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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.

Norfolk Southern at Spencer, North Carolina DVD

Spencer, NC, a long time hub of the former Southern, is 45 miles Northeast of Charlotte.  This tape will show you 24 hrs. of action between the yard at Linwood and the junction at Salisbury thru Spencer in April, 1995, on Norfolk Southern's busy Washington to Atlanta main line.  92 minutes. 

Price: $32.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

BN at Springfield, MO

For 6.9 miles, all BN trains through Springfield run on the same track between Teed where the lines to St. Louis and Memphis divide and Nichols where the lines to Kansas City and Tulsa divide.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action on that critical section of track in October of 1994.  109 minutes.

Price: $28.95

BN at Springfield, MO

For 6.9 miles, all BN trains through Springfield run on the same track between Teed where the lines to St. Louis and Memphis divide and Nichols where the lines to Kansas City and Tulsa divide.  This tape shows 24 hrs. of action on that critical section of track in October of 1994.  109 minutes.

Price: $28.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

UP - SP River Wars II - The Missouri River

This DVD shows 24 hrs. of UP, SP, BN, and Amtrak action along the Meramec River west of St. Louis in Oct. of 1994.  The UP-SP joint track between St. Louis and Kansas City was written about in June, 1988 Trains.  The BN line is the former Frisco.  65 minutes.

Price: $30.95

UP - SP River Wars II - The Missouri River DVD

This DVD shows 24 hrs. of UP, SP, BN, and Amtrak action along the Meramec River west of St. Louis in Oct. of 1994.  The UP-SP joint track between St. Louis and Kansas City was written about in June, 1988 Trains.  The BN line is the former Frisco.  65 minutes.

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

CN's Eastern Mountain Main Line

The steepest grades, largest bridges, some of the most rugged parts of the CN's transcontinental main line and ALCO's are in northern New Brunswick and eastern Quebec.  This tape follows the CN freight line to Halifax for 138 miles around Edmundston, NB in Aug. of 1994.   65 minutes.  Regular VHS price = $25.95.

Price: $30.95

CN's Eastern Mountain Main Line DVD

The steepest grades, largest bridges, some of the most rugged parts of the CN's transcontinental main line and ALCO's are in northern New Brunswick and eastern Quebec.  This tape follows the CN freight line to Halifax for 138 miles around Edmundston, NB in Aug. of 1994.   65 minutes.  Regular VHS price = $25.95.

Price: $30.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

The Santa Fe at Lebo, Kansas

This tape shows over 24 hours of awesome action in Oct. of 1994 at Lebo, KS, 93 miles west of Kansas City.   If you like hot trains, the SF main line is the greatest show on earth.  Nobody runs them faster than the AT&SF.  90 minutes.  Regular VHS price = $29.95.

Price: $34.95

The Santa Fe at Lebo, Kansas DVD

This tape shows over 24 hours of awesome action in Oct. of 1994 at Lebo, KS, 93 miles west of Kansas City.   If you like hot trains, the SF main line is the greatest show on earth.  Nobody runs them faster than the AT&SF.  90 minutes.  Regular VHS price = $29.95.

Price: $34.95

Attributes

  • Video Format: DVD

Union Pacific's Encina Hill

This tape shows 24 hours of action on the UP's busy line through the Blue Mountains on Encina Hill between Huntington and Baker, Oregon.  Pushers help a stream of trains up 2.2% grades.  Videotaped in May of 1994.  65 minutes. 

Price: $30.95
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The producer, Dick Eisfeller, and his better half, his wife Barbara at the Big Train Show in West Springfield, MA in January of 2017

Our Big Summer Sale is now on – Buy 3, get 1 free.  Ends 8/31/19.

The big news this month is that our summer sale is on.  Buy 3 DVD’s and get 1 free.  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 8/31/19.  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 now have 315 programs available in DVD.  This is the only newsletter that will announce this sale!

 

Our newest release is a program showing the current operations on the former Illinois Central main line south of Chicago - “CN’s former Illinois Central Chicago Subdivision”.  This is our 43rd 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 nearly 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.  315 programs are available in DVD (43 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 repeat 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.  We are also on the internet at www.trainvideos.com.

 

Welcome to Big "E" Productions at trainvideos.com. All of our programs are now available in DVD format (43 in Blu-ray).  VHS is no longer available.  

 

315 programs in DVD (43 of these available in Blu-ray)

 

2 copies of Logbooks

 

Our programs show the whole train

  • Most programs show all trains for 24 hours or more
  • Train symbols, origins, history, and operations covered in narration
  • No train video producer does a better job of explaining railroading than we do
  • Our programs are truly documentaries of railroading
  • Years 1992 to present

Our mission is to document the incredible changes going on in today's railroading. Our programs are aimed at customers interested in operations and fans and modelers that want to know what is truly going on in railroading and to see the whole train. We are the only train video producer who makes every effort to identify and show complete trains. Expert commentary tells about the changes in operations over the years, schedules, and what a particular train is carrying and where it is going. Most of our DVDs and videos show 24 hours of action on a particular line or at a given point. These programs give a 24 hour "look" at today's railroading that is unprecedented in the train video industry and will become more valuable as time goes on.  Our programs are documentaries that cover contemporary railroading from 1992 to the present and were shot in locations all over the United States and Canada. These DVDs and videos are not simply a collection of runbys of locomotives and a few head end cars taken at different places. We are recording history!  That is why original slogan was "No More Mindless Runbys."