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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 […]

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The Lehigh Valley Railroad Volume 1

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 22, 2019
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Producer: John Pechulis Timeframe: 1940s – mid 60s Locations: Jersey to Laurel Run Length: 65 minutes Sources: A. Angstat, C.& K. Bealer, A. Furler, R. Kulp First, in what has become a larger catalog of anthracite railroads. A fantastic collection of film spanning the decades. John Pechulis is the extremely capable, restoration producer. He brings […]

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John Pechulis Media

Railfanning With The Bednars Volume 5

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date December 11, 2018
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Producer: John Pechulis Locations: Allentown, Sayre, Lehigh Gap… Timeframe: 1973- 1976 Length: 58 minutes Source: Bednar collection . Here is one of the John Pechulis series of Bednar filmed, Eastern Anthracite Railroads. This volume 5 covers much more, then the 10 months preceding the formation of Conrail. Footage dates back to 1973. Locations jump around […]