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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 […]

Tags Amtrak, Burlington Northern, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Chicago North Western, Chicago railroad, Milwaukee Road, steam, Union Pacific

ATVR Reviews Green Frog

CN, CP and TH&B (Canada)

Producer: Green Frog, Canrail Timeframe: 1950s- 1970s Locations: Hamilton, Dundas sub, Aldershot, Burlington, more Length: 103 minutes Sources: John Spring, Ken Spring, Bill Mathews An amazing collection of all color films. Hamilton, Ontario Canada area. Vintage 1950s to 1970s. Rarities and everyday scenes; including, steam and diesel locomotives. Heavy on freight trains. Passenger trains. A […]

Tags C&O, Canada, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Erie Lackawanna, new releases, New York Central, Penn Central, steam

ATVR Reviews Green Frog

Classic Steam of the ’20s to the ’40s

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date November 4, 2019
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Producer: Green Frog Timeframe: 1920s-1940s Locations: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Kansas City, more. Length: 1 hour Sources: Frank W. Schlegel, Vince Ryan, Jack Alexander A smorgasbord of films. Spanning 4 decades. Some rare and not so rare, steam locomotives. A Collection of: black and white, plus a little color film. Eastern Railroads mainly. […]