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The former Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy line from Chicago to Denver, now BNSF’s Chicago to Denver main, was the heart and sole of the Burlington Route. Often referred to as “the way of the Zephyrs”, this line in western Iowa where this program was videotaped, once hosted the Burlington’s Denver and California Zephyr passenger trains, the famous Fast Mail, the Chicago to Denver hot shot freight trains, and the eastbound meat trains out of Omaha and Lincoln. In spite of the favoritism shown it by Burlington officials, the CB&Q’s Denver line in western Iowa was never a major freight route and hosted almost as many passenger trains as freight trains as late as the early 1960s. Today this line still hosts Amtrak’s California Zephyr but low sulfur coal out of the Powder River Basin bound for Midwestern power plants is what has allowed this line to flourish as it carries more freight tonnage today than ever. This program shows a day and a half of action on the west end of BNSF’s Creston Subdivision west of Red Oak in western Iowa in October of 2009. “BNSF Creston Sub in Western Iowa” is 94 minutes in length and sells for $34.95 plus $5 for S&H. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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The north end of BNSF’s Fort Worth Subdivision between Gainesville, Texas and Alliance Yard, BNSF’s large intermodal, auto, and carload classification yard serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is one of BNSF’s busiest lines in Texas. Part of the former Santa Fe main line between Kansas City and Houston, this track handles a lot of intermodal, grain, and mixed carload traffic between the Midwest and the great state of Texas. The UP takeover of the Southern Pacific in 1996 gave BNSF access to more chemical plants along the Gulf Coast, and much of this new traffic flows north on the Fort Worth sub. In spite of the current recession, this line is still handling near record levels of traffic, especially when export grain is moving to ports on the Gulf Coast. This program shows all the trains for over 24 hours on the north end of BNSF’s Fort Worth Subdivision including what fans call the “Metro pig dance” in May of 2009. “BNSF Fort Worth Subdivision” is 79 minutes in length. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$32.95
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The north end of BNSF’s Fort Worth Subdivision between Gainesville, Texas and Alliance Yard, BNSF’s large intermodal, auto, and carload classification yard serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is one of BNSF’s busiest lines in Texas. Part of the former Santa Fe main line between Kansas City and Houston, this track handles a lot of intermodal, grain, and mixed carload traffic between the Midwest and the great state of Texas. The UP takeover of the Southern Pacific in 1996 gave BNSF access to more chemical plants along the Gulf Coast, and much of this new traffic flows north on the Fort Worth sub. In spite of the current recession, this line is still handling near record levels of traffic, especially when export grain is moving to ports on the Gulf Coast. This program shows all the trains for over 24 hours on the north end of BNSF’s Fort Worth Subdivision including what fans call the “Metro pig dance” in May of 2009. “BNSF Fort Worth Subdivision” is 79 minutes in length. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$32.95
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Not only is California’s Central Valley the greatest agricultural area in this country, but it is also the home to some big-time railroading – BNSF Railway’s Bakersfield Subdivision between Bakersfield and Fresno. This high-speed line through the razor-flat San Joaquin or Central Valley of California, is home to a growing number of transcontinental intermodal, manifest, and unit trains headed to and from the Bay Area or BNSF’s terminals around Stockton, along with six pair of state-supported Amtrak San Joaquin service passenger trains that run between Bakersfield, and Sacramento and Oakland. This neat program shows all the trains on BNSF’s Bakersfield Sub between Wasco and Hanford for twenty-four hours in June of 2007. “BNSF in California’s Central Valley” is 68 minutes long.
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Not only is California’s Central Valley the greatest agricultural area in this country, but it is also the home to some big-time railroading – BNSF Railway’s Bakersfield Subdivision between Bakersfield and Fresno. This high-speed line through the razor-flat San Joaquin or Central Valley of California, is home to a growing number of transcontinental intermodal, manifest, and unit trains headed to and from the Bay Area or BNSF’s terminals around Stockton, along with six pair of state-supported Amtrak San Joaquin service passenger trains that run between Bakersfield, and Sacramento and Oakland. This neat program shows all the trains on BNSF’s Bakersfield Sub between Wasco and Hanford for twenty-four hours in June of 2007. “BNSF in California’s Central Valley” is 68 minutes long.
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Where the winds blow could easily be the title of this program. Large temperature gradients between the west and east ends of the Columbia River Gorge drive the prevailing westerly winds, especially on warm days. And when we were on standing on the basalt cliffs lining the north side of the Gorge looking down on the tracks, the wind was certainly blowing. The town of Bingen, Washington where we spent the night is in the heart of this only, near sea level gap in the Cascade Mountains and is almost right across the River from Hood River, Oregon, the windsurfing capital of the World. BNSF’s former Spokane, Portland and Seattle main line along the north bank of the Columbia hosts almost all of BNSF’s westbound manifest and loaded unit trains bound for all the major cities in the Pacific Northwest from Portland to Vancouver, British Columbia. And with the number of crude oil and export coal trains growing along with as many as nine grain trains in twenty-four hours, the unit train count on this line can be staggering. “BNSF in the Columbia River Gorge” shows over twenty-four hours of BNSF and Amtrak action in the scenic heart of the Columbia River Gorge, both sides of Bingen on BNSF’s Fallbridge Subdivision in May of 2018. This video is one hour and thirty minutes in length and can be watched with or without narration.
$34.95
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Where the winds blow could easily be the title of this program. Large temperature gradients between the west and east ends of the Columbia River Gorge drive the prevailing westerly winds, especially on warm days. And when we were on standing on the basalt cliffs lining the north side of the Gorge looking down on the tracks, the wind was certainly blowing. The town of Bingen, Washington where we spent the night is in the heart of this only, near sea level gap in the Cascade Mountains and is almost right across the River from Hood River, Oregon, the windsurfing capital of the World. BNSF’s former Spokane, Portland and Seattle main line along the north bank of the Columbia hosts almost all of BNSF’s westbound manifest and loaded unit trains bound for all the major cities in the Pacific Northwest from Portland to Vancouver, British Columbia. And with the number of crude oil and export coal trains growing along with as many as nine grain trains in twenty-four hours, the unit train count on this line can be staggering. “BNSF in the Columbia River Gorge” shows over twenty-four hours of BNSF and Amtrak action in the scenic heart of the Columbia River Gorge, both sides of Bingen on BNSF’s Fallbridge Subdivision in May of 2018. This video is one hour and thirty minutes in length and can be watched with or without narration.
$34.95
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BNSF's Thayer North sub through the Ozark Mountains between Springfield and Thayer was once part of the St. Louis-San Francisco's Springfield to Memphis main. This up and down line is now part of BNSF's West Coast and Kansas City to Memphis and Birmingham corridor. With the Plant Scherer coal trains, this single track line has the most trains in its 122-year history. This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Thayer North Sub in October of 2004. 1 tape/ 2 DVD set. 112 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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BNSF's Thayer North sub through the Ozark Mountains between Springfield and Thayer was once part of the St. Louis-San Francisco's Springfield to Memphis main. This up and down line is now part of BNSF's West Coast and Kansas City to Memphis and Birmingham corridor. With the Plant Scherer coal trains, this single track line has the most trains in its 122-year history. This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Thayer North Sub in October of 2004. 1 tape/ 2 DVD set. 112 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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The twenty five miles of track between Moorhead Junction, Minnesota, just across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota, and KO Junction Switch, west of Casselton, where the former Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines split, is as busy as any section of track on BNSF’s main line between the Twin Cities and the Pacific Northwest. All trains on BNSF’s main line from Chicago to Portland and Seattle and all trains on the former NP main to Montana traverse this strategic section of track. At KO Junction Switch, the transcontinental main line, often referred to as the Hi Line because much of it is close to the Canadian border, heads northwest towards Minot and the West Coast on former Great Northern track, while the former Northern Pacific main, now part of BNSF’s northern coal corridor, heads straight west towards Jamestown and Bismarck. This funnel also sees a lot of grain headed to ports in the Pacific Northwest. A manned tower that was taken down shortly after the Burlington Northern merger, used to control the grade crossing of the two main lines at Casselton. Today, all of this track including the junction is controlled by BNSF’s network operations center in Fort Worth. This program shows all of the trains for 24 hours on the BNSF’s North Dakota Funnel around Casselton and KO Junction Switch in October of 2008. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$38.95
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The twenty five miles of track between Moorhead Junction, Minnesota, just across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota, and KO Junction Switch, west of Casselton, where the former Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines split, is as busy as any section of track on BNSF’s main line between the Twin Cities and the Pacific Northwest. All trains on BNSF’s main line from Chicago to Portland and Seattle and all trains on the former NP main to Montana traverse this strategic section of track. At KO Junction Switch, the transcontinental main line, often referred to as the Hi Line because much of it is close to the Canadian border, heads northwest towards Minot and the West Coast on former Great Northern track, while the former Northern Pacific main, now part of BNSF’s northern coal corridor, heads straight west towards Jamestown and Bismarck. This funnel also sees a lot of grain headed to ports in the Pacific Northwest. A manned tower that was taken down shortly after the Burlington Northern merger, used to control the grade crossing of the two main lines at Casselton. Today, all of this track including the junction is controlled by BNSF’s network operations center in Fort Worth. This program shows all of the trains for 24 hours on the BNSF’s North Dakota Funnel around Casselton and KO Junction Switch in October of 2008. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe's transcon main line west of Minot, ND is classic prairie railroading with a steep climb out of the Souris River valley and high speed railroading across the undulating prairie beyond and includes the 1792 foot long trestle over Gassman Coulee. This video shows all of the trains for 26 hours in Oct., 2001 between Minot and Stanley, 52 miles west of Minot. The orange and green has returned to North Dakota along with the kaleidoscope of colors that is BNSF in 2001. One hour, 41 minutes.
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