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Mainline USA

Mainline USA Association of American Railroads Format: DVD-R , VHS Length: 20 minutes Time Period: 1957 Locations: USA.. of course! Source: Edwin Olsen Promotional tape produced by the AAR in 1957. All color film. An early documentary style. This looks very good, considering the time it was made. The show doesn’t have the amount of train action, that […]

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ATVR Reviews Charles Smiley Presents

Milwaukee Road Scrapbook

Milwaukee Road Scrapbook (D-126) Charles Smiley Productions Format: DVD (factory pressed disc) Length: 1 Hour 14 minutes Time Period: 1900’s -1985 Locations: Pacific Northwest Extension Sources (Film): W. Whittaker, G.C.Barnes, E.Lyle, J. Illman, D.Dewald, D.Olsen, L.Olsen, L.Stein, J.Sabol, G.Oakes, H.Aitken, L&A Armstrong, J.Swensen. MSRP: 29.50 Charles Smiley train videos are unique. They are really in […]

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ATVR Reviews Green Frog

The Erie Lackawanna Railroad

The Erie Lackawanna Railroad Green Frog Productions Format: 2 DVD Length: 2 Hours 30 minutes Time Period: 1960 – 1976 Locations: Marion, Huntington, Chicago, Griffith, Lima, Source: Emery Gulash MSRP: 39.95 Erie Lackawanna was an early, large railroad merger, in 1960. The visits to Marion, outline some of the changes within the timeframe. The signals […]