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If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there are few better places on this continent to be than in eastern New Mexico alongside BNSF’s main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. All of BNSF’s freight trains from Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis, and Texas to and from Northern and Southern California charge across the Llano Estacado or staked plain as the high plains west of Clovis are called. The hot “Z” trains with their power in a kaleidoscope of colors thunder across the rolling plains one after another. Until the recent recession this line was seeing as many as 100 trains a day on peak days of the week. The increase in stack trains and premium trailer traffic on this line in recent decades has been nothing short of phenomenal. If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed this is still “the greatest show on earth”. This program shows over twenty-four hours of awesome action on BNSF’s Clovis Subdivision between Clovis and the crossing of the Pecos River at Fort Sumner in May of 2009. “The Transcon in Eastern New Mexico” is a two DVD set and is two hours, 46 minutes in length. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$40.95
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If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there are few better places on this continent to be than in eastern New Mexico alongside BNSF’s main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. All of BNSF’s freight trains from Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis, and Texas to and from Northern and Southern California charge across the Llano Estacado or staked plain as the high plains west of Clovis are called. The hot “Z” trains with their power in a kaleidoscope of colors thunder across the rolling plains one after another. Until the recent recession this line was seeing as many as 100 trains a day on peak days of the week. The increase in stack trains and premium trailer traffic on this line in recent decades has been nothing short of phenomenal. If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed this is still “the greatest show on earth”. This program shows over twenty-four hours of awesome action on BNSF’s Clovis Subdivision between Clovis and the crossing of the Pecos River at Fort Sumner in May of 2009. “The Transcon in Eastern New Mexico” is a two DVD set and is two hours, 46 minutes in length. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$40.95
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If you want to see the greatest show in freight railroading in this country, head to the former Santa Fe, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. The Santa Fe’s extension to Chicago helped to bankrupt the company only five years later, but that extension was a key factor in making the Santa Fe the most admired and one of the financially strongest railroads in this country for the next one hundred and seven years. West of Galesburg in central Illinois where we videotaped, the line once known as “the Airline” is nearly straight as an arrow as it crosses the Galesburg Plain and heads down an undulating grade into the Mississippi River Valley at Lomax. Trains then thunder along the Mississippi River for twelve miles to Niota where the great bridge over the Mississippi to Fort Madison is located. Traffic on the Transcon is five or six times what it was fifty years ago, arguably the greatest increase in traffic on any significant rail lane in the country that doesn’t handle coal from the Powder River Basin. This video shows over twenty-four hours of action on the Transcon on the one-time Santa Fe Illinois Division between Ormonde, thirteen miles west of Galesburg, and Fort Madison in October of 2016. And some Union Pacific trains between Chicago and the Southwest or Southern California use this line also, a condition of the Burlington Northern – Santa Fe merger. Two disk set. Length = two hours and 40 mnutes. This DVD can be watched with or without narration.
$40.95
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If you want to see the greatest show in freight railroading in this country, head to the former Santa Fe, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. The Santa Fe’s extension to Chicago helped to bankrupt the company only five years later, but that extension was a key factor in making the Santa Fe the most admired and one of the financially strongest railroads in this country for the next one hundred and seven years. West of Galesburg in central Illinois where we videotaped, the line once known as “the Airline” is nearly straight as an arrow as it crosses the Galesburg Plain and heads down an undulating grade into the Mississippi River Valley at Lomax. Trains then thunder along the Mississippi River for twelve miles to Niota where the great bridge over the Mississippi to Fort Madison is located. Traffic on the Transcon is five or six times what it was fifty years ago, arguably the greatest increase in traffic on any significant rail lane in the country that doesn’t handle coal from the Powder River Basin. This video shows over twenty-four hours of action on the Transcon on the one-time Santa Fe Illinois Division between Ormonde, thirteen miles west of Galesburg, and Fort Madison in October of 2016. And some Union Pacific trains between Chicago and the Southwest or Southern California use this line also, a condition of the Burlington Northern – Santa Fe merger. Two disk set. Length = two hours and 40 mnutes. This DVD can be watched with or without narration.
$40.95
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If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there are few better places to be than around Lebo, 94 miles west of Kansas City, alongside BNSF's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. All BNSF freight trains from Kansas City to Southern California, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas run through Lebo. This video shows over 24 hours of awesome action on BNSF's Emporia Subdivision around Lebo in October of 2004. 167 minutes. 2 tape/ 2 DVD set. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$42.95
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If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there are few better places to be than around Lebo, 94 miles west of Kansas City, alongside BNSF's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. All BNSF freight trains from Kansas City to Southern California, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas run through Lebo. This video shows over 24 hours of awesome action on BNSF's Emporia Subdivision around Lebo in October of 2004. 167 minutes. 2 tape/ 2 DVD set. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$42.95
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If you want to see the greatest show in freight railroading in this country, head to the BNSF main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. In northeast Missouri around Ethyl, the former Santa Fe, Chicago to Kansas City portion of the Transcon, known in past years as the Airline and Speedway, encounters rough terrain that necessitated many cuts and fills. As trains surmount the hogbacks between the river valleys there, they encounter grades up to eight tenths of a percent and curvature that limits trains to between forty-five and fifty-five miles an hour for many miles and even slower speeds on the grades. Several wooden bridges giving overhead views of trains have brought railfans to this scenic part of northeast Missouri for decades. This program shows over twenty-four hours of awesome action on BNSF’s Marceline Subdivision, part of the BNSF Transcon, in northeast Missouri in April of 2012. And Union Pacific trains between Los Angeles and Chicago use this line also, a condition of the Burlington Northern – Santa Fe merger. “The Transcon in Northeast Missouri” is a two disk set and is 2 hours and 20 minutes in length. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$38.95
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If you want to see the greatest show in freight railroading in this country, head to the BNSF main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. In northeast Missouri around Ethyl, the former Santa Fe, Chicago to Kansas City portion of the Transcon, known in past years as the Airline and Speedway, encounters rough terrain that necessitated many cuts and fills. As trains surmount the hogbacks between the river valleys there, they encounter grades up to eight tenths of a percent and curvature that limits trains to between forty-five and fifty-five miles an hour for many miles and even slower speeds on the grades. Several wooden bridges giving overhead views of trains have brought railfans to this scenic part of northeast Missouri for decades. This program shows over twenty-four hours of awesome action on BNSF’s Marceline Subdivision, part of the BNSF Transcon, in northeast Missouri in April of 2012. And Union Pacific trains between Los Angeles and Chicago use this line also, a condition of the Burlington Northern – Santa Fe merger. “The Transcon in Northeast Missouri” is a two disk set and is 2 hours and 20 minutes in length. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
$38.95
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The former Santa Fe, now BNSF, route between Chicago and Kansas City has long been known as the Airline because it is the straightest and fastest rail line between those two rail centers. No other railroad has such an fleet of hot trains. This tape shows 24 hours of awesome action on the airline in Sept. 1997 east of Fort Madison in west central Illinois. 83 minutes.
$32.95
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The former Santa Fe, now BNSF, route between Chicago and Kansas City has long been known as the Airline because it is the straightest and fastest rail line between those two rail centers. No other railroad has such an fleet of hot trains. This tape shows 24 hours of awesome action on the airline in Sept. 1997 east of Fort Madison in west central Illinois. 83 minutes.
$32.95
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For fans who like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there is no better place to be than along the former Santa Fe main line in northern New Mexico. This video shows 24 hours of action on the Gallup sub between Belen and Gallup in April 1998, during one of the last El Nino storms. BNSF's incredible fleet of hotshots led by warbonnets and Heritage units charges uphill and downhill across the Continental Divide. 106 minutes.
$34.95
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For fans who like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there is no better place to be than along the former Santa Fe main line in northern New Mexico. This video shows 24 hours of action on the Gallup sub between Belen and Gallup in April 1998, during one of the last El Nino storms. BNSF's incredible fleet of hotshots led by warbonnets and Heritage units charges uphill and downhill across the Continental Divide. 106 minutes.
$34.95
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