Tag: PBS style

ATVR Reviews BA Productions Donner Rails

Steam Over Donner

Producer: BA Productions Locations: Sparks, Truckee, Donner Pass, Colfax, Soda Springs, Roseville Yard, Railfair ’99 and more.. Time Period: 1999 Length: 54 minutes + previews Sources: Film crews at 40 locations. Here we have two famous Union Pacific steam locomotives. UP 844 and UP 3985 are the co-stars in this film from 1999. The Northern […]

Tags California, PBS style, steam train, Union Pacific

ATVR Reviews Charles Smiley Presents

Electric Rails around the Bay

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 11, 2012
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Electric Rails around the Bay Charles Smiley Presents Format: DVD Length: 1 hour 07 Minutes + previews Time Period: 1907- 1957 Locations: Bay area and more Sources: 20 Cinematographers MSRP: 28.50 Charles Smiley has a three for one program of classic traction. This show features electric lines around Oakland, California. If you have enjoyed his […]

Tags California, electric, PBS style, Southern Pacific, trolley

ATVR Reviews Catenary Video

California’s North Coast Logging Railroads

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date January 11, 2012
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California’s North Coast Logging Railroads Catenary Video / Tuolumne Films Format: DVD Length: 70 minutes Time Period: 1904- 1954 Locations: Many in Northern California Sources: Jim Bucholzer, Louis Stein Jr., James Holmes, Victor Shattock, Don Olsen collection, and more… Producer: Warren Haack Have you ever watched a logging railroad show? Steam locomotives, wooden trestles, twisting […]