Witness unprecidented bonechilling footage of whiteout conditions as the Spreader blazes over the Sierra shoving large amounts of snow from the rails clearing the way for freight traffic.

The Union Pacific's Conner Summit line crosses the Sierra Nevada at over seven thousand feet. Keeping this "All Season Pass" open is vital to the railroad and California's economy.
When the snow gets too high for the Flangers to remove snow from the rails, the second line of defense is called into action. The Spreader is deployed to remove large amounts of snow from the mainline and shove it off banks and bridges clearing the path for new snow to fall. With the nose blade down, the wings extended and a little speed, the Spreader will move a mountain of snow.
Harsh winters, temperatures well below freezing, snow falling forty eight inches in a single day and up to sixty five feet a year, have long been an obstacle to keeping trains rolling over the Sierra.
Learn some of the amazing history of Norden, Southern Pacific's former snow removal headquarters. See how employees lived under the snow all Winter long using covered connecting hallways to get from place to place.

This exciting program presents five different steam locomotives of five different wheel arrangements:
• Eastern Tennessee & Western North Carolina 4-6-0 #12
• Atlanta & West Point 4-6-2 #290 (New Georgia Railroad)
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ex-US Army 2-8-0 #610
• Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501
• Norfolk & Western streamlined Class J 4-8-4 #611

The program is hosted by Jim Boyd, Editor of Rail fan & Railroad Magazine. It opens with a visit to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, featuring recently-rebuilt 2-8-0 #610 pulling a chartered photo freight. Multiple runbys were performed at many scenic locations along the line. Regular passenger operations are also covered.
Next. handsome A&WP #290 - in authentic passenger livery - powers a chartered passenger excursion. Three runbys at the scenic South Peachtree Creek Bridge are included. Jim then follows two steam ferry runs, with classic SR -1501 hauling freight and powerful N&W 611 heading a passenger train.

As a special bonus, you'll see beautifully-restored ET&WNC narrow-gauge 4-6-0 #12 pull Tweetsie Railroad excursion trains. The stack talk is hot and heavy as the spotless green-and-gold locomotive works hard to surmount a 5% grade on the way to an imposing wooden trestle bridge.
Vintage film of U.S. Army 2-8-0s at Fort Eustis, A&WP steam and early diesel power, and Georgia Railroad first-generation diesels is also included.

AN ENGLISH PERSPECTIVE ON AMERICAN RAILROADING
Air fares to distant parts of the world are fantastic value but, avoiding wasting precious time and knowing where to look for the most interesting railway hot spots, can be a real problem.
Long Haul features action from one of the most spectacular railway locations in the world -the mountainous State of Colorado USA.
With huge trains worked by multiple engines through spectacular scenery this is the very essence of American railroading and is completely different from anything in Europe.
You'll enjoy the very best of railroading that Colorado can offer, including:
Cumbres & Toltec Enjoy the wonderful Autumn colours and scenery along this part of the old Rio Grande's huge narrow gauge empire which climbs and twists for 64 mile to over 10,000 feet using Balwin 2-8-2s.
Durango & Silverton Enjoy stunning scenery with snow topped mountains along this fabulous narrow gauge steam line that runs for 90 miles through the rugged Animas River Canyon.
Georgetown Loop Located 45 miles west of Denver this engineering marvel was built in 1884. Connecting Silver Plume and Georgetown, towns over 2 miles apart, the track scales an elevation of 640 feet over mountainous terrain, requiring trestles, cuts, fills, loops, and curves.
Royal Gorge Railroad All aboard for an historic trip hauled by a distinctive F7-A along the 1,053 feet deep Royal Gorge.
Pikes Peak For 114 years, the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway (the world's highest cog railroad, the highest Colorado railroad AND highest train in the United States) has taken passengers to the 14,110 foot snowy summit of Pikes Peak.
Main Line Action Spectacular freight on the Union Pacific main line through the heart of the Rocky Mountains, plus Burlington Northern Santa Fe action South & North of Denver including street running at Fort Collins.

80 Mins colour narration
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Through the camera lens of professional photographer Rich Scheid, we’ll follow the CN’s North American operations from Niagara Falls, New York, across the International bridge and border to Niagara Falls, Canada, then up to Toronto. Next we’ll cross the province of Ontario, Canada to Windsor, Ontario, where we’ll climb aboard a freight train for a cab ride under the international border to Detroit, Michigan through the Detroit River tunnels.
This DVD has fantastic shots of the Niagara rapids with the spectacular bridge high above the churning white water of the Niagara River Gorge, as well as downtown Toronto and its world famous CN Tower, where we’ll see Passenger Trains, Commuters, Street Cars and CN’s largest yard (Macmillan Yard.)
Next we’ll visit many beautiful Depots on CN’s North American operations which cross the rich rolling farmland of southern Ontario Canada. We’ll see all types of trains, with a large assortment of power, as well as many passenger trains in this great DVD.

Incredible steam action on the Heber Valley and Nevada Northern railroads, with 3 engines in action. The Heber Valley's Baldwin Consolidation type 2-8-0, a former Union Pacific freight engine puts on a magnificent display with a photo freight in Utah's snow covered Wasatch Mountains, awesome runby action, all sound and fury! Sunrise to sunset action in superb weather. Next is the Nevada Northern, where we take a step back in time in the engine house, then it's off to lineside for runby action, with recently overhauled passenger 4-6-0 #40 strutting her stuff with a passenger train, including a 124 year old Pullman palace car, and Alco 2-8-0 #93 with a freight train making the valley's echo with her whistle and exhaust. Some magnificent action in Nevada's high country. Not to be missed, a must see program for steam lovers everywhere!.

100 mins + Directors Cuts and Bonus Features colour narration
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Union Pacific's former Western Pacific main line runs through the incredible Feather River Canyon between Oroville and Portola, California. We visited the Canyon in October 1997 to fulfil another longtime personal ambition. BNSF has trackage rights, and with UP'S armor yellow, SP grey, C&NW yellow, Santa Fe blue and yellow, BN Cascade green and BNSF warbonnet red and silver, and leased locos, the route is a rainbow of color.
Between Oroville and Portola the line climbs 4649ft in 115 miles and is accompanied by the parallel road and the Feather River. Serpentine Canyon is a photographer's delight of S-curves, Keddie is arguably the most recognizable railfan location in the country and Williams Loop has trains crossing over themselves. An incredible railfan experience.

120 Mins colour narration
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What a wonderful area the Pacific North West is. Earlier in 1996 we flew to Portland OR and worked from Troutdale to Hinkle on the Union Pacific and from Cape Horn Tunnel to near Pasco on Burtington Northern Santa Fe. Access was pretty good on both sides of the river, except that UP was by the Interstate. We were amazed at the scenery; from rain forest near Portland to the high desert, also the weather; rain at the coast to dry inland.
We caught UP's E units on the Office Car Special from the BNSF side of the river and chased him. He was hitting the detectors at 80 mph. The only reason we got a shot was because he was slowed for a meet near one of the dams. What a pretty train though. Good job the State trooper was busy! We were pleased to find cabooses on BNSF, these are on the trains that cross the Columbia at Wishram and turn south to Klamath Falls.
On several occasions we managed to get trains on both sides of the river into the picture. Eleven days of shooting went into this dvd, over seven hours of footage. We got some really nice shots. There is some beautiful lighting and some fabulous scenery. SD60Ms, C40s and SD40-2s predominate on UP and SD40-2s and GP40s on the BNSF. Not much sign of the merger except a couple of warbonnets.
three hours of action.

THREE hours of action colour narration
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