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ATVR Reviews Green Frog

Early Diesels – Top Frog – Volume 5

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date July 27, 2023
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Producer: Green Frog Locations: USA Timeframe: 1950s- 1960s Length: 72 minutes Source: Emery Gulash Early diesels are reviewed in a vintage overview. Emery’s wonderful 16mm film is a great way to accomplish this task. The Frog has taken from 30 hours of previously released material. Maybe, 20 shows, give or take. A mashup of 1950s […]

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ATVR Reviews Clear Block

Vignettes of the Ann Arbor Volume 3

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date July 23, 2023
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Producer: Clear Block Locations: Owosso, Durand, Ann Arbor, Milan… Timeframe: 1963-1965 Length: 45 minutes Source: Emery Gulash Emery Gulash is an All-time Great! Top shelf moung classic railfan Cinematographers. Using a 16mm movie camera, he covered plenty of other Railroads. Ann Arbor in the 1960s here. A single DVD-R. Chapter menu. On- screen subtitles. Maps […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

At the Throttle Cab Ride Volume 2 The Cajon Subdivision

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date July 20, 2023
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Producer: Pentrex Locations: Cajon Pass to Barstow Timeframe: 2007 Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Here is a series about viewpoints from the diesel locomotives. Lash-up on this show is 4 GE Dash 9 44CWs on a BNSF Z train. The territories and camera mounts vary on the other volumes. These were all filmed in California. […]