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ATVR Reviews Green Frog

All Aboard Series (Boxset)

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date September 26, 2011
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All Aboard (Boxset) Green Frog Productions Format: 5 DVD set Length: 11 Hours Time Period: 1920’s to modern era Locations: United States and Canada Sources: Many high quality, including Emery Gulash, John M. Koch, Jerry Carson, James T. Koch, Steve Neff and more. This mega set contains the entire All Aboard series. Created for PBS television broadcast […]

Tags Amtrak, Burlington Northern, C&O, Canada, Chicago railroad, Emery Gulash, Grand Trunk, Illinois Central, narrow gauge, New York Central, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern, PBS style, Pennsylvania, Rock Island, Santa Fe, steam, Union Pacific

ATVR Reviews Charles Smiley Presents

Empire Of The North: The Forming Of The Burlington Northern

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date September 24, 2011
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Producer: Charles Smiley Timeframe: 1900- 2001 Locations: System Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Sources: 15 (film) A very comprehensive program by the multi- talented Charles Smiley. The Burlington Northern merger of 1970 was a huge merger. Major railroads combined: Great Northern, Burlington Route, Northern Pacific and Spokane, Portland and Seattle into the BN. Subsidiary […]

Tags B&O, Burlington Northern, Burlington Route, Chicago railroad, Erie Lackawanna, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, PBS style, Rock Island, steam

ATVR Reviews C Vision

Classic Chicago & North Western- Volume 1: The Alco Line

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date March 12, 2011
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Producer: C. Vision Locations: Winona, MN to Pierre, SD and more Timeframe: 1977 – 1981 Length: 84 minutes Source: Fred Crissey Rare Alco locomotives are the main event in this release . The Alco locomotives were concentrated in the area for working lightweight rail on the CNW branchlines. The location of these locomotives in the […]