VOLUME 1: Northern California & Nevada
Steam Early Diesel Electric
FEATURING 16MM MOTION PICTURE FOOTAGE OF:
John Kirkland's Southern Pacific Steam and First Generation Diesels
Sacramento Northern - New Footage
Santa Fe Steam & Early Diesels
Virginia & Truckee
Richmond Shipyard Railway
Nevada County Narrow Gauge
San Francisco Cable Cars - 1929
S.F. Napa and Calistoga - 1938
SP Roseville Yard - 1947
SP Narrow Gauge - Keeler Branch
Std. Oil Refinery Electric RR - Richmond
In 1966, Lucius Beebe authored the classic homage to heavyweight varnish, The Trains We Rode. In this program we pay tribute to some of the smaller more obscure operations in Northern California and Western Nevada that missed recognition, as well as their main line cousins.
Catenary Video has partnered with the Western Railway Museum in the production of this program, yielding many treasures of 16mm footage digitally transferred to HD. This DVD starts a new seri |
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