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ATVR Reviews Highball

Hot Spots 1 Blue Island

Producer: Highball Location: Blue Island Timeframe: 1999 Length: 75 minutes The Blue Island Bridges are the featured hotspot. Filmed in one day in September, 1999. Camera was at the Broadway grade crossing. This was recorded in 11 hours. There are 47 trains filmed. A cornucopia of roadnames and locomotives. There are 5 tracks at these […]

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ATVR Reviews Highball Midwest Video Productions

Hot Spot: Fostoria

Producer: Highball/ MVP Location: Fostoria Timeframe: 1990s. Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Source: Gary Melford Here is an original show by MVP Productions that is sold on the Highball label. Fostoria, Ohio is the place. Three Mainlines intersect at this hotspot. Along with three diamonds is the CSX Tower F. Post Conrail merger tape. Hotspot […]

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ATVR Reviews Highball

Winter on Tennessee Pass

Producer: Highball Location: Tennessee Pass route Timeframe: 1997 Length: 2 hours Here is a final look at Tennessee Pass. Located in Central Colorado. Highest railroad summit in the United States at over 10,000 feet. The route crosses the Continental Divide. This was recorded in 1997. Southern Pacific AC44 locomotives were relatively new and plentiful. There […]