Categories
ATVR Reviews Big E

A Last Look at the Cotton Belt

Producer: Dick Eisfeller Locations: Arkansas Timeframe: 1996 Length: 93 minutes Source: Dick Eisfeller Cotton Belt action. Hotspot at Pine Bluff, Arkansas is featured. SP trains from East St. Louis to Memphis, Tennessee. Filmed in September, 1996. Just days after the Union Pacific takeover. A segment shows 24 hours South of Pine Bluff. Big E shows […]

Categories
ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Workin’ on the Santa Fe

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Argentine, Barstow, Chicago… Timeframe: 1950s – 1970s Length: 90 minutes A combination of six vintage Santa Fe films. These are old training and promotional shows. Made in the 1950s to 1970s. Diesels are the locomotives seen. They are a small percentage compared to the rest of the material. A variety of subject […]

Categories
ATVR Reviews John Pechulis Media

Railfanning with the Bednars Volume 4

Producer: John Pechulis Locations: Allentown, Catasauqua, Hokendauqua, Horseshoe Curve… Timeframe: 1973-1975 Length: 1 hour Source: Bednar collection. Volume four features Lehigh Valley from April, 1973 to June, 1975. A highlight are the brand new General Electric U23B locomotives. Penn Central fans should relish the many trains on a visit there in 1974. Many locations. Usual […]