Our "Top Ten" List
1) WISCONSIN CENTRAL
One of our favorite locomotive types is the SD45 and it's variants, so since WC has lots of SD45's and some F45's, it seemed like a natural to shoot. WC was very nice to us, we got tours of the dispatchers office and shops at Stevens Point, and a tour of the shops at Fond du Lac. We caught a GP3O and SDL39 on Byron Hill, a taconite train on the hill with 2 SP AC's and 2 WC units, DM&IR SD9's, UP run through trains, lots of SD45's, some SD24's and an SD35, F45's and boy d0 they look good in WC paint, and a Saturn getting nailed by the local in Black Creek. Our best selling tape ever!
TWO HOURS HBWC $35.95
2) WINTER ON TENNESSEE PASS
Well it's gone. This really was the last winter for Tennessee Pass and what a pity it had to close. Taped in January 1997 with lots of snow and sunshine and superb scenery. This is one of the best tapes I've done, and getting on for being my best seller, it got good reviews in both "Trains" and "Railfan" magazines. Excellent trip, I only got dragged out of one ditch and had to be towed out of Pando by a wrecker. Seriously though, the scenery is just magnificent, the trains are working hard, and the sight and sound of 4 head end AC's, 4 AC swing helpers and 2 AC's on the rear of a mammoth coal train grinding through the double S-curves at Mitchell is an unforgettable experience.
TWO HOURS WOTP $35.95
3) CANADIAN PACIFIC'S MOUNTAIN SUB & ROGERS PASS
The descriptions for the scenery that CP's Mountain Sub runs through are all inadeqate. The sub runs from Golden to Revelstoke, British Columbia, through some of the most stunning scenery on the continent. Lots of snow on the mountains, AC4400's, SD90MAC's and tired SD40-2's provide the action. All the famous locations, Field, Ottertail, Leanchoil, Palliser, Glenogle, Donald, Beavermouth, Rogers, Mount MacDonald tunnel, Stoney Creek (a long hike in!), Connaught tunnel, Mount Shaughnessy tunnel, Ross Creek, Illecillewaet, Albert Canyon and lots more. CP's newest power in magnificent surroundings in June, 1999. I'm proud of this one.
TWO HOURS ROGR $35.95
This tape was given the "Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Railroad Video".
4) UP'S TRIPLE TRACK MAIN (NORTH PLATTE TO GIBBON)
Awesome action on the busiest piece of freight railroad in the world, with an average of 125 trains in 24 hours. Loads of SD90/43MAC's and C6044AC's on manifests, coal trains and intermodals, plus CNW and SP power, and run-throughs. UP is working on triple tracking the complete line between North Platte and Gibbon Junction, the trains follow in a constant parade. On the day we actually counted, we saw 85 between 6:30 am and 9:00 pm, this really is big time railroading. This is a tape for motive power fans, exciting and fast paced, with LOTS of meets. Say farewell to famous Buttermilk Curve, it's being straightened and we caught plenty of action there. See aerial views of Bailey Yard, biggest in the world, and some stunning sunset scenes.
TWO HOURS of intense action TTMN $35.95. Order Today, you'll be glad you did.
5) WINTER ON THE B&A
One of my favorites. We spent many days plodding up and down the Mass Pike in some nasty weather. We caught the Lake Shore head headlight to headlight with a freight at Charlton, with a stalled snow blower on the passing track. We were on Washington Hill in a two foot blizzard, I'm still surprised we got out but it made for some great shots. Great WInter Action.
TWO HOURS WOBA $29.95
6) A SALUTE TO CONRAIL
A fond farewell to Big Blue. All new footage of an old favorite as it goes into merger. Exciting snow scenes on Charlton Hill (see if you can spot the snowmobile being buried), 80MAC's and C30's on Washington Hill, the OCS and MAC's at State Line Tunnel, action at Iona Island and Bear Mountain on the River Line, Selkirk, Fairport, North East, Erie, Silver Creek, Cresson, Gallitzin, Conpit and Berea. B23's to "80MAC's and a pair of '70MAC's
90 MINUTES ASTC $29.95
7) MARIAS PASS
Fall 97 on magnificent Marias Pass, BNSF's mainline through the Rockies. I had some perfect weather and caught lots of the new Heritage C44's, which look terrific against the mountains and fall foliage I started at Shelby and worked through Cut Bank, Browning, Grizzly, Two Medicine Bridge, the snowsheds, Summit, Marias, Java, Essex and on down to Whitefish. I even spent a night at the Izaac Walton to complete the railfan experience of a lifetime. Beautiful fall weather and foliage, stunning mountain scenery, varied and hard working motive power make this an exceptional tape.
TWO HOURS MARI $35.95
8) WINTER ON THE MRL
Montana Rail Link in February, 1997. We worked our way from Huntley over Bozeman Hill, Winston Hill and Mullan Pass, along the Clark Fork with its semaphores to the famous causeway near Sand Point. We had lots of snow, blowing around in the sunshine on Bozeman, sunshine and heavy snow on Mullan, and got out to the old Milwaukee Trestle at Lombard (what a drive on snow covered dirt roads that was). We caught just about all the power MRL has to offer including F45's, GP9's and a caboose, BN power including the new C44's in Heritage paint, and even an 11 unit lashup in heavy snow. Awesome railroad with older power in the depths of winter.
TWO HOURS MRLW $35.95
9) WINTER ON KICKING HORSE PASS
February in the Canadian Rockies, with chest-deep snow, truly stunning scenery and action red SD40-2's. What more could you ask for? We covered CP's transcontinental mainline between Golden BC and Banff AB through the Kicking Horse Valley, the Spiral Tunnels, over Kicking Horse Pass and down to Banff. Power is mostly SD40-2's with some SD40-2F's (red barns) and some leased power. The Rockies are absolutely magnificent and are right in your face, and Morant's Curve has to be one of the most spectacular locations on the continent. This tape recently received the Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum Foundation award for "Outstanding Achievement in Railroad Video"
NINETY MINUTES KICK $29.95
10) CANADIAN PACIFIC HEART OF THE ROCKIES
This video was awarded the "Canadian Rockies Railroad Museum Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Railroad Video".
Canadian Pacific in the heart of Canada's spectacular Rocky Mountains,
between Field, BC and Exshaw, AB. Stunning scenery, snow covered mountains
in some superb weather. In addition to CP's action red SD90MAC's and
AC44CW's, we caught a rare CN diversion train, the Rocky Mountaineer an CP's
beautiful restored F units on a publicity run of the Royal canadian pacific.
We take a look at the Spiral Tunnels, and one of the most spectacular
railfan locations on the continent, Morant's Curve. TWO HOURS ROCK $35.95
