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| A Day with Belt Railway of Chicago #525 Join the crew of the Belt Railway of Chicago's "Cookie Job". We ride in the cab and see the operation from the ground too. Learn about the EMD SW1200 switcher from the engineers. We'll also visit the Operations Center and see the dispatcher at work.This is a fascinating look at hard-core railroad ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MV525 1 Hour 25 Mins $24.95 |
| Belt Lines of Chicago Mainline action on three of Chicago's belt lines: Elgin, Joliet & Easter (EJ&E), the Indiana Harbor Belt (IHB) and the B&O Chicago Terminal (B&OCT, CSX). '"The J'" is the outer belt and crosses every major line coming into Chicago. The IHB and B&OCT are closer in and ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVBLOC 1 Hour 28 Mins $19.95 |
| The SPCSL, Southern Pacific’s Chicago to St. Louis Line DVD Pre-merger, all Southern Pacific action: On the Belt Railway of Chicago, Illinois Central and the SPCSL between Joliet and St. Louis. We’ll see D&RGW GP-40s in local switching, SPCSL’s Bloomington Yard, taconite ore trains and SP bay window cabooses. We’ll cross both the Kankakee and MIssissip ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVSPCSL 1 Hour 28 Mins $24.95 |
| Best of Michigan More than 100 trains at many different locaitons in the Wolverine State - this is the Best of Michigan. We'll see Candaian National trains on ex-Grand Trunk routes and Norfolk Southern on ex-Wabash routes. We'll cover Conrail and CSX lines too. Locations include Wyandotte, Durand, Carleton, ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVBOM 2 Hours 19 Mins $19.95 |
| Best of Burlington Northern - Midwest With footage from pre- and post-merger Burlington Northern this is a good look at BN lines in the Midwest. Even post merger trains fetauire pre-merger paint! Locations include Cicero, Eola, Aurora, Highlands, Galesburg and Burlington. Trains are varied with mainline and locals. We'll see trai ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVBBN 1 Hour 56 Mins $19.95 |
| Canadian Pacific’s Soo Line Around Chicago DVD Milwaukee Road and Soo Line heritage are still well represented on the Canadian Pacific’s “new” route around Chicago. It’s 1996 and the railroad world is a very different place than today. More colorful, more traffic and more railroad names and colors. In this throw back, we find CP/Soo trai ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVSOO-DVD 1 Hour 19 Mins $24.95 |
| Belt Railway of Chicago’s West End DVD The West End of the Belt’s Clearing Yard serves the C&NW, Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Wisconsin Central, Canadian Pacific/Soo Line, CSX, Canadian National and the Indiana Harbor Belt! And of course, the BRC’s own jobs. This was all daily fare in 1996. Today half this list are f ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVBRCW-DVD 1 Hour 14 Mins $24.95 |
| Inside the Belt Railway of Chicago This documentary style program gives us a rare look at a self-contained railroad. Every railroad that runs in and out of Chicago interchanges with the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC). We'll see hump yard action and watch cars being humped from the control tower. We'll go inside the tower and the full ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVIBRC 56 Mins $19.95 |
| Best of Santa Fe - Midwest With footage from pre- and post-merger Santa Fe across the Midwest we see the Santa Fe in '"full warbonnet'" mode. Even post-merger trains feature pre-merger paint. Shot from 1994 to 1997 we feature a variety of trains and locations, including Galesburg, Fort Madison, Kansas City, Corwit ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVBSF 1 Hour 53 Mins $19.95 |
| Southern Pacific Central Corridor We'll see pre-merger Southern Pacific on the Central Corridor in Colorado and the SPCSL (SP Chicago St. Louis) into Chicago. Together these lines funnel a lot of traffic over the mountains and plains into Chicago. Over SP 50 trains are seen! Locations include Glenwood Springs on Southern Paci ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVSPCC 1 Hour 28 Mins $19.95 |
| Chicago: CSX Midwest Hub Volume 2 CSX's Chicago Hub operates out of six terminals in the region. It will take two programs to get a good handle on the operations of this Midwest Hub. In Volume 2 we will see the CSX Barr Yard at Dolton. All of the major roads funnel through Dolton Crossing. We also visit area hot spots Chicago Height ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVCMH2 1 Hour 28 Mins $19.95 |
| Amtraks Capitol Limited All aboard! Catch Amtrak #29, the famed Capitol Limited, in Washington D.C. and journey with us to Chicago's Union Station. See the CSX Cumberland, Maryland yard from an open platform and view the scenery both urban and rural along the way.We'll look at switching and baggage and mail handling at st ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVAMCAP 58 Mins $19.95 |
| River Crossings There's quite a variety of railroad river crossings in the Midwest. We begin with several crossings of the mighty Mississippi at St. Louis, Ft. Madison, Clinton and Hastings. Other river crossings include St. Croix River, Rock River, Spoon River, the Des Plaines River and Colorado River. And it is ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVRC 58 Mins $19.95 |
| Amtrak 1994 to 1997 On board, in cab and trackside, we get to see all the action! We will cross the Mississippi River on an open platform car and see switching at our destinations. We'll see the scenery as we travel Amtrak throughout 1994 to 1997 on routes in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and Colorado. Nearly every ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVAM94 1 Hour 50 Mins $19.95 |
| Chicago: CSX Midwest Hub Volume 1 CSX's Chicago Hub operates out of six terminals in the region. It will take two programs to get a good handle on the operations of this Midwest Hub. In Volume 1 we will see the CSX Bedford Park Intermodal Terminal as well as the Belt Railway of Chicago and hot spots such as Blue Island, St. Anne and ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVCMH1 1 Hour 12 Mins $19.95 |
| BNSF Burlington Lines Over 70 trains, from the Belt Line in Chicago to locals and trains running to the Northwest. This is a look at the new BNSF's important Burlington Northern Line between Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. We'll see lots of BN color and some new BNSF '"pumpkins'" too. We railfan the Mississippi ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVBBL 1 Hour 28 Mins $19.95 |
| Conrail Chicago to Elkhart This is Conrail's high traffic Chicago Line, part of Big Blue's Dearborn Division, and Elkhart is a large classification and hump yard on the Contrail System. We'll see over 70 trains! It's a mix of train types from trailer-van to mail to steel and manifest. Locations include Chicago, Conrail ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVCCE 1 Hour 27 Mins $19.95 |
| Southern Pacific, Eastern Illinois We'll follow pre-merger Southern Pacific on the Burlington Northern line from Aurora to Cicero and the Belt Railway of Chicago from Cicero to the BRC's West End.Trains are varied and include manifest, stack and ore trains. We'll see a variety of SP related power (SP, SSW, DRGW) and pool power from C ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVSPEI 1 Hour 37 Mins $19.95 |
| West Colton Yard & Vicinity Union Pacific has taken over the Southern Pacific, but, in 1999, there is still plenty of SP flavor to this stronghold of the Southern Pacific. We'll look at West Colton Yard, PMT, Hunts Lane, old Colton and Colton Crossing. We see various views of the yard and quite a bit of action, from po ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVWCY 57 Mins $19.95 |
| Motive Power on the Belt Railway of Chicago The Belt has a wide variety of well maintained classic power, including GP7, GP9, SW9, SW1200, SW1500, MP15, GP-38-2, ALCo C-424, S-6 and cow and calf lash-ups. We'll get to see all motive power classes and the majority of the roster in this video. We'll visit the engine terminal and see repa ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVMPBRC 1 Hour 19 Mins $19.95 |
| CSX Cumberland Division This two volume set, now on one DVD, gives us a great look at the complex CSX operations centered around Cumberland, Maryland. The Cumberland Division is a hot bed of action as four CSX subdivisions meet at Cumberland: the Keystone Sub to Pennsylvania, the Cumberland West Sub (The former B&O Mou ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVCUM 2 Hours 21 Mins $19.95 |
| BNSF Chillicothe Sub: Still Santa Fe Volume 1, East of Chillicothe It is the first year for operations on the BNSF, but the Santa Fe personality and paint is still dominant on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub, the former Santa Fe Chillicothe Sub. 90% of the power is still Santa Fe, with an occasional Burlington Northern engine thrown in the mix. This is Volume One ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVCHIL1 1 Hour 3 Mins $19.95 |
| BNSF Chillicothe Sub: Still Santa Fe Volume 2, West of Chillicothe It is the first year for operations on the BNSF, but the Santa Fe personality and paint is still dominant on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub, the former Santa Fe Chillicothe Sub. 90% of the power is still Santa Fe, with an occasional Burlington Northern engine and a new BNSF paint schemes thrown into the ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVCHIL2 1 Hour 23 Mins $19.95 |
| Hot Spot: Argo Argo is a hot spot located in Summit, Illinois, on the western edge of Chicago. Three locations provide great train action: The Indiana Harbor Belt's Argo Yard, the Belt Railway of Chicago junction and the Illinois Central and CSX Crossing. Every major railroad in Chicago has overhead trackage right ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVARG 1 Hour $19.95 |
| Southern Pacific East 1997 It's post-merger, but Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt paint still dominates. See over 50 trains in Indiana and Illinois. We'll be on the SPCSL (SP Chicago St. Luois) route and on EJ&E, Belt Railway of Chicago andGTW tracks.Locations include Wilmington, Dwight, Odell, Pontiac, Chenoa, Bloomington, ...more | MIDWEST VIDEO SKU: MVSPE 55 Mins $19.95 |
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