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Category: Main Line Motion Pictures

Hardworking Steam on Steep Grades Volume One

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 3, 2024
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Producer: Tim Walter Locations: USA Timeframe: 1982- 2000 Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Source: Ron Loving Featuring 19 different steam locomotives. Every engine has a 2023 informational update on this new release. New scenes added vs. a previous incarnation. Many locations from East to West. Special notice. Every scene has either a: hard pull on […]

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Atlantic Seaboard Memories

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date January 6, 2023
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Producer: Main Line Locations: FL, GA, KY, AL Timeframe: 1950s- 1971 Length: 45 minutes Sources: Marv Clemmons, Howard Ameling Here is a collection of movie films, from the 1950s to early Amtrak in 1971. Heavily focused on Passenger trains. Freight is scarce, until the last portion of this show. This plays, as if a couple […]

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Southern Memories

Producer: Main Line Motion Pictures Timeframe: 1950’s- 60’s Locations: South Length: 49 minutes Sources: Marvin Clemons, Tom Rock, David Driscoll This was going to be a hit or a miss attempt. Assortment of vintage films, on Southern Railway. No narration. Something I usually avoid. The rarity of anything from this era and Southern states had […]