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ATVR Reviews Herron Rail

Chicago 1970

Producer: Herron Rail Video Timeframe: 1969 – 1971 Locations: Chicago area, Milwaukee, Griffith, St. Louis Length: 54 minutes Source: Robert Bullermann Here is a collage of mostly Chicago area rail action circa 1970. Bullermann filmed passenger trains before the nationwide consolidation to form Amtrak. Multiple railroads and into early Amtrak in 1971. About an even […]

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ATVR Reviews Highball

Along the Feather River

Producer: Highball Locations: Oroville, Serpentine Canyon, Keddie, Clio, Portola Timeframe: 1997 Length: 2 hours The former Western Pacific Feather River Route. Since 1982, this has been operated by Union Pacific. Both UP and BNSF are still running some power in pre-merger paint schemes. To add to the confusion, BNSF has trackage rights. Not to mention […]

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ATVR Reviews MoKan Video

BNSF’s Monett and Cherokee Subs

Producer: Bob Ernst Locations: Springfield, Neosho, Wyandotte, Claremore, Tulsa Timeframe: 1999 Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Source: Bob Ernst The show subtitle is’Soon After the Merger’. The Monett sub was Burlington Northern. Originally ex: Frisco. The Cherokee sub is former Santa Fe. Route is Springfield, Missouri to Tulsa, Oklahoma. These are end to end connecting […]