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It’s called “the Hero” and has been
exercising super-hero powers for
more than a centur y. It’s the
railroad’s final line of defense
against savage Sierra winters. The
Rotary snow plow slept dormant in
it’s comfortable lair in the railyards
since 1998 until Mother Nature
herself summoned the monster into
action in March, 2011. Watch the
Rotaries massive power as it clears the “Sierra Cement” just in time to save a rail crew caught in an avalanche!
by BA Productions 1Hour 6 mins • colour • narration • Widescreen £21.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)
Also available in Blu-ray Blu-Ray £22.00
TH POKY
Geared Shay locomotives at Cass, West Virginia, with a Carl Franz photo freight, and the following weekend at the Cass Railfan weekend. We see all four operating Shays in action, with the signature triple header and side by side run- by’s, with lots of close ups of the thrashing machinary. Lots of sound, fur y and smoke and not much motion! Totally amazing!
by Highball Productions
£21.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)
(Regular DVD players will NOT play Blu-ray DVD's,
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Norfolk Southern’s Pocahontas District recently had clearances raised for double stacks as part of the Heartland Project. Elkhorn grade between Bluefield and Iaeger is the steepest part of the Pokey, giving even NS’s latest SD70ACe’s a workout with heavy coal trains as they wind through the valleys and through the small towns of West
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105 mins • colour • narration Features narration on/off Ref S164
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Also available in Blu-ray
ELKHORN GRADE
you must use a Blu-ray DVD player.) Blu-Ray Price £22.00
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THE EAS SLOPE
CSX crests the Allegheny Mountains in Pensylvania at Sand Patch summit. We’ll explore the east slope from Cooks Mills to the summit in fall and in spring. Older power fights the unrelenting westbound grade, often with manned helpers. This is real
mountain railroading!
by Highball Productions 120 mins
• colour • narration • Features narration on/off
£21.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)
Also available in Blu-ray (Regular DVD players will NOT play Blu-ray DVD's, you must use a Blu-ray DVD player.) Blu-Ray Price £22.00
Virginia. This is helper country, with two to three units pushing heavy trains up the grades. by Highball Productions 105 mins • colour
• Features narration on/off £21.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p) Also available in Blu-ray Blu-Ray Price £22.00
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