Transcontinental Extreme Trains History Channel Format: DVD Length: 55 minutes Locations: Council Bluffs, Omaha to Sacramento Source: Extreme Trains Season One Host: Matt Bown This episode features the Union Pacific Transcontinental Route. This is a 1700 mile trip!World’s busiest freight line. C45AC is a Union Pacific workhorse locomotive. A tour of the locomotive shows highlights of this third […]
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Trains Unlimited – When Giants Roamed The History Channel Format: DVD Length: One hour approx. Time Period: Golden Age of Steam Locations: Lima, Schenectady, Roanoke, more.. Documentary in a PBS style format. Many guest speakers. Quite a few former steam era employees. Usual mixture of; stills, movie film, illustrations, maps etc… This is more of a talk oriented […]
Pentrex Format: VHS Length: One hour, 20 minutes Time Period: 1950’s See newer DVD review! Starts in 1950, with the LAUPT. Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific. They all used the Los Angeles Union station. Color film shows the trains and facility. There are some on-screen graphics used to identify trains. A fantastic assortment […]

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