Producer: Dick Eisfeller
Locations: Hudson River Line
Timeframe: 1998
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes
Source: Dick Eisfeller
A tour along the Hudson River. Former New York Central route between Northern New Jersey and Selkirk. Shot in July and August 1998. The CSX takeover is imminent. Beautiful scenery. Big E films the entire train.
Single DVD-R. Fullscreen 4×3 aspect ratio. Videotaped in Hi-8mm. Post production by Big E studios. Live environmental audio.
No Chapter Menu. There is a map. Well narrated by Dick Eisfeller.
To the Trains… 👉
Starts at Bear Mountain Bridge. Iona Island next. Train SENS is routed Selkirk to Norfolk Southern.
Conrail Special. Symbol OCS-302. Exits a tunnel which is 5 miles North of Iona Island.
Overhead views of trains near Storm King Mountain. Model Railroaders May checkout rooftop weathering. Conrail power fronts a Priority Intermodal in this scene. A Chicago- Englewood Yard to North Bergen- Intermodal Yard move. Consist includes over 70 containers for UPS.
The trains run alongside the Hudson River here. No wonder it is called The Spectacular River Line by Big E.
About the 21 minute mark, a 24 hour cycle begins. Filmed at Catskill, New York. Friday August 14, 1998. Twenty-five miles South of Sellirk New York. After 800pm. TV-204X, led by CR 6113 on a double-stack move. Originated at Chicago- Ashland Yard. Destination is Kearney. Mainly reefer containers hauling frozen fish. This is an extra, second section. Striking employees just returned to work. Many normal scheduled freights are running hours late. Not a fan of night videography. Obviously, more trains overnight. Fortunately, the night doesn’t run long…
CSX 6150 fronts a CSX trio. Northbound from CSX-Baltimore to Selkirk Yard at 3:27 am.
Daylight returns with Southbound auto racks on Conrail at 6:02am. This appears at 46 minutes into the show. Conrail Quality 6730 leads 5040 and 5076. ML-480 is the multi level symbol. Toledo to Selkirk to Newark move.
A three unit lash-up Conrail and Norfolk Southern cross with general freight. Symbol is SE-AL. Selkirk to Allentown. Over 8200 feet in length. At Catskill.
CNW 8682 and UP 2433 run-through units on this Intermodal. Conrail TV-202 runs from Chicago to Kearney.
Conrail 6268 leads a mix of Conrail and CSX locomotives on their hottest train. At Saugertise. This is TV-LA from North Bergen to Chicago- Englewood. A 2 mile long train with many trailers. Some cars connect at Chicago for Los Angeles.
Conrail 6187 (C40-8W), UP 5533 (GP50), CR 4125 (SD80MAC) at 3:05pm. Running 8 hours late due to the just ended strike. Crossing the 150 foot high Wilbur Bridge. This is over Roundout Creek at Kingston. Train SE-NS from Selkirk to Norfolk Southern – Hagerstown. Hauling 26 loads and 70 empties.
Conrail’s Spectacular River Line
Highly informative program. Current operations plus New York Central history. See the entire trains. Details may include: location, time origin, destination, loads, empties and historical facts. Also the schedule variances caused by the Conrail strike.
An excellent program. Railfans and Model Railroaders should relish viewing complete trains. Beautiful scenery. This tour is briskly paced.
This Big E release looks good and sounds fine. Trains rumble by on a stereo system. A worthwhile visit to Conrail Hudson River area in upstate New York.
Rating: 5 Stars
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