This exciting program offers a contemporary look
at the mighty Union Pacific on main lines, branch lines and everything
in-between at a host of great railfan locations, from Chicago to the
California coast, Donner to Dallas, Minnesota to Mexico, Rochelle to Reno,
and Tehachapi to Tennessee Pass. You'll witness the UP from aboard a
locomotive cab and a dome car, and go trackside to enjoy the UP's amazing
collection of vintage equipment - such as a 4-6-6-4 Challenger, a Centennial
diesel and a rotary snowplow - in operation on lines in Colorado, Kansas and
Wyoming. Color, 1 hr. 39 min.
#0RV5329
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific Potpourri,
Volume 2 - DVD-R. This exciting series a offers contemporary look at
the mighty Union Pacific on main lines, branch lines and everything
in-between at a host of great railfan locations.
Volume 2: Off the Beaten Track. Travel along the UP's ever-shrinking network
of branch lines in scenic Northern Colorado. You'll visit Dent, Boulder
Valley, Fort Collins and Boettcher in this unique look at how a Class I
operates small branches miles from heavy main lines. Color, 1 hour.
Be sure to see Volume 1 of this exciting series - RV5329.
#0RV5331
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific Scrapbook - DVD. This program takes you on a fascinating journey on
the Union Pacific from the 1950s to the mid-1990s, covering the road in the
Pacific Northwest, California, Chicago and points in-between. You'll view
plenty of early diesel power, vintage Cajon action, a parade of Chicago &
North Western power following the 1995 merger, former Southern Pacific lines
with Union Pacific power, and much more. Includes maps. Color, 1 hr. 40 min.
#0RV6879
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific Steam Classics - DVD. This program is a compilation of rare 16mm footage
of Union Pacific steam locomotives shot in the 1940s and '50s. You'll travel
along the Kansas Division where rare three-cylinder 4-12-2 engines work
trains on the Marysville Cutoff; sprint with high-stepping 4-6-2s, 4-8-2s
and 4-8-4s as they lead troop and passenger trains between Ft. Riley and
Kansas City; visit Nebraska where 4-6-6-4s dominated mainline service while
2-8-0s and 2-8-2s worked the locals; and more. Bonus footage includes
"contemporary" UP steam in action. Color and B&W, 1 hour.
#0RV6294
Price: $30.95
Union Pacific Streamliner Collection -
DVD. This production offers a detailed look at the
development and evolution of Union Pacific's vaunted streamliner trains from
1934 to 1971. Coverage includes rare color footage of the M-10000, steam
turbines, the General Motors Train of Tomorrow, the City of Las Vegas
Aerotrain, the last run of the City of Los Angeles and more. You'll also get
a look inside the UP's prestigious passenger cars, visit famous UP
"hotspots" and tour the back shops. Color, 100 min.
#0RV8894
Price: $39.95
Union Pacific Streamliners and Classic
Steam - DVD-R. This video offers a big dose of Union Pacific
streamliners, from the steam and early diesel eras of the 1930s, '40s and
'50s through current footage of 4-8-4 #8444 and 4-6-6-4 #3985. A parade of
locomotives thunders across the screen, including 4-6-2s, 4-8-2s, 2-10-2s,
4-12-2s, two steam turbines, and a variety of diesels from Fairbanks-Morse,
Baldwin and EMD. As a bonus, you'll also see the 1939 premier parade for the
movie Union Pacific. Color and B&W, 90 min.
#0RV8787
Price: $39.95
Union Pacific Super Cabs and Steam - DVD-R. Enjoy a big dose of Union Pacific's revolutionary wide
cab diesel locomotives and excursion steam favorites 4-8-4 #844 and 4-6-6-4
#3985 in action at a host of scenic western locations as you watch hi-tech
SD60Ms and GE Dash 8-40CWs muscle everything from coal drags to time-sensitive
intermodals up Sherman Hill and visit a number of exciting national train
conventions where #844 and #3985 strut their stuff at the helm of freight and
excursion trains. Color, 1 hr. 28 min.
#0RV6528
Price: $39.95
Union Pacific's Caliente Subdivision -
DVD. This program takes you trackside to view the
action on the rugged 240-mile section of Union Pacific's Caliente
Subdivision between Milford, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada. You'll see a wide
variety of revenue trains, a ballast work train, hotshot doublestacks that
require pushers on the eastbound 2% grades east of Caliente, 70 mph pacing
scenes, Amtrak's Desert Wind… and even climb aboard a locomotive for a
unique view of the Clover Creek Canyon tunnels! 1 hour.
#0RV7172
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific Superpower - DVD-R. After integrating territories served by the
Southern Pacific, Chicago & North Western and Denver & Rio Grande Western
into its fold, Union Pacific became a new super railroad and thus required
new superpower. This exciting video showcases its state-of-the-art diesel
muscle and features powerhouses such as the AC6000CW, the AC4400 and the
SD70M. You'll learn the power secrets of these leviathans and see them in
action as they blister across UP's Nebraska mainline with heavy mixed
freights and intermodals. Color, 58 min.
#0RV8121
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific Turbines on the Wastach -
DVD. This thrilling program takes you back to the 1960s
to view dramatic footage of Union Pacific's 8500-series Turbine Gas Electric
Locomotives - the "Super Fleet" - hard at work between Ogden, Utah, and
Green River, Wyoming, where the tough grades of the Wasatch Mountains
required UP's sturdiest power. You'll view these thunderous locomotives
being serviced at the Ogden and Riverdale Yards, pulling an assortment of
trains, and in fantastic pacing sequences! Color, 1 hour.
#0RV9177
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific Vintage West - DVD. Follow Union Pacific from the 1950s and the end of
steam through the diesel takeover. See Geeps, E and F-units, and the rise of
second generation power with EMD's new rival, GE. You'll see U-boats
including the giant U50 models, and freight and passenger trains all over
the west with a wealth of UP history up to the 1980s merger with the MP and
WP. Color film with history, graphics, maps and informative narration. 1 hr.
28 min.
#0RV6867
Price: $27.95
Union Pacific Volume 1 - DVD. Featuring footage captured from 1982 to 2003, this
2-disc program presents Union Pacific trains and pre-UP trains from Western
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande Western and Missouri Pacific.
You'll view SD40-2s, U30Cs and C30-7s in Wyoming in 1982 and '84; southern
California's Cajon Pass, Barstow and Tehachapi Loop in 1999; transition-era
power; and more. 100 trains in all! Color, 2 hrs. 33 min.
#0RV2179
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific Volume 2 - DVD. This program presents exciting Union Pacific
diesel power - captured from 2003 to '05 - on Colorado's Joint Line, in
western Nebraska, across southern Wyoming, and in eastern Utah. In all,
you'll view 100 trains led by a wide variety of diesel power including
SD70Ms, GE AC units, and others. Color, 2 hrs. 36 min.
#0RV2180
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Cascade Sub,
Part I -
DVD. Eugene to Cascade Summit.
This journey through Oregon's scenic Cascade mountain range covers the 113
miles of Union Pacific track between Eugene and Cascade Summit. Climbing
4,422 feet in elevation, you'll view numerous tunnels, rock sheds, bridges,
horseshoe curves and 40 miles of 1.6% grade as well as plenty of diesel
action, piggyback trains, Amtrak's Coast Starlight, and more. 1 hr. 49 min.
#0RV2246
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Cascade Sub,
Part II - DVD. Cascade Summit to Klamath Falls.
Traveling along the historic Southern Pacific line now operated by Union
Pacific, this journey through Oregon's scenic Cascade mountain range takes
you from Cascade Summit to Klamath Falls. You'll view a Pike M-2 clearing
snow from the right-of-way near Kirk, BNSF traffic mixed with the UP via
trackage rights to Klamath Falls, former Southern Pacific tunnel motors,
UP's Heritage unit #1996 on her maiden voyage, rare footage of the Swift
Road Railer train at Calimus, and more. 1 hr. 51 min.
#0RV2247
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Cascade Sub Parts I & II -
DVD. Part I: Eugene to Cascade Summit
This journey through Oregon's scenic Cascade mountain range covers the 113 miles
of Union Pacific track between Eugene and Cascade Summit. Climbing 4,422 feet in
elevation, you'll view numerous tunnels, rock sheds, bridges, horseshoe curves
and 40 miles of 1.6% grade as well as plenty of diesel action, piggyback trains,
Amtrak's Coast Starlight, and more. 1 hr. 49 min.
Part II: Cascade Summit to Klamath Falls
Traveling along the historic Southern Pacific line now operated by Union
Pacific, this journey through Oregon's scenic Cascade mountain range takes you
from Cascade Summit to Klamath Falls. You'll view a Pike M-2 clearing snow from
the right-of-way near Kirk, BNSF traffic mixed with the UP via trackage rights
to Klamath Falls, former Southern Pacific tunnel motors, UP's Heritage unit
#1996 on her maiden voyage, rare footage of the Swift Road Railer train at
Calimus, and more. 1 hr. 51 min.
#0RV2249
Price: $59.95
Union Pacific's Chester Sub - DVD-R. Scott City, Missouri to Gorham, Illinois
Travel back to the late 1990s for a look at the Union Pacific's busy Chester
Sub, a line formerly operated in conjunction with the Missouri Pacific and
Cotton Belt. You'll enjoy an exciting mix of UP and "foreign" motive power
at the helm of heavy freights; exciting Mississippi River sequences taken at
Thebes Bridge; a unique ritual at Scott City, Missouri where trains crews
grab hot meals on the fly; and more. Color, 1 hour.
#0RV5459
Price: $19.95
Union Pacific's Cornhusker Mainline -
DVD. The Council Bluffs Subdivision.
This program takes you along the UP's Council Bluffs Subdivision, the
busiest main line in North America. Starting at Bailey Yard – the world's
largest classification yard – you'll head east through the Sand Hills
region, across vast cornfields and into Grand Island. Along the way, you'll
see ultra-modern SD90s and Dash 9-60ACs on fast freights, BNSF's busy
flyover at Council Bluffs, and coal drag action on the Ravenna Subdivision.
Color, 1 hr. 10 min.
#0RV6493
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Feather River Route -
DVD. Step back to 1991 to visit the famous Feather
River Canyon and see the variety of trains passing through the challenging
terrain on their way across California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Action
includes unit grain trains, steel trains, double stacks, intermodal trains
and others led by a variety of motive power including Dash 8-40CWs, Dash
8-40Cs and SD40-2s. You even get a 20-minute bonus film of a re-railment at
Pulga! Color, hi-fi sound with narration, 1 hour total.
#0RV9113
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Last Steam Giants - DVD-R. Narrated by legendary railroad artist Howard Fogg,
this exciting program features vintage 16 mm color film of big Union Pacific
steam operating in the late 1950s. You'll travel to Cheyenne, Wyoming where
4-8-8-4 Big Boys are readied for their last months of service; travel along a
Nebraska main line where 4-8-4 800s finish their days hauling freight, not
passenger trains; storm up Archer Hill alongside 4-6-6-4 Challengers; and much
more. Color, 24 minutes.
#0RV6526
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific's Little Rock Sub - DVD-R. This exciting program combines action from three busy
UP subs: Little Rock, White Bluff and Pine Bluffs. You'll visit them all as you
are whisked through the pine trees between Texarkana and Little Rock where
plenty of vintage motive power and even older depots still reside; visit Little
Rock Union Station and the yard at Pine Bluff; get goose bumps as you stand
between two passing trains; see classy C420s on the nearby Little Rock &
Western; and more. Color, 1 hr. 45 min.
#0RV8141
Price: $35.95
Union Pacific's Mighty Turbines -
DVD. In this video, you'll see the whole turbine story,
beginning with rare footage of an early steam turbine experiment in 1938.
You'll learn how turbine locomotives operate and delve into the differences
between turbine-electric and diesel-electric units. The saga ends with an
experimental coal-burning turbine unit built by UP in 1962. And as a special
bonus, a 1938 GE promotional film entitled The Steam-Electric Arrives! is
also included on this tape. Color and B&W, 46 minutes.
#0RV5759
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Oregon Blues -
DVD-R. The La Grande Sub.
Oregon'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
distributed power are required on heavy trains. Now, you can see the
struggle as you follow the La Grande Sub from Hinkle Yard to Huntington and
follow the big trains - including the Union Pacific's SD70 "Wings" -
twisting and turning through the scenic Blue Mountains of Oregon. 1 hr. 30
min.
#0RV5869
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Sherman Hill - DVD. This program offers a detailed look at all three
of Union Pacific's main lines over the vaunted Sherman Hill. You'll see a
history of rail development on "the hill," the challenging operations that
required a host of massive motive power, the transition into the modern
railroad era, and footage of "modern" UP steam tackling Sherman Hill's
grades again. Color, 1 hr. 30 min.
#0RV6371
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific's Snowy Range Route - DVD. The Coalmont and Encampment Branches gave Union
Pacific bragging rights to some of the most beautiful ribbons of rails in
the West. This program presents a potpourri of classic first- and
second-generation diesels tackling 2% grades and spiral loops through dense
mountain forests and parks including Fox Park, which is the highest point of
rail on the entire UP system. Color, 1 hr. 9 min.
#0RV2069
Price: $24.95
Union Pacific's Triple Track Main - DVD. The Kearney Sub
Enjoy Class I railroading at its best on UP's triple-track Kearney Sub - the
busiest freight main line in North America that sees an average of 100
trains per day. You'll see general freights, distributed power coal trains,
and much more… including pre-merger power from Chicago & North Western,
Southern Pacific and Rio Grande. Color, stereo sound with optional
narration. 1 hr. 36 min.
#0RV9111
Price: $29.95
Union Pacific's Triple Track Main Part I
- DVD-R. With an average of 125 trains per day, Union
Pacific’s triple main line between North Platte and Gibbon Junction,
Nebraska is the busiest freight line in the world. This video series
features plenty of faced-paced action with ultra modern SD90MACs and
C6044ACs leading the charge. Color, 2 hours.
Part I: North Platte to Gibbon. You’ll savor a feast of UP manifest, coal
and intermodal trains pounding the rails, complete with plenty of meets and
motive power still sporting Chicago & North Western and Southern Pacific
liveries. You’ll also visit the "now-straightened" Buttermilk Curve and
Bailey Yard, the world’s biggest rail yard.
Be sure to also see Part II (RV6413).
#0RV6411
Price: $35.95
Union Pacific's Triple Track Main Part II
- DVD-R. With an average of 125 trains per day, Union
Pacific’s triple main line between North Platte and Gibbon Junction,
Nebraska is the busiest freight line in the world. This video series
features plenty of faced-paced action with ultra modern SD90MACs and
C6044ACs leading the charge. Color, 2 hrs.
Part II: Gibbon Jct to O’Fallons. A fitting sequel to Part I, this video
takes you between Gibbon Junction and O’Fallons where an endless parade of
coal trains, grain trains, drag freights, autoracks, and speedy intermodals
put on quite a show. Incredible dawn and sunset sequences add a stunning
backdrop to the action.
Be sure to also see Part I (RV6411).
#0RV6413
Price: $35.95
UP on the Sunset Route - DVD-R. Union Pacific's popular and historic Sunset Route
in the arid Southwest combines all the elements beloved by railfans: a
delightful mix of motive power, topographic change, and of course,
magnificent trains! You'll see all three on this trip from Steins, New
Mexico to Yuma, California that includes a motive power arsenal ranging from
scruffy tunnel motors and elderly SD7s to hi-tech SD90MACs; trains slogging
it up mountains and then racing through deserts; and exciting modern freight
consists. Color, 2 hours.
#0RV8143
Price: $35.95
Wedges, Rotaries & More - DVD-R. Removing snow from the tracks requires heavy-duty
machinery, as you'll see in this blizzard of thrilling snow removal action.
You'll view wedge plows pushing snow off the tracks, steam and diesel rotaries
chewing through mountains of snow, and a modern-day Jordan spreader hard at work
on the Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Denver & Salt Lake, Southern Pacific,
Wyoming Colorado, Cumbres & Toltec and Kyle railroads. Color, 45 minutes.
#0RV2210
This video showcases the colorful Western Pacific
from 1970 to 1980, the final decade before its merger with Union Pacific.
You'll follow long freights through the scenic Feather River Canyon and
Nevada desert, watch WP trains thread their way through Oakland street
traffic and a congested rail yard, visit Altamont Pass and Stockton Tower,
enjoy a host of colorful F-unit, Geep and U-boat motive power, and more. As
a bonus, you'll also see the WP during the Pearlman years, WP subsidiary
lines and footage of the California Zephyr in its final months of operation.
Color, 1 hr. 18 min
#0RV6855
Price: $26.95
Windy City Rails Volume 1 - DVD. Tower B-12 & Turner Jct.
This video takes you to Chicago, the busiest rail hub in America! First,
you'll visit the Tower B-12 area to see Canadian Pacific, Metra, Indiana
Harbor Belt and Canadian National; fallen flag locomotives wearing Soo Line
and Illinois Central paint; and "visiting" roads such as CSX, Norfolk
Southern and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern. Then you're off to West Chicago to see
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern's Turner Tower, where you'll enjoy numerous
high-horsepower Union Pacific trains, a flurry of Metra activity… even UP's
Olympic and United Way locomotives heading up a mixed freight. Hi-Fi stereo,
1 hr. 45 min.
#0RV8170
Price: $29.95
Windy City Rails Volume 2 - DVD.
Stateline Interlocking and Jay Towe.
Visit two of Chicagoland's most popular railfan hot spots to view the
trackside action and hear all of the natural sounds. Your first stop is busy
Stateline Interlocking - which handles more than 100 trains a day - near
Hammond, Indiana, where you'll see the trains of CSX, Norfolk Southern and
Indiana Harbor Belt. Then it's on to famous Jay Tower in Chicago Heights,
Illinois, to view the trains of Elgin, Joliet & Eastern; CSX; and Union
Pacific, including the UP's Katy and MoPac Heritage schemes! Color, stereo,
2 hours
#0RV8172
Price: $29.95
Windy City Rails, Volume 3 - DVD. Blue Island Junction.
This program takes you to the Chicagoland area to view multiple mainline
crossings at the always busy Blue Island Junction and on the large steel
bridges spanning the Calumet Sag Channel. You'll see trains from Indiana
Harbor Belt, CSX, Canadian National, Metra's Rock Island District, Canadian
Pacific, Union Pacific and BNSF as well as shortline and regional action
from Iowa Interstate, Chicago Rail Link and others. Color, stereo, 1 hr. 58
min.
#0RV8199
Price: $29.95
Windy City Rails, Vol 4 - DVD. BNSF's Triple Track on the Aurora Subdivison.
This program takes you to several locations along the BNSF triple track -
the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy main line - from Chicago to Aurora,
Illinois, to view more than 150 trains and just about every kind of
locomotive the BSNF rostered in 2007. You'll see high-priority intermodals,
coal and general freight trains, Amtrak and Metra, Union Pacific and
Canadian National run-throughs, UP Z-trains and heritage locomotives, and
more! Stereo, 1 hr. 52 min.
#0RV8435
Price: $29.95
Wings and Triple Track Volume One - DVD. This program features non-stop Union Pacific
run-bys - with plenty of SD70Ms in the UP "Wings" paint scheme - on the busy
triple-track Nebraska main line west from Gibbon Junction (the meeting point
for UP's Marysville Subdivision and the east-west Nebraska Division main
line) to locations around Bailey Yard in North Platte. 1 hr. 30 min.
See also Volume Two, item #RV2316.
#0RV2315
Price: $29.95
Wings and Triple Track Volume Two - DVD. This program features non-stop Union Pacific
run-bys - with plenty of SD70Ms in the UP "Wings" paint scheme - on the busy
triple-track Nebraska main line west from Gibbon Junction (the meeting point
for UP's Marysville Subdivision and the east-west Nebraska Division main
line) to locations around Bailey Yard in North Platte. 1 hr. 30 min.
More than six years in the making, this video takes
you to Union Pacific's Donner Summit line which, crossing the Sierra Nevada at
over 7,000 feet, experiences snowfalls of up to 48" in a single day! Big
snowfalls like that call for The Spreader, which - with nose down, wings out and
a little speed - can move a mountain of snow, shoving it off banks and bridges.
Here, you'll see those amazing spreaders in action and even see how employees
lived under the snow all winter long at Norden, Southern Pacific's former snow
removal headquarters. 1 hour.
#0RV5009
Price: $29.95
Wisconsin Central Volume 1 - DVD-R. By the 1990s, the Wisconsin Central - which
operated between Chicago and Superior, Wisconsin - was among the premier
regional railroads in North America. This series presents the exciting WC
branch line activity, which served the paper, printing, mining and other
regional industries, all prior to its purchase by Canadian National. Color,
2 hours.
Volume 1: Chicago to Fond du Lac
Follow the WC’s mainline from Franklin Park near Chicago, to Scott Street in
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, visiting Deval, Libertyville, Burlington, Waukesha,
Rugby Jct., Slinger, Lomira, and Byron - and other towns - with spiffy
maroon and gold F45, SD units and others leading the charge.
Be sure to also see:
Volume 2 (RV6153)
Volume 3 (RV5354)
Volume 4 (RV6164)
Volume 5 (RV5363)
#0RV6151
Price: $29.95
Wisconsin Central Volume 2 - DVD-R. By the 1990s, the Wisconsin Central - which
operated between Chicago and Superior, Wisconsin - was among the premier
regional railroads in North America. This series presents the exciting WC
branch line activity, which served the paper, printing, mining and other
regional industries, all prior to its purchase by Canadian National. Color,
2 hours.
Volume 2: Fond du Lac, Stevens Point, Junction City
This video picks up where Volume 1 (RV6151) leaves off, taking you to the
yard and shops in Fond du Lac before taking you west to visit locations such
as Van Dyne, Oshkosh, Neenah, Dale, Weyauwega, Gill’s Landing, Stevens
Point, and Junction City where you’ll see the WC’s fleet of SD45s, F45s,
GP40s, SDL-39s, GP30s, and switchers in yard, local, and mainline action
during all four seasons.
Be sure to also see:
Volume 1 (RV6151)
Volume 3 (RV5354)
Volume 4 (RV6164)
Volume 5 (RV5363)
#0RV6153
Price: $29.95
Wisconsin Central Volume 3 - DVD-R. Junction City to the Twin Ports and Owen to the Twin
Cities
Your WC rail tour continues from Junction City to more than twenty Wisconsin and
Minnesota locales such as Superior, Auburndale, Marshfield, Ladysmith, Chippewa
Falls, Colfax, Somerset, New Brighton, Minneapolis and more. You'll enjoy
colorful WC action in many scenic settings and run-through power from the likes
of Canadian National and Union Pacific. 1 hr. 35 min.
Be sure to also see:
Volume 1 (RV6151)
Volume 2 (RV6153)
Volume 4 (RV6164)
Volume 5 (RV5363)
#0RV5354
Price: $29.95
Wisconsin Central Volume 4 - DVD-R. The Bradley Subdivision, The Pembine Subdivision,
and the Manistique Subdivision
This volume takes you along the Bradley, Pembine, and Manistique Subdivisions
from Ladysmith, Wisconsin, to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, through four seasons
of beautiful scenery. Along the way, you'll enjoy Wisconsin Central's colorful
locomotives and visits from vintage steam and diesel power in northwoods
locations such as Ladysmith, Prentice, Bradley, Rhinelander, Argonne, Pembine,
Gladstone, Manistique, Trout Lake, Rudyard, and Sault Ste. Marie. Color, 2
hours.
Be sure to also see:
Volume 1 (RV6151)
Volume 2 (RV6153)
Volume 3 (RV5354)
Volume 5 (RV5363)
#0RV6164
Price: $29.95
Wisconsin Central Volume 5 - DVD-R. The Valley Subdivision, The Marinette & Fox
River Subdivisions, and the Manitowoc Subdivision
Complete your series with visits to the Valley, Marinette, Fox River and
Manitowoc Subdivisions, where Wisconsin Central's colorful locomotives put
on quite a show. You'll visit branchline locations including Junction City,
Wausau, Tomahawk, Bradley, Escanaba, Powers, Oconto, Green Bay, Appleton,
Menasha, Hilbert, and others, and even revisit favorite locations along the
Wisconsin main line to capture exciting footage of classic WC lash-ups!
Color, 1 hr. 50 min.
Be sure to also see:
Volume 1 (RV6151)
Volume 2 (RV6153)
Volume 3 (RV5354)
Volume 4 (RV6164)
Travel along the Columbia River Gorge to view BNSF on
the north side and Union Pacific on the south side. You'll also head up to
the Seattle-Tacoma area to visit the yard at Tacoma; travel east to
spectacular Mt. Rainer, Stevens Pass and Stampeded Pass; and even watch the
Amtrak Talgos on the Cascade service between Seattle and Eugene, Oregon.
Color, Dolby Digital 2.0, 1 hour.
#0RV9226
Price: $24.95
Best of the West Combo - DVD. Mountains, Montrose and More - DVD
Rio Grande Finale Volume 2
You'll roll "through the mountains, not around them" on the Moffat main line as
you visit Glenwood Canyon, Palisades near Grand Junction, the Escalante Canyon
narrow gauge route, the North Fork Branch and the charming, but antiquated
Montrose Branch. New and old technologies share the rails on this exciting tour.
1 hr. 8 min.
Santa Fe Swan Song - DVD
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.
Union Pacific's Magnificent Machines - DVD
UP Potpourri, Volume 1
This exciting program offers a contemporary look at the mighty Union Pacific on
main lines, branch lines and everything in-between at a host of great railfan
locations, from Chicago to the California coast, Donner to Dallas, Minnesota to
Mexico, Rochelle to Reno, and Tehachapi to Tennessee Pass. You'll witness the UP
from aboard a locomotive cab and a dome car, and go trackside to enjoy the UP's
amazing collection of vintage equipment - such as a 4-6-6-4 Challenger, a
Centennial diesel and a rotary snowplow - in operation on lines in Colorado,
Kansas and Wyoming. Color, 1 hr. 39 min.
#0R87247
Price: $74.85
California Diesels - DVD. In this thrilling program, you'll visit California
in May, 1984, to view the diesel-powered trains of Santa Fe, Southern
Pacific, Union Pacific, Amtrak and others at favorite railfan locations such
as Tehachapi Loop, Cajon Pass, Soledad Canyon and Feather River Canyon! 46
minutes.
#0RV7674
If you enjoy mainline freight railroading, you
can't find a better spot than Union Pacific's incredible triple-track line
across Nebraska, which handles more than 150 trains per day.
In this fast-paced program, you'll travel across that line from O'Fallons to
Grand Island to view a multitude of trains, visit massive Bailey Yard and go
to the top of Golden Spike Tower, and see exciting action on Buttermilk
Curve, at Gibbon Junction, and at many other great locations. Widescreen, 1
hr. 15 min.
#0RV2264
The newest addition to the Rails Chicago series,
this program presents fast-paced 1995 action of Soo Line; Santa Fe;
Burlington Northern; Southern Pacific; Metra; Conrail; CSX; Amtrak; Union
Pacific; Chicago & North Western; Elgin, Joliet and Eastern; and many others
at locations in and around Chicago, including Hammond (Indiana), Blue
Island, Joliet, Elmhurst, Franklin Park, Homewood and other locales. Dolby
Digital 2.0, 1 hour.
#0RV7356
Thrill to these action steam sounds from the early
1950s and '60s, featuring passenger and freight, mainline, branchline and
shortline Northern American railroads. You'll hear famous trains such as the
Pennsylvania Railroad K4, Union Pacific Big Boy, Reading T1 2100, Twin Seams
Mining Shay, Colorado and Southern 2-10-2, Norfolk and Western Y6b and Y6a,
and many more. It's like a steamer in your stereo!
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Price: $14.95
Steel Rails Under Thundering Skies. Whether it was during the third trick on a stormy
night, at a switch tower, or manning a crossing watchman's shanty, these are
the mainline sounds you'd have heard 50 years ago. Recorded locomotives
include a 2-8-0; a 2-6-2; a 2-8-2; ex-Canadian Pacific 4-6-2s; ex-Nickel
Plate 2-8-4 Berkshire No. 759; Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 8444; and many
others, with great whistles, thunderstorms and other sounds that bring the
action to life! 55 minutes.
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Price: $14.95
The Era of Diesel, DVD. The History of American Railroads.
This program examines the golden age of diesel-powered passenger trains
throughout America, from the 1940s and '50s to the 1960s and '70s. You'll
view the diesel power and legendary passenger trains of New York Central;
Pennsylvania Railroad; Penn Central; Baltimore & Ohio; Atlantic Coast Line;
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis; Rio Grande; Santa Fe; Union Pacific; and
others. Color, stereo, 4 hrs. 28 min.
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Price: $8.95
The Flanger Cab Ride & Winter Rails Over
Donner Pass - DVD. The Flanger Cab Ride
This is the ultimate ride on a flanger snowplow train over fabled Donner
Pass! You'll climb aboard the lead unit of a Southern Pacific flanger train
- called to duty when storms produce a snow depth of six inches or more - to
view all the action clearing snow on the main line between Truckee and
Emigrant Gap in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Color, 2 hours.
Winter Rails Over Donner Pass - DVD
Day of the Spreader
More than six years in the making, this video takes you to Union Pacific's
Donner Summit line which, crossing the Sierra Nevada at over 7,000 feet,
experiences snowfalls of up to 48" in a single day! Big snowfalls like that
call for The Spreader, which - with nose down, wings out and a little speed
- can move a mountain of snow, shoving it off banks and bridges. Here,
you'll see those amazing spreaders in action and even see how employees
lived under the snow all winter long at Norden, Southern Pacific's former
snow removal headquarters. 1 hour.
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Price: $59.90
The Ultimate Beaumont Hill - DVD. At the border of Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties in southern California lies one of the Southwest's most interesting
and scenic mountain passes: Beaumont Hill.
This 2-DVD collection presents complete coverage of that railfan favorite
and the 76-mile Yuma Subdivision line from West Colton to Indio, showing you
more than 300 trains from Union Pacific, Ferromex, Norfolk Southern, CSX,
BNSF and many others… including survivors from Chicago & North Western, Rio
Grande and Southern Pacific! 6 hours.
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This 3-part program offers a look at UP steam in the
1950s. Union Pacific Big Boys displays these leviathans on Sherman Hill
and includes rare footage of Big Boys double-headed and lashed up with turbine
engines; Union Pacific Challengers features 4-6-6-4 pacing footage and
sequences of Challengers in helper service, muscling freight through scenic
locales, and more; and Union Pacific Steam shows hardworking light and
medium duty UP steamers along branch lines and in busy freight yards. Color, 1
hr. 30 min.
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This program recounts the final four years - from
1992 to July, 1996 - of the Burlington Northern at three major locations
prior to its incorporation into BNSF. You'll visit St. Paul (Minnesota),
Valley City (North Dakota) and Bushnell (Illinois) to view a wide range of
motive power (from early Geeps to wide-nose SD60s) and freight, intermodal
and coal trains as well as those of neighboring roads Soo Line; Toledo,
Peoria & Western; Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific. 1 hr. 17 min.
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Price: $29.95
Vignettes of the Burlington Northern,
Volumes 1-2 - DVD. Buy Both and Save!
These programs recount the final years of the Burlington Northern at major
locations prior to its incorporation into BNSF. You'll view a wide range of
motive power and trains, numerous other roads, and much more.
Volume 1 - Visit St. Paul (Minnesota), Valley City (North Dakota) and
Bushnell (Illinois) from 1992 to July, 1996, to view a wide variety of
motive power, including early Geeps and wide-nose SD60s; freight, intermodal
and coal trains; neighboring roads Soo Line, Chicago & North Western, Union
Pacific and Toledo, Peoria & Western; and more. 1 hr. 17 min.
Volume 2 - Visit Chicago, Birmingham (Missouri), Minot (North Dakota), the
Sand Hills of Nebraska and Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) from 1990 to July, 1996, to
view E-units, wide-nose SD70s, and others; a variety of trains; Amtrak
operations; pool power from numerous other roads; and more. 1 hr. 38 min.
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Price: $59.90
Union Pacific's Caliente Subdivision - DVD. Watch powerful diesel locomotives battle the
rugged southwestern U.S. as Union Pacific heads west over the Caliente
Subdivision, running 240-miles between Milford, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada.
It's rugged territory and the action is nonstop with all types of revenue
freight. You'll watch a ballast work train, hop aboard the front of a
locomotive for a different view, then see hotshot doublestacks and even see
Amtrak's now-defunct Desert Wind. Color, 60 min.
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