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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

The Best of Midwest Volume 3

Producer: Pentrex Locations: KS, MO, IA, WI, MS. Timeframe: circa 1999 Length: 1 hour 21 minutes The third installment of this Pentrex series. Midwestern area. Class Ones and smaller railroads are the subject material. Coverage is across 5 States. Union Pacific is the big boy of this show on the Coffeyville sub. Also the Spine Line […]

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CSX Mountain Sub

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Grafton, Cranberry Grade, 17 Mile Grade, Altamont, Keyser Timeframe: 2000 Length: 1 hour 36 minutes CSX’s former B&O line from Grafton, West Virginia, to Keyser, WV. This is the CSX Mountain subdivision. It actually extends to Cumberland. This is a contemporary visit to the route. All the trains are identified by symbols […]

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LTV Mining Railroad

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Minnesota Iron Range Timeframe: 1991 Length: 1 hour LTV Steel Mining Railroad is the former Erie Mining. Here is an Industrial railroad. Everything used in dedicated service. Taconite operations receive a deep dive. No pun intended. Vintage diesels are the workhorses on LTV. Alco, Electromotive, and Baldwin power. They are lettered for […]