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Below is a listing of all of our products. When using the search function, hold CTRL to select multiple railroads or states. Contact us directly about discounts available for dealers, stores, and historical societies.

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Logbook #3 VHS

This is not a videotape.  It is a typed log of the producer's trip notes, and notes from consists and lineups, covering trips to the western U.S., Midwest, East Coast, and eastern Canada between July 1977 and August 1979.  Logbook #3 consists of 138 pages of notes, an index, and a list of abbreviations.  $29.95 plus $5 for S&H.

Price: $29.95

  • Video Format: VHS

Conrail Along the Mohawk DVD

See  twenty  hours   of   continuous   action   on  Conrail's scenic main line along the Mohawk River in New York.  Freight traffic was at a high level and Amtrak was still running turbo trains on this busy line.  Videotaped in October, 1992.  67 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

  • Video Format: VHS

CP River Line south of Winona, MN DVD

This program shows the trains and operations for over twenty-four hours on the historic, former Milwaukee Road main line now owned by Canadian Pacific along the Mississippi River railroad east but geographically south of Winona, Minnesota in May of 2011. Once the double track main line of the Milwaukee Road and the route of the Hiawathas, this line fell on hard times in the 1970s. Rescued by the CP owned Soo Line, this line today, known as CP’s River Subdivision and part of their Chicago to Twin cities main, is in excellent condition and carries more trains today than anytime since at least World War II, thanks to increasing numbers of unit trains of agricultural products, fertilizer, coal, and coke from the northern plains and from Canada. “CP River Line south of Winona, MN” is 81 minutes in length and sells for $32.95 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling.  This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.

Price: $32.95

  • Video Format: DVD

The Immensity of It All DVD

Our first program shows 24 hours of continuous action on the busiest line for freight trains in the country - the Union Pacific's mainline around Sidney, Nebraska.  See the incredible variety of freight trains - coal, grain, manifests, and the UP's "Z" and "V" trains in the summer of 1992.  Available only in DVD.  113 minutes.  DVD-R = $34.95.

Price: $34.95

  • Video Format: VHS

Logbook #2 VHS

This is not a videotape.  This is a typed log of the producer's trip notes, covering his train trips between March 1974, when he lived in the Chicago area, and June 1977, when he lived in New England.  Logbook #2 consists of 66 pages of notes, an index, and a list of abbreviations.  The price for a copy of this is $19.95 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.

Price: $19.95

  • Video Format: VHS

Fraser River Canyon - CN & CP DVD

See 24 hrs. of action on the CP and 16 hrs. of action on the CN in one of the seven railfan wonders of the world - the Fraser & Thompson River Canyons.  50 trains run through this canyon in 24 hrs.  Videotaped in May of 1994.  106 minutes.  This is not a new program.  It was videotaped in Hi8 mm in 1994 and recently converted to DVD.  Although the picture quality is not as good as that in our newer programs, the same approach to showing all of the trains and including a lot of information on operations and history was used in this program.

Price: $34.95

  • Video Format: DVD

Fraser River Canyon - BC Rail DVD

See 24 hours of action in May of 1994 on BC Rail around Lillooet as trains climb in and out of the Fraser River Canyon.   BC Rail runs 10,000 ton trains up 2.2% grades with slave units and pushers in some of the most awesome scenery anywhere.  49 minutes.  This is not a new program.  It was videotaped in Hi8 mm in 1994 and recently converted to DVD.  Although the picture quality is not as good as that in our newer programs, the same approach to showing all of the trains and including a lot of information on operations and history was used in this program.

Price: $28.95

  • Video Format: DVD

SP's Kansas Funnel DVD

See 24 hrs. of action in Oct. of 1994 on the former RI east of Herington, KS, where the Golden State and Central Corridor (former DRG&W) trains come together.  With the new ore trains, SP traffic was at its peak.  New and leased power was running on many of the trains.  65 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

  • Video Format: DVD

BN at Springfield, MO DVD

For 6.9 miles, all BN trains through Springfield run on the same track between Teed where the lines to St. Louis and Memphis divide and Nichols where the lines to Kansas City and Tulsa divide.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action on that critical section of track in October of 1994.  109 minutes.

Price: $28.95

  • Video Format: DVD

Norfolk Southern at Spencer, North Carolina DVD

Spencer, NC, a long time hub of the former Southern, is 45 miles Northeast of Charlotte.  This tape will show you 24 hrs. of action between the yard at Linwood and the junction at Salisbury thru Spencer in April, 1995, on Norfolk Southern's busy Washington to Atlanta main line.  92 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

  • Video Format: DVD