Here is another unique Narrow Gauge video, with Southern Pacific 4-6-0 #18 which resides in California. It ran on the SP Narrow Gauge into the early 1950's, and spends several months in active service on the Durango and Silverton Railroad in Colorado. It was leased for helper service, and we enjoy some special photo trains in 2021. More Details Here
Enjoy 4 different freight trains on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in August of 2021. The railroad offers engineer and fireman school trains and these are generally freight trains. We enjoy 3 freights from Chama to Cumbres with 487, and another with 2-8-0 315 (backdated to 425). More Details Here
Rio Grande Southern 4-6-0 number 20 is newly restored and seen at its home at the Colorado Railroad Museum, as well as on 3 different days of photo charters on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic railroad. This is the first time it has stretched its legs for more than 70 years. Rare engine. More Details Here
Spend a day riding with K-36 2-8-2 #487. First we ride right behind the tender in the platform of the first coach from Chama to Cumbres, then ride in the open car for a few minutes, and conclude with a nice cab ride with the engine crew from Osier to Cumbres. More Details Here
Enjoy great steam action with a former 2-10-2 from Çhina, now operated on the Iowa Interstate Railroad. We see a break-in freight during 2019, and return for passenger train excursions in 2021. This is great action on the IAIS mainline trackage (ex-Rock Island RR). More Details Here
Enjoy a winter photographers train on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad as we use the last steam engine still burning coal on the railroad. During 2 days we chase, ride, and photograph trackside with engine 481. More Details Here
Enjoy 4 (pre-1900) narrow gauge steam locomotives that were built in 1875 (Glenbrook and Eureka & Palisade #4), as well as two Ex D&RGW engines built in 1895 (4-6-0 #168, and 2-8-0 #315/425). These engines were paired-up for several trips over many days of a rare event called the Victorian Iron House Roundup in August of 2021. More Details Here
Travel to Alamosa, Colorado to enjoy some rare steam mileage as we do several photo charters eastward over La Veta Pass on the former Denver and Rio Grande Standard Gauge route. Former LS&I 2-8-0 number 18 puts on a spectacular show the steam and scenic grades with both freight and passenger trains shot between 2008 and 2012, the final year of steam. Get yours now!!! More Details Here
Travel to Arizona for 2 photo charters with 2 different steam engines on the Grand Canyon Railway. These trips were in 2011 with 2-8-2 #4960, and in 2017 with 2-8-0 #29, and 4960. Great steam action! 72 Minutes plus previews. More Details Here
Enjoy a variety of Narrow Gauge 2-8-2's at work on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad during a visit in October 1995. We see several days of a special photo charter by an outfit from the United Kingdom with a variety of consists, plus capture some of the regular passenger trains some of which are doubleheaded. More Details Here
Go back to 2010 in this newly released show depicting several days of steam on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Colorado Rockies. These events, which have not happened since 2016 featured guest locomotives as well as special D&S trains with their locomotives. The 2010 event was one of the best Railfests ever operated. More Details Here
Travel to Alamosa, Colorado and the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad in September of 2007 for a real treat. Recently acquired Southern Pacific 2-6-0 1744 operates a special charter train weekend from Alamosa on the line over La Veta pass with its grades of 2.5% and more. This was the only year 1744 operated on this line, and the only photo special run during that year. Live audio and minimal narration. 54 minutes plus bonus clips and previews. More Details Here
Watch fantastic video coverage of former Denver & Rio Grande Western steam Rotary Snowplow OY in action during a special event on February 29th and March 1, 2020. Multiple camera coverage makes this incredible event even more spectacular as 2 locomotives power the Rotary between Chama, New Mexico, and Cumbres, Colorado at an elevation of 10,015 feet. More Details Here
Turn back the clock to 2010, and witness the first public event for former Denver and Rio Grande 2-8-0 number 315. This locomotive was built in 1895, and after completing a full restoration the engine is seen pulling a photo freight on the scenic Durango and Silverton Railroad in Colorado. More Details Here
Enjoy the first runs of the newly rebuilt 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" number 4014 in the spring of 2019. Multiple cameras bring you coverage of the break-in run, and the trip from Cheyenne to Ogden plus much more. More Details Here
84 minutes. Standard Defintion $29.95, Blu-Ray $35.00.
Here is footage of 3 different railroads shot between 1994 and 1997. First we see the Durango and Silverton Railroad in Colorado, including trackside action, as well as a roundhouse and yard tour. Our next stop is California where we see former West Side Lumber Shay #15 in operation on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. Then it's off to Chama, New Mexico for the Cumbres and Toltec with special scenes of 484 and 497 in Rio Grande Paint. There is loads of great 3 foot gauge action in this presentation. More Details Here
This is contemporary footage shot in the mid-1990's with 5 different subjects. Railroads and steam engines include Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad JS8419 2-8-2 in Iowa, Black Hills Central 2-6-2 Tank Engine #104 in South Dakota, Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 #29 in Nevada, California State Railroad Museum (Sacramento Southern) 0-6-0 #4466 (Ex-Union Pacific), and Heber Valley Railroad 2-8-0 #618 (Ex-Union Pacific), in Utah. Lots of variety of locations and engines in this Western version of Steam In The 90's. More Details Here
Cotton Belt 4-8-4 number 819 is viewed at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and then makes a roundtrip to Fordyce, Arkansas in April of 1988. These trips were infrequent, and this locomotive did not run that often in its 5 to 6 year life after restoration. This is newly converted video to DVD that has not been available in any format for many years. More Details Here
It's the spring of 1986 and Canada's largest steam engine has just
been rebuilt and is heading to Vancouver for Steam Expo.
You are inside the cab with the crew and get to see the engineer and
fireman and see tracks ahead. In addition there are
trackside views and helicopter scenes west of Kamloops, B.C. More Details Here
Enjoy the only Union Pacific Steam locomotive to never be retired as
we witness 4-8-4 number 844 in action during the 50's, 60's and
70's, plus a trip 1981. These rare films were professionally transferred
to video and edited from several different sources and show a wide
variety from regular service passenger and freight runs, before we see the
engine in action on many excursions and special trains over the years. More Details Here
We venture to western Canada in 1999 for a special steam run of
Former Canadian National 4-8-2 number 6060. This engine operates on
the Alberta Prairie Railroad, and on this trip made a special longer
run to Coronation from Stettler, Alberta. 6060 pulls a passenger
train of happy patrons who are riding behind Canada's largest
operational steam engine. More Details Here
4-6-4 Hudson 2816 was rebuild over a 2-year span and returned to
operate in 2001.
Be there for many aspects of the rebuilding from teardown to
rebuilding and testing.
Shop commentary from Al Broadfoot, and then road testing with
trackside and in-cab
footage shot by the Official video company(Rail Innovations) for
Canadian Pacific. More Details Here
This video is another one originally produced by Rail Innovations, who
was the official
video company for the Canadian Pacific. In this 2001 video we enjoy
the 5-day Inaugural run from Vancouver to Calgary, with onboard,
trackside, Helicopter, and in-cab views. It's fabulous coverage of
this one-time only event. More Details Here
Take a trip aboard the Alberta Prairie steam train excursion to Big Valley, Alberta behind steam engine 41. See onboard sights and entertainment, and enjoy a short cab ride in this 2-8-0. Then watch CN 6060 as we do pacing shots alongside to Coronation. Besides the steam train shots there is bonus footage. 16x9 wide screen SD format 35 minutes plus bonus $19.95 More Details Here
Spokane, Portland, and Seattle had 3 4-8-4's modeled after the
Northern Pacific 4-8-4's of that parent company. In October of 1990
we witness the first big outing for this lovely locomotive as it
travels from Portland to Yakima and other locations for some great
action in outstanding Washington State Scenery. More Details Here
Travel from Portland to Yakima following 4449 on several days of action during the fall of 1990 in
Washington State. Superb scenery with several canyons, and even some semaphore signals. This was
the only operation for the DAYLIGHT in 1990. More Details Here
Southern Pacific Class GS-4 #4449 stars in this 1989 video presentation. The
famous red, orange, and black 4-8-4 makes a run to Los Angeles for the Los
Angeles Union Passenger Terminal celebration. We follow it from Portland to
LA, and side-by-side with 8444, plus continue north with 4449. More Details Here
This program has been re-edited and some footage color corrected that was at the beginning of the program. Also some things like the cab ride were lengthened and a few shots added that were not in the original 60 Minute VHS. Also the cover has been remade for the DVD, and VHS programs will still remain 60 minutes with the original covers.
Washington State's Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad is the location of this
presentation which features the two rarest types of geared steam
locomotives. Heisler #90, a 90-ton, 3-truck locomotive built in 1930 is
joined by the newly restored Climax #10. The Climax is ex-Hillcrest Lumber
Co. which operated on Vancouver Island, and was the last standard gauge
Climax locomotive ever built. Scenes show the now unused line to Morton,
plus a rare view underneath the Climax. More Details Here
Capture all the excitement of four big mainline steam locomotives as they
operate for the 1990 NRHS Convention in St. Louis, Missouri. You will see
all the convention excursions, plus the inbound and outbound runs of the all
the engines. Features mainline steam with N&W 1218, UP 844, Cotton Belt 819,
and Frisco 1522. More Details Here
Rare scenes of steam in Kansas including the 3-cylinder 4-12-2's plus a variety of other
Union Pacific steamers from the late 1940's through about 1958 in Kansas and Nebraska.
You will see everything from 2-8-0's on branch lines, and 0-6-0's switching, to mainline
action with 4-8-2's, 4-6-2's, 4-8-4's, 4-12-2's and Challenger class 4-6-6-4's.
More Details Here
This unique video features both big mainline engines, Union Pacific 4-8-4
#8444, and Challenger type articulated 4-6-6-4 #3985. First we take you to
Cheyenne for a 1987 and 1988 Cheyenne to Laramie runs of 3985 over Sherman
Hill. Then we see lots of 8444 in Los Angeles, and later Portland to
Cheyenne. Enjoy plenty of great action, and cab rides in both engines. More Details Here
We begin in Cheyenne as 8444 has received its original number 844 (a UP
diesel was retired with 844) and is set for a July 1989 outing. The 844 was
requested to host the opening of the new Dispatch Center in Omaha and pull
the UP Board of Directors on a dinner train. The coaches are already there,
so 844 pulls regular freight trains 500 miles to Omaha and back, pulling 4
different freight consists. More Details Here
Special: Union Pacific Steam Volume 1 and 2 (regular price $69.90)
This is another variety tape which includes mainline and tourist line
action. There is mainline action with doubleheading of Union Pacific #844
and 3985, plus 2 excursions from Salt Lake City with 3985. Also enjoy
Engine #5 at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, plus narrow gauge action on the
Cumbres and Toltec, and the Durango and Silverton in Colorado and New
Mexico. More Details Here
In September, 1992, Santa Fe 4-8-4 number 3751 makes an historic trip from
Los Angeles, California to Chicago, Illinois following the transcontinental
mainline 2300 miles. This was the first time the 3751 had been west of
California since the steam era service. Two camera coverage brings you all
the action. More Details Here
Take a unique journey on the rails of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in the Rocky Mountains, as we view a steam passenger train
from in front of the train. Through special arrangements with the railroad we chartered a passenger train, and an escort train to use as a
camera platform and videotaped the entire trip from Chama, New Mexico to Cumbres, Colorado. More Details Here
What's better than a passenger train trip chasing you? Well how about a second trip up the mountain, but this time engine #484 (a 2-8-2)
pulls a freight train of 10 cars and caboose. This is maximum tonnage for this locomotive on this piece of railroad, and 484 puts on quite a
show. More Details Here
Special: Purchase both Chased By A Steam Trains DVDs (Vol 1 & Vol 2) for $44.95
Imagine if you could turn the railroad clocks back to say 1950 and relive
the days of Rio Grande narrow gauge freight trains storming over Cumbres
Pass. Well in the fall of 1992, photographer John Craft, organized a series
of 5 trips over a one-week period that was the first time such trips were
operated since the last Rio Grande freights of 1968. Trains with pusher
engines, mid-train helpers, and 3-engine trains make this a special video! More Details Here
Rocky Mountain Snowplow features the 1997 operation of the rotary OY with 3
locomotives. It's early May 1997, and Colorado and New Mexico's famous
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad is still closed with huge drifts of snow
blocking the tracks for several miles! Clear weather and a boulder on the
tracks makes this year particularly memorable. More Details Here
