All images on these pages are taken directly from Highball's tapes.
STEAM OVER LA VETA PASS
A Trains Unlimted Tours steam photo freight on
the Rio Grande Scenic Railroadís La Veta Pass in
Colorado, with ex Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0
#18 at the beginning of May, 2008. Some superb
mountain weather and some sprited run-byís, lots
of sound and fury! Minimal narration.
75 minutes LAVW $24.95 WIDESCREEN DVD ONLY!
Fullerton, just a few miles from Los Angeles sees MetroLink commuter
trains, Amtrak Surfliners and BNSF freights, and can be a very busy
place. Minimal narration!
75 minutes HOT22W $24.95 WIDESCREEN DVD ONLY!
A ROCKY MOUNTAIN WINTER
Canadian Pacific through the magnificent scenery
of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains in February,
2008. New Gevo's are out and about, some in the
new, simpler paint and some in the new 'Olympic'
paint. Some superb winter weather compliments the
action, which takes place bewteen Exshaw and
Revelstoke, and includes Ottertail Curve and
Morant's Curve, both used for CP publicity
photos.
2 hours $35.95 ARMW Widescreen DVD only.
RAILS TO THE SUNSHINE - THE FEC
The Florida East Coast in action on the north
end of the system, between the yard at
Jacksonville and Melbourne. Manifests, locals,
intermodals and rock trains ply the well
ballasted main line of the FEC. The new SD70M-2ís
are much in evidence, paired with ex Union
Pacific SD40-2's and GP40-2's still in the blue
paint scheme. One of the best looking regional
railroads around!
60 minutes $24.95 FECW Widescreen DVD only.
HOT SPOTS 21 MARSHALL CANYON, WASHINGTON
UP and CP action in Marshall Canyon, Washington located
southwest of Spokane, the canyon funnels 3 railroads up to
the high desert of the Columbia Plateau. Includes the Palouse River
& Coulee County RR. Latah Bridge in Spokane to Cheney.
1 Hour 45 minutes $24.95 HOT21W WIDESCREEN DVD
WINTER ON THE ARIZONA DIVIDE
Big time winter railroading across the Arizona
Divide. Heavy now in the San freancisco
Mountains, Arizonaís highest point, north of
Flagstaff brought snow to the BNSF Railwayís
transcontinental main line. This busy route is
now home to the new GE ìGEVOísî and the new paint
scheme. Many favorite locations on the Seligman
sub, including Darling, maine, Chalender,
Williams Junction, Doublea and Eagle Nest. Heavy
big railroad action.
Narration on/off and a marker for each train. 90 minutes
$10 Until June 1, then $29.95 WIDESCREEN DVD ONLY WAZW
ALONG THE ANIMAS RIVER
Exciting narrow gauge steam action in the
spectacular scenery of Colorado's Animas River
Canyon. A fall Durango & Silverton photographers
special provides both sunny and moody,
atmospheric weather, and a winter special has
glorious sunshine with deep snow. K-28 2-8-2 #478
is the power for the specials, and K-36 2-8-2ís
are in charge of the regular passenger trains.
Donít miss the action! Narration on/off and a
marker for each train.
90 minutes ATAW $24.95 WIDESCREEN DVD ONLY
HIRAIL THROUGH THE ROCKIES 2 - Exshaw to Lake Louise
I've been sitting on this since about 2001. It
was a fairly gloomy day (not to mention really
cold), but we did meet a couple of trains, and I
got to ride around Morantís Curve. Shot over the
cab from the bed of a CP pickup, you see the view
straight ahead, more or less as a train crew
would see it. No narration. Markers every 5
minutes.
FULLSCREEN DVD ONLY HIRL2 2 hours 3 minutes $35.95
Ride the the cab of a Durango & Silverton 3 foot gauge former Rio Grande K-36 2-8-2. You’ll see the magnificent scenery,
the crew at work, some run-by’s and through it all you’ll hear the engine at work, with some awesome stack talk.
NO NARRATION! 90 minutes WIDESCREEN ONLY. $24.95 plus S&H
CSX ACROSS OHIO
CSX on the former B&O main line, now CSX's
Chicago Line, across the Buckeye State between
State Line and Greenwich. Includes Deshler,
Fostoria, Attica Junction, Willard and Greenwich.
Narration On/Off feature and chapter markers for
each location.
2 hours $35.95 CAO Fullscreen DVD-R. Widescreen CAOW
QUEENSLAND COAL - THE BLACKWATER SYSTEM
Intense, heavy duty coal train action on QR
National's Blackwater System in Queensland,
Australia. Big trains powered by a pair of head
end diesel or electric locomotives, with up to
three mid train helpers. In addition, you'll see
some passenger trains, including Australia's
fastest, the Tilt train and some regular
freights.
Two hours $35.95 FULLSCREEN QLB OR WIDESCREEN QLBW
K-36 OVER CUMBRES PASS
Former Rio Grande three foot gauge K-36 2-8-2's
on the Cumbres & Toltec railroad in Colorado's
San Juan mountains. Double headed passenger
trains, single, double and triple headed photo
freight trains in perfect fall weather with
superb foliage and some awesome stack talk. Plus
you'll see the engines being serviced, watered
and taking coal in Chama yard.
Chapter menus and narration on/off.
1 hour 50 minutes plus previews K36 FULLSCREEN DVD $29.95 WIDESCREEN K36W
HOT SPOTS 20 - DESHLER, OHIO
Deshler is the crossing of the CSX north-south
single track Toledo to Cincinatti line with the
east-west double track Chicago line at grade. The
tower still stands, but is now used by MoW. All
kinds of power, including NS, UP & BNSF, the CSX
OCS with F40's and even a couple of locals with
cabooses, and several meets. Loads of action!
Minimal narration. $24.95 FULLSCREEN DVD HOT20 OR WIDESCREEN DVD HOT20W
STEAM IN THE HARZ
The Harz Mountains in Northern Germany, formerly
East Germany, is home to the largest steam
powered meter gauge system in Europe. Chunky
2-10-2 tank engines are the mainstay of the three
line system (Harzquerbahn, Brockenbahn and
Selketalbahn) and power all service trains up the
3% 12 mile climb up to the Brocken. Charming
0-4-4-0 Mallet tanks and an 0-6-0 tank are used
in regular service as well as enthusiasts
specials, and a 2-6-2 tank is also available for
enthusiasts specials. You'll see double headers,
spectacular side by side departures and a variety
of regualar and secial trains. Some awesome stack
talk!
Narration on/off feature. 2 hours $24.95 FULLSCREEN DVD HARZ OR WIDESCREEN DVD HARZW
NS - The Middle Division - Enola to Altoona
Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania/Penn
Central/Conrail main line, the formerly 4 track
ìBroad Wayî. We start at the west end of Enola
yard on the former ìIron Bridgeî, then move on to
Rockville Bridge, where the main line from
Philadelphia joins the Middle Division. We follow
the line west to Altoona, with lots of big time
NS action, intermodals, manifests, coal trains
and Amtrak. Lots of SD70M-2's and dash 9's, and
some power still in Conrail paint.
Narration on/off feature. 90 minutes MDLE FULLSCREEN DVD OR WIDESCREEN MDLEW $29.95
VIENNA'S TRAMS
Join us for a walk around Vienna's inner ring
road, where we'll see lots of tram action.
Conventional trams, new, slinky trams, historic
trams and the interurban-like street railway.
60 mins $24.95 FULLSCREEN DVD VITR OR WIDESCREEN VITRW
VISEU DE SUS - LAST OF THE NARROW GAUGE STEAM LOGGERS
A real working logging railway, with steam in use on a daily basis. The last steam logger in Europe, possibly the world.
We rode working logging trains, or a railbus following the trains. In addition to the trains and the people, in Romania's
Water Valley in perfect fall weather, you'll be chased by a train, see logging disconnects being loaded, the daily
activity in Viseu, realigning track with a crowbar, and see a derailed loaded disconnect being rerailed, 3 ring circus
doesn't begin to describe it! Plus you'll see a couple of diesels, and some of the bizarre truck/van hirailers, including
firey cold starts. OSHA would have a fit, hard hats? safety goggles? Some great stack talk! Narration on/off feature.
2 hours $24.95. DVD-R FULLSCREEN OR DVD-R WIDESCREEN
TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD BY STEAM
The Darjeeling - Himalayan is totally charming, and once out of the frenetic lower portion,
so are the people, especially the children. We start our journey at Siliguri, not quite the
start of the railway, but the site of the engine shed, and an Indian Rail station, so there
are 3 gauges, broad gauge, meter gauge and the two foot Darjeeling. During the journey,
the railway crosses Hill Cart Road 177 times, and rises 6874 feet to the summit at Ghum.
Kanchenjunga, the second or third highest mountain in the world (depends on who's figures you use)
at over 28,000 feet was visible from near Darjeeling, it's mostly not! You'll take a ride on the
train, and see some of the scenery and the people as well as seeing the trains in action. The
D-H is now a UNESCO world heritage site, and a truly outstanding, delightful little railway.
And for a bonus, you'll see the sugar mill at Riga in Bihar province, it's 0-8-0T, an odd
critter, ox carts and kids!
1 hour 40 minutes
$24.95 DHR FULLSCREEN DVD, DHRW WIDESCREEN DVD
CHINESE STEAM AT WORK
Steam doing what it was designed to do, in regular service. First we visit the Fengshuigue Coal Mine Railway,
with a JS 2-8-2 on a passenger train at a very crisp dawn, then JS's shuffling cars. Next we visit the Benxi
steel mill with SY 2-8-2's shuffling hot metal cars and slag cars, continuous action often with several trains
moving at once. We even got a peek into a section of the mill where they were pouring moulten steel and slag.
Next, it's off to the totally charming Weihe Forestry Railway with it's delightful, tiny 0-8-0's hard at work
hauling logs. We caught a passenger train chartered by a Japanese group, and several trains with helpers, the
workshops, and generally marvelled that something so small, with such tiny drivers could sound so good. Then
we visit the huge Anshan steel mill for more SY's, and lastly the Puhe mine railway with SY's. 2 hours of hard
working steam.
2 Hours CSAW $35.95
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HOT SPOTS 22 - FULLERTON, CA
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THE DARJEELING - HIMALAYAN RAILWAY
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