Tag: Chicago North Western

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 Charles Smiley Presents

Kansas City Diesel Power Review

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date November 30, 2019
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Producer: Charles Smiley Timeframe: 1996- 2000 Locations: KC, Olathe, Bonner Springs, Holliday, more Length: 1 hour 52 minutes Source: David Defendorf Kansas City is second only to Chicago, for America’s railroad capital. A cornucopia of this era’s railroads pass through this area. This program focuses upon the diesel power. Viewers will not be put to […]

Tags Burlington Northern, Chicago North Western, Conrail, Norfolk Southern, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific

ATVR Reviews

CSX 5 Evansville to Chicago

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date November 23, 2019
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Producer: Green Frog Timeframe: 1990s Locations: Evansville to Chicago Length: 1 hour Source: Rob McCormack I’m Volume 5 the CSX route is followed from the yard at Evansville, Indiana to the Chicago area. Mirroring the real world, there isn’t a whole lot to see in-between. Figured it would roll this way. The extended time spent […]