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ATVR Reviews Highball

Stacks and Semaphores

Producer: Highball Locations: Tucumcari Line Timeframe: 1996 Length: 74 minutes Source: Peter Crook The Southern Pacific on the Tucumcari Line. Videotaped in 1996. Semaphores are featured operating in New Mexico. Vaughn towards El Paso. These are Style B lower quadrant signals, which are over 60 years old. A single DVD-R. Fullscreen 4×3 aspect ratio. Live […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Union Pacific’s Clinchfield Challenge, Santa Claus Special

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Kingsport, Cincinnati, St. Louis Timeframe: 1992 Length: 1 hour 54 minutes Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 3985 masquerades as a Clinchfield Challenger 676. This was for the 50th anniversary of the annual Santa Claus Special. The consist has 7 UP and 3 CSX business cars.  At this time, the train […]

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ATVR Reviews Pentrex

Union Pacific Big Boy Collection

Producer: Pentrex Locations: Cheyenne, Sherman Hill, Wasatch Mountains, … Timeframe: 1950s Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Sources: many The entire Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 roster is here! Steam engines 4000 – 4024. Indidually seen in numerical order. Vintage action clips galore. A single DVD. Color & black and white films. Stereo soundtrack. Main Chapter […]