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

Conrail's Harrisburg Line

The section of CR's Harrisburg Line between Harrisburg and Reading is CR's busiest line in the East with 55 trains on peak days and is part of their high clearance route for stacks across PA.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action on the former Reading around Myerstown, PA, between Reading and Harrisburg, in August 1996.  94 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Conrail's Harrisburg Line DVD

The section of CR's Harrisburg Line between Harrisburg and Reading is CR's busiest line in the East with 55 trains on peak days and is part of their high clearance route for stacks across PA.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action on the former Reading around Myerstown, PA, between Reading and Harrisburg, in August 1996.  94 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

BNSF Sandhills Coal Conveyor

This tape show 24 hours of action in May 1996 on BNSF's central coal corridor around Broken Bow, Nebraska on the edge of the sandhills.  Most of the  50 trains a day on this line are coal trains from the Powder River Basin with nearly half of them pulled by SD70MAC's.  146 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

BNSF Sandhills Coal Conveyor DVD

This tape show 24 hours of action in May 1996 on BNSF's central coal corridor around Broken Bow, Nebraska on the edge of the sandhills.  Most of the  50 trains a day on this line are coal trains from the Powder River Basin with nearly half of them pulled by SD70MAC's.  146 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Austell, Georgia - NS Hot Spot

With over 55 trains in 24 hours on peak days, the 14 miles between Austell, west of Atlanta, and Inman Yard in Atlanta is the busiest line segment on the whole NS system.  At Austell the NS lines to Chattanooga and Birmingham divide.  We caught all of the NS action around Austell for 24 hours in April 1996.  2 hours, 39 minutes. 

Price: $38.95

Austell, Georgia - NS Hot Spot DVD

With over 55 trains in 24 hours on peak days, the 14 miles between Austell, west of Atlanta, and Inman Yard in Atlanta is the busiest line segment on the whole NS system.  At Austell the NS lines to Chattanooga and Birmingham divide.  We caught all of the NS action around Austell for 24 hours in April 1996.  2 hours, 39 minutes. 

Price: $38.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Cartersville, GA - CSX Hot Spot

Cartersville, 50 miles north of Atlanta, is where the CSX lines from Nashville and Cincinnati join together.  This single track funnel is one of CSX's busiest lines and one of the most congested in the U.S.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action around Cartersville in April 1996.  112 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Cartersville, GA - CSX Hot Spot DVD

Cartersville, 50 miles north of Atlanta, is where the CSX lines from Nashville and Cincinnati join together.  This single track funnel is one of CSX's busiest lines and one of the most congested in the U.S.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action around Cartersville in April 1996.  112 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The Road to New Orleans I - UP and SP

This tape shows the operations on both railroads that come into New Orleans from the west - the UP and SP.  All trains on both roads are shown for 24 hrs. in May 1996.  The UP was shot around Donaldsonville and the SP between Schriever and Lafayette, LA.  This is the land of container and chemical trains, and plenty of older power.  76 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

The Road to New Orleans I - UP and SP DVD

This tape shows the operations on both railroads that come into New Orleans from the west - the UP and SP.  All trains on both roads are shown for 24 hrs. in May 1996.  The UP was shot around Donaldsonville and the SP between Schriever and Lafayette, LA.  This is the land of container and chemical trains, and plenty of older power.  76 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