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  GREAT SHORTLINES WEST
Featuring the Central Oregon and Pacific, Angelina & Neches River RR, Central California Traction, Yolo Short Line and Amador Central.
See how the recent trends in railroading will keep the short lines alive and how some are flourishing. The evolving rail scene will be
much more interesting to the average railfan after watching this video. Discover the inside story of these five short lines with history,
nostalgic looks and present day action. Lots of great equipment, scenery and special interviews with the people who keep the
trains rolling.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC - BY THE BAY A THIRTY YEAR LOOK
A nostalgic look, 1967 to present day. Relive the days of FM Trainmasters, Geep-9, GP-40 and SD-45 passenger operations, plus the last of SP
freight on the San Francisco Peninsula. The history of SP and its predecessors is covered, also the IER, Key System, Ferryboats, Sacramento
Northern and the Oakland Terminal Ry. Early Amtrak operation features SP F7 and SDP-40s and the "commute" operations are covered in
detail. See the last ALCO RS-32s, S6s and even FM H-12-44, plus EMD first generation locomotives. Fast runbys, pacing and lots of
yard action are featured. The inner workings of FM opposed piston locomotives used in the fabled Trainmasters are also studied.
3 GREAT PRODUCERS - 6 FANTASTIC TAPES
  CHARLES SMILEY
     1 hr 30 mins £25.95 (free UK p&p)
4 NARROW GAUGE LAYOUTS MODELING THE PROTOTYPE
Featuring four of the finest narrow gauge layouts in the Pacific Northwest. Paul Scoles’ layout features incredible Sn3 railroading actually in the
Pacific Northwest. Dave Woodrell’s Sn3 layout shows the late 30s Rio Grande Southern from Ridgeway to Rico. Jim Noonan’s modeling
shows us the Rio Grand Southern in HOn3 from Ridgeway to Telluride. And finally, Bill Busacca’s H0n3 layout features the Rio Grande
Southern town of Dolores in the 40s. Filmed as if in real life, authentic locomotives sounds are heard and it describes the locations and
modelers work.
THE LAST STEAM OPERATED SAWMILL
The state of Oregon hosts the last steam operated sawmill in the USA. This huge complex is served by a standard gauge railroad operating vintage
GP9 diesels. You’re taken on a complete tour of the workings of the sawmill, inside and out. Follow the logs from delivery, to the mill pond,
debarking, sawing, edging, sorting and finished goods. Witness a bygone era of steam engines and boilers from the turn of the century. If
interested in and/or modeling the logging industry, you won’t want to miss this fantastic video!
GREEN FROG
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HOT SPOTS 3 ROSENBERG, TEXAS
Rosenberg, Texas is located about 30 miles southwest of Houston. BNSF’s line from Houston and the Port of Galveston to Fort Worth crosses
the former Southern Pacific ‘Sunset Route’. It is a popular local railfan location. BNSF’s Galveston sub sees grain and potash traffic, coal trains to
Houston Power & Light, Intermodal, vehicle and manifest traffic. UP’s Glidden sub sees Intermodal, vehicle and manifest traffic, plus
Amtrak’s Nos 1 & 2. A few BNSF trains switch to UP and visa versa. These have train orders which are hooked up by the tower operator. An
excellent variety of good action.
CSX on the CHICAGO LINE SELKIRK TO BUFFALO
CSX and NS split Conrail between them on 1 June 1999 with CSX getting mostly the former New York Central portion including the former
4 track main line between Selkirk Yard in Albany and Frontier Yard in Buffalo. We take a post merger look at this line in late August.
Power is about half CSX and half renumbered Conrail with some leased units and run through power making for some colorful
railroading. There’s lots of traffic, including some new trains, keeping the action going continuously. We shot from familiar and new
exciting locations.
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