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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
Customer Reviews
- 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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