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  • America's love story with steam. Revisit the history of steam locomotives in this newly remastered documentary.
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    America fell in love with the steam locomotive. This is that story in 30 minutes! Remastered, color corrected with new footage.
  • See Hollywood make a railroad movie. The real stars of the 1952 movie "The Denver & Rio Grande" were the Rio Grande locomotives and equipment but we also see the actor stars too.
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    Hollywood makes a railroad movie. Are the stars Sterling Hayden & Kasey Rogers, or the vintage D&RGW locomotives and cars?
  • Union Pacific calls out the Snow Spreader to keep the Donner Pass Line open. This is an exciting look at snow clearing operations. Join the crew for this close-up view of on the ground railroading.
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    UP’s Donner Pass is vital to the railroad and California’s economy. Keeping it open in the winter isn’t easy and requires specialized equipment.
  • Railfan the Florida East Coast along the east coast of Florida from the yard at Jacksonville to Melbourne. This is prior to the FEC being purchased by Grupo Mexico.
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    Florida East Coast and its run from the yard at Jacksonville and Melbourne along the Atlantic. This is pre Grupo Mexico ownership.
  • Spokane Portland & Seattle #700 had sat in a Portland city park for decades. But when the steam locomotive was restored she put on quite a show. Watch her run through the Columbia River Gorge between Vancouver Washington to Spokane.
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    Newly restored SP&S 700’s shiny black paint and yellow lettering looked great as she traveled between Vancouver, Washington and Spokane.
  • The last Railfair of the 20th Century. The last in California. The last large steam locomotive gathering before one in Owosso Michigan in 2009. See what the fuss is about when UP #844 and #3985 join SP #4449 in Sacramento.
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    See the nation’s biggest steam locomotives, UP’s 844 and Challenger 3985, with SP Daylight 4449 heading to Sacramento for Railfair ’99!
  • To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Los Angeles' Union Station (LAUPT) two of the most famous steam locomotives in the country Southern Pacific #4449 and Union Pacific #844 raced to LA. See the dramatic action and fantastic finish in this video.
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    One of the most exciting side-by-side steam scenes ever as UP 8444 and SP 4449 run on parallel tracks leading up Cajon Pass.
  • Narrow Gauge Mikado steam locomotives built in 1920s lead the passenger trains in the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway. Join us aboard a passenger train on the tracks of the old Rio Grande Railroad between Chama New Mexico and Antonito Colorado.
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    Ride the longest, highest narrow gauge railroad in North America, the Cumbres & Toltec, from Chama, New Mexico to Antonito, Colorado.
  • The Union Pacific Roseville Subdivision begins with a hilly climb and then finds itself crossing one of the most important mountain passes in the United States. Donner Pass had recently been the subject of major work to get it ready for modern trains. See it now after all that work.
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    Anticipating increased intermodal traffic, UP rehabbed the Donner Pass line. Watch new traffic on the line over a couple of winter weeks.
  • Go back to the biggest change in America's passenger train long and storied history. The months when railroads ended their passenger service and Amtrak was founded and took over all passenger trains. It was a time of old and new and a rainbow of paint schemes.
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    When Amtrak relieved railroads of passenger duties were big changes. See how the rainbow of change was seen in one city, Milwaukee.
  • Special trains are always exciting
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    Not that long ago, the circus and carnival traveled by train. The Big Tent attracted crowds, but so did the trains. Relive those special trains.
  • Railroad action on mainlines and shortlines across 7 states in the Midwest. A truly eclectic look at railroading big small fast and slow.
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    An eclectic look at Class One, Regional and Shortline railroad action in a half a dozen Midwest states. An interesting mix, of the interesting!
  • Follow CSX into the Allegheny Mountains on tracks laid by the B&O over 150 years ago. See the Cumberland Terminal the famous West End including Sand Patch Grade.
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    Over 150 years ago, the B&O reached the Alleghenies. CSX sill uses Cumberland Terminal, the West End and Sand Patch grades. See that action.
  • The National Railway Historical Society put on quite a "steamy" show in Chicago in 1993. Railfans still talk about the appearance of NKP locomotives #587 and 765 plus N&W #611 and Southern Railway #4501 at the convention.
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    Steam trains of the Chicago NRHS Convention. See locomotives NKP 587 and 765, UP 3985, N&W 611 and Southern 4501.
  • See one of the largest model railroad exhibits in the United States. The HO Scale model of the Tehachapi Loop are of SoCal is famous for its attention to detail and fidelity to the prototype.
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    See one this huge model railroad exhibit. Included is the famously detailed HO Scale replica of the Tehachapi Loop line.
  • Now known as the Southern California Railway Museum this is 88 acres of the largest collection of railroad locomotives equipment and artifacts in the western United States.
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    Now called the Southern California Railway Museum, go back to see early operations at what is the largest operating railroad museum in the west.
  • Rare film from the 1920 to the 1950s. From private collections to professional television presentations. This is vintage railroading in California.
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    See three rare films from the 1920s to the 1950, that bring vintage California railroading to your screen. Interesting and entertaining!
  • You are in the cab with the crew on Amtrak's busiest commuter route - the Northeast Corridor. This is a rare opportunity to see what the engineer sees - at speed.
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    Experience a cab ride on one of Amtrak’s fastest trains, on its busiest route! The Northeast Corridor is the crew view to have…get it here!
  • Pentrex covers one of the most well-known model railroads in the country the Virginian & Ohio of Allen McClelland. In an interesting twist the first half of this video looks at the V&O as if railfanning a real railroad.
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    The Afton Division of Allen McClelland’s famous HO Scale Virginian & Ohio. First up is a unique railfan “tour”. Then you’ll hear from the crew.
  • This is Union Pacific Challenger 3985 masquerading as a "ghost" locomotive #3967. Learn why and see this massive steam locomotive run hard over Sherman Hill.
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    UP hosted a first in 1953 – a steam excursion. 40 years later, after many of them, Challenger 3985 dressed up to commemorate that first outing.
  • Hauling coal through the Sandhills of Nebraska with early BNSF "Grinstein Green" paint scheme diesels in the lead. It's a parade of early BNSF trains you won't want to miss.
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    See BNSF’s “Grinstein Green” paint scheme running coal and other trains the wide open, rolling terrain of Nebraska’s Sandhills region.
  • Southern California railroading in 2010 was nothing if not...varied. Join us for heavy traffic over Beaumont Hill the most modern locomotives on Cajon Pass the soon to be abandoned UP Riverside Branch and yes even steam.
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    Busy mainline hot spots. The latest equipment, but also a steam locomotive! Amtrak and commuter action on the famed Surfline. Here is variety!
  • Santa Fe steam locomotive number 3751 freshly restored to operating condition made a trip she had last accomplished 55 years before - pulling a passenger train along the storied Surf Line between Los Angeles and San Diego. It was a sight to see...and now you can see it on DVD.
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    The hard work restoring steam locomotive Santa Fe 3751 paid off on June 1, 2008 when she ran from Los Angeles to San Diego! See all the action.
  • Amazing modern railroading - with huge diesel locomotives - manages to look small as the tracks thread through the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. And in winter.
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    The soaring Rocky and Selkirk Mountains in the winter with hard-charging Canadian Pacific freight action – it’s a great combo!
  • Big steam's revival may have culminated in 1998 at least we have evidence on film of a lot of steam action that year. See steam locomotives #261 #587 #4449 #844 #328 #2719 and #1003.
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    The summer of 1998 is still remembered as the summer of big steam! See locomotives 261, 587, 4449, 844, 328, 2719 and 1003!
  • One of America's great Railroads the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe disappeared into the new corporate entity BNSF in September 1995. On the last day September 21st Pentrex captured the Santa Fe story on the Marceline and Chillicothe Subs.
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    Just days before the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe merger, we see the final action on the Santa Fe’s Marceline and Chillicothe Subdivisions.
  • Union Pacific #844 is the only mainline steam locomotive to never be retired. She still works hard for the UP. Here she pulls a special train on a 32 day trip across the west.
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    UP 844 was never retired from the roster, and keeps earning its keep. In 2009 it fronted a 32-day excursion across several western states.
  • The "Queen City" of Cincinnati has long been a railroad hub. Let's visit - from sunrise to sunset - the triple track mainline just north of the city. There's a lot of action.
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    You are in Cincinnati on the busy triple track, from “Sunrise to Sunset” for a parade of trains from CSX and Norfolk Southern.
  • Three classic and vintage films designed by the Union pacific for public and employee relations. an interesting close-up 'inside look' you don't usually get to see.
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    Three rare films from the vaults of the Union Pacific Historical Society: “Rivers of Steel”, “Eighty Four Forty Four” and “Meet Uncle Pete”.
  • Cajon Pass is the Gateway to the very busy Los Angeles basin including the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Two tracks wasn't enough so a third track was squeezed in. See the traffic on the pass now
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    The gateway to LA, Cajon Pass is a busy, multi-railroad railfan magnet. See the traffic that made BNSF squeeze in a third track!
  • This train was the beginning of the streamlined diesel passenger train revolution on America's railroads. Sleek streamlined and unlike any other train crowds across the country lined up to see it.
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    Union Pacific captured public imagination with the first streamlined diesel passenger train. See the national tour in this B&W documentary.
  • The long-lived famed in story and song Illinois Central...is now part of the Canadian National. But you can revisit the "Mainline of Mid-America" in video. Here is the line from Fulton Kentucky to New Orleans.
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    The southern half of the Illinois Central Railroad, before the Canadian National bought the route. This is the IC from Fulton, Kentucky to NOLA.
  • The long-lived famed in story and song Illinois Central...is now part of the Canadian National. But you can revisit the "Mainline of Mid-America" in video. Here is the line from Chicago to Fulton Kentucky.
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    It’s still the “Mainline of Mid-America”, though the now owned by Canadian National. See the north end of the Illinois Central, before the CN.
  • Three of the largest operating steam locomotives in the United States converged on St. Louis for a national convention. Pentrex followed the travels of UP 844 N&W 1218 and Frisco 819.
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    Pentrex followed the mainline travels of UP 844, N&W 1218 and Frisco 819 as they headed to the St. Louis NRHS convention.
  • The American Locomotive Company no longer manufactures the distinctive smoke-belching burbling diesel's the became famous for after the age of steam. But you can revisit those days in this meticulously researched series.
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    Are you an Alcophile? See why so many still remember, and love, the diesels of the American Locomotive Company. The early years.
  • A Railfan's dream came true in 1995 and still serves the entire country's interest in railroad history. Watch the grand opening of Steamtown in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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    Steamtown is a national treasure for railfans, rail historians and students of the iron horse. Go back to 1995 when it opened in Scranton.
  • The highlights of railroading in 1984 steam to the World's Fair grinding rail in the Mojave Desert the Olympic Special railroading in the Feather River Canyon and Alaska...and more.
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    Set your railroad wayback machine to 1984 to see desert rail grinding, SP’s Olympic Special, Daylight 4449 to the World’s Fair & more!
  • Highlights of 1986 railroading: CN CP CNW Santa Fe on the Needles Sub and the P60 Demonstrators on the ATSF. What about steam of course... the 3751 restoration SP 4449 goes to Hollywood and SteamExpo in Vancouver.
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    Set your railroad wayback machine to 1986. Watch SP 4449 go to Hollywood, Donner Pass, Chicago railroads, P60 Demonstrators & More.
  • The famous and scenic Surf Line is your operating territory today. Join the the crew in the cab and travel San Diego and southern Orange Counties. This view out the front of a BNSF diesel is railroading few will get to experience.
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    You’re in the cab of a BNSF train heading down the scenic Surfline, in San Diego and southern Orange Counties. This is the crew view!
  • Does 1976 qualify as vintage railroading? It certainly is further and further behind us in the rearview mirror of our memories. Vintage or not this is a look at railroading that no longer exists. All on Cajon pass still a fantastic hot spot of railroad action.
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    A huge volume of traffic and striking landscape makes Cajon Pass a railfan magnet. Now you can rewind Cajon to a time before the big mergers.
  • CSX Norfolk Southern and shortlines - and street running too. This is modern railroading in the Bluegrass State.
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    Watch CSX, Norfolk Southern and interesting shortline action – even street running – as Pentrex takes over the Bluegrass State.
  • 25 Years of an amazing resurgence of mainline steam railroading in the United States. Brought to us by the very railroads that crushed steam decades earlier. What a celebration this was in Chattanooga.
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    The fathers of railroad sponsored steam programs, N&W, Southern, then Norfolk Southern, celebrate 25 years with 1218, 4501 and 611.
  • Rare film from the earliest days of the last century when trolleys interurbans and electric railroads were the way people in cities and towns in the Midwest got around. They were everywhere. Here are three time machine videos of those days.
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    Chicago and the Midwest fell hard for trolleys and interurbans in the early 20th century. See 3 Midwest traction stories in this combo video.
  • EMD's groundbreaking diesels the F units and E units of the 1940s and later made a lasting mark on American railroads. Called "Covered Wagons" for their resemblance to the conestoga wagons of old are seen in this video working throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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    Known as Covered Wagons, EMD E & F units dieselized railroads in the 1950s. By the ’70s, they were hard to find. But we have them here!
  • The gilded age may be gone but private passenger cars are still around. See an entire convention of these beautiful beasts and tour many of the chromed and mahogany masterpieces.
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    The gilded age may be over, but the luxury of a private passenger car is still available to a few. Go inside these rare palaces on wheels.
  • Over 20 operating steam locomotives from England the United States and Canada gathered in Vancouver British Columbia where the public could see modern steam right next to replica steam of the earliest days.
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    England, Canada, and USA sent over 20 operating steam locomotives to Vancouver, BC for the amazing SteamExpo & Grand Parade of Steam.
  • This is a rare piece of railroad that few get to see - much less crew. And you are part of the crew on the trip from Hobart Yard in Los Angeles to the Ports of Long Beach and LA and back again. What a cab ride.
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    LA’s Hobart Yard to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and back. Also, Terminal Island and Pier 400, you’re part of the crew in the cab.
  • Tehachapi Loop is an engineering marvel. To gain elevation trains must loop up around and then over - often times the tail end of its own train. See this in 8 hours of fantastic video.
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    2 discs, 8 Hours of complete coverage. Desert to snow-capped mountains, curves, a nonstop parade of trains, and famed Tehachapi Loop!
  • Every few years rumors pop up that Tennessee Pass the former Southern Pacific Line through the Rockies in Colorado might reopen. But it's not happened yet. So watch as the last trains run across the pass before it is abandoned in 1997.
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    Rio Grande and Southern Pacific crossed the Rockies via Tennessee Pass for a hundred years. When UP bought the SP in 1997, they shut it down.
  • Historic Steam Locomotive Frisco 1522 runs through Texas pulling a long passenger train - the BNSF Employee Appreciation Special.
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    Frisco 1522 pulls a passenger train on an historic journey through Texas! Watch as this steam locomotive works hard and looks great doing it.
  • This is the definitive video on the Sunset Route's Beaumont Hill. Six Hours of video. Not as famous as other continental crossings it is still quite a slog for trains.
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    Some call it Banning Pass or San Gorgonio Pass. Railfans identify this scenic part of the Sunset Route as Beaumont Hill. 6 hours of coverage!
  • You've see trains from the ground. You've sat at grade crossings. You've watched as steam train thundered by...now see it all from the air
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    Railroading as you’ve never seen it before…not from the ground…from the air. Two shows: Above steam and above modern freight action.
  • You've just joined the crew in the cab on the lead unit of BNSF's hottest intermodal. Enjoy the responsibility and the ride - over the Cajon Sub from Devore to Barstow.
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    Join the crew for an exciting 70-mile trip over BNSF’s Cajon Sub from Devore to Barstow. You’re in the lead unit on BNSF’s hottest Z train.
  • Why is Pentrex the number One railroad entertainment video producer? This DVD is stuffed with previews of 43 Pentrex shows. You'll see the quality and the breadth of topics...and wonder no more.
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    Why is Pentrex considered the leader Railroad Video Entertainment? See previews of many Pentrex shows – and you’ll see why!
  • Dry arid deserts the Grand Canyon snow-capped mountains and a variety of railroads
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    There’s a whole lot of railroading goin’ on here! See BNSF, Union Pacific, shortlines, tourist lines, even an electric freight line.
  • The Circus Train the new (and short lived) SPSF paint scheme unveiled and EMD's SD60 Demonstrator Unit - just a part of the railroading highlights of 1985. (Plus plenty of steam GE B39-8s Amtrak and more.)
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    Set your railroad wayback machine to 1985 to see the brand new EMD SD60, GE’s B39-8, B&B Circus Train, SPSF paint scheme & more!
  • Once run proudly at the front of every railroad's most famous passenger trains the EMD E-Units are loved by railfans. With Amtrak taking over passenger train duties they eventually ditch the E's but Burlington Northern kept them going at the from of many a Chicago commuter train. See them here in their last hurrah.
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    The last fleet of Electro-Motive E-units, once at the head of nearly every passenger train in America, proudly worked pulling Chicago commuters.
  • Two programs each focused on the same railroading hot spot - one of the most famous in the country - Cajon Pass.This is early 1990s pre-merger action.
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    See Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Amtrak – in the early ’90s – at your favorite Cajon hotspots. Two shows on one combo DVD.
  • Very few places in the world were still using steam locomotives on a daily basis - for industrial and mainline work. Cuba was one of those places. See American-made steam locomotives working their lives out in Cuba's sugar fields.
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    Where did steam locomotive from the USA go to retire? Many didn’t retire. See some of the last remaining steam working hard in Cuba.
  • Railroad lines from across the United States converge on Kansas CIty. See action from many railroads and at the many railroad yards and shortlines that make KC so interesting
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    The numerous freight yards and rail lines criss-crossing Kansas City make KC the second largest rail hub in the United States. Nonstop action!
  • Leaving the United States behind at Nogales we run for a thousand miles south to Guadalajara. This is an era of Mexican railroading that can not be seen any longer.
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    Travel the line from Guadalajara to Nogales, Texas. See some truly extraordinary operations – and equipment that time left behind.
  • A year prior to Santa Fe and Burlington Northern joining forces to become the giant BNSF system Pentrex explored the soon-to-be-transformed ATSF's San Bernardino Sub in SoCal.
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    A year before the Santa Fe, Burlington Northern merger Pentrex set out to explore the Santa Fe’s San Bernardino Subdivision.
  • Mt. Rainier is the Mecca of geared steam locomotives with examples of each of the major manufacturers Heisler Climax and of course the Lima Locomotive Works Shay.
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    No speed, but a lot of muscle. Mt Rainier has preserved the geared locomotives, made by Heisler, Climax and Shay that provided that muscle.
  • More than just a commuter or railfan video this action packed production includes footage of Union Pacific and BNSF along with California Amtrak plus CalTrain and the Niles Canyon Railway. The video includes vintage photos of some locations along these historic tracks that now host modern commuter trains.
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    Modern commuter trains operate on former Southern Pacific and Western Pacific tracks through scenic Niles Canyon and Altamont Pass.