Train DVDs-BEST of 1988-93 4 pack DVDs-over 4 hours of CNW BN SOO ATSF Last List

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Train DVDs-BEST of 1988-93 4 pack DVDs-over 4 hours of CNW BN SOO ATSF
4 well made DVD's with interactive menu- scene selection- notes etc
Sent in a quad-pack DVD case*- each disc with it's own DVD label.
DVDs are Region0/All will play worldwide- playback in England verified
NOTE; These DVDs are available separately and sold individually on this eBay page; See Other Items
Here's what you'll see;
1988-
6 minute YouTube preview
http://youtu.be/Y1eJp4Qp3Bg
-July 1988
Frisco 4-8-2 #1522 arrives in Nelson
, Illinois off the Chicago & North Western SI (Southern Illinois) Line on a ferry move to Wisconsin.
-Eastbound hotshot TOFC train with GP50 #5099 through Nelson.
-Another C&NW eastbound under a bridge just west of Dixon on a curve.
-Burlington Northern double stack train visibly crests a small hill near Chana, ILL.
-Rochelle, Illinois diamonds (before the Railroad Park)- C&NW with an SD45 in the consist. BN tiger stripe unit w/fuel tender.
-Nighttime at Nelson- EastBound C&NW; long approach sequence w/GP50 # 5050
-From my home's frontporch near Nelson (across from NJ interlocking) EB C&NW freight w/ a Union Pacific GE unit.
-Sterling ILL on the land bridge along the Rock River- WestBound C&NW highballs past.
-Mendota, ILL EB through the downtown curves; Amtrak's California Zephyr with F40's.
-Zearing ILL- freight with cabless "B" unit (A-B-A), LMX sharks, WB Amtrak at 79mph, 2 mile+ pacing sequence with another A-B-A consist, pacing LMX sharks leading.
-Pacing EB C&NW near nelson SD60 and unidentified switch engine in consist. Great sequence high up on a trackside hill at NJ interlocking of roadfreight mainline switching- meet sequence w/SOO runthrough, C&NW SD45, C&NW 800 series engine (GP40?), and a NW caboose.
-Fall/Winter- great atmosphere; quiet and crisp- light engines switching at Nelson.
-Nelson ILL yard (along SI line) short sequence pacing consist w/ UP GE units.
-Stratford, Il- WB BN
-Nelson trackside- EB C&NW at dusk
-Freeport ILL- Chicago Central & Pacific- Wallace Yard- 5 (five) ex IC/ICG Geeps start an EB coal train- great sounds of 5 567's going through the notches as they leave town.
-Same EB CC&P coal train meets a WB between Freeport and Rockford, Il.
-CC&P Rockford local and caboose return to Wallace.
-North of Forreston Il, at ex-Milwaukee Road/IC overpass- WB SOO line hotshot w/ ex MILW units passes under IC bridge- great dusk sequence.
-Quad Cities/Rock Island Davenport, IA- Silvis Yard- dozens of Rock Island GE units await disposition- w/ heavyweight cars, MOW, cabooses also in the yard.
-Davenport IA- at restored depot downtown along the Mississippi- DRI&NW (Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern short line) SW unit passes with local traffic followed by BN local with same.
-Near Erie Il (where former CB&Q/BN 4 lines met)- freight takes the curve in dreary damp and moody lite Illinois rainfall.
-Near Nelson from my front door- two eastbounds and boxcar derail at NJ interlocking on main 2 as another freight passes. The crew walks back to see a long box car tipped away (luckily) from the passing train on the other track.
-Shots of clean-up and a few trains delayed back in Nelson (including leased Paducahbilt ex-Mopac units w/C&NW heralds).
-Rochelle BEFORE THE RAILROAD PARK
- BN and C&NW trains across the diamonds- including smoky UP GE units on the Northwestern, BN cascade green business car and LMX sharks on the ex-CB&Q.
1989-
See a 2 minute YouTube clip of highlights here-
http://youtu.be/wxVy49Zl4Pk
(quality will be higher on your DVD)
C&NW double stack WB under coaling tower, Nelson IL (winter)-
C&NW near Nelson pacing-
Siding and town tracks switches at Dixon in snow-
BN meet at Carter siding near Polo, Il including CNJ coach and trailing Santa Fe unit.
(Summer vacation/side trip away from Illinois)
Hobart, Oklahoma; 2 Farmrail Geeps parked- CRI&P depot with a box car on display-
Altus, Oklahoma; Old GE switcher- Hollis & Eastern CF7 with lumber train- Old Hollis & Eastern GE switcher #100-
Back to Illinois (and some Iowa and Wisconsin border areas)
BN westbounds on Rock River bridge at Oregon IL- LMX sharks- intermodal-
C&NW along the Rock River in Sterling from the opposite (Rock Falls) side with leased high nose NW unit
LaGrange EMD 75th Anniversary open house.
C&NW Nelson IL- Southern Illinois (SI) lead #892 and #6892 maintenance man checking engines for cab control before going onto main line- Meeting #6860, #6835, #4612 (ex-Rock Island Geep)- Southbound highballs with C&NW bay window caboose.
Multiple catches of C&NW executive F units- each a different train. Near Nelson IL- Day/Night- MARS light- track inspection lights on rear theatre car. Slow run-by under coal tower coming into wye. Spectacular sequence on land bridge, Sterling IL meeting mixed freight.
Detouring California Zephyr Amtrak near Nelson IL, Thanksgiving Day 1989-
C&NW and BN over/under near Fulton IL. Conrail run throughs.
Streator IL, AT&SF coming off Conrail from the east. SF F45- Kodachrome unit- Run through executive cars on intermodal train- Southwest Chief station stop at Streator- Conrail steel coil train westbound crossing the diamonds. SantaFe GP30 and AT&SF cupola caboose.
Freeport/Rockford CC&P -- local job with ex-MILW units. Roadfreight with ex-IC units, including 2 black high nose geeps- Wigwags! New (in 1989) red units with black and yellow caboose. "Haley's Comet" intermodal train-
17 engines pulling into fuel bay at Wallace Yard.
Nelson IL, C&NW more under coaling tower (fall/winter).
BN Mississippi River meet at Mississippi Palisades (fall foliage) Tiger stripe (orange & black) unit.
Wisconsin & Calumet F units, excursions from Walworth to Zenda Wisconsin and back. Units 106 & 901. Baggage, 2 coaches, push pull, pacing from sun roof.
C&NW more at Nelson (dusk).
BN East Dubuque meet.
BN
fall foliage
multiple meets on the siding on the hill just east of Savanna
Quad City Rocket "hot dog" excursion- weekend afternoon version of a dinner train (they served weenies on Saturdays and Sundays instead of Prime Rib)- CF7- ex-C&O observation car on IAIS into Iowa and back to Rock Island (depot) -Scenes from inside the observation car crossing Mississippi River-
Chasing Eastbound SOO freight, Clinton to Leaf River. 3 hour and 70 mile chase total. Is several minutes and multiple locations on DVD. Includes Southern Pacific & Rio Grande cabooses. Crossing Mississippi at Sabula IL- coming out of Mississippi River valley at Savanna IL. #772 CP Red, 2 trailing units in red & white.
1990-
8 minute YouTube preview
http://youtu.be/3WACfMPLhMY
(quality
will be
much higher
on DVD)
CNW- Southern Lee County, Illinois northbound on SI line
CNW- Nelson, Illinois- 2 westbounds meet on the main by coaling tower
CNW- Nelson winter snowstorm- only 1 interlocking (crossover) is free from ice etc- 3 trains each wait their turn and then proceed.
CNW- Nelson business train w/ GP50 sequence- thru wye and highballs back to Chicago
CNW- wb coal train on control siding pulls under coaling tower w/new GE # 8509 then a surprise meet at grade crossing
CNW- Dixon, Illinois local job working industrial park (Warps Flex-O- Glass) then shoves to cement plant (street running along Rock River and downtown Dixon). Pacing from my sunroof along River Street (this branch is gone)
CNW- Dixon job along river on a Sunday (branch is gone)
CNW- Sterling Il on Rock River "land bridge"
CNW- many Soo Line detours (w/SOO cabooses) thru Nelson.
Soo Line- chase sequence- eb from rural Northern Illinois into Bensenville (Yard), Illinois- A new SD60 in red paint is along street access.
Soo- chasing eb from Sabula, Iowa (on Mississippi) thru nw Illinois
Soo- distance scene at Kettridge Siding rural Illinois
Soo- pacing wb along Highway 72 between Leaf River and to near Forreston, Illinois
Soo- chasing & pacing wb from Clinton IA down to Davenport, IA (Nahant yard) Great pacing scenes along Mississippi w/ Southern Pacific caboose
Soo- rural Illinois scene near Wacker, Ill
Soo- Davis Junction, Ill- switch engine waiting to be picked up
Soo Line- long chasing sequence- nb grain train from Sabula to Dubuque, IA- street running through Bellvue, IA- adding engines for run to Mason City
Various Soo Line scenes- dusk -winter
Soo/BN- Savanna, Il - multiple BN trains at end of double track on south side of yard- some to Chicago on C&I, some south.
BN- rural Illinois meet w/ local near Fulton, Il
BN- Quad Cities/Davenport IA local w/ caboose
BN- Zearing IL on Mendota Sub- freights & Amtrak
BN- Mt Morris ILL branch
- long chase of local leaving printing plant and back to Oregon Il - nice- w/caboose- stops for beans- rural scenes. (this branch is gone or inactive now)
1991/93-
9 minute YouTube preview
http://youtu.be/u3dGLWWG_Ec
(quality
will be
much higher
on DVD)
June 1991-
Joliet Union Station/AT&SF-CRI&P (IAIS) diamonds (
working SANTA FE semaphores
);
EB Southwest Chief station stop
Super fleet TOFC train waits then highballs WB
EB blue & yellow stack train
Metra train station stop and depart back to Chicago
BN 3 track speedway Lisle, Illinois;
9 Metra commuter trains-
8 w/Burlington Northern "cab" E units (express and locals push-pull)
Summer 1991-93-
C&NW Dixon, Illlinois ;
local working (switches 2 cars)
EB coal train (3 SD40-2's)
EB train from ballast
EB GE units
WB TOFC/meet w/ local job
BN near Polo, Ill (C&I line);
WB TOFC over stone bridge
WB Carter Siding
LMX Sharks TOFC WB
WB TOFC near a Rainbow Bridge
EB from ballast
WB stack train w/ LMX sharks
late summer/fall 1993-
Davis Junction, Ill;
SOO/BN diamonds
train backs into siding
meet w/ WB TOFC
Almost 4 hours total on 4 DVDs that are Region0/All. Playback everywhere. U.K. playback verified.
These are the highlights and best/rarest catches of each of these years. Plenty of surprises and I was the only railfan present in almost each scene (aside from Rochelle
before
the Railroad Park). No audio of clicking shutters or people talking.
No Reserve on Auction-type listings! Well shot and edited by professional broadcaster in the 1980s.
Newly transferred to DVD with time base correction etc.
Theres lots of bright crisp video from all seasons and good audio of horns, engines, jointed rail, etc. What you won't see is also interesting; no ditch lights for instance, crews without safety vests, vintage automobiles, no cell phones.
all natural sound- no added music- longer sequences dissolve between shots- scenes/locations fade to black between-
Pics are part of the description
- Sent in a 5x7" black 4 Disc DVD holder* with front and back cover paper insert. Each disc has it's own label and 4 paper inserts with scene/location description. See pics for this auction of screengrabs of the actual video, DVDs and case and click YouTube link for a video preview.
also available by the specific year- see Other Items for sale
1988 Trains in Northern Illinois- Frisco 1522, Rochelle before the railroad park
1989 has multiple sequences of Chicago & Northwestern executive "Presidential" trains with the fleet of F7 units turning on wye at Nelson, Il
and
at speed on the main. Wisconsin & Calumet F-units special weekend passenger trains. BN along the Mississippi. Chasing SOO from Iowa through Illinois.
1990 includes street running in Dixon (now gone)- freight units on the business train- long SOO line chase + MORE
1991/93; Joliet Union Station w/semaphores, Dixon Il CNW action, BN E units Metra at Lisle, Il
more
DVDs from this same collection/era are now available!!
ALL
C&NW-
ALL
SOO Line-  and
ALL
CC&P
-
The ALL CNW includes extended sequences from the 1988-1993 DVDs, (left off the original edit in the late 80's; waycars, longer runbys, single grabs of one train or "orphan" elements.
ALL SOO Line has a derailment at Adeline siding, run through (all) SP power, ex-MILW switchers, long pacing sequences along the Mississippi
ALL CC&P - 40 minutes of the Chicago Central and Pacific in and around Freeport, IL. Two visits in 1988. All schemes, pacing, yard action and working wigwag!
All newly transferred from the Original Master VHS tape!
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out of 4-disc holders, so each DVD will be sent in a single clear jewel case.
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