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Video Format Rail-Line State

The Pokey - Crown Jewel of the East

This video shows the traffic and operations at many locations on Norfolk Southern's Pocahontas District in West Virginia.  Often referred to as "The Pokey", the Pocahontas District extends from Bluefield, West Virginia, to Williamson, a distance of 99 miles.  This line is arguably the most scenic and accessible of all the heavy duty mountain main lines in the East.  It has a busy helper grade, countless sharp curves along the Elkhorn and Tug Fork Rivers, color position light signals, abandoned coaling towers, and nineteen tunnels, most of which are easily accessible from local roads.  This line was the heart of the former Norfolk and Western and reminds us of the Fraser and Thomson River Canyons and Cajon Pass in the West in that you never run out of places to take pictures.  This video shows two days and a night of awesome action on "The Pokey" in April of 2003.  161 minutes. 

Price: $40.95

The Greatest Show on Earth - the Transcon

If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there is no better place on this continent than to be alongside Burlington Northern Santa Fe's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles - the Transcon, in the Texas Panhandle.  The number of trains on this line has reached historic numbers, as many as 80 a day, and BNSF recently completed adding a second track to this line.  This video shows over twenty four hours of incredible action on BNSF's Hereford Subdivision between Amarillo and Clovis in May of 2003.  Two Hours, 52 minutes.  Two disk DVD-R, two tape VHS set. 

Price: $42.95

The Road to Laredo - Tex-Mex & UP

Rail traffic between the United States and Mexico has grown dramatically in the past two decades.  Nearly eighty per cent of the cross-border rail trade takes place at Laredo between the Texas Mexican Railway, already a member of the Kansas City Southern system, the Union Pacific, and Mexican railroad TFM.  This video shows all the trains on the two American lines into Laredo - the Texas Mexican or Tex-Mex between Corpus Christi and Laredo and the Union Pacific between San Antonio and Laredo in May of 2003.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Palmer, MA - Hot Spot of New England

Palmer, MA, 83 miles west of Boston, is one of the best known railfan hot spots in all of New England.  The combination of four railroads including Amtrak, easy accessibility, and public parking right next to the tracks means that railfans can usually be found at Palmer most hours of the day and night.  This video shows over 24 hours of CSX, New England Central, Massachusetts Central, and Amtrak action at Palmer in July 2003, including the new coast to coast, UPS "bullet train" on CSX.  116 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

BNSF's Texas Funnel

This video shows the action on BNSF's busiest line in south Texas between Temple where BNSF's line from the West Coast joins the Kansas City to Houston main and Somerville where the lines to Houston and New Orleans split.  Chemical and intermodal traffic on this funnel has shown dramatic growth since BNSF gained access to New Orleans and additional shippers around Houston.  This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Texas Funnel between Temple and Somerville in May of 2003.  68 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Kansas City Southern 2003

Few railroads have undergone as many changes in the past decade as has the Kansas City Southern.  During that time, the KCS's Meridian to Dallas Line has become part of a major transcontinental corridor, and KCS has acquired a share of the largest Mexican Railroad and access to Mexico via Laredo.  This video shows the trains and operations for 24 hours on KCS's north-south main on the south end of the Heavener Subdivision midway between Kansas City and Shreveport and for 24 hours on their east-west transcontinental line midway between Shreveport and Dallas in May of 2003.  69 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

NS Bement to Decatur - Heart of the Former Wabash

The 20 miles of double track between Bement and Decatur in central Illinois was the busiest section of track on the former Wabash.  At Bement the line from Chicago joined the line from Detroit.  Just west of Decatur the lines to St. Louis and Kansas City went their separate ways.  Today this funnel has twice the number of freight trains that it had during Wabash days and is a part of NS's busy automotive artery from Detroit to St. Louis and Kansas City.  This video shows over 24 hours of action on Norfolk Southern's Lafayette district between Bement and Decatur in May of 2003.  98 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

BNSF's ex-Milw & NP Dakota Mains

This video shows the trains and operations on the former Milwaukee Road and Northern Pacific lines across the Dakotas now owned and operated by BNSF.  This is the land of grain and coal trains and even a manned helper district.  Trains are shown at many points on the former Milwaukee main between Aberdeen, SD, and Bucyrus, ND.  On the ex-NP main we show the trains and scenery on BNSF's coal corridor between Belgrade and Glendive, ND including the North Dakota Badlands along with the usual 24 hours of action on both lines.  113 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Hot Times on the Golden State Route

The former Rock Island and Southern Pacific, now Union Pacific Golden State Route between Kansas City and El Paso has seen its share of ups and downs in the past thirty years.  Today the Golden State Route has again been rebuilt and handles the most tonnage in its history including the new sixty-three hour, coast to coast "bullet trains" carrying United Parcel Service packages.  This video shows over 24 hours of furious action on UP's Golden State Route between Pratt and Liberal in western Kansas in October 2003 and includes the "bullet trains" in both directions.  62 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

24 Hours at Greenwich - New Crossroads of CSX

Greenwich, twelve miles east of Willard in northern Ohio, is where CSX's line to Chicago, the former B&O main, crosses the former Conrail Indianapolis Line that is now owned by CSX.  Since the Conrail split on June first of 1999, a flood of trains with many led by pooled power from Western railroads or by leased power pour onto or off of the Indianapolis Line around the new two track wye that connects the two lines.  The number of trains through Greenwich has doubled and this small town southwest of Cleveland is the New crossroads of CSX.  Wheeling and Lake Erie trains also run through Greenwich.  This video shows over 24 hours of action in and around Greenwich in September of 2003.  4 1/2 hours.  3 disk DVD-R,  2 tape VHS set.

Price: $50.95