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Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.

A Last Look at SP's Golden State Route

The number of trains on SP's Golden State Route has grown dramatically in recent years.  This tape shows 24 hours of action west of Topeka, KS where Central Corridor trains can be seen and then 24 hours of action between Pratt and Liberal, KS where intermodal trains from Chicago off of BNSF at Hutchinson can be seen, in Sept. 1996, when operations were still pure SP.  79 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

A Last Look at SP's Golden State Route DVD

The number of trains on SP's Golden State Route has grown dramatically in recent years.  This tape shows 24 hours of action west of Topeka, KS where Central Corridor trains can be seen and then 24 hours of action between Pratt and Liberal, KS where intermodal trains from Chicago off of BNSF at Hutchinson can be seen, in Sept. 1996, when operations were still pure SP.  79 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

BNSF Around Curtis Hill

The steepest grade east of Amarillo on the former Santa Fe, now BNSF main line is the 12 mile, 1% climb for westbounds out of the Cimarron valley in western Oklahoma, near Waynoka.  Westbounds growl uphill in run 8 and scream downhill and across the flat prairie at 70 per.  This video shows 24 hours of incredible action on Curtis Hill in September of 1996.  109 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

BNSF Around Curtis Hill DVD

The steepest grade east of Amarillo on the former Santa Fe, now BNSF main line is the 12 mile, 1% climb for westbounds out of the Cimarron valley in western Oklahoma, near Waynoka.  Westbounds growl uphill in run 8 and scream downhill and across the flat prairie at 70 per.  This video shows 24 hours of incredible action on Curtis Hill in September of 1996.  109 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

A Last Look at the Cotton Belt

This video shows the trains of the Cotton Belt, long part of the SP, on both sides of their hub at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in Sept. 1996.  This video shows 24 hours of SP trains from East St. Louis and Memphis around the junction with the Memphis line at Brinkley, and 24 hrs. of action south of Pine Bluff where the Houston line diverges at Lewisville, when operations were still pure SP.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

A Last Look at the Cotton Belt DVD

This video shows the trains of the Cotton Belt, long part of the SP, on both sides of their hub at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in Sept. 1996.  This video shows 24 hours of SP trains from East St. Louis and Memphis around the junction with the Memphis line at Brinkley, and 24 hrs. of action south of Pine Bluff where the Houston line diverges at Lewisville, when operations were still pure SP.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

CSX and NS at Attica Junction

This tape show 24 hours of action in Sept. 1996 at Attica Jct. in northern Ohio, where Norfolk Southern's north-south main line between Bellevue and Columbus crosses CSX's main line between the East Coast and Chicago, the former B&O.  The number of trains on both lines has grown in recent years, and the tonnage is at an all time high.  112 minutes.

Price: $34.95

CSX and NS at Attica Junction DVD

This tape show 24 hours of action in Sept. 1996 at Attica Jct. in northern Ohio, where Norfolk Southern's north-south main line between Bellevue and Columbus crosses CSX's main line between the East Coast and Chicago, the former B&O.  The number of trains on both lines has grown in recent years, and the tonnage is at an all time high.  112 minutes.

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The East End - CSX Along the Potomac

This tape shows the contemporary operations on one of the most historic lines in this country, the East End Subdivision of the former B&O.  Now known as CSX's Cumberland sub, this line is still one of the busiest on CSX. This tape shows 24 hrs. of CSX action in August 1996 along the Potomac around Hancock, WV, midway between Brunswick and Cumberland.  69 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

The East End - CSX Along the Potomac DVD

This tape shows the contemporary operations on one of the most historic lines in this country, the East End Subdivision of the former B&O.  Now known as CSX's Cumberland sub, this line is still one of the busiest on CSX. This tape shows 24 hrs. of CSX action in August 1996 along the Potomac around Hancock, WV, midway between Brunswick and Cumberland.  69 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

 

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Last updated 12/14/2023

 

Frequency – twice a year

 

 Issue #179                            December, 2023

May all of you have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

Remember, our DVDs make great Christmas gifts for the railfan in your family.  This Newsletter begins our 32th year of selling train videos.  As long as both my wife and I are in good health we intend to continue selling old videos and I still have some hope to do a few new programs. We will not be attending the Big Train Show in West Springfield, Massachusetts anymore.

 

Again no new programs.  I was recently diagnosed with AFib (atrial fibrillation – fast, erratic heartbeat).  Medication seems to help but it will be some time before I know how much.  Also both knees need to be replaced but it will also be some time before that can happen.  My wife is still recovering from having both knees replaced.  She is using a wheelchair and walker to get around.  I would still like to do more videotaping but this is looking less and less likely.  We hope that all of you are safe and sound.  Our next newsletter will be around June of 2024.  Railfan Depot in Indianapolis is now carrying some of our videos.

 

We have four grandkids playing sports right now – two here in New Hampshire and two in Illinois.  I hope to be able to see their games in person as much as I can.  And then we have 12 other grandkids and one great grandson to keep track of.  I am looking forward to attending the girls state basketball tournament in Illinois beginning in 2025 and the class IV boys baseball tournament here in New Hampshire next spring.

 

No other train video producer shows and explains railroading like we do and our catalogue includes programs on fallen flags ATSF, SP, BN, CNW,  IC, Wisconsin Central, and Conrail.  We almost always show the whole train and most of our videos show all of the action – day and night.  Our newest program is “PSR on CSX’s Chicago Line in Northern Indiana”, part of our look at PSR on eastern railroads.  This is our 49th program to be released in both Blu-ray and in regular DVD.  You need to specify what type of DVD you are ordering with programs available in both DVD and Blu-ray.  All of our DVD’s have chapters and menus and around half – everything videotaped from 2004 on plus a few programs from 2003 - have a choice of being watched with narration and without narration by using the menu or audio and language buttons on your DVD player controller.  321 programs are available in DVD (49 in Blu-ray) and all are listed in the flyers.  No other train video producer shows and explains railroading like we do and our catalogue includes programs on fallen flags ATSF, BN, SP, CNW. IC, Wisconsin Central, and Conrail.  Our shipping and handling charge on orders remains $5.00 with no charge on orders over $100.  We offer year-round discounts on large orders.  See flyers for details.  These discounts are available only by mail and phone.  If you have questions and get our answering machine, please leave your name and number and we will call you back as soon as possible.  You can reach us by email at bigeee@trainvideos.com or on our webpage at www.trainvideos.com.

 

If we are able to videotape again, the focus will be on changes on the western railroads due to PSR.

 

                                              Dick and Barb Eisfeller