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Once again steam whistles echo through the grassy hillsides of Niles Canyon. But, the canyon holds a secret known only to a few. Climb aboard the Niles Canyon Railway for a train ride of discovery. Featuring the historic railroad equipment of the Pacific Locomotive Association. 30-min.
Bonus Featurette: Highlights of the Annual “Train of Lights.”
The Niles Canyon Railway’s famous “Train of Lights” glitters in the crystal- clear night as it winds through the hills and canyons. Decorate your TV for the holidays!
by Golden Rail Video 30 mins • colour • narrated
Ref S140 £ 12.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p) Steam & Diesel on the
B&O Volume 2
From 16mm film by Donald J. Krofta.
Footage of B&O steam in the 1950s plus colorful diesel footage as B&O turned into the Chessie System in the 1970s and the Chessie Steam Special as it visited northern Ohio in 1977. Along the way, you’ll get a touch of Erie-Lackawanna, Conrail, and one scene of Amtrak’s Cardinal.
The 1950s steam action takes place at Deshler,
Attica Junction, Willard, South Lima, Lorain, Warwick and other places in northern Ohio. You’ll find 4-8-2s, 2-8-2s, 2-10-2s, 0-8-0s and the big EM1 class 2-8-8-4s.
Diesels are in the same general area and the Chessie Steam Special was filmed as it ran from Fostoria to Toledo with a service stop at Walbridge. The engine was ex-Reading 2101.
Real B&O steam sound recorded by Jim Hawk brings the steam scenes to life. The diesel sequences also have sound. Maps are included of most photo locations.
by Herron Rail 69 mins • colour • narrated
LAST STREAMLINERS
THROUGH THE
ROCKIES
The concept for this programme began with two 16mm color films shot by Everett Rohrer. The idea of Last Streamliners is because one film is the last run of the
“Royal Gorge” passenger train, which Everett rode and filmed for posterity. First we see another film shot by Everett Rohrer of a 1970 Winter ride on the California Zephyr with Rio Grande F-units, traversing the Colorado Rockies with snow on the ground in the higher elevations. This is all shot from a dome car, with nice views of the train ahead, the many tunnels, the scenery, and even a meet with the eastbound Zephyr. The next segment is a 1981 chase by Greg Scholl that shows the Rio Grande Zephyr led by F-unit 5771 as we follow it trackside from west of Moffat Tunnel to Glenwood Canyon. This is sound movie coverage, and historic since the train was discontinued in 1983, but 5771 was saved and is at the Colorado Railroad museum today.
Our third segment is the Last Run of the ROYAL GORGE passenger train with an F- unit and 3 coaches heading south of Denver toward Colorado Springs and Pueblo where there are numerous passengers getting on and off. Then the train heads west through the Royal Gorge, where a stop is made for passengers. Then it’s on to Salida, where the train is turned on a wye, for the return to Denver for the last time. Again we stop at the Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge, and this time there is a rock slide. Later our photographer gets a cab ride into Denver Union Station. To finish off this programme, we have added scenes of the Moffat Route shot in 1994 taken by Greg Scholl of the California Zephyr between Moffat Tunnel and Dotsero. This includes two different westbound trains, and one eastbound that has three units on it, including a Rio Grande leading. This train is interesting, and includes one of the most dramatic bad weather shots on video!!! If all this were not enough we included some footage we got at the last minute that shows some scenes at Pueblo station shot between 1951 and 1953, and includes a couple of steam shots, as well as some scenes of the Royal Gorge Passenger train. All the 16mm film scenes in this programme have music and narration since there was no sound on the films of course. However, we do have the 1981 footage with train sounds, as well as the 1994 video we shot. This is a nice cross section of material showing passenger service in the Colorado Rockies. The Rio Grande operated the last Streamlined passenger trains in this region, before Amtrak eventually took over the Denver to Salt Lake Segment.
by Greg Scholl 60 mins • colour • narrated
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In February of 1988 we returned to southwestern Ontario, to capture snow plow action on Canadian Pacific and Canadian National branchlines. We spent 10 days in the Stratford area and recorded 8 different plow extras. As power we see 5 different CN F7s, plus a CN GP9, and CP Alco C424s and RS18s at work. We also see 3 different types of wedge plow including the black
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teflon painted plow from London, Ontario. Lines covered are the CN lines to Goderich (twice), Port Elgin, and Owen Sound. CP Plows run to Owen Sound, and Goderich which was the second to last run of a plow on this line. All these lines are gone now except the CN Goderich Sub. If all this isn’t enough we obtained some old film of a plow wreck at Granton, Ont. in 1971 where the plow flipped over in a deep cut. We found the plow foreman and he gives us his account of the accident on camera in 1988. This is one of the rarest pieces of train film I have ever seen. Then we end the video with a shot at Granton in 1988 of a Plow Extra going through the same spot on the CN. If you like trains, then you haven't lived until you have seen these plows in action.
by Greg Scholl 60 mins • colour • narrated Ref D364 £ 20.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)