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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 Pentrex

San Jose Steam Celebration

Producer: Pentrex Locations: San Jose, Altamont Pass, Feather River Canyon, Niles Canyon Timeframe: 1992 Length: 2 hours . Three steam locomotives converge on San Jose, California in 1992. Two Southern Pacific engines. Daylight 4449. New restoration 2472. Union Pacific entry is Challenger 3985. The National NRHS Convention is the main event. Pentrex goes the extra […]