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Santa Fe Combo: Heartland/ Merger

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date November 3, 2014
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Santa Fe Combo: Across the Heartland / Countdown to Merger Pentrex Length: 2 hours and 49 minutes Time Period: 1995 Locations: Chicago to Kansas City Pentrex has a double feature with 2 full programs. Each show reviewed individually here. Across the Heartland – Santa Fe’s Chillicothe Subdivision Length: 84 minutes Locations: Chicago to Ft. Madison, […]

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Union Pacific’s Mighty Turbines

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date April 12, 2013
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Union Pacific’s Mighty Turbines Pentrex Length: 45 minutes Time Period: 1938- 1960’s Locations: Echo Canyon, Green River, Cheyenne, Ogden and more… Sources: Allan Krieg, Anthony DeRosa, Jack Whitaker All classes of UP Turbines, including prototypes and experimental versions are neatly assembled in this program. Union Pacific Historical Society has a production credit. It has the […]

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Union Pacific Turbines of the Wasatch

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date April 8, 2013
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Union Pacific 8500 Turbines of the Wasatch Pentrex / Video Rails Length: 57 minutes Time Period: 1960’s Locations: Ogden, Weaver Canyon, Echo, Wasatch UT, Evanston, Green River WY Sources: Ralph Gochnour, Ed Stimpson MSRP: 29.95 Union Pacific Turbine locomotives were a unique fleet that were only operated by that railroad. Pentrex has the former Video […]