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ATVR Reviews Diverging Clear Productions

Then & Now Centralia

Producer: Mary McPherson Location: Centralia Timeframe: 1950s – 2021 Length: 2 hours + 42 minutes Sources: George Redmond, Kurt Jensen, Mary McPherson Another entry in the Then and Now series. Centralia is the location, featured by Diverging Clear. This city has seen, significant Railroad related changes over the decades. Historical and Current scene. Two DVD-R […]

Tags Amtrak, Burlington Northern, Burlington Route, Canadian National, Chicago railroad, coal, Illinois Central, new releases, Norfolk Southern, steam, steam train

ATVR Reviews Green Frog

Fallen Flags Of The Northeast the 1960s

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date December 4, 2022
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Producer: Green Frog Timeframe: 1960s Locations: Springfield, MA, Cedar Hill, South Bend, Brattleboro, Montreal, more. Length: 62 minutes Source: Paul Blake Green Frog has a fresh source of vintage film. Paul Blake had a treasure trove of period Railroad material. First of four volumes. According to the Frog, this spans 4 decades! My favorite part, […]

Tags Canadian National, Chicago railroad, electric, Erie Lackawanna, Grand Trunk, new releases, New York Central, Pennsylvania

ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Hot Rails Through the Twin Cities

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date March 12, 2020
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Producer: Pentrex Timeframe: 1998 Locations: Minneapolis area Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Extensive coverage around Minneapolis and St. Paul vicinity. Multiple hot spots. A fine supply of roadnames. The amount of variety, is surprising here. While not as much as historical peaks, still a healthy amount of railroading to be seen in 1998. So many […]