Railfanning in Dubuque, IA and East Dubuque, IL on July 3, 2016
Sante Fe in California in the 1970’s
Stehen Harris visited So. California with his super 8 video camera and caught some action of the Santa Fe railroad in the 1970’s. The films were silent but sound clips from other Union Station archival videos were used for effect. Sounds are of similar locomotives.
byGo West: Three Arizona Shortlines
The first episode of our “Go West” series features three, prominent Arizona shortlines: the Arizona Eastern Railway, the FMI Railroad, and the Copper Basin Railway.
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byPRV: Nickel Plate Road 765 – The Lehigh Gorge Special
Penn Rail Videos takes you trackside to witness one of the finest shows of steam railroad preservation in 2015.
byThe amazing backyard railroad of Jim Sabin – full HD program
Today we’re visiting sunny Paso Robles, CA. to check out a wonderful 4 3/4″ narrow gauge live steam backyard railroad that fits on a normal suburban lot! Find out how Jim fit this railroad around his house and how he gets the engine prepped and on the track in this video.
byAustralia: Southern Shorthaul Railroad – 100 wagon test train to Airly – June 2016
On Saturday June 18th, 2016 SSR trialled a 100 wagon coal train with distributed motive power. The consist ran as 2 x CEY’s, 50 PHTH, 3 x CEY’s, 50 PHTH, 2 x CEY’s, and departed Lithgow for Airly at 08.30. Total length was 1769 metres with a loaded weight of 10000 tonnes. Running as AR02, the train departed Airly at around 15.30, waited at Wallerawang for the up XPT and then ran through the Sydney metro area late that night bound for Newcastle. This was the first time a train of this weight has travelled through the Sydney network. Here’s some video of the train making its way out to Airly, loading, and then heading back through Sydney. Thanks to Centennial for granting permission to access the balloon loop at Airly to record the loading process. That was the only location where it was possible to capture scenes where all three sets of locos were visible.
byLocomotive Mike: BNSF freight train action on the Thayer North Subdivision
BNSF Railway action in Springfield, MO on January 3, 2016. Take a look at these three heavy freight trains barreling down this busy ex-Frisco mainline between Springfield and Memphis.
byParade of Centennials
Between April 1969 and September 1971, Union Pacific ordered 46 DDA40X units. These giant diesels were numbered with the “69” prefix in honor of the 100th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, hence the nickname “Centennial”. This video is a compilation of some of those units as filmed by Stephen Harris.
byGo West II: BNSF in Arizona and UP in Nevada
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byEast Penn Railroad – Hot Day on the Perkiomen Branch
On a very hot afternoon in May, Penn Rail Videos was out in search of vintage EMD power. We turned our attention to the East Penn Railroad’s operation on the former Reading Railroad Perkiomen Branch.
byFlintridge & Portola Valley – firing up the bumblebee #268 – live steam
Arcade & Attica Railroad 18 –“Arcade August”
Union Pacific 8444 1980 steam excursions
Swanton Pacific Railroad Live Steam 19″ gauge
Historic 19 inch gauge Pacifics on the Swanton Pacific Railroad in Swanton California.
Owned by Cal Poly University, featuring Pacifics built by Louis MacDermot for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, CA. Now residing in Swanton, CA on the former ranch of Al Smith, proprietor of Orchard Supply Hardware.
byUnion Pacific 3985 in Utah in 1982
This video is about 3985 in Utah, 1982 running Promontory Chapter NRHS excursions between Salt Lake City and Provo.
byReading & Northern 425 – Mountain Top Rotary Club Excursion
On July 23rd, 2016, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top, PA sponsored an excursion over the Reading & Northern’s Lehigh Line from Mountain Top, PA (Penobscot) to Jim Thorpe, PA and return. It was a hot summer day, with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s.
The locomotive pulling this trip would be Reading & Northern’s 4-6-2 Pacific-type steam locomotive #425. The 1928-built engine ws assisted by one of the R&N’s GP39RNs, #2531, a rebuilt GP30. The trip operated over portions of the former Lehigh Valley Railroad, as well as the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The engine puts on an awesome show as always, and that Illinois Central three-chime “Steamboat” whistle will send chills up the spine of those trackside. Listen to the incredible sound as the locomotive sounds like a tornado roaring through White Haven!
byPRV: Allentown & Auburn – Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 126
For 2016, the Allentown & Auburn hosts yet another traveling steam locomotive. This year, it was 0-6-0T #126, built in 1931 by the Vulcan Iron Works. On a rainy Saturday, we catch the engine in a couple of places along the scenic former Kutztown Branch of the Reading Railroad.
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