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Our catalog of "Hot Spots" tapes
All images on these pages are taken directly from Highball's tapes.
HOT SPOTS 1 - BLUE ISLAND
Blue Island, Illinois, one of Chicago's Hottest Hot Spots, is the place tracks from CSX, GT and IHB meet. Power from Conrail, CSX, CN, CP, GT, BN, SF, SP, BNSF, IHB, IAIS, UP, CNW and a variety of lease units make for some colorful railroading. Power from switchers to GP9's, SD20's to SD75's, C36's to AC60's, loads of variety. 11 hours and 47 train movements, not counting METRA on the old Rock Island.
HOT1 90 MINUTES $24.95 plus $3.50 S&H
HOT SPOTS 2: BEREA
Berea, Ohio is the point that CSX's Columbus line and NS's Chicago line meet, just to the south of Cleveland. Power is divided pretty evenly between CSX, NS and former Conrail units, plus some run-through power. With 50 movements in 12 hours, this can be a busy place.
60 minutes HOT2 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 3: ROSENBERG
Rosenberg, Texas, about 35 miles southwest of Houston, is one of the last two operating towers in Texas still in their original buildings. BNSF crosses UP's busy Sunset Route, making for some colorful and busy railroading. Both UP & BNSF have small yards here, with locals, and orders are hooped up to trains going from the BNSF to the UP. See all the action at rosenberg from dawn to after dark.
90 minutes HOT3 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 4: BELLEVUE
BELLEVUE, Ohio is one of NS's busiest yards, with 3 major routes leading into the west end of the yard. Taped on a sunny, frigid day in February, 2000, with some lovely late afternoon light. Power is just about everything NS owns, some Conrail, and visits from the Wheeling and Lake Erie, CN and leased power.
Approx 85 mins HOT4 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 5 - SELKIRK, NY
Selkirk, New York is the biggest yard in the Northeast, and is now owned by CSX. We spent two frigid days at Selkirk in February, 2000 to bring you CSX in the snow from both ends of the yard. The west end for the Chicago Line and the east end for the Boston Line, the River Line and the branch to the Port of Albany. Selkirk has always been an exciting place to railfan, and is even more so when the snow flies. Check out the Notheastís favorite hot spot!
HOT5 85 minutes $24.95
HOT SPOTS 6 - GARY, INDIANA
Pine Junction in Gary, Indiana is our #6 hot spot, and what a hot day of railfanning we had, with 75 trains in just over 12 hours, has to be our best day yet! CSX, NS and the EJ&E all come together at Pine, plus we saw power from Conrail, UP, SP, CNW, SOO, CP, BN, BNSF, SF, South Shore and Amtrak, and the "J" has orange, green and ex DM&IR maroon. Meets, overtakings and side by sides, 4 trains at once, this really is a colorful, busy and exciting place.
HOT6 90 minutes $24.95
HOT SPOTS 7 - DOLTON
Dolton, Illinois, is where CSX & UP cross the Harbor Belt on Chicago's south side. Dolton, apart from being really ugly,
has a lot of trains and an active tower. I was fortunate enough to be invited into the tower by towerman Ralph on two
afternoons, which was really good, since I got some nice interior shots, and out of the rain. The train of the day is
the bottle train, taking molten steel from one mill to another, in big insulated, I guess bottle cars. I saw power from
UP, CSX, NS, CR, BNSF, CP, IHB, ST.L&H, WC, SOO, and a bunch of leasers. Since Ralph was nice enough to give me lineups,
I was able to identify most trains.
HOT7 90 minutes $24.95
HOT SPOTS 8 - DAGGETT
Daggett, California is the point that UP's line from Salt Lake City meets BNSF's transcontinental mainline just east
of the big yard at Barstow. We taped the trains of BNSF & UP from before dawn to after sunset on a superb March 2000 day.
Lots of intermodal, autorack and manifest traffic moving right along, powered by just about everything the two roads own.
Our first look at the ugliest diesel in the US, UP's new 6000 hp SD90MAC's. 75 minutes plus previews
HOT8 75 minutes $24.95
HOT SPOTS 9 O'FALLONS
O'Fallons Junction is the west end of the busiest piece of freight railroad in the
country, averaging 125 trains a day. O'Fallons is just west of Union Pacific's huge yard
at North Platte, Nebraska, and is the point the Orrin coal line branches off from the
Overland Route. 60+ trains, non stop action.
HOT9 Approx 90 minutes $24.95
HOT SPOTS 10 - CISCO, BC
Cisco is the point in the Fraser River Canyon where CN & CP cross each other and the Fraser on big steel
trestles. This highly scenic location sees plenty of trains from both carriers, CN in particular running
some huge freights. Directional running is now the norm, with westbounds on CP and eastbounds on CN. Two
days of trains!
HOT10 1 hour $24.95
HOT SPOTS 11 - TUCSON, AZ
We spent two days at the famous over/under at Davidson Canyon, in November, 2000, when the wings were new,
and in May, 2002 when they were abundant! We also caught several of the new flag paint scheme, and a number
of the new flair 70M’s. A special treat was a scruffy SP tunnel motor leading.
1 hour HOT11 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 12 - THE NE CORRIDOR
Two days full of trains at two of the hottest spots on the NE corridor, Perrysville, MD and Elizabeth, NJ. AEM7's, E60's,
HHP-8's, Acela Express, NJT, MARC.
HOT12 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 13 - WILLIAMS JUNCTION, ARIZONA
Williams junction is the point that the Phoenix line branches off from BNSF's transcontinental main line. Join us
for two days of hot action around the junction, with power from UP, SP, KCS, CN, WC, CSX, NS & SOO in addition to
the rainbow of colors from BNSF, including warbonnets!
90 MINUTES HOT13 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 14 - CALLAHAN, FLORIDA
Callahan is located 20 miles north of Jacksonville on CSX's main line into Florida. It's the point the line to Tampa
splits off from the main line, and it's south of the point the line from Waycross, Georgia joins the line from Savannah
and the north. Coal trains, intermodals, manifests and Amtrak, lots of different power.
75 minutes HOT14 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 15, WILLARD, OHIO
Willard, Ohio is a busy CSX yard on the former B&O mainline across Ohio. We spent two full days at Willard to
bring you lots of color and action, including UP, BNSF, CN, Wheeling & Lake Erie and loads of lease units. If
you didn't know where you were you'd be hard pressed to figure out just who's railroad this was, tons of action!
105 minutes HOT15 $24.95
HOT SPOTS 16 - CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS
3 main lines meets in Centralia, splitting downtown. Canadian National's former Illinois Central,
BNSF's former Burlington and NS's former Southern. Several days of action with a wide variety of
paint schemes, coal trains, rack trains, manifests and intermodal together with Amtrak. Minimal narration.
2 hours $24.95 FULLSCREEN DVD or WIDESCREEN DVD.
Roosevelt Road is just outside Chicago's Union Station and hosts both Metra and Amtrak.
New Metra MP36PH-3S's and F40PH-2's shuttle stainless steel bi-levels, and Amtrak shows
off their P42-BWH's. Multiple train meets. Narration On/Off feature! 90+ minutes $24.95
Available in FULLSCREEN DVD / WIDESCREEN DVD
1.5 hours. $24.95
Heavy UP & BNSF at this busy double track diamond. Both new power, GEVO & SD70ACe's and older power on transfers,
including ex C&NW power. SD70ACe's Katy & MoPac make an appearance.
100 mins HOT18 $24.95 DVD-R Fullscreen / DVD-R Widescreen
Galesburg, Illinois is one of the busiest railroad hot spots in the mid west. You'll see some yard action, Amtrak,
and action on the old Santa Fe and Burlington, including both over-unders - downtown and Cameron. Lots of different
paint schemes and power. Narration on/off feature.
2 hours $24.95 DVD-R FULLSCREEN OR DVD-R WIDESCREEN
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 F40ís and even a couple of locals with
cabooses, and several meets. Loads of action!
Minimal narration. $24.95 DVD FULLSCREEN HOT20 OR WIDESCREEN HOT20W
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
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!
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