The Fifties Express DVD

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Throughout the Fifties, railfan Irv August filmed the daily activities of North America's railroads. Those days are gone forever, but now by special arrangement with the ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CLUB you can re-live those distant days. Climb aboard for a trip to a time when Steam Engines and First Generation Diesels roamed America's railroads.

Actor-Announcer-Railfan Rege Cordic narrates this high quality production featuring 15 different railroads.

* CENTRAL VERMONT steam at the White River Roundhouse.
* CANADIAN NATIONAL trains west of Montreal.
* WESTERN MARYLAND freight and passenger trains between Elkins, West Virginia and Cumberland, Maryland.
* BALTIMORE & OHIO freight and passenger trains.
* PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD steam on Horse Shoe Curve.
* Trackside views of the NEW YORK CENTRAL, the NICKEL PLATE, the BOSTON & MAINE and the two foot gauge at EDAVILLE in Massachusetts.
* NEW HAVEN steam fan trip in 1953.
* NORFOLK & WESTERN Y-6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds along with the sleek "J" engines on the "Powhatan and "Cavalier" passenger trains.
* DULUTH, MISSABE & IRON RANGE articulateds move ore to the docks at Two Harbors, Minnesota.
* NORTHERN PACIFIC articulated is serviced at Bozeman, Montana.
* MILWAUKEE ROAD electrics on the "Olympian" leaving Three Forks, Montana. "Little Joes" arrive with a freight.
* CANADIAN PACIFIC steam and diesel trains in the Candian Rockies.

52 minutes
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PRODUCT DETAILS
DVD Item #WB023
Runtime 52 Mins ($0.48/min)
ProducerWB Video Productions
AspectFull Screen
Shrink Wrap No
FormatDVD
Region 0 (Worldwide) NTSC
Notes About This Producer
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Ricky Freni Jr  (Revere beach Massachusetts) 2026-08-26
  • 5 of 5
The road names shown in order in this soon to be 40 year old program are: 1. Central Vermont with consolidations 472, & 474, with mikado 601 taking a spin at the turntable in white river junction Vermont, & 2 freight trains, 2. Canadian pacific & Canadian National west of Montreal on both mainline & commuter trains with 4-6-4Ts in charge, 3. The Virginian with an electric freight crossing the new River, 4. Western Maryland with 2-8-0s on passenger & freight trains near Elkins West Virginia that includes a steam doubleheader with 837 & 802 pushing in the middle complete with a pair of Alco RS3s in front of the caboose on one scene, & later at the Salisbury viaduct, 5. Baltimore & Ohio with F units, 2-8-2s, Alco FPA-4s, the Big 6000 series 2-10-2s, & a class EM-1 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone, 6. The Pennsylvania railroad with 2-10-4s at Altoona’s horseshoe curve, 7. New York Central & Nickel Plate Road in 1953 with Alco RS3s, Alco FPA4s, the mighty Hudsons, 2-8-2 mikados 672 & 681 on a freight, plus Berkshires 739 & 748, 8. The Boston & Maine with 4-6-2s, an Alco RS2, & F-Units in Reading Massachusetts that is now part of today’s MBTA Commuter Rail’s Haverhill Line, 9. Edaville Park in South Carver Massachusetts with Bridgton & Saco River 2-4–4T number 8. At one time this landmark of southern New England used to have a Thomas the tank engine theme park before most of the equipment was sold to different owners in March of 2025, 10. New Haven with 2-8-2 number 3016 on a 1953 excursion which fun fact: Kent Cochrane was also there as his angles were shown in the 1990 video: the New Haven Railroad in the 1950s by the late Greg Scholl. Also included is a passenger train led by a DL-109, & a steam doubleheader from the central Vermont hauling freight, 11. Norfolk & Western with Y Class 2-8-8-2s, 4-8-0 number 496 switching around the yard, since scrapped Z Class 2-6-6-2 number 1447 on a work train, Class A 2-6-6-4s, & J Class 4-8-4s, 12. The Duluth Missabe & Iron Range in 1955 with the mighty 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones, 2-10-4s, 4-8-2s, 2-8-0s, a wooden motorcar, & F-units, 13. Northern Pacific at Bozeman Montana with articulated steam locomotives, 2-8-2s, & F Units, 14. The Milwaukee Road with Little Joes on freight & a vintage Box Cab on the Hiawatha, And 15. Return to Canadian pacific with Selkirk Type 2-10-4 number 5924 & a ride behind F Units in the Rockies near the twin spiral tunnels of kicking horse pass that also includes waterfalls, & a moose, plus a short visit to Kimberly British Columbia with 2-8-0 numbers 3643 & 3658 Doubleheading.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? "Must Have"!
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