No More Mindless Runbys
Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.
NS Bement to Decatur - Heart of the Former Wabash DVD
The 20 miles of double track between Bement and Decatur in central Illinois was the busiest section of track on the former Wabash. At Bement the line from Chicago joined the line from Detroit. Just west of Decatur the lines to St. Louis and Kansas City went their separate ways. Today this funnel has twice the number of freight trains that it had during Wabash days and is a part of NS's busy automotive artery from Detroit to St. Louis and Kansas City. This video shows over 24 hours of action on Norfolk Southern's Lafayette district between Bement and Decatur in May of 2003. 98 minutes.
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
Kansas City Southern 2003
Few railroads have undergone as many changes in the past decade as has the Kansas City Southern. During that time, the KCS's Meridian to Dallas Line has become part of a major transcontinental corridor, and KCS has acquired a share of the largest Mexican Railroad and access to Mexico via Laredo. This video shows the trains and operations for 24 hours on KCS's north-south main on the south end of the Heavener Subdivision midway between Kansas City and Shreveport and for 24 hours on their east-west transcontinental line midway between Shreveport and Dallas in May of 2003. 69 minutes.
Kansas City Southern 2003 DVD
Few railroads have undergone as many changes in the past decade as has the Kansas City Southern. During that time, the KCS's Meridian to Dallas Line has become part of a major transcontinental corridor, and KCS has acquired a share of the largest Mexican Railroad and access to Mexico via Laredo. This video shows the trains and operations for 24 hours on KCS's north-south main on the south end of the Heavener Subdivision midway between Kansas City and Shreveport and for 24 hours on their east-west transcontinental line midway between Shreveport and Dallas in May of 2003. 69 minutes.
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
BNSF's Texas Funnel
This video shows the action on BNSF's busiest line in south Texas between Temple where BNSF's line from the West Coast joins the Kansas City to Houston main and Somerville where the lines to Houston and New Orleans split. Chemical and intermodal traffic on this funnel has shown dramatic growth since BNSF gained access to New Orleans and additional shippers around Houston. This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Texas Funnel between Temple and Somerville in May of 2003. 68 minutes.
BNSF's Texas Funnel DVD
This video shows the action on BNSF's busiest line in south Texas between Temple where BNSF's line from the West Coast joins the Kansas City to Houston main and Somerville where the lines to Houston and New Orleans split. Chemical and intermodal traffic on this funnel has shown dramatic growth since BNSF gained access to New Orleans and additional shippers around Houston. This video shows over 24 hours of action on BNSF's Texas Funnel between Temple and Somerville in May of 2003. 68 minutes.
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
Palmer, MA - Hot Spot of New England
Palmer, MA, 83 miles west of Boston, is one of the best known railfan hot spots in all of New England. The combination of four railroads including Amtrak, easy accessibility, and public parking right next to the tracks means that railfans can usually be found at Palmer most hours of the day and night. This video shows over 24 hours of CSX, New England Central, Massachusetts Central, and Amtrak action at Palmer in July 2003, including the new coast to coast, UPS "bullet train" on CSX. 116 minutes.
Palmer, MA - Hot Spot of New England DVD
Palmer, MA, 83 miles west of Boston, is one of the best known railfan hot spots in all of New England. The combination of four railroads including Amtrak, easy accessibility, and public parking right next to the tracks means that railfans can usually be found at Palmer most hours of the day and night. This video shows over 24 hours of CSX, New England Central, Massachusetts Central, and Amtrak action at Palmer in July 2003, including the new coast to coast, UPS "bullet train" on CSX. 116 minutes.
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
The Road to Laredo - Tex-Mex & UP
Rail traffic between the United States and Mexico has grown dramatically in the past two decades. Nearly eighty per cent of the cross-border rail trade takes place at Laredo between the Texas Mexican Railway, already a member of the Kansas City Southern system, the Union Pacific, and Mexican railroad TFM. This video shows all the trains on the two American lines into Laredo - the Texas Mexican or Tex-Mex between Corpus Christi and Laredo and the Union Pacific between San Antonio and Laredo in May of 2003. 92 minutes.
The Road to Laredo - Tex-Mex & UP DVD
Rail traffic between the United States and Mexico has grown dramatically in the past two decades. Nearly eighty per cent of the cross-border rail trade takes place at Laredo between the Texas Mexican Railway, already a member of the Kansas City Southern system, the Union Pacific, and Mexican railroad TFM. This video shows all the trains on the two American lines into Laredo - the Texas Mexican or Tex-Mex between Corpus Christi and Laredo and the Union Pacific between San Antonio and Laredo in May of 2003. 92 minutes.
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
The Greatest Show on Earth - the Transcon
If you like to see the high cars rolling at speed, there is no better place on this continent than to be alongside Burlington Northern Santa Fe's main line between Chicago and Los Angeles - the Transcon, in the Texas Panhandle. The number of trains on this line has reached historic numbers, as many as 80 a day, and BNSF recently completed adding a second track to this line. This video shows over twenty four hours of incredible action on BNSF's Hereford Subdivision between Amarillo and Clovis in May of 2003. Two Hours, 52 minutes. Two disk DVD-R, two tape VHS set.
