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ATVR Reviews WB Video

Tehachapi ’88

Producer: WB Video Timeframe: 1988 Locations: Mohave to Bakersfield Length: 3 1/2 hours Source: Bill Brown Tehachapi Loop is the feature in this 2 DVD set. Southern Pacific owned the track. Santa Fe ran via trackage rights. WB Video shot video for ten days in the fall of 1988. Let’s take a look at specifics. […]

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ATVR Reviews Sunday River

City of Los Angeles

Producer: Alva Morrison, Sunday River Productions Timeframe 1936-1971 Locations: LA, Sherman Hill, Cheyenne, Castle Rock, Ogden, Laramie, Echo Canyon… Length: 42 minutes Sources: Mac Owen, more Sunday River has this release about the City of Los Angeles passenger train. It also has a small feature film, which contains winter steam footage, of 8444 in 1971. […]

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ATVR Reviews Herron Rail

Pocahontas Glory Volume 2

Producer: J.R.Herron Timeframe: 1950s Locations: Roanoke, Blue Ridge Length: 48 minutes Sources: Ben T. Young Jr., H.R. Blackburn, C.H. Snyder, Howard Robins Visit the Norfolk and Western’s Roanoke area. Detailed views of: Roundhouse, Yard, Passenger area, and West End. Go to Blue Ridge and more. Narrated by Ralph E. Morse. Sound and music. No Chapter […]