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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

The Great Age of Steam, A History. A Love Affair

Producer: Bill Warrick, Pentrex Locations: USA and Canada Timeframe: 19th to 20th Century Length: 30 minutes Sources: many Historical show of steam power. Style is similar to a standard television program. A good introduction to railroading in the steam years. Small early locomotives to Union Pacific Big Boy! A single DVD. Remastered film and color […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Workin’ on the Santa Fe

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Argentine, Barstow, Chicago… Timeframe: 1950s – 1970s Length: 90 minutes A combination of six vintage Santa Fe films. These are old training and promotional shows. Made in the 1950s to 1970s. Diesels are the locomotives seen. They are a small percentage compared to the rest of the material. A variety of subject […]

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ATVR Reviews Kalmbach

Norfolk Southern

Producer: Kalmbach / Trains Magazine Locations: system Timeframe: 1982-2022 Length: 68 minutes Sources: Marshall Beecher, more The 40th Anniversary of Norfolk Southern. Trains magazine show. June 1, 1982 was the Norfolk and Western with Southern Railway to create Norfolk Southern. The Conrail split added additional trackage. Contemporary NS stretches most of the East Coast to […]