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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Tough Times on the Southern Pacific

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date September 12, 2023
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Producer: Pentrex Locations: Donner Pass, Tehachapi, Roseville, Great Salt Lake… Timeframe: 1952- 1973 Length: 54 minutes Pentrex has assembled archive footage of various mishaps on Southern Pacific. A single DVD. Push play or Chapter Menu. Promos. David Drui narrates most of the show. Widescreen image. Color, plus black and white films. Musical background on the […]

Tags California, Southern Pacific

ATVR Reviews Broken Knuckle

KCS Finale

Producer: Kenneth Buckman Locations: Meridian, Shreveport, Vicksburg, Timeframe: April 2022 Length: 2 Hours Source: Kenneth Buckman An 8 day visit to the Kansas City Southern. Meridian Speedway on the KCS railroad. Joint operation with Norfolk Southern. A distance of 320 miles to Shreveport. This is before the Canadian Pacific merger. Train symbols were accurate, as […]

Tags new releases, Union Pacific

ATVR Reviews Green Frog

Best of Narrow Gauge – Top Frog- Volume 1

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date September 7, 2023
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Producer: Green Frog Locations: Alamosa, Durango, Chama, Cumbres, Antonito Timeframe: 1960s- 1970s Length: 61 minutes Source: Emery Gulash Rio Grande Narrow Gauge is the feature subject. Emery Gulash had a substantial film collection of this Railroad. His 16mm films are classic. A just push play on DVD-R. Stunning 16mm all color films. Train sounds for […]