Best of 1988

Producer: Pentrex

Locations: USA, Canada,  Mexico

Timeframe: 1988

Length: 2 hours

A 2 hour show of Pentrex highlights from 1988. If you like variety. Here is an answer. A top producer, they have plenty of quality to draw from to fill the time.

As a matter of fact, there is Steam and Diesel. Narrow Gauge and an Electric line. Lifts from the USA, Canada, and Mexico shows.

A single DVD. Chapter menu. Preview Section. Narrated by David Drui.

Picture is 4×3 aspect ratio. Fine picture. Excellent live sound. Pentrex high quality.

Cotton Belt 819.

See the Cotton Belt 819 operate and ride on an Excursion. Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Tyler, Texas on a 3 day roundtrip. Gets paced too.

CSX RoadRailer

These operated twice a week, between Detroit and Atlanta. Two GP40 units haul it here. An ex: Chessie C&O 6073 with a renumbered B&O 6586 at Jacksburg, Tennessee.

CSX F7 A/B units 118/ 119 lead a GP40 from Knoxville, TN. Hauling 62 trailers.

Union Pacific 3985

The mighty Union Pacific Challenger 3985. Coal burning in 1988! Operating out of Cheyenne on a trip to Laramie, Wyoming.

Eastern Canada

Begins in Toronto during August. GO commuter trains.VIA passenger moves. A Northlander. VIA 75 The Erie is going to Windsor, Ontario. T 74 from Windsor behind Alco design FA. Ontario Northland. Very busy location!

Port Claire with CP Rail freight train. The Soo Line leader 6610.

Canadian National runs an Electric line with commuter service.

Plenty of VIA trains. Note the Alco designed FPA locomotive.

Canadian National switchers move from the Halifax roundhouse onto the turntable.

Mexico

Ride FCP Ferocarril del Pacifico from Nogales to Cananea. Another ride on FCP behind an M424-W for Day 2. Nogales to Nacozari is a trip. The trestle is creaking, as this train creeps across!

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad – Narrow Gauge

The 488 a K-36 engine. It runs from Chama to Cumbres in the Fall.

The Best of 1988

Long chapters are extended to much more than brief previews. It does play akin to a nice variety program. Eastern Canada is a great highlight.

This should satisfy most with an interest in Railroading.

Rating: 5 Stars