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No More Mindless Runbys
Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.
Northern Plains Regionals DVD
The northern plains, where the wind seems to never stop blowing and the winters can be brutal, are also the home to several fascinating regional railroads. Thanks to the importance of agriculture there, this is one part of the country where the presence of railroads is perhaps more appreciated and indeed more necessary than the rest of the country. For the northern plains are a long way from the coastal ports and navigable rivers that bounties of the land usually need to get to customers in Europe and Asia. Just like the rest of the country, the large railroads operating on the northern plains began to sell off or abandon their maze of branch lines in the 1980s and early 1990s. This left the northern plains with a number of spin-offs from the larger roads that seemed to have neither the traffic nor the resources to rebuild their worn-out track and survive the harsh climate and the vicissitudes of the weather on crops. Yet some of these smaller railroads have not only survived but seem to be thriving as they are in far better condition than that which they were left with by their class I parents. This program shows the trains and operations on four northern plains Regionals – the Northern Plains Railroad, the Dakota, Missouri Valley, and Western, the Red River Valley and Western, and the Twin Cities and Western in November of 2008. These four railroads between them operate over 1700 miles of track in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana. Length = 76 minutes. Price = $30.95 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Price: $30.95
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
Northern Plains Regionals DVD
The northern plains, where the wind seems to never stop blowing and the winters can be brutal, are also the home to several fascinating regional railroads. Thanks to the importance of agriculture there, this is one part of the country where the presence of railroads is perhaps more appreciated and indeed more necessary than the rest of the country. For the northern plains are a long way from the coastal ports and navigable rivers that bounties of the land usually need to get to customers in Europe and Asia. Just like the rest of the country, the large railroads operating on the northern plains began to sell off or abandon their maze of branch lines in the 1980s and early 1990s. This left the northern plains with a number of spin-offs from the larger roads that seemed to have neither the traffic nor the resources to rebuild their worn-out track and survive the harsh climate and the vicissitudes of the weather on crops. Yet some of these smaller railroads have not only survived but seem to be thriving as they are in far better condition than that which they were left with by their class I parents. This program shows the trains and operations on four northern plains Regionals – the Northern Plains Railroad, the Dakota, Missouri Valley, and Western, the Red River Valley and Western, and the Twin Cities and Western in November of 2008. These four railroads between them operate over 1700 miles of track in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Montana. Length = 76 minutes. Price = $30.95 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Price: $30.95
| Preview Clips | Size |
|---|---|
| Northern Plains Regionals streaming video_Custom2.wmv | 8.45 MB |
BNSF North Dakota Funnel DVD
The twenty five miles of track between Moorhead Junction, Minnesota, just across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota, and KO Junction Switch, west of Casselton, where the former Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines split, is as busy as any section of track on BNSF’s main line between the Twin Cities and the Pacific Northwest. All trains on BNSF’s main line from Chicago to Portland and Seattle and all trains on the former NP main to Montana traverse this strategic section of track. At KO Junction Switch, the transcontinental main line, often referred to as the Hi Line because much of it is close to the Canadian border, heads northwest towards Minot and the West Coast on former Great Northern track, while the former Northern Pacific main, now part of BNSF’s northern coal corridor, heads straight west towards Jamestown and Bismarck. This funnel also sees a lot of grain headed to ports in the Pacific Northwest. A manned tower that was taken down shortly after the Burlington Northern merger, used to control the grade crossing of the two main lines at Casselton. Today, all of this track including the junction is controlled by BNSF’s network operations center in Fort Worth. This program shows all of the trains for 24 hours on the BNSF’s North Dakota Funnel around Casselton and KO Junction Switch in October of 2008. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Price: $38.95
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
BNSF North Dakota Funnel DVD
The twenty five miles of track between Moorhead Junction, Minnesota, just across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota, and KO Junction Switch, west of Casselton, where the former Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines split, is as busy as any section of track on BNSF’s main line between the Twin Cities and the Pacific Northwest. All trains on BNSF’s main line from Chicago to Portland and Seattle and all trains on the former NP main to Montana traverse this strategic section of track. At KO Junction Switch, the transcontinental main line, often referred to as the Hi Line because much of it is close to the Canadian border, heads northwest towards Minot and the West Coast on former Great Northern track, while the former Northern Pacific main, now part of BNSF’s northern coal corridor, heads straight west towards Jamestown and Bismarck. This funnel also sees a lot of grain headed to ports in the Pacific Northwest. A manned tower that was taken down shortly after the Burlington Northern merger, used to control the grade crossing of the two main lines at Casselton. Today, all of this track including the junction is controlled by BNSF’s network operations center in Fort Worth. This program shows all of the trains for 24 hours on the BNSF’s North Dakota Funnel around Casselton and KO Junction Switch in October of 2008. This DVD has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Price: $38.95
| Preview Clips | Size |
|---|---|
| BNSF ND Funnel Steaming video_Custom2.wmv | 6.78 MB |
Portage La Prairie - Canadian Hot Spot DVD
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, fifty five miles west of Winnipeg in the Assiniboine and Red River Valleys, is one of the best places in Canada to see freight trains. All transcontinental traffic between eastern and western Canada on Canadian National and Canadian Pacific passes through Portage La Prairie. Both railroads have secondary main lines to Edmonton including CN’s aptly named Prairie North Line that diverge from the main lines on the west side of Portage. When grain or potash is moving, nearly 60 trains pass through Portage in 24 hours. And these are not just any trains. CN runs the heaviest manifest or mixed carload trains on the continent through Portage La Prairie and CP’s trains are quite fascinating also. The power on these trains can be anything on each railroad’s roster from the newest AC and DC units to venerable SD40-2s with many trains running with distributed power on both railroads. This program shows 24 hours of action on CP and then 24 more hours of action on CN in and around Portage La Prairie in October of 2008. “Portage La Prairie – Canadian Hot Spot” is two hours and fifty six minutes long and is a two DVD set. This DVD has menus and chapters and the option to be watched with or without narration.
Price: $42.95
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
Portage La Prairie - Canadian Hot Spot
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, fifty five miles west of Winnipeg in the Assiniboine and Red River Valleys, is one of the best places in Canada to see freight trains. All transcontinental traffic between eastern and western Canada on Canadian National and Canadian Pacific passes through Portage La Prairie. Both railroads have secondary main lines to Edmonton including CN’s aptly named Prairie North Line that diverge from the main lines on the west side of Portage. When grain or potash is moving, nearly 60 trains pass through Portage in 24 hours. And these are not just any trains. CN runs the heaviest manifest or mixed carload trains on the continent through Portage La Prairie and CP’s trains are quite fascinating also. The power on these trains can be anything on each railroad’s roster from the newest AC and DC units to venerable SD40-2s with many trains running with distributed power on both railroads. This program shows 24 hours of action on CP and then 24 more hours of action on CN in and around Portage La Prairie in October of 2008. “Portage La Prairie – Canadian Hot Spot” is two hours and fifty six minutes long and is a two DVD set. This DVD has menus and chapters and the option to be watched with or without narration.
Price: $42.95
| Preview Clips | Size |
|---|---|
| Portage La Prairie streaming video_Custom2.wmv | 8.98 MB |
Canadian Pacific's Line to Portal DVD
The 549 mile long, former Soo Line main line between Minneapolis and a connection with Canadian Pacific on the border at Portal in western North Dakota, is certainly one of the lesser known main lines in the western U. S. Yet traffic has tripled in the past 30 years on this line that is the center portion of CP’s transcontinental main line between western Canada and Chicago. Only the easternmost part of this line has signals, so the western part of CP’s line to Portal is one of the busier rail lines in this country dispatched by track warrants. Intermodal, potash, grain, and Canadian chemicals have driven the growth on this line and CP has added heavy rail and thick ballast, transforming this line west of Glenwood from a long branch line with relatively light rail and ballast into the heavy duty main line that it is today. This DVD shows three days and a night of action on the western part of CP’s line to Portal – their Carrington and Portal subdivisions, in October of 2008. “Canadian Pacific’s Line to Portal” is 77 minutes long and sells for $30.95 and the usual $5 for S&H. This DVD has menus and chapters and the option to be watched with or without narration.
Price: $30.95
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
Canadian Pacific's Line to Portal
The 549 mile long, former Soo Line main line between Minneapolis and a connection with Canadian Pacific on the border at Portal in western North Dakota, is certainly one of the lesser known main lines in the western U. S. Yet traffic has tripled in the past 30 years on this line that is the center portion of CP’s transcontinental main line between western Canada and Chicago. Only the easternmost part of this line has signals, so the western part of CP’s line to Portal is one of the busier rail lines in this country dispatched by track warrants. Intermodal, potash, grain, and Canadian chemicals have driven the growth on this line and CP has added heavy rail and thick ballast, transforming this line west of Glenwood from a long branch line with relatively light rail and ballast into the heavy duty main line that it is today. This DVD shows three days and a night of action on the western part of CP’s line to Portal – their Carrington and Portal subdivisions, in October of 2008. “Canadian Pacific’s Line to Portal” is 77 minutes long and sells for $30.95 and the usual $5 for S&H. This DVD has menus and chapters and the option to be watched with or without narration.
Price: $30.95
Wisconsin Central, now CN, Revisited DVD
Wisconsin Central was the largest, the most successful, and arguably the most popular of the new breed of regional railroads. Has it really been seven years since the WC disappeared? On October ninth, 2001, Canadian National took over the Wisconsin Central. This program shows how the Chicago to Superior main line and a couple of secondary lines of the former WC have fared over the intervening seven years since the WC takeover. Only about thirty of the Wisconsin Central’s diesels survive in WC paint and these have been scattered all over the far-flung WC system. Even though not many miles of the former WC have been sold or abandoned there have been many changes since CN took over, particularly in the number and size of the trains and traffic. This program shows the trains and operations on the main line of the former Wisconsin Central and trains on two secondary lines in October of 2008. “Wisconsin Central, now CN, Revisited” is 1 hour and 51 minutes in length. The DVD of this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Price: $34.95
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
Wisconsin Central, now CN, Revisited
Wisconsin Central was the largest, the most successful, and arguably the most popular of the new breed of regional railroads. Has it really been seven years since the WC disappeared? On October ninth, 2001, Canadian National took over the Wisconsin Central. This program shows how the Chicago to Superior main line and a couple of secondary lines of the former WC have fared over the intervening seven years since the WC takeover. Only about thirty of the Wisconsin Central’s diesels survive in WC paint and these have been scattered all over the far-flung WC system. Even though not many miles of the former WC have been sold or abandoned there have been many changes since CN took over, particularly in the number and size of the trains and traffic. This program shows the trains and operations on the main line of the former Wisconsin Central and trains on two secondary lines in October of 2008. “Wisconsin Central, now CN, Revisited” is 1 hour and 51 minutes in length. The DVD of this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Price: $34.95
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