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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.

CR and UP Around St. Elmo, IL

St. Elmo in southern Illinois is where CR's St. Louis line crosses UP's Chicago to Texas line.  Conrail and the UP then run side by side east of St. Elmo.  Run-through trains are interchanged here also.  This video shows all the trains between St. Elmo and Altamont for 24 hrs. in May of 1997.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

CR and UP Around St. Elmo, IL DVD

St. Elmo in southern Illinois is where CR's St. Louis line crosses UP's Chicago to Texas line.  Conrail and the UP then run side by side east of St. Elmo.  Run-through trains are interchanged here also.  This video shows all the trains between St. Elmo and Altamont for 24 hrs. in May of 1997.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The Trains of the Rathole

Norfolk Southern's Rathole between Danville and Oakdale, Kentucky is one of the best known and storied lines in the U.S.  This line is a funnel for trains between the Midwest and South and is the second busiest line on NS.  We caught all of the trains on the Rathole for 24 hrs. around Burnside and on the huge cuts on Greenwood Hill in April 1997.  119 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

The Trains of the Rathole DVD

Norfolk Southern's Rathole between Danville and Oakdale, Kentucky is one of the best known and storied lines in the U.S.  This line is a funnel for trains between the Midwest and South and is the second busiest line on NS.  We caught all of the trains on the Rathole for 24 hrs. around Burnside and on the huge cuts on Greenwood Hill in April 1997.  119 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Alliance, OH - Conrail Hot Spot

Alliance, OH, 83 miles northwest of Pittsburgh and 57 miles south of Cleveland, is one of Conrail's most important junctions.  Trains from Pittsburgh head north to Cleveland and Chicago or west on the former Pennsy main line towards St. Louis.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action at Alliance in April of 1997.  155 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

Alliance, OH - Conrail Hot Spot DVD

Alliance, OH, 83 miles northwest of Pittsburgh and 57 miles south of Cleveland, is one of Conrail's most important junctions.  Trains from Pittsburgh head north to Cleveland and Chicago or west on the former Pennsy main line towards St. Louis.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action at Alliance in April of 1997.  155 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

BNSF South of La Crosse, WI

This tape shows 24 hours of fast paced action on the former CB&Q, now BNSF speedway along the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse in Sept. 1996.  Nearly 40 trains a day, including CN overhead rights trains, and a couple of BNSF trains behind C44-9W's in the new pumkin paint scheme, keep the rails along the Mississippi polished. 70 minutes.

Price: $30.95

BNSF South of La Crosse, WI DVD

This tape shows 24 hours of fast paced action on the former CB&Q, now BNSF speedway along the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse in Sept. 1996.  Nearly 40 trains a day, including CN overhead rights trains, and a couple of BNSF trains behind C44-9W's in the new pumkin paint scheme, keep the rails along the Mississippi polished. 70 minutes.

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

NS and IC at Tolono, Illinois

At Tolono in east central Illinois, the mainline of the Illinois Central from Chicago to Memphis crosses the Detroit and Fort Wayne to St. Louis and Kansas City main line of Norfolk Southern.  Amtrak, two mile long drags, auto and intermodal hotshots, and RoadRailers hammer the diamonds at Tolono, and this tape shows them all for 24 hours in Sept. 1996.  108 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

NS and IC at Tolono, Illinois DVD

At Tolono in east central Illinois, the mainline of the Illinois Central from Chicago to Memphis crosses the Detroit and Fort Wayne to St. Louis and Kansas City main line of Norfolk Southern.  Amtrak, two mile long drags, auto and intermodal hotshots, and RoadRailers hammer the diamonds at Tolono, and this tape shows them all for 24 hours in Sept. 1996.  108 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD