Tag: Norfolk & Western

Today’s Chicago Railroads

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date April 17, 2019
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Producer: Pentrex Timeframe: 1991 Locations: Many Length: 2 hours Do you like variety? Chicago provides the Motherlode! This guided tour, of Chicago and vicinity, will satisfy most any Railfan. Fallen flags, local lines and pre- merger roads. Many old Towers are shown. Pentrex maximized their time in the field. Concentrating on classic hotspots. Crossings, Yards, […]

Tags Amtrak, Burlington Northern, Canadian Pacific, Chessie System, Chicago North Western, Chicago railroad, Conrail, CSX, electric, Grand Trunk, Illinois Central, Milwaukee Road, Norfolk & Western, Norfolk Southern, Santa Fe, trolley, Union Pacific

ATVR Reviews Revelation Video

Rail Trek Volume One: The East

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 28, 2019
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Producer: Ron McElrath Timeframe: 1960s-70s Locations: East-South Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Sources: R. McElrath, W. Sasser . One of three Rail Trek volumes. Eastern version. Wide coverage over 20 railroads. Updated in 2017 by Revelation Video for DVD release. The new DVD has film repairs listed as: cleanup on splices and edits. Original sources […]

Tags Amtrak, B&O, C&O, Chessie System, coal, electric, Erie Lackawanna, Norfolk & Western, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Reading, trolley

ATVR Reviews Herron Rail

Pocahontas Glory Vol. 1

Producer: J.R. Herron Locations: Kenova, Columbus,Portsmouth, Abingdon, VA. Timeframe: 1950’s. Length: 39 minutes + previews Source: Ben T. Young Jr., CH Snyder, Howard Robins Herron Rail offers an all color show of Norfolk and Western vintage steam. This was filmed in the 1950’s. Areas focused on are: Kenova, Columbus, and Portsmouth. A special segment following […]