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Big Boy Greetings From Kansas City

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date February 16, 2020
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Producer: Pentrex Locations: Kansas City, Topeka, Denver… Timeframe: 2019 Length: 1 hour 25 minutes Sources: Marc Lingenfelter, David Burritt, Stephan Johnson, Jim Tanis, Nancy Burritt In the Steam Era, Kansas City would have been foreign territory, to a Union Pacific Big Boy. Times change and the 4014 attained KC, in 2019. This was the final […]

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ATVR Reviews Diverging Clear Productions

Sixty Years Along the Illinois Central

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date November 25, 2019
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Producer: Mary McPherson Locations: Carbondale, Centralia, Champaign, Edgewood Cut-Off, Tuscola Timeframe: 1938 – 1998 Length: 2 hours Sources: George Redmond, Kurt Jensen, Mary McPherson, Tom Dunn Covering 60 years of Illinois Central history. Geographically, this is mainly in downstate Illinois. The single DVD-R contains a Chapter Menu. Plenty of on-screen graphics. No maps. Narrated by […]

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ATVR Reviews Sunday River

Southern Pacific Steam Anthology

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date November 20, 2019
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Producer: Alva Morrison, JMJ Timeframe: 1950s Locations: system Length: 47 minutes Source: John Kirkland An updated 2016 remaster and new edit. John Kirkland spent years, documenting every type of Southern Pacific Steam locomotive. All encompassing collection. Everything from diminutive yard switchers, to SP exclusive Articulateds. Color film throughout! The Single DVD-R, has a finely detailed […]