In this nice video we combine several subjects into one great show. This is an accumulation of material from 3-4 different guys, and we enjoy a lot of operational F-units over several years, beginning in 2007.
We begin with some charters in Minnesota and diesels from the Minnesota Transportation Museum. We see a lovely Soo Line F-unit number 2500, as well as 2 former Erie Mining F-units. These are seen solo and with them on each end of ore cars together. A rare RS-1 is seen as well as a steam engine on a regular tourist train on the line.
Next we see one shot of former Canadian National(and VIA) FPA-4 6793 on a regular tourist train on the Grand Canyon Railroad passing our photo special with steam engines 29 and 4960.
In 2007 we enjoy the 4 Norfolk Southern F-units on a private excursion train out of Knoxville en route to Asheville. We will see these again later also. These are nice since they are running specials for a Class 1 railroad and are a matched set with A-B-B-A lash-ups.
Next we see Clinchfield 800 pulling a dead C&O 2-8-4 number 2716 from New Haven, Kentucky (Kentucky Railway Museum to Ravena, KY, plus a couple shots of 800 on an excursion in Ohio.
The 800 runs over the KRM tracks, the CSX, and the RJ Corman railroad with 2716, and over the former DT&I on the Ohio Excursion to Springfield, Ohio.
We visit the West Virginia Central where we see an F-7, and a BL-2 in Western Maryland Livery.
In this we also see a side-by-side runby with a Shay from the Cass Scenic Railroad. This is some neat action as part of a photo special on the railroad.
We do a photo special on the Potomac Eagle, in West Virginia and they have F-Unit number 722 in Baltimore and Ohio livery, and F-Unit 1755 in Potomac Eagle livery. This is a scenic route along the South Branch of The Potomac River south of Romeny, WV. We also see a short freight with GP9R's.
There are a few scenes of two different ex-Canadian National FPA-4's in action on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad near Cleveland, Ohio. These were shot on two trips by 2 photographers. There are a couple of "More" surprises here as well.
We finish up with 2 or 3 shots of the 4 Norfolk Southern F-Units in executive service in Ohio including a neat night scene to close out the show. Two of these units were sold to a short line in the south, and the other two were sold to the Reading and Northern in Pennsylvania. It's cool to have these 4 F-units on mainline Norfolk Southern Trackage.
As you can see there is a nice variety of F-Units here, and a few surprises to go along with them in various segments. We think you will enjoy it very much, especially since some are now historic.
Live audio and limited narration.
We begin with some charters in Minnesota and diesels from the Minnesota Transportation Museum. We see a lovely Soo Line F-unit number 2500, as well as 2 former Erie Mining F-units. These are seen solo and with them on each end of ore cars together. A rare RS-1 is seen as well as a steam engine on a regular tourist train on the line.
Next we see one shot of former Canadian National(and VIA) FPA-4 6793 on a regular tourist train on the Grand Canyon Railroad passing our photo special with steam engines 29 and 4960.
In 2007 we enjoy the 4 Norfolk Southern F-units on a private excursion train out of Knoxville en route to Asheville. We will see these again later also. These are nice since they are running specials for a Class 1 railroad and are a matched set with A-B-B-A lash-ups.
Next we see Clinchfield 800 pulling a dead C&O 2-8-4 number 2716 from New Haven, Kentucky (Kentucky Railway Museum to Ravena, KY, plus a couple shots of 800 on an excursion in Ohio.
The 800 runs over the KRM tracks, the CSX, and the RJ Corman railroad with 2716, and over the former DT&I on the Ohio Excursion to Springfield, Ohio.
We visit the West Virginia Central where we see an F-7, and a BL-2 in Western Maryland Livery.
In this we also see a side-by-side runby with a Shay from the Cass Scenic Railroad. This is some neat action as part of a photo special on the railroad.
We do a photo special on the Potomac Eagle, in West Virginia and they have F-Unit number 722 in Baltimore and Ohio livery, and F-Unit 1755 in Potomac Eagle livery. This is a scenic route along the South Branch of The Potomac River south of Romeny, WV. We also see a short freight with GP9R's.
There are a few scenes of two different ex-Canadian National FPA-4's in action on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad near Cleveland, Ohio. These were shot on two trips by 2 photographers. There are a couple of "More" surprises here as well.
We finish up with 2 or 3 shots of the 4 Norfolk Southern F-Units in executive service in Ohio including a neat night scene to close out the show. Two of these units were sold to a short line in the south, and the other two were sold to the Reading and Northern in Pennsylvania. It's cool to have these 4 F-units on mainline Norfolk Southern Trackage.
As you can see there is a nice variety of F-Units here, and a few surprises to go along with them in various segments. We think you will enjoy it very much, especially since some are now historic.
Live audio and limited narration.
Customer Reviews
- 5 of 5
In Greg's final modern Diesel DVD & Blu-Ray from 2022, there are a variety of Road names from East to West & vice versa. Locomotives in this companion to the Early Diesels Trilogy from 1990 to 2001 with Narration from Chris Kovacs & cinematography by Steve Neff, Ron Burkhard, Brady Sanker, & Brian Sellers (narrator for Greg's 2017 titles) include: The Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth Minnesota with Soo Line 2500, LTV/Erie Mining Company 4211, Duluth Missabe & Iron Range SD18 number 193, & DSS&A Alco S1 number 101 in 2011 & 2019 along with a one shot clip of Soo Line 4-6-2 number 2719, The Durbin & Greenbrier Valley known as the West Virgina Central with Former Clinchfield 200/CSX 118 as Western Maryland 67, BL-2 number 82, & Shay number 5 at the Cass Scenic Railroad in May of 2008 (after Ron chased Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 number 18 on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad that was covered in Greg's 2021 title: Steam Over La Veta Pass), The Potomac Eagle with Algoma Central 1755 & former Bessemer & Lake Erie 722 in May of 2021 with GP18s & a GP9, The RJ Corman in May of 2012 with former Southern Railway FP7s 3496 & 3497 as numbers 1940 & 1941 operating on the Jet Hill route 3 months before steam engine 7040/2008 operated on the same route that was shown in "QJ 6988 in Iowa", A pair of 2019 trips with Clinchfield 800 that was once CSX 116 & later C&O 801: moving Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 Kanawha number 2716 from the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven to Ravenna in July with Santa Fe CF7 number 2546, & Louisville & Nashville GP9 number 411 as far as Boston Kentucky which Trains Magazine was also on that trip & was covered in the super rare "Best of 2019" DVD, plus 3 months later October on the South Charleston Rocket in Ohio with NKP 901, an extended February 2017 clip from "Grand Canyon Steam Spectacular" with Canadian National/Via Rail/Potomac Eagle Alco FPA4 number 6793 passing by Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 number 29, & Chicago Burlington & Quincy 2-8-2 number 4960, The Cuyahoga Valley Line in Ohio with CN/Via Rail 6780 as Baltimore & Ohio 800 in September of 2018, with sister engine 6771 that was 305 back when it used to operate on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, Alco RS18U number 1822, & a 2019 excursion with Nickel Plate Road 765. Finally, the program ends with Norfolk Southern's since sold F-units on Office Car Specials in November of 2011, March of 2017, & August & April of 2015. Number 4270 is now at the Reading & Northern in Pennsylvania, & 4271 is at the Aberdeen Carolina & Western, in North Carolina.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Good value.
Recommend? "Must Have"!
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