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New York Central
Reading
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Erie
New Haven
Lehigh & New England
Maine Central
Central RR of New Jersey
East Broad Top
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
Southern East Tennessee & Western
North Carolina
Pere Marquette
Milwaukee Road
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & North Western
MoPac
Katy
Frisco
Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Denver & Salt Lake
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Rio Grande Southern Santa Fe
Virginia & Truckee
Union Pacific
"The all time best American rail video"
- Model Railroader Magazine, March, 1985
Very Rare Subjects, Most in Color!
All from original 16mm film from Lee Woodbury, George Gerhart, Union Pacific
Produced & Released by Herron Rail Video
Customer Reviews
- 4 of 5
The segments shown in order in this very first Herron Rail Video title from 1985 are: New York Central with Hudsons, & a Mohawk, Maine Central with a Flying Yankee & a 4-6-2, Lehigh & New England with a Camelback 2-6-0 & a 2-6-2, Pennsylvania on Horseshoe curve with K4 Pacifics, 2-10-0s, & 4-8-2s, New Haven with electrics & Alco FAs, Lackawanna with lots of steam & even the F3s in Black & White, Reading with T1 class 4-8-4s & ALCO RS3s, Jersey Central with 4-6-2s, Erie with a Berkshire & a Mikado, Chesapeake & Ohio with a Pacific, a Mikado, & a Mountain Type, Louisville & Nashville with Pacifics & a Mikado, Norfolk & Western with Y Class 2-8-8-2s, a K Class 4-8-2 & a Z Class 2-6-6-2, Virginian with a 4-6-2, the East Broad Top Narrow Gauge in Pennsylvania with number 17 & motorcar M1, Eastern Tennessee & Western North Carolina Narrow Gauge 14, Southern with Pacifics & a Mountain Type, a Pere Marquette 0-8-0, a Milwaukee Road 4-6-2, a Chicago & Northwestern 4-8-4, Different Zephyrs on the Burlington Route, Missouri Pacific with a 10 Wheeler, Missouri Kansas Texas with Pacifics & Mikados, Rock Island with a 4-6-2 & a 2-8-2, Southern Pacific with Cab Forwards & Daylights as some of these scenes on that fallen flag railroad are in black & white, Denver & Salt Lake with 10 wheeler number 303, Rio Grande with 2-8-8-2s, & Narrow Gauge Mikados as some of these scenes on that railroad are in black & white, Rio Grande Southern with music that was used in some titles by Sunday River Videos, Santa Fe from Southern California to the Grand Canyon, Virginia & Truckee 4-6-0 number 27 in Black & White, Frisco With Mountain Class 4-8-2s, & Union Pacific with the Mighty Big Boys & Challengers during production of the 1960 Film: Last Of The Giants, that also includes a cameo appearance of future famous survivor 3985, plus the M-10,000. Some of the sound effects in Part 1 were also used in "I Love Toy Trains" By TM Books & Video, & speaking of which, there is an HO Layout in the opening credits.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Overpriced.
Recommend? Yes.
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