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ATVR Reviews Herron Rail

Chicago 1970

Producer: Herron Rail Video Timeframe: 1969 – 1971 Locations: Chicago area, Milwaukee, Griffith, St. Louis Length: 54 minutes Source: Robert Bullermann Here is a collage of mostly Chicago area rail action circa 1970. Bullermann filmed passenger trains before the nationwide consolidation to form Amtrak. Multiple railroads and into early Amtrak in 1971. About an even […]

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ATVR Reviews Clear Block

Vignettes of New England Steam

Producer: Clear Block Locations: New England Timeframe: 40s-50s Length: 58 minutes Sources: Albert Michaud, William Price Here is one of the dumbest shows around! A look back at Steam in New England. Boston and Maine, Grand Trunk, New Haven, Central Vermont are present. Films from the 1940s into the early 1950s per the advertised. Music […]

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ATVR Reviews Greg Scholl

Eastern Steam Trips

Producer: Greg Scholl Locations: AZ, IL, OH, VA Timeframe: 1950s, 1960s, 2002 Length: 1 hour 05 minutes Sources: Warren Scholl, Don Jamison, A.J. Crockett, more… This collection features assorted railroad operated steam specials from the 1950s and 1960s. Locomotives from: B&O, CB&Q, GTW, N&W, and Reading are the vintage subjects. Additionally, there is a 2002 […]