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Small town railroad crossings that haven’t lost their trains or tracks to the mega-merger movement of today, often have a unique character. The small town of Kinmundy in south-central Illinois, 23 ½ miles northeast of better known Centralia, has only around 900 hundred residents, but it still retains much of its old time railroad flavor. Kinmundy is where the former Illinois Central main line, now Canadian National, from Chicago to Memphis crosses the former Chicago and Eastern Illinois, nee Missouri Pacific line to the coal fields of southern Illinois, that is now owned by Union Pacific and hosts all of UP’s trains between Chicago and Texas. Although CN has fewer but longer trains through Kinmundy today than 40 years ago, the former C&EI line through Kinmundy has several times the number of trains that it had during C&EI or early Missouri Pacific days, including run-through trains from CSX and Norfolk Southern. And UP and CN interchange trains at Kinmundy, utilizing a new interchange track. Run-through power is common. And finally Amtrak’s Chicago to Carbondale mini-corridor passes through Kinmundy. This program shows all of the UP, CN, and Amtrak trains through Kinmundy for over 24 hours in April of 2010. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration. “UP, CN, and Amtrak at Kinmundy, IL” is 1 hour, 31 minutes long and sells for $34.95 plus $5 for S&H.
$34.95
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Small town railroad crossings that haven’t lost their trains or tracks to the mega-merger movement of today, often have a unique character. The small town of Kinmundy in south-central Illinois, 23 ½ miles northeast of better known Centralia, has only around 900 hundred residents, but it still retains much of its old time railroad flavor. Kinmundy is where the former Illinois Central main line, now Canadian National, from Chicago to Memphis crosses the former Chicago and Eastern Illinois, nee Missouri Pacific line to the coal fields of southern Illinois, that is now owned by Union Pacific and hosts all of UP’s trains between Chicago and Texas. Although CN has fewer but longer trains through Kinmundy today than 40 years ago, the former C&EI line through Kinmundy has several times the number of trains that it had during C&EI or early Missouri Pacific days, including run-through trains from CSX and Norfolk Southern. And UP and CN interchange trains at Kinmundy, utilizing a new interchange track. Run-through power is common. And finally Amtrak’s Chicago to Carbondale mini-corridor passes through Kinmundy. This program shows all of the UP, CN, and Amtrak trains through Kinmundy for over 24 hours in April of 2010. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration. “UP, CN, and Amtrak at Kinmundy, IL” is 1 hour, 31 minutes long and sells for $34.95 plus $5 for S&H.
$34.95
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The former Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Missouri Pacific, now Union Pacific, double track line between Chicago and Woodland Junction that CSX has trackage rights on is by far the busiest rail line running south of Chicago. All of UP’s trains between Chicago and Texas take this line along with most of their traffic between Chicago and St. Louis. This line, often referred to as simply the double track, is also CSX’s primary connection between the Windy City and the Southeast. Although the recession has taken a bite out of the traffic, both railroads have a healthy mix of intermodal, manifest, and unit trains on this busy line. At Woodland junction, eighty-two miles south of Chicago, each railroad goes their own way and the double track ends. This program shows all of the action for over twenty-four hours on the UP-CSX shared track between Momence, fifty miles south of Chicago, and Steger, twenty-two miles further north, in April of 2010. “UP-CSX Shared Track south of Chicago” is 83 minutes in length. The DVD of this program can be watched with or without narration.
$32.95
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The former Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Missouri Pacific, now Union Pacific, double track line between Chicago and Woodland Junction that CSX has trackage rights on is by far the busiest rail line running south of Chicago. All of UP’s trains between Chicago and Texas take this line along with most of their traffic between Chicago and St. Louis. This line, often referred to as simply the double track, is also CSX’s primary connection between the Windy City and the Southeast. Although the recession has taken a bite out of the traffic, both railroads have a healthy mix of intermodal, manifest, and unit trains on this busy line. At Woodland junction, eighty-two miles south of Chicago, each railroad goes their own way and the double track ends. This program shows all of the action for over twenty-four hours on the UP-CSX shared track between Momence, fifty miles south of Chicago, and Steger, twenty-two miles further north, in April of 2010. “UP-CSX Shared Track south of Chicago” is 83 minutes in length. The DVD of this program can be watched with or without narration.
$32.95
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This tape shows the UP-SP paired track operation in Nevada in scenic Palisade Canyon, 30 miles west of Elko, in Oct. 1995. All UP and SP trains between the Bay area and the Midwest use this line. 30 years ago, the SP had 70% of the trains on the paired track, now it's reversed. 65 minutes.
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This tape shows the UP-SP paired track operation in Nevada in scenic Palisade Canyon, 30 miles west of Elko, in Oct. 1995. All UP and SP trains between the Bay area and the Midwest use this line. 30 years ago, the SP had 70% of the trains on the paired track, now it's reversed. 65 minutes.
$30.95
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This DVD shows 24 hrs. of action along the Mississippi River around Illmo, MO, on the storied UP-SP joint line south of St. Louis in Oct. 1994. This line has seen many changes since the May, 1988, Trains article about it. More than one customer has said that this is the best of our older videos. 105 minutes.
$34.95
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This DVD shows 24 hrs. of action along the Mississippi River around Illmo, MO, on the storied UP-SP joint line south of St. Louis in Oct. 1994. This line has seen many changes since the May, 1988, Trains article about it. More than one customer has said that this is the best of our older videos. 105 minutes.
$34.95
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Watseka, 77 miles south of Chicago, is where the UP's line to Texas crosses the TP&W. The CSX trains from Chicago to the Southeast and CP trains to Louisville have trackage rights on the UP to Woodland Jct. 5 miles to the south. As many as 50 trains hammer the diamonds at Watseka. This video shows 24 hours of action at Watseka and Woodland Jct. in Sept. 1997. Watseka deserves to be called a Hot Spot as it was in Trains Magazine. 110 minutes.
$34.95
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Watseka, 77 miles south of Chicago, is where the UP's line to Texas crosses the TP&W. The CSX trains from Chicago to the Southeast and CP trains to Louisville have trackage rights on the UP to Woodland Jct. 5 miles to the south. As many as 50 trains hammer the diamonds at Watseka. This video shows 24 hours of action at Watseka and Woodland Jct. in Sept. 1997. Watseka deserves to be called a Hot Spot as it was in Trains Magazine. 110 minutes.
$34.95
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Since the Union Pacific took over the Northwestern in 1995 the number of trains on the former CNW main across Iowa has grown 50%. Recently the UP restored the wings that used to adorn their passenger locomotives to the front of their new SD70M's. These new units make quite a sight on the head end of UP's hot "I" and "Z" intermodal trains. This video shows over 24 hours of action on UP's Clinton sub in eastern IA in November of 2000. 157 minutes. 2 DVD-R, 1 tape set.
$40.95
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Since the Union Pacific took over the Northwestern in 1995 the number of trains on the former CNW main across Iowa has grown 50%. Recently the UP restored the wings that used to adorn their passenger locomotives to the front of their new SD70M's. These new units make quite a sight on the head end of UP's hot "I" and "Z" intermodal trains. This video shows over 24 hours of action on UP's Clinton sub in eastern IA in November of 2000. 157 minutes. 2 DVD-R, 1 tape set.
$40.95
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