Tag: Southern Pacific

Southern Pacific Daylight Time

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date August 6, 2013
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Southern Pacific Daylight Time A & R Productions Length: 50 minutes Time Period: 1930’s- 1950’s Locations: Pacific Coast, Donner Pass, Chicago, Sunset Route, Mt. Shasta Source: Blackhawk Collection MSRP: 29.95 A collection of 5 vintage based SP films. Featuring steam era SP Coast Daylights and more. There are chapters on: SP/ RI Golden State, Cab […]

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Rails to the Redwood Empire

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date July 23, 2013
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Rails to the Redwood Empire Catenary Video Productions Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Time Period: 1890-1950.(updated in 2005) Locations: Marin to Eureka,San Rafael, Sources: 14 cinematographers MSRP: 34.50 Northwestern Pacific featured with a pictorial history in this program. An expanded DVD released in 2006. Many different aspects of what constituted Northwestern Pacific. Narrow Gauge, Ferry […]

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Last Run Of A Cab Forward Over Donner Pass

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date July 7, 2013
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Last Run Of A Cab Forward Over Donner Pass Pentrex Length: One hour Time Period: 1957 Locations: Roseville, Sacramento, Auburn, Colfax, Emigrant Gap,Soda Springs, Summit, Truckee, Reno Sources: Albert C. Phelps, J. Allen Hawkins, Jake DeVries, Stan Kistler MSRP: 29.95 Late in 1957, Southern Pacific returned an AC11 class steam locomotive to service. The reason […]