Steam in the '50s Vol. 1 - DVD-R. This stunning tribute to the last vestiges of
steam takes you to the 1950s and early 1960s to see the Iron Horse make its
"last gasp" for survival. Color and B&W.
Travel through the U.S. and Canada for a feast of steam from 14 different
railroads including Chicago & North Western, Missouri Pacific, Pennsylvania,
Grand Trunk, Rock Island, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and others.
Crisp 16mm film and exceptional sound help make this a railfan favorite. 1
hour.
Be sure to see Vol. 2 (RV6657) and Vol. 3 (RV6658).
#0RV6656
Price: $24.95
Steam in the '50s and '60s Vol. 2 -
DVD-R. This stunning tribute to the last vestiges of
steam takes you to the 1950s and early 1960s to see the Iron Horse make its
"last gasp" for survival. Color and B&W.
See big steam on the Union Pacific and on the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
along with a host of favorites from the Duluth & Northeastern, Lake Superior
& Ishpeming, and others. 35 minutes.
Be sure to see Vol. 1 (RV6656) and Vol. 3 (RV6658).
#0RV6657
Price: $24.95
Steam in the '50s Vol. 3 - DVD-R. This stunning tribute to the last vestiges of
steam takes you to the 1950s and early 1960s to see the Iron Horse make its
"last gasp" for survival. Color and B&W.
Highlights include steam on the Northern Pacific, Shay and Climax
locomotives on Rayonier Lumber and Hillcrest Lumber, Canadian steam in
Western Canada, Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4s and Class J 4-8-4s, and
much more. 1 hour.
Be sure to see Vol. 1 (RV6656) and Vol. 2 (RV6657).
#0RV6658
Price: $24.95
Steam on the Double! & Cheyenne Steam
Train - DVD. This two-program DVD presents high-speed pacing
action and thrilling trackside footage of Union Pacific steam power! You'll
view 4-8-4 Northern #844 doubleheading with 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3985, #3985
doubleheading with an EMD DDA40X diesel locomotive, and an E9 diesel
powering a Domeliner excursion; take a cab ride in #844, the last steam
locomotive built for UP; visit 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4004 at Holliday Park; and
more! Color, stereo, 1 hr. 25 min.
#0RV7134
Price: $24.95
Steam Over Sherman - DVD-R. The Union Pacific did things on a big scale, and
nothing exemplified this better than the locomotives it used on Sherman
Hill. Here, you’ll journey back to the days when 4-8-8-4 Big Boys and
4-6-6-4 Challengers pounded the rails of this mighty incline as they stormed
westward out of Wyoming. You’ll also enjoy the rare 4-12-2s, the 800 Class
4-8-4s, the massive Veranda turbines and a bevy of UP passenger trains with
pristine steam and diesels at the helm. Color, 54 minutes.
#0RV6521
Price: $39.95
Steam Over Tennessee Pass - DVD. Ride along on a once-in-a-lifetime steam excursion
as Union Pacific's mighty No. 844, leading an A-B-A set of E-units and 18
matched passenger cars, makes one last extraordinary trip through the Royal
Gorge and over Tennessee Pass prior to UP's closure of the historic line.
Created with footage captured by five separate camera teams, this DVD is as
close as you can get to being there! Stereo sound with narration, 1 hr. 30
min.
#0RV5782
Featuring two great titles on one DVD, this
collection presents incredible footage of steam locomotives from the 1960s
through the 1980s. You'll view Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611, Southern
Railway 2-10-4 #610, N&W 2-6-6-4 #1218, Nickel Plate 2-8-4 #765, Union
Pacific 4-8-4 #8444, Strasburg 4-4-0 #1223, and B&O 4-6-2 #2100; the trains
of Morris County Central, Pine Creek, Cass Scenic, Black River & Western,
and Middletown & New Jersey; and much more! Color and B&W, 2 hours.
#0RV6849
Price: $37.95
Steam to Los Angeles - DVD. This program takes you trackside and onboard to
view some of the most dramatic side-by-side steam locomotive scenes ever
staged! You'll travel to the 50th anniversary celebration of the Los Angeles
Union Passenger Terminal in 1989 to view Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern #8444
and Southern Pacific 4-8-4 "Daylight" #4999 as they arrive at the historic
station, run on parallel tracks over Cajon Pass to Sullivan's Curve, and
much more. 1 hr. 15 min.
#0RV9187
Price: $29.95
Steam Train! - DVD-R. This incredible video captures a parade of steam
power like you've never seen before. Over 30 locomotives blast past the
camera in a series of dramatic runbys - 187 in all! - that include railfan
favorites such as Southern Railway 4-6-4 2839, Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611,
Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985, Chessie System 4-8-4 614, and Pennsylvania
Railroad 4-4-0 1223. Locations and dates appear on screen, and you'll hear
all the natural steam sound without the intrusion of narration or music.
Color, 2 hr. 22 min.
#0RV5200
Price: $32.95
Steep Steel and Slipping Stalling Steam
Vol 1 - DVD. This program presents thrilling footage of hard
pulls on steep grades and more than 100 wheel-slips - including engine
stalls! - from 21 different steam locomotives, including Norfolk & Western
Class-J #611, ex-Army 2-8-0 #1702, Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 #3985,
Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501, Nickel Plate 2-8-4 #765, Great Western 2-10-0
#90, Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-2 #7002, Western Maryland Shay #6, and many
others. Includes action on the 5% Saluda grade, the Topton grade, Sherman
Hill, Jones Mountain, Billygoat Hill, Afton Mountain, Bald Knob, and more! 1
hr. 30 min.
#0RV7115
Price: $24.95
Steep Steel & Slipping Stalling Steam, Volume 2 - DVD. This program presents thrilling hard pulls up
steep grades and 120 wheel-slips - including engine stalls! - from 20
different steam locomotives, including Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 #614,
Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #1278, Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-0 #1223, Tweetsie
4-6-0 #12 and 2-8-2 #190, Western Maryland 2-8-0 #734, Southern Railway
2-8-0 #722, and many others. 1 hr. 15 min.
#0RV7119
Price: $24.95
Steep Steel & Slipping Stalling Steam, Volume 3 - DVD. This program presents thrilling hard pulls up
steep grades and 133 wheel-slips - including engine stalls! - from 10
different steam locomotives, including Reading Railroad 4-8-4 #2102,
ex-Canadian Pacific 4-6-2s #1278 and #1238 on the Chesapeake & Ohio,
Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-2 #7002, Great Western 2-10-0 #90, Southern
Pacific 4-8-4 #4449, and many others. 1 hour.
#0RV7120
Price: $24.95
Sunrise/Sunset - DVD. A Day at Gibbon Junction. This 1997 journey to
Gibbon (Nebraska) Junction - the meeting point for Union Pacific's
Marysville Subdivision and the east/west Nebraska Division main line -
follows the action from sunrise to sunset on a long summer day. You'll view
73 trains, including freight, coal, intermodal and local freights; a
fantastic mix of motive power; and more. Color, 1 hr. 13 min.
#0RV9156
Price: $29.95
Sunrise/Sunset - DVD. A Day at Rochelle, Illinois.
Travel to the diamond intersection at Rochelle, Illinois, in 1999 to view the
action on the double tracks of Union Pacific and the double tracks of BNSF! From
sunup to sundown, you'll view an unending parade of intermodal, coal and
manifest trains; a wide variety of motive power; and more. Color, 1 hour.
#0RV9193
Price: $29.95
The American Flyer Boys' Railroad Club - DVD. This program presents five fascinating episodes of the
American Flyer Boys' Railroad Club television show produced by A.C. Gilbert
Company in the early 1950s. In each episode, a railroad representative - from
Pennsylvania Railroad, New Haven, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio or Union
Pacific - describes his job, watches the boys operate the American Flyer trains,
and comments on the miniature action. Includes plenty of real railroad footage
and views of the giant American Flyer layout at the Gilbert Hall of Science in
New York City. B&W, 1 hr. 20 min.
#0RV2328
Price: $29.95
The Canteen Spirit - DVD. Through photographs and interviews, this program
recounts the captivating history of the North Platte Canteen in North
Platte, Nebraska - home to Union Pacific's massive Bailey Yard - where
residents of 125 towns gathered to offer sandwiches, cookies, beverages,
cigarettes, magazines and, most importantly, a patriotic sendoff to the
millions of soldiers who stopped briefly on their rail journey as they
headed off to service in World War II. Color and B&W, 1 hour.
#0RV9254
When Giants Roamed.
Journey back to the golden age of steam for an up-close look at legendary
locomotives. See the Union Pacific's famed Big Boy in action and ride the rails
of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western, eastern coal-hauling railroads
with an unquenchable thirst for power. Meet the men who drove engines such as
the Allegheny and the Yellowstone, and visit the museums and yards where the
largest steamers ever built are preserved today. Color and B&W, 50 minutes.
#0RV8072
Price: $24.95
The Golden Spike - DVD.
This documentary - narrated by Adam
West - chronicles the building of the first transcontinental railroad and
the historic meeting between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific track
crews at Promontory Point, Utah, that joined the nation with twin rails of
steel. You'll view rare photographs, film footage of the historic line, and
a bonus program, The Lewis & Clark Expedition. B&W and color, 50 minutes.
#0RV6447
Price: $14.95
The Great Steam Trek - DVD. This program presents thrilling footage of two great
4-8-4 Northerns - Union Pacific #8444 and Southern Pacific #4449 - running to
and from the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal anniversary celebration in
1989! You'll see #8444 in its authentic "Greyhound" paint scheme; aerial and
trackside views of #4449 along the California coast; the locomotives arriving
side-by-side at the historic station; a helicopter view of their run up Cajon
Pass; and more. 58 minutes.
#0RV5970
Price: $29.95
The Iron Horse - DVD. One of the grandfathers of the American western,
this 1924 John Ford epic depicting the building of the transcontinental
railroad includes thrilling Indian attacks, massive railway work gangs, and
historic figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok
- and culminates in the famous 1869 Golden Spike meeting of the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific railways at Promontory Point, Utah. An historic
Hollywood gem, this is a must-have for your library! B&W, silent, includes
U.S. and U.K. versions. 2 hrs. 13 min.
#0RV3050
Price: $21.95
The 100 Engine DVD. This DVD presents thrilling footage and sounds of more
than 100 of your favorite steam engines, from Union Pacific's massive 4-8-8-4
Big Boy to the diminutive 2-2-2 Jenny Lind… you'll even see Baltimore & Ohio's
Tom Thumb, the English-built John Bull, Stephenson's Rocket 0-2-2, U.S. Army
steam power, several doubleheaders, a tripleheader and a quadrupleheader! B&W
and color, stereo, 2 hours.
#0RV7114
In this film produced by the Union Pacific, you'll see
the development of steam power on the UP from 4-6-0s to the Big Boys. Watch in
fascination as these locomotives are serviced and rebuilt, then sit back and
enjoy trackside and cab shots of these mighty 4-8-8-4s as they pull long
freights over Wyoming's Sherman Hill. Spectacular scenery provides a fitting
backdrop for these locomotives as you see them during their last years in
service. Color, 25 min.
#0RV6066
Price: $24.95
The Lost Express - DVD-R. This 1926 Hollywood thriller stars Henry Barrows and
Helen Homes. John Morgan (Barrows), a railroad tycoon opposed to his daughter
Ruth's failed marriage, has made Ruth's daughter sole heir to his railroad
empire. While arranging to take his granddaughter abroad with him to deny either
parent custody, Morgan gets kidnapped aboard his "Special" train. The story is
enhanced with plenty of high-power railroad action featuring early Union Pacific
steam power. Silent with musical score ad subtitles, B&W, 50 minutes.
Includes the bonus feature The Railroad Men (1923). Esther, the daughter of a
railroad president, is rescued from sure death by railroad employee John Buckley
after she falls from her horse in the path of a speeding train. Lawrence Wilton,
the president's advisor, becomes jealous of the blossoming romance between
Esther and John, so he devises a plan to wreck the president's special train and
blame it on John. Silent film with musical score and subtitles, B&W, 51 minutes.
#0RV5604
Price: $21.95
The Shasta Route - DVD. Union Pacific's Valley and Black Butte
Subdivisions
In this program, which covers nearly 170 miles of Union Pacific's legendary
Shasta Division line between Redding, California, and Klamath Falls, Oregon,
you'll view trains as they work their way up the Sacramento River Canyon to
Dunsmuir, climb out of a box canyon with 2.2% grades, reach the highest
point on the Cascade Route at Grass Lake, sprint through the high desert
into Oregon, and even see Union Pacific Challenger #3985 in action. Color,
stereo, 1 hr. 58 min.
#0RV2248
Price: $29.95
The Shasta Route - DVD-R. Tracks of the Old Southern Pacific.
This program takes you on a spectacular trip through the Pacific Northwest
along rails once traversed by the legendary Southern Pacific. SP (now under
the Union Pacific flag), Union Pacific and Amtrak all pay a visit as you
journey from Klamath Falls, Oregon, south to locations such as Mt. Shasta,
Weed, Shasta City, McCloud and the Trinity Alps. Along the way, you'll pass
Lake Shasta and traverse the massive trestle over the Sacramento River
Valley, the largest trestle in the West. Color, 1 hr. 23 min.
#0RV6667
Price: $29.95
The Ultimate Cajon Subdivision - DVD. This blockbuster features 12 hours of thrilling action
on BNSF's 81-mile, San Bernardino-to-Barstow Cajon Subdivision! You'll see more
than 500 trains on one of the busiest and most scenic main lines in the country
during winter storms and summer heat, from the stiff climb over Cajon Pass,
through the Mojave Desert, to action on Union Pacific's Colton-Palmdale Cutoff.
Color, 12 hours on four DVDs
#0RV9154
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Tracks Ahead Series
I - DVD. Tracks Ahead is an award winning, critically
acclaimed series that has aired on Public Television since 1990. Hosted by
Spencer Christian, its magazine-style format and unique topics appeal to
audiences of all ages and interests. Volume 1 of Season 1 (1990) includes:
the history and present operations of the Cleveland Rapid Transit system; an
HO scale layout which models the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in the
1950's; an amazing wood carver, David Warther, whose talents created
remarkable railroad models; the collection of former Lionel Corporation
owner Richard Kughn; toy collector Ed Green's tinplate trains; a premier
train collection at the Indianapolis Children's Museum; a visit to a radio
controlled live steam garden railroad in California; a photo essay on
America's continuing love of trains and railroading; a visit to the Northern
Railcar wheelshop to investigate how maintenance on railroad car wheels and
trucks is performed; artist Gil Reid; Horseshoe Curve and the Railroader's
Museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania; an N gauge layout that models the famous
Tehachapi loop; the Amtrak Midwest repair facility in Chicago; railroad
photographer Wendell Murphy; an exemplary American Flyer layout; circus
trains; an O gauge traction layout; railroad artist Russ Porter at his home
in a converted Chicago, Joliet and Elgin private coach; a visit to the
California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California; a look at an
historic Pennsylvania landmark, Roadside America; the Roaring Camp & Big
Trees Railroad in California; the Chicago Elevated System; railroad author
Jim Scribbins; and a turn of the century HO scale layout. Color, 4 hours.
Volume 2 of Season 1 includes the Denver and Rio Grande's Moffat Tunnel; the
Train Collector's Association Museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania; railroad
author Bob Baker; a model live steam club operation in Wisconsin; renown
railroad collector and former Walt Disney animator, Ward Kimball; a model
railroad set in logging country; an operating interurban museum at
Trolleyville, USA; a profile on the Milwaukee Road; a premier railroad
dining experience on Scenic Rail Dining; a Lionel layout at The Train Barn
in Kalamazoo, Michigan; railroading publisher Don Heimberger; a visit to the
William K. Walthers manufacturing company; the Chicago & North Western
intermodal yards; the Santa Fe Piggyback operations in Chicago; a look at an
operating railroad museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin; the Milwaukee Model
Railroad club; one of the oldest railroad clubs in America; a visit to the
Lionel factory to see how toy trains are made; railroad historian David
Myers; the Cuyahoga Valley Model Railroad club in Cleveland, Ohio; a close
look at a 15 inch gauge live steam railroad circling the Milwaukee Zoo; a
visit with Stan Roy, who can operate twenty-seven trains at the same time on
his Lionel layout; railroad historian J. David Ingles, a historical profile
of the Milwaukee Electric Railroad and Light operation; visits the
Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum; the O gauge layout at the Chicago Museum
of Science and Industry; an operating session on the old Kalmbach layout;
the Milwaukee, Racine and Troy Railroad; a profile on the Minneapolis
Commercial Railroad; and a talk with authors and publishers Tom McComas and
James Touhy. Color, 3 hours.
#0RV8352
Price: $29.95
Tracks Ahead Series
II - DVD. Tracks Ahead is an award winning, critically
acclaimed series that has aired on Public Television since 1990. Hosted by
Spencer Christian, its magazine-style format and unique topics appeal to
audiences of all ages and interests. Now, you can own the first five seasons
on video! Series 2 features: the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, a short
line railroad running in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan between the ore
mines and docking facilities at Marquette; country music singer Boxcar
Willie; an American Flyer model railroad featuring Plasticville structures;
the Verkershaus der Swiss, a transportation museum in Lucerne, Switzerland;
the Krupp Mak locomotive building facility in Kiel, Germany for a look at
the construction of diesel-hydraulic DE-1024 engines; the efficiencies of
rail travel and the expansion of Amtrak; a discussion with Bill Volheim and
Art Zirul, two men who worked on the 1940 Lionel showroom layout; the East
Broadtop Railroad in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, a profile of Chris Knapton,
director of public relationsat the Metropolitan Transit Authority in
Chicago; a visit to the Marklin Train factory and museum in Goppingen,
Germany; the history of the Tehachapi Loop in the mountains north of Los
Angeles; a profile of Richard Misunas, a conductor on the Milwaukee to
Chicago Amtrak run, who offers a running commentary on the benefits of rail
travel; a tour of the Lehmann Company in Nuremberg, Germany, which provides
a behind-the-scenes look at the manufacturing process for large gauge
trains; the Deutsche Bundesbahn's Inter City Express, a high speed electric
train which connects major cities in Germany, and sustains speeds of 250
Kilometers per hour (about 160 mph); a profile of Bruce Moffat, the author
of "40 Feet Below;" a visit to Chuck Brasher of Grass Valley, California,
who displays his American Flyer cardboard station, along with other pieces
in his collection; a historical look at the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima,
Ohio; the history and present operation of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway in
New Hampshire; Gion Caprez, a physicist who joined the Swiss Railroads after
discovering he preferred working outside; a father and son garden railroad
operation in Milwaukee; and the Red Car trolleys at the Orange Empire
Railway Museum in Los Angeles. Interurban railway vehicles; an old North
Boston tower which was literally sawed below the roof-line and brought to a
museum by barge; the Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center in Omaha, artist
Howard Fogg, who demonstrates some of his train paintings and offers insight
into how he picks a subject; a wonderful O Scale hi-rail layout in Moore,
South Carolina; a tour of the Midland Railway Center in Ripley, England,
where steam engines are displayed; a visit to the highest railway station in
the world, the Jungfraujoch outside of Interlochen, Switzerland; artist Grif
Teller, who created the artwork for the Pennsylvania Railroad calendars of
the 1930s and '40; a look at four layouts at the San Diego Model Railroad
Museum; and a 15-inch gauge operation at the Sandley Locomotive Works at
Wisconsin Dells, which features scaled down buildings as well as shops with
machinery driven by belts from a central line shaft; a behind-the-scenes
look at Amtrak's major repair and maintenance facility in Beech Grove,
Indiana; a trip on the Nostalgie Istanbul Orient Express Train Deluxe, a
train comprised of 1930s vintage restored cars from various European
railways and pulled by a German steam locomotive; a profile of model
railroad legend John Allen, who built an HO scale train layout in the 1950s
that became the de facto standard for scenery and mountain modeling for many
years; a ride through Arizona aboard The Copper Basin Railroad, a short line
railroad in north Central Arizona. This railroad uses heavy rail and EMD
diesel locomotives to haul copper from the open pit mines to interchange
points with the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads; the Santa Fe
Railroad feeder line from Williams, Arizona to the south rim of the Grand
Canyon in the early 20th Century; artist and photographer O. Winston Link,
who captured striking vignettes of humanity framed by the harshness of the
West Virginia hills; a railroad hot spot in Iowa; Trainland, USA; and the
magnificent Texas layout of Lorell Joiner. Color, 6 hours.
#0RV8353
Price: $29.95
Tracks Ahead Series
III - DVD. Tracks Ahead is an award winning, critically
acclaimed series that has aired on Public Television since 1990. Hosted by
Spencer Christian, its magazine-style format and unique topics appeal to
audiences of all ages and interests. Now, you can own the first five seasons
on video! Each volume contains 13 episodes and includes dozens of subjects.
Series 3 features: the history and future of container shipping; a look at
Gunderson Corporation, the Santa Fe Railroad, and the TTX Corporation; the
modeling skills of an HO scale railroad enthusiast; a ride through
California's Napa Valley on the Napa Wine Train; pen and ink artist Herschel
Scot; the Wisconsin Central Railroad, a short line success story; modular
model railroads, highlighted by a visit to an Orlando modular club; artist
Larry Fisher, who paints details with a number one brush and a magnifying
glass; a visit to the Hawaiian Historic Railroad Society; Clarke Dunham, a
nationally known theater set designer who demonstrates building train
layouts; the Miller Family model railroad; the successful Boone & Scenic
Valley tourist line; Santa Fe artist Ted Rose; the Little Joe electric
locomotives used in Chile, where they work side by side with steam
locomotives on scenic lines throughout this South American country; former
CSX Railroad photographer John Corns; the Great Smoky Mountain Tourist
Railroad; a look at Warren Frost's outstanding collection of American Flyer
trains; the narrow gauge Cumbres & Toltec Railroad in Northern New Mexico; a
visit with an Amtrak's chef; the large G scale layout at the Dallas
Children's' Hospital; the large scale layout of a man who raised the roof of
his house to accommodate his model railroad; the Alaska Railroad; tinplate
Marx trains from the 1950's; the Baltimore railroad museum; and the
photography of calendar artist Don Wood. The Transportation Test Center for
the American Association of Railroads; a ride to the top of Pikes Peak on
the Manitou and Pike's Peak rack railroad; a man whose love of trains and
film photography allowed him to capture images from the 1940's; a showplace
Southern California garden railroad that is a family hobby; steam train in
Paraguay, South America; two women who recall their days of working on the
Southern Railroad; a rebuilt Milwaukee Road steam locomotive that now runs
excursion trips through West Virginia; a visit to MicroTrains Corporation,
builder of N and Z scale locomotives and rolling stock; a visit to the
oldest model railroad in the country is at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute;
the North Shore Electroliner; a visit to the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad,
a Pennsylvania tourist line where the train wreck from "The Fugitive" was
filmed; a visit with a man who has built a scale model of the Lincoln
funeral train; the Apalachicola Northern, a railroad built in Northern
Florida to compete with the Panama Canal; a visit to McKinney Avenue, a
restored section of old Dallas which has an added attraction of streetcars;
American Flyer Bob Board; a nostalgic look at railroad advertising; a visit
to a freight line in central Iowa which is an offshoot of interurban
passenger service; the amazing Tunkhannock Viaduct, the largest poured
concrete span in the world; the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach; the Browning
Plantation, a Texas bed and breakfast that has a special attraction - an
extensive 7½ inch gauge live steam operation; a behind-the-scenes look at
one of the oldest streetcar lines in the United States, the St. Charles Line
in New Orleans; a ride through rugged southern Brazil on 1950's Budd Rail
Diesel Cars; railroad photographer John Gruber; the Columbia Gorge Model
Railroad Club in Portland, Oregon; the garden railway exhibit at the
Milwaukee Mitchell Park Conservatory; a look at Morrison and Knudsen, one of
the few remaining railroad locomotive and railcar builders left in the
United States; artist Angela Trotta-Thomas, whose nostalgic paintings
capture childhood memories of the 1950's; a restored portion of the Denver
and Rio Grande narrow gauge route through the Rockies on the Georgetown Loop
Railroad; and a visit with Dr. Nicholas Muff, an avid collector of American
Flyer and Kansas City Southern memorabilia who has has constructed a Pullman
car as a guest room and a full F7 locomotive cab complete with lights and
horns. Color, 6 hrs. 30 min.
#0RV8364
Price: $29.95
Tracks Ahead Series
IV - DVD. Tracks Ahead is an award winning, critically
acclaimed series that has aired on Public Television since 1990. Hosted by
Spencer Christian, its magazine-style format and unique topics appeal to
audiences of all ages and interests. Now, you can own the first five seasons
on video! Series IV features: a ride on the Rail Safari deluxe in South
Africa; an old logging railroad in the high Sierra's north of Yosemite; an
exciting Houston layout that is lighted for night; artist John Coker; a ride
on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad in Skagway, Alaska; the workings of mass
transit in Pittsburgh; Boston modeler George Sellios and his amazing HO
layout; a man who has chronicled early 20th century trolley cars in word and
picture; the Connecticut Trolley Museum; Railway Post offices; a military
man who started a Lionel Railroad Club in each town he was stationed in; an
Ohio model railroad; a look at the evolution of tank cars; a ride on the
movie railroad of the Black Hills; a visit with Mike Kotowski, a California
railroad artist with an eye for detail; an N gauge layout in the nation's
capitol; a ride on England's narrow gauge lines on the "The Little Trains of
Wales;" the multimillion dollar restoration of the Pioneer Zephyr, the
nations first streamlined diesel electric train; a look at the life and
times of the caboose; an S scale modeler whose layout has a complete
fictional historical perspective; a train tour through Germany to see the
castles of the Middle Rhine region; the Pennsylvania National Historic Site
at Steamtown; a model of Northern Pacific territory in 1950's Montana; a
talk with a Hawaiian businessman whose passion is cast iron trains; and a
look at vintage diesels.
A look at the interior of British Columbia on vintage rail diesel cars; a
steam locomotive you can rent and operate for a day in Ely, Nevada; a
vineyard in Napa, California which has a special place for large gauge
trains; a model railroad in Utah; a visit to Huff & Puff Industries, which
builds exquisite custom model railroads for both the garden and the home;
the Louisiana Toy Train Museum, which showcases a collection of imported
large gauge live steam locomotives; a family model railroad; collecting rail
motor cars; the history and operation of the Cascade Tunnel; an animated
spectacle at the Choo Choo Barn in Pennsylvania; a couple in California who
has turned their entire front yard into a garden railroad; a look at how
track is maintained and serviced; a traction layout; a California State
Historic Park that is best known for its role in movies such as "Back to the
Future; " railroad cartoonist Dick Hafer; a look at Union Pacific's Bailey
Yard, the largest rail freight yard in the world; a visit to the Durango &
Silverton Railroad in southwester Colorado; Engineer and artist Charlie
Amos; an incredible Florida model railroad that fills a garage; the Canadian
Forest Products on Vancouver Island; the sights and taste of My Old Kentucky
Dinner Train; a ride along the Maine shore on a tourist line; a model
logging railroad; the historic "Floating Railroad" of Wuppertal, Germany; a
master model maker of structures; a beautiful model timber railroad; and
look in on the man who founded the Milwaukee light rail system. Color, 6
hrs.
#0RV8349
Highlights include a look at the Alco PA1; the new
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad; how to use Digital Command Control; women in
railroading; the history of amusement park trains; a ride on the White Creek
Railroad; the Grand Canyon railroad hotels; holiday-themed layouts; a
holiday excursion that brings the Polar Express to life; the Carpathian
Logging railroad, which is one of the world's last steam logging railroads;
the largest HO layout in the world; Chicago's Museum of Science and
Industry; and much more. 7 hours.
#0RV8379
Price: $34.95
Train Action Hot Spots,
Volume One - DVD. This 1993-2006 tour of three Midwestern hot spots
takes you to Dayton's Bluff in St. Paul, Nopeming Junction near Duluth, and
Clinton, Iowa, to view a fascinating variety of motive power and rolling
stock. You'll see approximately 75 run-bys including trains from Burlington
Northern; Soo Line; Chicago & North Western; Canadian Pacific; Union
Pacific; BNSF; Amtrak; Canadian National; Minnesota Commercial Railway; Twin
Cities & Western; I&MRL; IC&E; Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific; Duluth, Missabe &
Iron Range; and Wisconsin Central, all accompanied by the trains' natural
sounds. Color, 1 hr. 30 min.
#0RV3156
Price: $24.95
Train Action Hot Spots,
Volume Two - DVD. This 2004 tour of three Midwestern hot spots
takes you to Fostoria, Ohio; Neosho, Missouri; and Detroit Lakes, Minnesota,
to view a fascinating variety of motive power and rolling stock during
approximately 75 run-bys of trains from Norfolk Southern, CSX, Kansas City
Southern, BNSF and Canadian Pacific, all accompanied by the trains' natural
sounds. Color, 1 hr. 30 min.
#0RV3157
Price: $24.95
Train Action Hot Spots,
Volume Three -
DVD. This tour of three Midwestern hot spots takes you
to Rochelle and La Grange, Illinois, and Owen, Wisconsin, to view a
fascinating variety of motive power and rolling stock. You'll see
approximately 75 run-bys of trains from Union Pacific, BNSF, Canadian
National, Canadian Pacific, Metra, Amtrak, Indiana Harbor Belt, Wisconsin
Central, and others, including Soo Line's 4-6-2 Pacific #2719 and 2-8-2
Mikado #1003 and Milwaukee Road's 4-8-4 Northern #261, each accompanied by
the trains' natural sounds. Color, 1 hr. 30 min. #0RV3158
Price: $24.95
Train Meets - DVD. Get twice the railroad excitement with this video
that showcases four seasons of train meets. Highlights include side-by-side
trains battling the brutal Cajon Pass grades; a huge variety of motive power
on roads such as BNSF, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern,
Cotton Belt and CSX; mixed freights; doublestacks; piggybacks; and passenger
trains. Minimal narration lets you hear all of the natural sound, and
on-screen graphics identify each location. Color, 48 min.
#0RV8866
Price: $29.95
Trains Across Midwest,
Vol.1 - DVD. See breathtaking scenery and train action from
Nebraska to Minnesota as you tour the Midwest. In Nebraska, you'll enjoy
mixed Chicago & North Western/Union Pacific diesel consists on the main
line, veteran C30-7 diesels on Crawfold Hill, and maroon and gray Canadian
Pacific F-units on a Canadian passenger train. After a stint in the Dakotas
and Iowa, you'll head east where handsome Wisconsin Central units glide over
welded rail and Soo Line diesels lead trains into Minnesota. Color, Stereo,
1 hour.
Be sure to also see the companions video on this fabulous trip:
Volume 2 (RV8328)
Volume 3 (RV6711)
#0RV8326
Price: $24.95
Trains Across Midwest,
Volume 2 - DVD. The companion video to Vol. 1 (RV8325), your
railfan tour continues in Illinois where Illinois Central trains slip
through the tunnel at East Dubuque, Metra commuter trains sprint for
Chicago, and Santa Fe fast-freights pass through Joliet. In Iowa, enjoy
electric Iowa Traction and diesel I&M Rail Link trains. Back in Minnesota,
heavy BNSF freights pass through the Marshall Subdivision and short lines
Minnesota & Eastern and Twin Cities & Western finish their chores. Color,
Stereo, 1 hour.
Be sure to also see:
Volume 3 (RV6711).
#0RV8328
Price: $24.95
Trains Across the Midwest,
Volume 3 -
DVD. Continuing your Midwestern rail journey from
Volume 1 (RV8325) and Volume 2 (RV8327), you'll enjoy watching Wisconsin &
Southern SD20s on a freight run from Prairie du Chien to Madison, Canadian
National freights working the busy Stevens Point to Junction City line with
Wisconsin Central motive power, and heavy Union Pacific mixed freight and
coal drag action on the St. Paul to Mason City "Spine Line." Color, 1 hr. 29
min.
Be sure to also see the other volumes in this series: Volume 1 (RV8326)
Volume 2 (RV8328)
#0RV6711
The fourth volume in this spectacular series whisks
you across the Midwest for a look at the region's colorful Class I, regional and
shortline rail carriers that hustle freight trains over the high iron. Your
first stop is Milbank, North Dakota where the Sisseton Milbank Railroad operates
a handsome express train for Train Fest. From there, you'll head to Wisconsin,
where pristine Wisconsin Northern GP15-1s handle freight trains in a unique
push-pull fashion and then it's onto the Union Pacific's Altoona and Mankato
Subs in Minnesota where plenty of muscular UP power - including the last three
Chicago & North Western units still on the UP roster - lead long freights
through narrow city corridors, yards and scenic open main lines. Color, 1 hr. 27
min.
#0RV6720
Price: $29.95
Trains Across the Midwest,
Volume 5 - DVD. This diesel-powered journey takes you trackside from
southeastern Nebraska to the Dakotas and Minnesota to view Union Pacific
C44AC-CTEs, SD90-43ACs and SD60Ms at the Marysville Subdivision; Burlington
Northern Santa Fe GP-30s and SD-70ACes at Moorhead Junction and the yard near
Dilworth, Minnesota; GP10s moving grain, potatoes, coal and ethanol on the
Dakota Northern short line; and more! Color, stereo, 1 hr. 30 min.
#0RV8178
Price: $29.95
Trains of the Iowa Chicago & Eastern -
DVD. This program takes you throughout the Midwest in
2006 and '07 to view the action on the Class II Iowa, Chicago & Eastern
Railroad. You'll view road freights, locals, yard switching and unit grain
trains - powered by GP9s, SD40s, GP38s, and others - as well as grain
elevators, historic depots, and connecting railroads BNSF, Union Pacific,
Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Amtrak, and
others. 1 hr. 55 min.
#0RV3160
Price: $35.95
Trains Spectacular - DVD. This 4-pack DVD collection includes four spectacular
railroad classics that feature everything from fire-breathing steam locomotives
to speedy Amtrak passenger trains. You get:
America By Rail: The West Coast. Marvel at the scenic wonders of the Pacific
Coast of the U.S. as you embark on a 1600-mile rail journey from San Diego to
Seattle. You'll a ride aboard a San Diego trolley, ride a sleek Amtrak train
north along the Surf Line to Los Angeles, and then board the Amtrak's famous
Coast Starlight for a scenic journey to Seattle. Along the way you'll visit the
Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine Railroad, the California Western Railroad, the Mt. Hood
Railroad, and much more. Color, 1 hour 30 minutes.
America By Rail: The Heartland. This award-winning video - a stunning journey
from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco - takes you aboard Amtrak's Capitol
Limited and California Zephyr. The scenery is ever-changing as you enjoy shots
of urban centers, vast prairies and towering mountains from vantage points on
the train, in the cab and trackside. You'll also make 12 side trips to excursion
lines that include the Strasburg Railroad, the Virginia & Truckee and the Napa
Valley Wine Train. Color, 2 hours.
Ohio Steam Spectacular. Cameras mounted aboard two refurbished steam locomotives
- 4-8-4 Northern #6325 and 4-6-2 Pacific #1295 - catch action from several
vantage points as these hardworking steamers run their paces through Ohio.
Run-bys, broadsides, fog shots, double-heading, and more are only a few of the
steam delights that await you! Color, 1 hr, 30 min.
Challenger 3985. Enjoy a BIG dose of steam power with Union Pacific's
fully-restored 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3985, the largest operating steam locomotive
in the world. You'll jump in the cab of this iron monster for a ride through the
Midwest, enjoy dramatic trackside footage of #3985 as it races by, visit the
Cheyenne, Wyoming shops where this locomotive is maintained, and much more.
Color, 1 hour.
This program takes you behind the scenes to
examine one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: the
building of the transcontinental railroad across America. You'll explore how
greed, innovation and gritty determination built the line in only six years
and how the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads on
May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, unleashed a tidal wave of growth
that transformed the nation. Color and B&W, 2 hours.
#0RV9253
Price: $24.95
Tribute to Tennessee Pass - DVD. This thrilling program examines the final months
of operation on Union Pacific's famous Tennessee Pass Subdivision in 1997!
High in the Colorado mountains, you'll view incredible scenery and
heavy-haul railroading at its finest as coal and freight trains - with as
many as nine of UP's newest AC-powered giants - slug it out on the 3% grade
leading up to the 10,000-foot summit. 1 hr. 40 min.
#0RV9198
Follow the City of Los Angeles excursion train on
a thrilling May, 1994, run from Salt Lake City to Ontario, California as it
is led through rugged mountain scenery by the world's largest operational
steam locomotive, the 4-6-6-4 Challenger, doubleheading with the Union
Pacific's newly restored E9 diesel streamliners. Includes exciting pacing
action of the historic steam and diesel combination. Color, 1 hour.
#0RV5836
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific Big Boy Collection - DVD. The biggest, the strongest, the grandest American
steam locomotive. Only 25 were built, and now - for the first time - you can
see all 25 of the Big Boys in action in the most incredible display of steam
power ever! A recently discovered professionally photographed 35mm film
collection from 1953, combined with previously known film, makes this new
production the ultimate tribute to the Big Boy! Color and B&W, stereo, 1
hr., 35 min.
#0RV8812
Price: $39.95
Union Pacific Hot Shots Volume One/Two
Combo - DVD-R. Double- and triple-tracked Nebraska main lines and
contemporary, high-tonnage Union Pacific freight trains make for some of the
most exciting rail action anywhere. This series gives you a big dose of
both, including mid-1990s footage of massive coal drags, colorful mixed
freights and high-speed intermodals that seem to pass only inches from the
camera. Color.
Volume One. You'll visit the busy rail havens of Fremont, Rogers, Richland,
Columbus, Duncan, Clarks, Central City and Chapman where a host of diesel
and freight types mix it up. "Foreign power" from Burlington Northern and
Norfolk Southern is also found along with operations on the shortline
Nebraska Central. 1 hour.
Volume Two. Your UP tour through Nebraska continues at Cozad, Willow Island,
Gothenburg, Buttermilk Curve, Brady, Maxwell and the North Platte. The UP's
largest and most advanced motive power leads the charge and is joined by a
contrast of color from the likes of Chicago &North Western, Conrail and
Norfolk Southern. 1 hour.
#0RV5607
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific Odyssey Volume 1 - DVD-R. Renowned railfan and cinematographer Emery Gulash
headed west numerous times between 1952 and 1980 to capture the mighty UP in
all its glory. Each of these 2-disc sets is a compilation of the finest
footage from Emery's visits. Color, 2 hours total per set.
Volume 1. Follow the UP as it transitions from big steam to big diesels in
the 1950s and early '60s. Challengers, Big Boys, turbines and a potpourri of
exciting first generation diesels roll in front of the camera at locations
such as Denver, North Platte, Sherman Hill, Ogden, Chicago, St. Louis,
Council Bluffs and others.
Be sure to also see Volume 2 of this exciting series (RV6918).
#0RV6917
Price: $39.95
Union Pacific Odyssey Volume 2 - DVD-R. Renowned railfan and cinematographer Emery Gulash
headed west numerous times between 1952 and 1980 to capture the mighty UP in
all its glory. Each of these 2-disc sets is a compilation of the finest
footage from Emery's visits. Color, 2 hours total per set.
Volume 2. Your Union Pacific tour continues from Volume 1 (RV6917) in the
1960s and early '70s, an era when big power still reigned supreme on the UP.
Highlights include more "big blow" turbines, Centennials, DD35s, early
high-horsepower second generation diesels, the 100-year anniversary
celebration of The Golden Spike, and more.
