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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.

A Last Look at SP's Golden State Route DVD

The number of trains on SP's Golden State Route has grown dramatically in recent years.  This tape shows 24 hours of action west of Topeka, KS where Central Corridor trains can be seen and then 24 hours of action between Pratt and Liberal, KS where intermodal trains from Chicago off of BNSF at Hutchinson can be seen, in Sept. 1996, when operations were still pure SP.  79 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

BNSF Around Curtis Hill

The steepest grade east of Amarillo on the former Santa Fe, now BNSF main line is the 12 mile, 1% climb for westbounds out of the Cimarron valley in western Oklahoma, near Waynoka.  Westbounds growl uphill in run 8 and scream downhill and across the flat prairie at 70 per.  This video shows 24 hours of incredible action on Curtis Hill in September of 1996.  109 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

BNSF Around Curtis Hill DVD

The steepest grade east of Amarillo on the former Santa Fe, now BNSF main line is the 12 mile, 1% climb for westbounds out of the Cimarron valley in western Oklahoma, near Waynoka.  Westbounds growl uphill in run 8 and scream downhill and across the flat prairie at 70 per.  This video shows 24 hours of incredible action on Curtis Hill in September of 1996.  109 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

A Last Look at the Cotton Belt

This video shows the trains of the Cotton Belt, long part of the SP, on both sides of their hub at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in Sept. 1996.  This video shows 24 hours of SP trains from East St. Louis and Memphis around the junction with the Memphis line at Brinkley, and 24 hrs. of action south of Pine Bluff where the Houston line diverges at Lewisville, when operations were still pure SP.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

A Last Look at the Cotton Belt DVD

This video shows the trains of the Cotton Belt, long part of the SP, on both sides of their hub at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in Sept. 1996.  This video shows 24 hours of SP trains from East St. Louis and Memphis around the junction with the Memphis line at Brinkley, and 24 hrs. of action south of Pine Bluff where the Houston line diverges at Lewisville, when operations were still pure SP.  92 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

CSX and NS at Attica Junction

This tape show 24 hours of action in Sept. 1996 at Attica Jct. in northern Ohio, where Norfolk Southern's north-south main line between Bellevue and Columbus crosses CSX's main line between the East Coast and Chicago, the former B&O.  The number of trains on both lines has grown in recent years, and the tonnage is at an all time high.  112 minutes.

Price: $34.95

CSX and NS at Attica Junction DVD

This tape show 24 hours of action in Sept. 1996 at Attica Jct. in northern Ohio, where Norfolk Southern's north-south main line between Bellevue and Columbus crosses CSX's main line between the East Coast and Chicago, the former B&O.  The number of trains on both lines has grown in recent years, and the tonnage is at an all time high.  112 minutes.

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The East End - CSX Along the Potomac

This tape shows the contemporary operations on one of the most historic lines in this country, the East End Subdivision of the former B&O.  Now known as CSX's Cumberland sub, this line is still one of the busiest on CSX. This tape shows 24 hrs. of CSX action in August 1996 along the Potomac around Hancock, WV, midway between Brunswick and Cumberland.  69 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

The East End - CSX Along the Potomac DVD

This tape shows the contemporary operations on one of the most historic lines in this country, the East End Subdivision of the former B&O.  Now known as CSX's Cumberland sub, this line is still one of the busiest on CSX. This tape shows 24 hrs. of CSX action in August 1996 along the Potomac around Hancock, WV, midway between Brunswick and Cumberland.  69 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Conrail's Harrisburg Line

The section of CR's Harrisburg Line between Harrisburg and Reading is CR's busiest line in the East with 55 trains on peak days and is part of their high clearance route for stacks across PA.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action on the former Reading around Myerstown, PA, between Reading and Harrisburg, in August 1996.  94 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

 

       

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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