| Beneath Los Angeles - The Building of the Red Line Subway DVDFrom Red Cars to the Red Line Subway. This is a tunnel-face look at the construction of LA's first modern Subway. Plus Pentrex gives us an 'Extra", a 10 minute look at the Red Line Subway today.Independent filmmaker Chris Hume spent thousands of dollars of his own money and hundreds of hours ...more | |
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Pentrex captures the beautifully restored Atlanta and West Point steam locomotive number 290 as it pulle three different steam excursions throughout southern Georgia and Alabama.The first outing finds the Pacific-type engine running with her white accent stripes and tires painted black, as s ...more | |
| Best of 1993 DVD1993 saw a variety of railroading across the country with Pentrex and Video Rails on the scene to record the action for us. Here are fallen flags, and private trains no longer running like the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train. From some of the oldest steam locomotives to still oper | |
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Under the sea, under mountains, under cities. Railroads need these – somehow both well known and yet mysterious – works of faith, sweat and blood. Without tunnels the first railroads would have never left the immediate boundaries of their founding. No going west across the Appalachians. Conqueri ...more | |
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The realization of the Panama Canal dream, a shortcut between two of the Earth’s mighty oceans, took several decades and cost many thousands of lives. Today, and for more than 100 years, huge ships take advantage of this 53 mile route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.150 years ago t ...more | |
| Classic America on Rails Combo DVDOriginally three well-received shows, Pentrex and WB Video now bring you "Classic America on Rails Combo", all three WB Video "America on Rails" shows in one great 90 minute package. The original footage has been digitally remastered and color corrected. We'll see railroading from coast to coast, an ...more | |
| One Mans Trolleys - George Krambles DVD DVDHis remarkable narrative is a personal excursion through the heritage of electric railroading, from the twilight of the Indiana Railroad through today's Chicago Transit Authority and beyond.This video begins with Kramble's at the Illinois Railroad Museum, where he shows us some famous cars, ...more | |
| The Big 3 in KC1995 was the beginning of the 1990s merger mania in the railroad industry. Go back to that year and see an independent Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern as they dominate the railroad scene in one of the nation's premier railroad towns, Kansas City. Train sounds are clear and exciting. | |
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The Frisco made it to Monett, Missouri first and for almost 100 years was the largest employer in town. BN bought the Frisco and was still a big presence there. The 1995 merger saw BNSF take over and it didn't take many years before they sold off most of the sub. The Monett Sub is no more.Let's tour ...more | |
| Burlington Northerns St Joe SubOfficially this is the St. Joseph Subdivision of the Lincoln Division, but depending on what end of the line you start from, folks called it the Kansas City Line or the St. Joe Line. Our guide, Bob Ernst, knew the 202 miles from KC to Lincoln as the St. Joe Line. We are seeing a still independent Bu ...more | |
| KCT Cab RideThis certainly qualifies as a rare mileage cab ride! Join us in 1994 for a trip around the Kansas City Terminal Railway. Our ride is a CNW SD-18 and from that perch we hit all the highlights and see quite a few trains pass by as we travel the KCT. Narration and on-screen captions keep us informed.Th ...more | |
| Mainlines into Kansas CityKansas City in 1993 is a busy and colorful place when it comes to railroads. This is before the merger mania of just a few years into the future and we get to see quite a few trains from quite a few railroads and quite a few paint schemes as we investigate the Mainlines into Kansas City!We'll see th ...more | |
| Santa Fes Chillicoth SubPart of the busy Santa Fe Transcon line, the "Chilli" sub runs from Chicago to Fort Madison, Iowa, crossing the Illinois River at Chillicothe. We see the Chillicothe Sub just prior to the BNSF merger with a lot of intermodal traffic and a lot of red and silver warbonnets. This is a busy line with ov ...more | |
| Santa Fe in Kansas CityIt is 1992, and railfan Bob Ernst set out to document Kansas City's largest railroad presence, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. We begin our look at the Santa Fe in Kansas City at Argentine Yard and from there visit many railfan locations around the Kansas City area. 1992 was prior to merger man ...more | |
| Santa Fes Marceline SubSanta Fe's Marceline Sub runs between two storied Santa Fe locations, Argentine Yard at Kansas City and the Mississippi River crossing and yard at Fort Madison, Iowa. In this program we will take a look at that entire 217 mile stretch of Railroad. We'll see "Q" trains and "T" trains and lots of War ...more | |
| Santa Fes Panhandle SubIt's 1995, the last year for an independent Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Giant BNSF is still in the future, the Panhandle Sub is busy and we are there to see the action. We'll see lots of “bonnets†and famous Curtis Hill before the double-tracking.This sub stretches 205 miles f ...more | |
| Santa Fes Waynoka SubWe begin our visit to the Waynoka Sub where the sub begins, at Wellington, Kansas, the only crew change location between Kansas City and Amarillo. The line is part of the Santa Fe Transcon and sees heavy and fast freights. We'll see plenty of intermodal, miles of trailers and lots of Warbonnets.Be ...more | |
| Southern Pacific Herington SubThe Herington Sub has a long history: Rock Island, Cotton Belt/Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific. But, in 1993 the line between Kansas City and Herington, Kansas was solid Southern Pacific territory.We'll see a variety of motive power, from home-grown SP and SSW units to oddities like the "Koda ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Coffeyville and Cherokee SubsVisit two Union Pacific lines through Kansas: The Coffeyville Sub is former Missouri Pacific and runs from Neff Yard in Kansas City to Coffeyville, Kansas City. The roughly parallel Cherokee Sub runs from Parsons, Kansas to McAlester, Oklahoma.This program was shot using professional equipment of t ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Marysville SubWe visit Union Pacific's busy Marysville Subdivision in 1996, just one year after the UP officially merged the Chicago Northwestern into the UP system, and the Union Pacific is having a motive power shortage. We'll see a lot of CNW green and yellow along with leased units.This sub stretches 287 mile ...more | |
| Union Pacifics Sherman HillWe begin our visit to Union Pacific's famous Sherman Hill in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Cheyenne Yard. Between Cheyenne and Laramie is the crossing of the Continental Divide with three tracks over Sherman Hill. Tracks 1 and 2 have a 1.55% ruling grade while track 3 is at less than 1%. This stretch of rai ...more | |
| Union Pacific Sidney SubIt is 1997 and we get to see a very busy Union Pacific mainline. We also see quite a few yellow and green units still flagged for the recently merged Chicago North Western. Take a trip back in time to the busy UP line from North Platte to Cheyenne - UP's Sidney Sub. We'll see some action at the yard ...more | |
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See Hollywood make a railroad movie. Titled “Journey to Yesterday” this film is rare in several ways, it is a rare behind the scenes of a movie made in the early 1950s, it is a rare look at how Hollywood makes railroad movies and it is a rare find! Being what it is, relatively few copies were ma ...more | |
