Tag: Chicago railroad

Pacific Northwest Kaleidoscope

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 5, 2011
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Pacific Northwest Kaleidoscope Green Frog Productions Format: DVD Length: 62 minutes Locations: Seattle, Snoqualmie Pass, Renton, Black River Jct., Tacoma, Spokane, Chicago, Milwaukee, Puget Sound … Time Period: 1950’s – 1970’s. Sources: Ted Lange, Maynard Lange, Elwin Purrington MSRP: 24.95 Unusual package of classic, 1950’s- 1970’s era films. The Milwaukee Road is the main attraction. […]

Tags Burlington Route, Chicago railroad, electric, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, trolley

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Steam in the 50’s – All Aboard Series – PBS

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 3, 2011
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Format DVD Length 30 minutes Locations: Chicago, Canada, more… Time Period: 1950’s and museum visit. Sources: Jerry Carson, John Koch, James Koch A PBS format train video, from the All Aboard series. Howard Goodwin and film crew at Mid-Continent museum, North Freedom,WI.. Next, CNW 1385 shown in present day operation. The segment is a […]

Tags B&O, C&O, Canada, Chicago railroad, Emery Gulash, New York Central, Norfolk & Western, PBS style, Rock Island, steam train

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Illinois Hot Spots

Illinois Hot Spots Green Frog Productions Format: DVD Length: One Hour Locations: Galesburg, E.Dubuque, Benton, Centralia.. more.. Time Period: 1989 – 1990 Source: Steve Neff MSRP: 24.95 This release finds an assortment of railroads, trains and locations within Illinois. The ‘hot spots’, are busy places where the railfan can see a bunch of trains, in a […]