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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Steam Expo 1986 Vancouver

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Vancouver Timeframe: 1986 Length: 1 hour 30 minutes An international steam celebration at Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1986.  There are more than 20 working engines here. Canada, USA, and England participate. A single DVD. Fullscreen 4×3 aspect ratio. Live environmental audio. No chapter menu or extras, except for Previews. Narrated by David […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Steam to Chicago

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Chicago, Knoxville, Fort Wayne, Timeframe: 1993 Length: 1 hour 16 minutes Five various Steam engines from four different railroads. These vintage locomotives participate in getting special passenger trains to Chicago for the 1993 NRHS Convention. That separate event is covered in a companion show. Chicago Steam Celebration is that other Pentrex title. […]

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ATVR Reviews Diverging Clear Productions

Memories of Steam on the Burlington Route

Producer: Mary McPherson Locations: Chicago, St. Louis, more. Timeframe: 1950s – 1960s Length: 52 minutes Sources: Jim Adams, Don Morice, Albin Jensen, McPherson collection The Heritage Series with an episode on vintage steam. Memories of Steam On the Burlington Route. Color film from the 1950s into the excursions during the 1960s. A single DVD-R. Main […]