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Below are the ten newest releases from Big "E" Productions in both DVD-R and VHS format.

CSX and IC at Odin, Illinois DVD

The small town of Odin, 66 miles east of St. Louis, retains its old time railroad flavor.  Odin is where the Illinois Central's main line via Centralia crosses CSX's former B&O line to St. Louis.  The number of trains through Odin has grown recently and changes are coming on CSX.  This video shows all of the trains through Odin for 24 hours in the fall of 1997.  98 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Thunder on the Airline

The former Santa Fe, now BNSF, route between Chicago and Kansas City has long been known as the Airline because it is the straightest and fastest rail line between those two rail centers.  No other railroad has such an fleet of hot trains.  This tape shows 24 hours of awesome action on the airline in Sept. 1997 east of Fort Madison in west central Illinois.  83 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Thunder on the Airline DVD

The former Santa Fe, now BNSF, route between Chicago and Kansas City has long been known as the Airline because it is the straightest and fastest rail line between those two rail centers.  No other railroad has such an fleet of hot trains.  This tape shows 24 hours of awesome action on the airline in Sept. 1997 east of Fort Madison in west central Illinois.  83 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Watseka - Illinois Hot Spot

Watseka, 77 miles south of Chicago, is where the UP's line to Texas crosses the TP&W.  The CSX trains from Chicago to the Southeast and CP trains to Louisville have trackage rights on the UP to Woodland Jct. 5 miles to the south.  As many as 50 trains hammer the diamonds at Watseka.  This video shows 24 hours of action at Watseka and Woodland Jct. in Sept. 1997.  Watseka deserves to be called a Hot Spot as it was in Trains Magazine.  110 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Watseka - Illinois Hot Spot DVD

Watseka, 77 miles south of Chicago, is where the UP's line to Texas crosses the TP&W.  The CSX trains from Chicago to the Southeast and CP trains to Louisville have trackage rights on the UP to Woodland Jct. 5 miles to the south.  As many as 50 trains hammer the diamonds at Watseka.  This video shows 24 hours of action at Watseka and Woodland Jct. in Sept. 1997.  Watseka deserves to be called a Hot Spot as it was in Trains Magazine.  110 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Midwest Regionals 1997

This videotape shows the trains and operations on five regional railroads in the Midwest in the fall of 1997. This tape is a last look at the Chicago, Central, & Pacific which was recently reacquired by the IC, and a 1st look at the five month old I&M Rail Link.  We caught quite a few trains on the other 3 Midwest regionals - the Toledo, Peoria, and Western, Iowa Interstate, and Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern.  There were many 1st generation units on these railroads including two Alcos.  132 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

Midwest Regionals 1997 DVD

This videotape shows the trains and operations on five regional railroads in the Midwest in the fall of 1997. This tape is a last look at the Chicago, Central, & Pacific which was recently reacquired by the IC, and a 1st look at the five month old I&M Rail Link.  We caught quite a few trains on the other 3 Midwest regionals - the Toledo, Peoria, and Western, Iowa Interstate, and Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern.  There were many 1st generation units on these railroads including two Alcos.  132 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Conrail in the Berkshires

This tape shows the current trains and operations on the first mountain railroad in the World, Conrail's former Boston and Albany line, at peak fall foliage in October of 1997.  We caught a day and a half of Conrail action on the steep grades between Chester and Pittsfield, including plenty of SD80MAC's.  89 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Conrail in the Berkshires DVD

This tape shows the current trains and operations on the first mountain railroad in the World, Conrail's former Boston and Albany line, at peak fall foliage in October of 1997.  We caught a day and a half of Conrail action on the steep grades between Chester and Pittsfield, including plenty of SD80MAC's.  89 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

UP and BNSF at Rochelle, Illinois

Rochelle, 75 miles west of Chicago, is one of the most visited railfan hot spots in the Midwest with 85 trains hammering the diamonds on a good day.  The former CNW, now UP main line to Omaha crosses the former BN, now BNSF line to the Twin Cities at grade.  A park was being built next to the diamonds when this was shot in Sept. 1997.  Most any type of train and run-through power can be seen.  CN's trains from Duluth run through Rochelle also.  3 hours, 52 minutes. 3 DVD, 2 tape set. 

Price: $50.95

 

       

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Frequency – twice a year                                           Issue #182                                                  June, 2025

 

 

Our Big Summer Sale is now on – Buy 3, get 1 free.  Ends 8/31/25.

The big news this month is that our summer sale is on.  Buy 3 DVD’s and get 1 free.  The sale price will show up when you check out  Two or three DVD sets count as one.  There is no restriction on the cost of the free DVD, so this can be quite a deal.  The most expensive DVD is free!  Order as many times or as many programs as you would like.  This 4 for 3 sale ends 8/31/25.  Other discount offers cannot be used with this sale.  This is your best opportunity to replace your favorite VHS tapes with DVD’s or buy early Christmas presents!  We have 321 programs available in DVD.  This is the only newsletter that will announce this sale!

I am still recovering from my second knee replacement in April.  The recovery is going well but seems to be going more slowly than the first knee last summer.  My wife is still an invalid.  At this time, she is not walking and using a wheelchair.  She is still getting physical therapy so there is some hope for her to gain mobility in the future.  I would still like to do more videotaping but this is looking less and less likely.  Things could be a lot worse – no life-threatening issues that we know of for any of us.  I still plan on selling existing DVDs for another year or two as long as customers still want them.  We won’t make much if any money on them anymore but fortunately we don’t need to.  Still enjoying the grandkids – a freshman granddaughter in Illinois was a starter on the basketball team last winter and she will be playing volleyball this fall.  I hope to be able to get out there this fall to see her play and her brother play football.  The great grandkids are starting to arrive.  A great grandson was born in Illinois in March and we also have a step great grandson.  Three granddaughters are engaged and one of them is pregnant.  We hope that all of you are safe and sound.  Our next newsletter will be in December of 2025. 

 

 No other train video producer shows and explains railroading like we do and our catalogue includes programs on fallen flags ATSF, SP, BN, CNW, IC, Wisconsin Central, and Conrail.  We almost always show the whole train and most of our videos show all of the action – day and night.  Our newest program is “PSR on CSX’s Chicago Line in Northern Indiana”, part of our look at PSR on eastern railroads.  This is our 49th program to be released in both Blu-ray and in regular DVD.  You need to specify what type of DVD you are ordering with programs available in both DVD and Blu-ray.  All of our DVD’s have chapters and menus and around half – everything videotaped from 2004 on plus a few programs from 2003 - have a choice of being watched with narration and without narration by using the menu or audio and language buttons on your DVD player controller.  321 programs are available in DVD (49 in Blu-ray) and all are listed in the flyers.  No other train video producer shows and explains railroading like we do and our catalogue includes programs on fallen flags ATSF, BN, SP, CNW. IC, Wisconsin Central, and Conrail.  Our shipping and handling charge on orders remains $5.00 with no charge on orders over $100.  We offer year-round discounts on large orders.  See flyers for details.  These discounts are available only by mail and phone.  If you have questions and get our answering machine, please leave your name and number and we will call you back as soon as possible.  You can reach us by email at bigeee@trainvideos.com or on our webpage at www.trainvideos.com.

 

         Dick and Barb Eisfeller

 

 

           Last edit 6/6/2025