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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.

UP Between Longview and Marshall DVD

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

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The Show Along U.S. 30

The UP between Gibbon and O'Fallons in Nebraska carries the most tonnage of any rail line in the world.    U.S. 30 runs alongside this line which was featured in the November. 1995 Trains.  DPU trains, new AC's - they're all on this tape which shows the 130 trains that were seen east of North Platte in 25 hours in May of 1996.  4 hours, 6 minutes.  Three disk DVD-R set, two VHS tape set. 

Price: $50.95

The Show Along U.S. 30 DVD

The UP between Gibbon and O'Fallons in Nebraska carries the most tonnage of any rail line in the world.    U.S. 30 runs alongside this line which was featured in the November. 1995 Trains.  DPU trains, new AC's - they're all on this tape which shows the 130 trains that were seen east of North Platte in 25 hours in May of 1996.  4 hours, 6 minutes.  Three disk DVD-R set, two VHS tape set. 

Price: $50.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Kansas City Southern - 1996

With the acquisition of MidSouth Rail, KCS has grown a lot  recently.  This tape shows operations on the two busiest KCS lines.  First is 24 hrs. of action on the former MidSouth between Meridian and Jackson, MS.  After a couple of trains around Shreveport, this tape shows 24 hrs. of action in the Ozarks, south of Neosho, MO where pushers are used on heavy trains.  67 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Kansas City Southern - 1996

With the acquisition of MidSouth Rail, KCS has grown a lot  recently.  This tape shows operations on the two busiest KCS lines.  First is 24 hrs. of action on the former MidSouth between Meridian and Jackson, MS.  After a couple of trains around Shreveport, this tape shows 24 hrs. of action in the Ozarks, south of Neosho, MO where pushers are used on heavy trains.  67 minutes. 

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The Trains of Tehachapi (1995)

This videotape won't show you all of the scenic highlights of Tehachapi, but it will show you the incredible number of Santa Fe and SP trains that ran over Tehachapi in a 24 hour period in Oct. 1995, just before the AT&SF became part of the BNSF system.  Many classic views are shown, including trains shot at Caliente and the Loop.  118 minutes.   

Price: $34.95

The Trains of Tehachapi (1995)

This videotape won't show you all of the scenic highlights of Tehachapi, but it will show you the incredible number of Santa Fe and SP trains that ran over Tehachapi in a 24 hour period in Oct. 1995, just before the AT&SF became part of the BNSF system.  Many classic views are shown, including trains shot at Caliente and the Loop.  118 minutes.   

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Mojave Desert Thunder

The Santa Fe's Needles subdivision hosts the fastest freights in the U.S., and nowhere do they run them any faster than around Amboy, CA.  This tape shows 24 hours of incredible action on the Santa Fe main line between Siberia and Cadiz in October of 1995, just before the AT&SF became part of the BNSF system.  82 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Mojave Desert Thunder DVD

The Santa Fe's Needles subdivision hosts the fastest freights in the U.S., and nowhere do they run them any faster than around Amboy, CA.  This tape shows 24 hours of incredible action on the Santa Fe main line between Siberia and Cadiz in October of 1995, just before the AT&SF became part of the BNSF system.  82 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

SP on Steins Pass

This tape shows 24 hours of action in October 1995 on SP's busiest line, their Sunset Route, on Steins Pass, astride the NM-AZ border, 140 miles east of Tucson.  Heavy stack trains and manifests grind up grades as steep as 1.4%, then blast across the desert at 65 per.  89 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

 

       

Big "E" Newsletter

                                                                         Big “E” Productions

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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