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Narrow Gauge East of the Sierra

Narrow Gauge East of the Sierra Sunday River Productions Length: 31 minutes Time Period: 1950’s Locations: Owenyo, Laws, Keeler, Zurich Sources: Wil Whittaker, Mac Owen, Otto Perry Library MSRP: 29.95 Southern Pacific once ran a profitable narrow gauge line in Owens Valley California until 1960. The sparse desert with towering mountain backdrops reminds one of […]

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Catenary Video

Pickering’s Sugar Pine Railroad

Producer: Catenary Video Productions Locations: Stanislaus River Canyon, Standard, Peeled Onion, Chinaman Creek, Strawberry, and many more.. Length: 62 minutes Time Period: 1920’s to 1965 Sources: Don Olsen collection Pickering’s Sugar Pine Railroad receives comprehensive coverage, from early days through abandonment. This logging line was 70 miles long. The Sugar Pine branched from The Sierra […]

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Catenary Video

Smoke in Niles Canyon

Smoke in Niles Canyon Catenary Video Productions Length: 35 minutes Time Period: 1920’s- Present Sources: Don Olsen, Bill Straile, Warren Haack MSRP: 19.95 A Pictorial History of The Niles Canyon Railway Niles Canyon is presented in a ‘then and now ‘ format. Located west of San Francisco, California. Both Southern Pacific and Western Pacific had […]