Pacific Terminal to view UP Challenger #3938 and
4-8-2s, Santa Fe 4-8-4s and Southern Pacific Daylights and
Cab Forwards; witness the Santa Fe Chief, the Los Angles
Limited and other named passenger trains; ride to the summit
of Cajon Pass; and more. B&W, 50 minutes.
#0RV7118
Price: $34.95
Railroads in Wartime Volume 1-3 - DVD. This three-volume series features an entertaining
variety of classic films produced during World War II and the Korean War to
showcase the importance of American Railroads. Color and B&W, 1 hr. 30 min.
Volume I
Includes the rare U.S. Government film Troop Train, featuring armored
vehicles, tanks, motorcycles, and Army personnel being loaded onto a special
train. Lifeline of the Nation highlights the moving of war materiel
from coast to coast and shows Liberty Ships under construction.
Volume II Railroads and National Defense, produced during the Korean War, is a
full color film highlighting the building and moving of war material from
coast to coast by rail. A fascinating featurette describing the making of
the war movie The Train and two very rare Lionel train TV commercials
are also included.
Volume III Loaded for War, a color film produced by the Santa Fe railroad during
WWII. The rebuilding of 2-8-2 3723 from a rusting "old slobberbucket" into a
practically new locomotive is a highlight of this exciting program. A
featurette on the making of the famous war movie Von Ryan's Express
concludes this fine program.
#0RV9017
Price: $39.95
Wings on
the Prairie - DVD. This program features exciting
non-stop run-by action captured on the former Chicago &
North Western main line in and around Rochelle, Illinois, in
May of 2001. You'll view a variety of diesel power in a
number of paint schemes from Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe as they travel
through locations such as DeKalb, Malta, Creston, Flagg and
Franklin Grove. 1 hr. 20 min.
#0RV2175
