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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Doublestacks Over Donner

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Roseville to Sparks Timeframe: 2009 + 2010 Length: 2 hours Union Pacific is the owner of the famous, former Southern Pacific line. In 2008, the UP revitalized its value by reconstructing to accommodate larger double-stack container trains. This was a mileage and a timesaver compared to the ex: Western Pacific Feather River […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Black Diamonds Through the Dunes – BNSF

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Alliance, Middle of nowhere to Ravenna, NE. Timeframe: 1990s Length: 1 hour 25 minutes BNSF stars as it hauls unit coal trains across Nebraska. Thete are 236 rail miles between Alliance and Ravenna, NE. Plenty of rail traffic is on the BNSF Sand Hills subdivision. Newer EMD SD70MAC power in executive paint […]

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ATVR Reviews Broken Knuckle

Montreal’s Machines, Last Stand of the 251 Volume One

Producer: Kenneth Buckman Locations: Quebec Timeframe: later 1980s Length: 90 minutes Sources: Tim Wakeman, Jerry Albertie Canadian Pacific is still operating Alco designed locomotives in the 1980s. Montreal Locomotive Works power. Volume 1 is on the CP Rail mainline and branchlines. Cab ride on MLW 4739. Solid lash-ups of these Alco/ MLW engines. The last […]