Producer: Pentrex
Locations: USA, Mexico
Timeframe: 1993-1994
Length: 2 Hours
This show is exactly what is advertised. Pentrex recorded surviving General Electric Universal series locomotives. They are still serving (mostly) on secondary lines in the United States. Mainline power in Mexico.
Each individual U-Boat type is featured. Statistics include years built and amount purchased by railroads. Naturally, horsepower ratings and spotting features, as well. Contains some footage from previous Pentrex releases.
A single DVD-R. Main Chapter Menu by model class. Narrated by Dave Drui.
The program is chronologically organized. Vintage photos accompany the video. Informative narrative and screens. Some highlights in this review. There is much more in the program.
To the Trains…
U25B. Southern Pacific 3100. Museum owned for this ex: SP diesel.
U25C. Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2501. Longer chapter with some smoky action.
U28B. TTI. Transkentucky Transportation Inc. fostered 18 units. Ohio River Barge Loader to Paris, Kentucky for reload. A load of empties is chased. A loaded coal move from Paris with 6 units is also highlighted.
U30B. Georgia Central. A U33B fronts a trio of U30B engines near Lyons, Georgia. Passing over Highway 29 to Dublin.
U30C. Guilford. Boston and Maine 663 in 1992 at Portland, Maine.
U33B. Blue Mountain & Reading 3303 is an ex: Conrail. South Hamburg, Pennsylvania to suburban Reading territory. Excursion Train.
U23C. LS&I 2304 in 1994. Conrail 6902 is working at Selkirk Yard in New York.
U23B. Late production to 1977. Second best seller. P&W 2208 (Conrail 2798) leads at New Haven, CT They haul a Stone Train in 1994. MoPac paint on 4502 on Central Michigan. Norfolk Southern with 2 at Kings Mountain, KY. Ex: L&N 3281 on CSX in Kentucky.
U34CH.New Jersey Transit. Double ended Excursion in 1994.
U36C. The U36CG for Mexico. Seen in Mexico. The 415 on a Mixed Train #27. This footage is from Mexico’s Pacifico Railroad show.
U18B. Baby Boat as Seaboard System 1907 runs through Beaver Creek, Kentucky. U18B travels through Beaver Creek, Kentucky. This CSX engine is still wearing Seaboard System paint as 1907.
The U18B, also known as Baby Boats. This was the GE answer in their U-Boat line to manufacture a smaller model for railroads.
U-Boat Survivors
A well organized catalog of the General Electric Universal series from the 1960s to 1970s. This show does not focus on vintage films. The is is a masterclass using contemporary examples. All models do not include movie footage. Some no longer survive.
GE Super 7 began with parts from the earlier incarnations. These get a look to close the show.
An obvious must-have for fans of older General Electric locomotives.
Rating: 5 Stars
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