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No More Mindless Runbys
Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.

Canadian National's Alberta Main

This program shows over 24 hours of fascinating action in October of 2005 east of Edmonton on Canadian National's transcontinental main line. With the 2004 acquisition of B. C. Rail, traffic on CN's main line east of Edmonton has reached new heights including some of the longest freight trains on this continent. This well-engineered track is traversed by an increasing number of containers and carload traffic off B. C. Rail and by CN's "Need for Speed" trains. 88 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $34.95

Canadian National's Alberta Main DVD

This program shows over 24 hours of fascinating action in October of 2005 east of Edmonton on Canadian National's transcontinental main line. With the 2004 acquisition of B. C. Rail, traffic on CN's main line east of Edmonton has reached new heights including some of the longest freight trains on this continent. This well-engineered track is traversed by an increasing number of containers and carload traffic off B. C. Rail and by CN's "Need for Speed" trains. 88 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Canadian Pacific's Alberta Mains DVD

This program shows over 24 hours of fascinating action in October of 2005 east of Edmonton on Canadian National's transcontinental main line.  With the 2004 acquisition of B. C. Rail, traffic on CN's main line east of Edmonton has reached new heights including some of the longest freight trains on this continent.  This well-engineered track is traversed by an increasing number of containers and carload traffic off B. C. Rail and by CN's "Need for Speed" trains.  88 minutes.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Canadian Pacific's Alberta Mains

This program shows over 24 hours of fascinating action in October of 2005 east of Edmonton on Canadian National's transcontinental main line.  With the 2004 acquisition of B. C. Rail, traffic on CN's main line east of Edmonton has reached new heights including some of the longest freight trains on this continent.  This well-engineered track is traversed by an increasing number of containers and carload traffic off B. C. Rail and by CN's "Need for Speed" trains.  88 minutes.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $34.95

Midwest Regionals 2005 DVD

This program shows the trains and operations on five regional railroads in the Midwest in the summer and fall of 2005.   All of these Regionals have fascinating stories to tell.  All five - the Indiana Rail Road, Iowa Interstate, Wisconsin and Southern, Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern, and Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern, have defied the poor odds that they were given at their formation.  One might even say that some of these railroads have prospered.  4 hours, 15 minutes.  2 tape/ 3 DVD set.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $50.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Midwest Regionals 2005

This program shows the trains and operations on five regional railroads in the Midwest in the summer and fall of 2005.   All of these Regionals have fascinating stories to tell.  All five - the Indiana Rail Road, Iowa Interstate, Wisconsin and Southern, Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern, and Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern, have defied the poor odds that they were given at their formation.  One might even say that some of these railroads have prospered.  4 hours, 15 minutes.  2 tape/ 3 DVD set.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $50.95

Canadian National's Drummondville Sub DVD

The Drummondville Sub between St. Hyacinthe, east of Montreal, and Quebec City is part of CN's main line between Montreal and Halifax, and Via Rail's Windsor to Quebec City Corridor.  The limit for certain passenger trains on part of this line is a cool 100 miles an hour and CN likes to run two mile long freight trains between Joffre Yard, south of Quebec City, and Montreal.  This neat program shows over 24 hours of action on this line in August of 2005.  65 minutes.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Canadian National's Drummondville Sub

The Drummondville Sub between St. Hyacinthe, east of Montreal, and Quebec City is part of CN's main line between Montreal and Halifax, and Via Rail's Windsor to Quebec City Corridor.  The limit for certain passenger trains on part of this line is a cool 100 miles an hour and CN likes to run two mile long freight trains between Joffre Yard, south of Quebec City, and Montreal.  This neat program shows over 24 hours of action on this line in August of 2005.  65 minutes.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $30.95

NS Chicago Line in Western Ohio DVD

This program shows all the action for over 24 hours on one of the busiest segments of track on the whole Norfolk Southern system - their former Conrail Chicago line in northwest Ohio between Butler, just across the border into Indiana and Wauseon, Ohio, in June of 2005.  This program is an in-depth look at what is arguably the best-run railroad in the U. S.  The number of trains on this line has grown rapidly in the past couple of years, and right now NS's Chicago Line is "The Show" in the East.  1 Tape/ 2 DVD set.  158 minutes.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $40.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

NS Chicago Line in Western Ohio

This program shows all the action for over 24 hours on one of the busiest segments of track on the whole Norfolk Southern system - their former Conrail Chicago line in northwest Ohio between Butler, just across the border into Indiana and Wauseon, Ohio, in June of 2005.  This program is an in-depth look at what is arguably the best-run railroad in the U. S.  The number of trains on this line has grown rapidly in the past couple of years, and right now NS's Chicago Line is "The Show" in the East.  1 Tape/ 2 DVD set.  158 minutes.  The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration. 

Price: $40.95