Tag: Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Mainlines

Producer: Pentrex Timeframe: 1999 Locations: Pittsburgh area Length: 2 hours 16 minutes Tour the Steel City with: Conrail, CSX, Union Railroad and Amtrak. This is prior to Norfolk Southern. There is a surprising amount of rail action, in Pittsburgh. Memorable settings for the trains, as well. A detailed Chapter Menu displays many locations. Conway Yard, […]

Tags Amtrak, B&O, Chessie System, coal, Conrail, Pennsylvania

ATVR Reviews Clear Block

Conrail’s Beginning

Producer: Clear Block Timeframe: 1976 Locations: East Length: 100 minutes Source: Paul Geiger In May, 1976 Paul Geiger took his 8mm movie camera to film Conrail. This is early in the merger. He visited many locations. Another unrestored vintage, 8mm color film collection. The films are clean. Dark scenes too often. Nothing weird color wise. […]

Tags Amtrak, coal, electric, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Penn Central, Pennsylvania, Reading

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 […]