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

Conrail's Harrisburg Line DVD

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

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

BNSF Sandhills Coal Conveyor

This tape show 24 hours of action in May 1996 on BNSF's central coal corridor around Broken Bow, Nebraska on the edge of the sandhills.  Most of the  50 trains a day on this line are coal trains from the Powder River Basin with nearly half of them pulled by SD70MAC's.  146 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

BNSF Sandhills Coal Conveyor DVD

This tape show 24 hours of action in May 1996 on BNSF's central coal corridor around Broken Bow, Nebraska on the edge of the sandhills.  Most of the  50 trains a day on this line are coal trains from the Powder River Basin with nearly half of them pulled by SD70MAC's.  146 minutes. 

Price: $36.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Austell, Georgia - NS Hot Spot

With over 55 trains in 24 hours on peak days, the 14 miles between Austell, west of Atlanta, and Inman Yard in Atlanta is the busiest line segment on the whole NS system.  At Austell the NS lines to Chattanooga and Birmingham divide.  We caught all of the NS action around Austell for 24 hours in April 1996.  2 hours, 39 minutes. 

Price: $38.95

Austell, Georgia - NS Hot Spot DVD

With over 55 trains in 24 hours on peak days, the 14 miles between Austell, west of Atlanta, and Inman Yard in Atlanta is the busiest line segment on the whole NS system.  At Austell the NS lines to Chattanooga and Birmingham divide.  We caught all of the NS action around Austell for 24 hours in April 1996.  2 hours, 39 minutes. 

Price: $38.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Cartersville, GA - CSX Hot Spot

Cartersville, 50 miles north of Atlanta, is where the CSX lines from Nashville and Cincinnati join together.  This single track funnel is one of CSX's busiest lines and one of the most congested in the U.S.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action around Cartersville in April 1996.  112 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Cartersville, GA - CSX Hot Spot DVD

Cartersville, 50 miles north of Atlanta, is where the CSX lines from Nashville and Cincinnati join together.  This single track funnel is one of CSX's busiest lines and one of the most congested in the U.S.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action around Cartersville in April 1996.  112 minutes. 

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The Road to New Orleans I - UP and SP

This tape shows the operations on both railroads that come into New Orleans from the west - the UP and SP.  All trains on both roads are shown for 24 hrs. in May 1996.  The UP was shot around Donaldsonville and the SP between Schriever and Lafayette, LA.  This is the land of container and chemical trains, and plenty of older power.  76 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

The Road to New Orleans I - UP and SP DVD

This tape shows the operations on both railroads that come into New Orleans from the west - the UP and SP.  All trains on both roads are shown for 24 hrs. in May 1996.  The UP was shot around Donaldsonville and the SP between Schriever and Lafayette, LA.  This is the land of container and chemical trains, and plenty of older power.  76 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

UP Between Longview and Marshall

All UP trains from St. Louis, Memphis, and Chicago to Dallas and Houston run on the same track between Longview and Marshall in northeast Texas.  This Texas corridor is the UP's second busiest corridor and sees much of the UP's older power and many leased units.  This tape shows all of the intermodal, auto, and chemical trains between Longview and Marshall for 24 hours in May of 1996.  65 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

 

       

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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