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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

Daylight Freedom Special

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Columbia River Gorge, Deschutes Canyon, Portland Timeframe: 2002 Length: 0ne hour The famous Southern Pacific 4449 stars in this show of the patriotic event. The identity for this excursion is the Columbia -Deshutes Special. Class GS-4 is a 4-8-4 locomotive, which was first restored for the original 1975- 1976 American Freedom Train. […]

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ATVR Reviews Nostalgia Rail

Classic Hot Spots – Valley Junction

Producer: Nostalgia Rail Locations: East St. Louis Timeframe: 1998 Length: 1 hour 20 minutes / Drops out at 1:19 Source: George Redmond George Redmond made 3 trips to film to East St. Louis in 1998. He captured plenty of trains at Valley Junction. It has a reputation for being the busiest hot spot in the […]