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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Tower 55

Producer: Pentrex Location: Ft. Worth Timeframe: 1997 Length: 47 minutes Tower 55 is a Texas hot spot. Pentrex shot before demolition. Usual suspects. Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Amtrak. A little bit of other power. A single DVD. Professional production as one expects. Narrated by Dave Drui. A map of the […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Big Boy Combo DVD Part 1: Last of the Giants 1 & 2

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 17, 2019
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Producer: Pentrex Timeframe: 1950s Locations: Cheyenne, Sherman Hill Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Source: Union Pacific, Pentrex What we have here. Is an original, vintage Union Pacific program, on Big Boy steam locomotives. A second show. Pentrex made, about the UP Cheyenne Shops. These are paired on a single DVD. Special Collectors’ Edition. The Last […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

SP’s Geeps and Cadillacs

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Fresno Line, Ione Branch, Stockton Timeframe: 1994 Length: 53 minutes The Electro-motive GP9e, SD7e and SD9e locomotives. These Southern Pacific rebuilds, were making their last stand, in local rail service in 1994. In this show, they are viewed in an agricultural region of central California. Bakersfield to Sacramento. If you are asking […]