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ATVR Reviews Catenary Video

The Trains We Missed Volume 2: Logging & Mining Shortlines

Producer: Catenary Video Locations: California, Arizona, Mexico Timeframe: 1920 – 1968 Length: 62 minutes Sources: Kirkland, Kistler, Stein, Alter, Rose, Balderston, Aitken The Trains We Missed Volume 2. A continuation of the Catenary Video series. Lucius Beebe theme, from his 1966 book. The Trains We Rode. Focusing on obscure, Railroad operations. Here, we have Logging […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

The Stormy

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Tucson to Lordsburg Timeframe: 1995 Length: 90 minutes Southern Pacific’s Lordsburg District. Filmed in the spring of 1995. Last of the semaphore signal usage there. Some double track installation, along with signal upgrades. This was a power short SP. Leased units abound. No cabooses. Not much excitement in general here. Double stacks […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

The Heritage Collection, Volume 1

Producer: Pentrex Timeframe: 1940 – 1950s Locations: USA Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Five vintage films from the 1940s and ’50s. Professionally produced by the Railroad organizations of the time. Most, if not all of these have circulated. Convenient to have a group on a single DVD. A detailed Chapter Menu breaks them down by […]