No More Mindless Runbys
Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.
CSX and NS at Princeton, IN DVD
At Princeton, Indiana, twenty eight miles north of Evansville, the busy CSX Chicago to Nashville main, the former Chicago and Eastern Illinois, crosses the ex-Southern Railway, Louisville to St. Louis line of Norfolk Southern. The two tracks run on the same grade through town before they cross on the southeast side of Princeton, offering many places to catch all of the action in Princeton - as many as 50 trains a day. This video shows all of the neat action at Princeton for over twenty four hours in October of 2004. 2 tape/ 2 DVD set. 2 hours, 47 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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- Video Format: DVD
The Transcon in Kansas - BNSF around Lebo
If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there are few better places to be than around Lebo, 94 miles west of Kansas City, alongside BNSF's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. All BNSF freight trains from Kansas City to Southern California, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas run through Lebo. This video shows over 24 hours of awesome action on BNSF's Emporia Subdivision around Lebo in October of 2004. 167 minutes. 2 tape/ 2 DVD set. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
The Transcon in Kansas - BNSF around Lebo DVD
If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there are few better places to be than around Lebo, 94 miles west of Kansas City, alongside BNSF's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles known as the Transcon. All BNSF freight trains from Kansas City to Southern California, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas run through Lebo. This video shows over 24 hours of awesome action on BNSF's Emporia Subdivision around Lebo in October of 2004. 167 minutes. 2 tape/ 2 DVD set. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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- Video Format: DVD
BNSF in the Ozarks - the Thayer North Sub DVD
BNSF's Thayer North sub through the Ozark Mountains between Springfield and Thayer was once part of the St. Louis-San Francisco's Springfield to Memphis main. This up and down line is now part of BNSF's West Coast and Kansas City to Memphis and Birmingham corridor. With the Plant Scherer coal trains, this single track line has the most trains in its 122-year history. This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Thayer North Sub in October of 2004. 1 tape/ 2 DVD set. 112 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
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- Video Format: DVD
BNSF in the Ozarks - the Thayer North Sub
BNSF's Thayer North sub through the Ozark Mountains between Springfield and Thayer was once part of the St. Louis-San Francisco's Springfield to Memphis main. This up and down line is now part of BNSF's West Coast and Kansas City to Memphis and Birmingham corridor. With the Plant Scherer coal trains, this single track line has the most trains in its 122-year history. This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Thayer North Sub in October of 2004. 1 tape/ 2 DVD set. 112 minutes. The DVD on this program has the option of being watched with or without narration.
Hot Times on UP's Geneva Sub
With traffic up by 50 per cent since the Union Pacific took over the Chicago and North Western nine years ago, UP's Geneva Sub between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa hosts the most freight trains in its 150 year history, and at times can be quite congested. This program shows all the trains for nearly 32 hours between Geneva, the end of the commuter district, and Nelson, where a former CNW secondary line heads south to St. Louis in August of 2004. Many of the trains are led by new diesels with wings on their nose and the American flag on their sides. 3 Hours, 53 minutes. Two tape/ 3 DVD set.
Hot Times on UP's Geneva Sub DVD
With traffic up by 50 per cent since the Union Pacific took over the Chicago and North Western nine years ago, UP's Geneva Sub between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa hosts the most freight trains in its 150 year history, and at times can be quite congested. This program shows all the trains for nearly 32 hours between Geneva, the end of the commuter district, and Nelson, where a former CNW secondary line heads south to St. Louis in August of 2004. Many of the trains are led by new diesels with wings on their nose and the American flag on their sides. 3 Hours, 53 minutes. Two tape/ 3 DVD set.
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- Video Format: DVD
The Chicago and Iowa - BNSF's Twin Cities Main
The Chicago and Iowa disappeared over a century ago, but its name lives on among railroaders on BNSF's busy line in northern Illinois, once part of the former Burlington Route, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and the Twin Cities. Today this undulating line is busier than ever. It also passes through Rochelle and its railroad park. This program shows over 24 hours of fast paced action on the C&I - BNSF's Aurora Sub between Aurora and Savanna - in July of 2004. 81 minutes.
The Chicago and Iowa - BNSF's Twin Cities Main DVD
The Chicago and Iowa disappeared over a century ago, but its name lives on among railroaders on BNSF's busy line in northern Illinois, once part of the former Burlington Route, now BNSF, main line between Chicago and the Twin Cities. Today this undulating line is busier than ever. It also passes through Rochelle and its railroad park. This program shows over 24 hours of fast paced action on the C&I - BNSF's Aurora Sub between Aurora and Savanna - in July of 2004. 81 minutes.
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- Video Format: DVD
CSX & CN at Effingham, Illinois DVD
Effingham, IL, 199 miles south of Chicago and 140 miles southwest of Indianapolis, is one of the most accessible and best known railfan hotspots in central Illinois. There, the CSX main line to East St. Louis, formerly Conrail's St. Louis Line, and Canadian National's Chicago to Memphis main, once the main line of the Illinois Central, cross at grade. This video shows 24 hours of action at Effingham in August of 2004. 117 minutes.
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- Video Format: DVD
