No More Mindless Runbys
Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.
The Greatest Show on Earth - the Transcon DVD
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.
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- Video Format: DVD
The Pokey - Crown Jewel of the East
This video shows the traffic and operations at many locations on Norfolk Southern's Pocahontas District in West Virginia. Often referred to as "The Pokey", the Pocahontas District extends from Bluefield, West Virginia, to Williamson, a distance of 99 miles. This line is arguably the most scenic and accessible of all the heavy duty mountain main lines in the East. It has a busy helper grade, countless sharp curves along the Elkhorn and Tug Fork Rivers, color position light signals, abandoned coaling towers, and nineteen tunnels, most of which are easily accessible from local roads. This line was the heart of the former Norfolk and Western and reminds us of the Fraser and Thomson River Canyons and Cajon Pass in the West in that you never run out of places to take pictures. This video shows two days and a night of awesome action on "The Pokey" in April of 2003. 161 minutes.
The Pokey - Crown Jewel of the East DVD
This video shows the traffic and operations at many locations on Norfolk Southern's Pocahontas District in West Virginia. Often referred to as "The Pokey", the Pocahontas District extends from Bluefield, West Virginia, to Williamson, a distance of 99 miles. This line is arguably the most scenic and accessible of all the heavy duty mountain main lines in the East. It has a busy helper grade, countless sharp curves along the Elkhorn and Tug Fork Rivers, color position light signals, abandoned coaling towers, and nineteen tunnels, most of which are easily accessible from local roads. This line was the heart of the former Norfolk and Western and reminds us of the Fraser and Thomson River Canyons and Cajon Pass in the West in that you never run out of places to take pictures. This video shows two days and a night of awesome action on "The Pokey" in April of 2003. 161 minutes.
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- Video Format: DVD
CSX's Alleghany Sub - Heart of the Former C&O
This video shows three full days and a night of awesome action on CSX's Alleghany subdivision between Clifton Forge, Virginia and Hinton, West Virginia in April of 2003. The scenic Alleghany Subdivision crosses the Eastern Continental Divide in the Allegheny Mountains on the Virginia - West Virginia border. This spectacularly engineered line with many double track tunnels and huge fills was the heart of the former Chesapeake and Ohio and it carried a huge volume of coal, merchandise traffic, and passengers to Washington, D.C., Richmond, and the port of Newport News. Today, this 130 year old line with its 0.57% ruling grade against loaded coal and grain trains still carries many high tonnage trains across the Eastern Continental Divide to Newport News and other points in the Southeast. 93 minutes.
CSX's Alleghany Sub - Heart of the Former C&O DVD
This video shows three full days and a night of awesome action on CSX's Alleghany subdivision between Clifton Forge, Virginia and Hinton, West Virginia in April of 2003. The scenic Alleghany Subdivision crosses the Eastern Continental Divide in the Allegheny Mountains on the Virginia - West Virginia border. This spectacularly engineered line with many double track tunnels and huge fills was the heart of the former Chesapeake and Ohio and it carried a huge volume of coal, merchandise traffic, and passengers to Washington, D.C., Richmond, and the port of Newport News. Today, this 130 year old line with its 0.57% ruling grade against loaded coal and grain trains still carries many high tonnage trains across the Eastern Continental Divide to Newport News and other points in the Southeast. 93 minutes.
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- Video Format: DVD
CSX's Busy Manchester to Waycross Main
This video shows the traffic and operations at many locations on CSX's Fitzgerald Subdivision in southeastern Georgia. CSX's strategic Fitzgerald Subdivision runs from Manchester to Waycross, a distance of just over two hundred and one miles, and is CSX's gateway between Florida and the Midwest. The Fitzgerald sub between Manchester and Waycross is a funnel with most trains from the Midwest via Atlanta and Birmingham taking this line to Florida. The tonnage on this undulating line through the piney woods and peanut farms of southern Georgia has tripled in the past 30 years and this former Atlanta, Birmingham, & Coast and Atlantic Coast Line main is handling the most trains and tonnage of its one hundred year history. This video shows over 24 hours of continuous action around Fitzgerald on CSX's busy line between Manchester to Waycross in October of 2002. 85 minutes.
CSX's Busy Manchester to Waycross Main DVD
This video shows the traffic and operations at many locations on CSX's Fitzgerald Subdivision in southeastern Georgia. CSX's strategic Fitzgerald Subdivision runs from Manchester to Waycross, a distance of just over two hundred and one miles, and is CSX's gateway between Florida and the Midwest. The Fitzgerald sub between Manchester and Waycross is a funnel with most trains from the Midwest via Atlanta and Birmingham taking this line to Florida. The tonnage on this undulating line through the piney woods and peanut farms of southern Georgia has tripled in the past 30 years and this former Atlanta, Birmingham, & Coast and Atlantic Coast Line main is handling the most trains and tonnage of its one hundred year history. This video shows over 24 hours of continuous action around Fitzgerald on CSX's busy line between Manchester to Waycross in October of 2002. 85 minutes.
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- Video Format: DVD
Norfolk Southern's Atlanta to Macon Main
This video shows the trains and operations at many points on Norfolk Southern's strategic Atlanta South district between Atlanta and Macon in southern Georgia. This line serves as NS's gateway between south Georgia and Florida and the rest of their system. The Atlanta South District, part of their Georgia Division, stretches for 94 miles between Inman Yard in Atlanta and Brosnan Yard in Macon. Today this line is a heavy-duty main line with thick ballast, heavy rail, and two mile long controlled sidings about every eleven miles. The number of trains on this critical section of track has doubled in the past 30 years. This busy line through the rolling and often wooded countryside south of Atlanta is handling the most trains and tonnage of its one hundred and twenty year history. This video shows the trains and operations for over 24 hours on Norfolk Southern's Atlanta South District in October of 2002. 113 minutes.
Norfolk Southern's Atlanta to Macon Main DVD
This video shows the trains and operations at many points on Norfolk Southern's strategic Atlanta South district between Atlanta and Macon in southern Georgia. This line serves as NS's gateway between south Georgia and Florida and the rest of their system. The Atlanta South District, part of their Georgia Division, stretches for 94 miles between Inman Yard in Atlanta and Brosnan Yard in Macon. Today this line is a heavy-duty main line with thick ballast, heavy rail, and two mile long controlled sidings about every eleven miles. The number of trains on this critical section of track has doubled in the past 30 years. This busy line through the rolling and often wooded countryside south of Atlanta is handling the most trains and tonnage of its one hundred and twenty year history. This video shows the trains and operations for over 24 hours on Norfolk Southern's Atlanta South District in October of 2002. 113 minutes.
Attributes
- Video Format: DVD
The Route of the Zephyrs in 2002
The main line of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad between Aurora and Galesburg in central Illinois is one of the more storied rail lines leading west from Chicago, long known for its fleet of Zephyr passenger trains. Since the BN merger, the tonnage on this line has grown by fifty per cent, but the traffic mix has changed dramatically. And Amtrak still uses the Zephyr name on two pair of trains that run on this line. This video will show the traffic and operations for two days and one night at many locations on what BNSF now calls their Mendota Subdivision in September of 2002. 77 minutes.
