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Visit the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco and ride the Bay Bridge.
Visit and ride through the Bridge Yard and recall the Key's great fleet of Bridge Units connecting the greater East Bay with San Francisco. Run through the Emeryville Yard and watch trains spill past Tower Two. See great trains in a wealth of locations in a bygone era on all the Bridge Lines A through F. Don't miss the action with freight trains down 40th Street from Sacramento Northern's connection to the C Line and the Oakland Terminal Railway.
The F Line's "City Of Berkeley" Key train of former SN Ry cars is just one of the delights to see on the Berkeley Line. Watch the stunning B Line trains around Lake Merritt and on up to Underhill. The C Line to Piedmont and Oakland Avenue offers the beauty of the East Bay. Sixteen people shot film that made this video possible for you to see! Their efforts allow us to relive those
wonderful days. The Key has now been gone for 50-years!
by Charles Smiley Presents 66 mins * colour * narrated
Regular Price £ 20
NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 29th Aug. 2008 £19 Price: £19.00
FEATURING THE WWII RICHMOND SHIPYARD RY.
A special section is on the Richmond Shipyard Railway during WWII. The construction, refurbishment of the elderly, ancient IRT cars, and the operation of the war-trains to the Kaiser Shipyard are covered.
A BAY AREA SPECIAL PRESENTATION
See the wonderful Key System Ferry Boats and a pleasant way to cross the San Francisco Bay for millions of commuters every year.
Take yourself back to the first years of the electric interurban line built
by the genius of "Borax Smith" and his partner, Frank C. Havens, in the
effort to develop the Eastbay Area.
We also bring cameo appearances of the Southern Pacific's electric IER Lines, SP and Santa Fe steam trains, and San Francisco Muni streetcars that gave the greater Bay Area a fine and complete transportation system.
The looming war, the US Navy and the 1939 Treasure Island World's Fair bring some new nostalgic views and a profound perspective on the eve of World War II.
Don't miss the coming Key System Bridge Train units and the building of the Bay Bridge that defined how the San Francisco and Eastbay communities cemented their linkage to become a 'seamless' and prosperous region. We also bring accurate, 'synchronized' sound to these historic rail treasures...
by Charles Smiley Presents 62 mins * colour * narrated Price: £20.00
The Bamberger and the Saltair both operated trains to amusement parks -- such as Lagoon Park and the Saltair Pavilion. We cover those topics as well as express LCL service. Ride the trains from Salt Lake City to Logan, Idaho and down to Preston, Utah and see a vanished way of living. Take a pleasant trip out on the Salt Lake by rail to the Saltair Pavilion. See streetcars in Salt Lake City with vintage city scenes that will 'take you back' to the WWII era. And don't forget to take the ride on a Bamberger high-speed Brill car.
The gigantic Kennecott Copper Corporation pit mine of Bingham Canyon is a feature with a fascinating vintage-look at one of Utah's major industries that has provided employment and prosperity. See the circa-1920 pit mine electric trains and the giant electric ore trains to the concentrators around Magna. The Kennecott Copper Corporation's operation in East Nevada is also covered as a comparison.
Our usual maps, accurate sound, graphics and historical information help tie all this wonderful vintage material together to form a nice look at the Salt Lake area from an electric railroader's perspective.
Features: * Bamberger Railroad * Salt Lake & Utah Railroad * Utah Idaho Central Railroad
* Salt Lake Garfield & Western * Kennecott's ore hauling lines
ALL VINTAGE!!!
by Charles Smiley 90 mins * colour * narrated Price: £21.00
The video reviews the history of the Pacific Extension's electrification by reviewing all the various locomotive types and the development of a network of substations to power the system's overhead wiring.
See some nice footage of the Butte Anaconda and Pacific Ry. which was a heavy electric rail project closely watched by the Milwaukee Road as they began their own electrification in the 19-teens era.
More electric action shows some Great Northern power that used AC propulsion to bring trains through the long Cascade Tunnel in the State of Washington.
The Milwaukee's extensive plan electrified 660-miles of mainline track. The engineering and innovation on the Milwaukee was often superb but never had sufficient traffic. The decades wore the Milwaukee down until the Pacific Extension was converted to all diesel operation by 1972 and eventually closed forever in 1977.
The Milwaukee used conventional power on many unelectrified branchlines out west. Both freight and passenger operations on the Pacific Extension are included. Spanning almost five decades of operation, some of the film was shot by actual Milwaukee Road employees 'on the job'.
By Charles Smiley Presents... 74 mins * colour * narrated Price: £21.00
The Sacromento Northern section covers passenger and some great freight action in the south-end. See the Oakland hills and street running plus Contra Costa Country out to the ferry slip. Price: £20.00
The Henderson Mine is 50 miles west of Denver, CO. It used a panel caving process and a rail transportation system to mine molybdenum.
The rail system was a 42-inch cantenary style railroad. Motive power was supplied by 32 Swedish built ASEA electric locomotives. Each locomotive rode on two axies and weighed 55 tons and was dual voltage 1400 & 600 d.c. volts. The lower voltage was for safety in close clearance portions of the mine.
The rail line moved ore 14 miles to the mill using 250 20-ton ore cars. The line included a 9.8 mile tunnel that was said to be the 10th longest railroad tunnel in the world. After 23 years the railroad ceased operation in July 1999. and an important piece of Colorado mining history became a memory.
DVD-R Price: £15.00
16mm Film by David J. Williams, III - Added film by Ted Gay,
John M. Prophet, Jim Herron, Alan Evans, Bill Warrick, Wendell Murphy
From its inception by the Pennsylvania Railroad to Amtrak ownership in the late 20th Century, the North East Corridor is one of the world's greatest electrified main lines! In this program you'll witness highlights of PRR, Penn Central, Conrail and Amtrak operations from the 1940's, '50's, '60's, '70's to the early 1980's as this world famous trackage went through transitions of ownership and rolling stock. The picture traces operations from the Washington, DC area to New York with action scenes at many locations in between. This is the North East Corridor at its best! - Also included is an historic overview of the line with footage from the 1920's and supporting passenger train operations at Alexandria, VA in 1940.
by Herron Rail 69 mins * Mainly Colour * Hifi Sound * Narrated Price: £20.00
