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Conrail St. Loo to Horseshoe

Producer: Mary McPherson Locations: Smithboro, St. Elmo, Effingham, Horseshoe Curve… Timeframe: 1990-94 Length: 1 hour 57 minutes Source: George Redmond This Heritage Series features Conrail. The former Pennsylvania St. Louis line. Southern Illinois locations. Teleports over to more interesting Allegheny Mountains. Horseshoe Curve is the main feature, on the second half. George Redmond had hundreds […]

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Burlington Northern – In the Former ‘Q’ Coal Fields

Producer: Mary McPherson Timeframe: 1986- 1991 Locations: Centralia, Goreville Hill, Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Source: George Redmond This Heritage Series release is on Burlington Northern coal trains. Shot in Southern Illinois. Some general freight and intermodal trains, are included. Various BN diesel power. George Redmond was out with his video camera. What you see, […]

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Sixty Years Along the Illinois Central

Producer: Mary McPherson Locations: Carbondale, Centralia, Champaign, Edgewood Cut-Off, Tuscola Timeframe: 1938 – 1998 Length: 2 hours Sources: George Redmond, Kurt Jensen, Mary McPherson, Tom Dunn Covering 60 years of Illinois Central history. Geographically, this is mainly in downstate Illinois. The single DVD-R contains a Chapter Menu. Plenty of on-screen graphics. No maps. Narrated by […]