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ATVR Reviews Diverging Clear Productions

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 […]

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ATVR Reviews

CSX 5 Evansville to Chicago

Producer: Green Frog Timeframe: 1990s Locations: Evansville to Chicago Length: 1 hour Source: Rob McCormack I’m Volume 5 the CSX route is followed from the yard at Evansville, Indiana to the Chicago area. Mirroring the real world, there isn’t a whole lot to see in-between. Figured it would roll this way. The extended time spent […]

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ATVR Reviews Charles Smiley Presents

Canadian Electric Rails

Producer: Charles Smiley Timeframe: 1950s Locations: Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, more Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Sources: William Warrick, William Whittaker, Bentley Salkeld, Lloyd Salkeld, Richard Pratt Charles Smiley takes us back in time. The decade of the 1950s. Five Electric lines in Canada. Always said that Charles would have made a great History Instructor. […]