Railroad and Train Videos

Heres a close up look at Amtraks coach, club and custom class seating, sleeping car accommodations, lounge and dining cars, on-board services, amenities and more.Journey from coast to coast, through the experiences of a mother and son as they travel on- board Amtrak.37 min. color

This video features B&O steam & diesels in both freight & passenger service. See this great railroad move raw materials for many industries, such as: coal, steel, grain, and livestock. Also featured are rail-yards, maintenance shops, and those wonderful B&O passenger trains. Colorful and interesting is what makes this B&O documentary the way to go.Time 40 Minutes, Color & B/W

Portrait Of A RailroadThis is the Burlington Northerns story of moving freight in 1973. This video includes dramatic scenes of hump yard switching, control centers, freight handling, and car loading. Beautifully photographed run-bys of second generation diesels transporting lumber, food, coal, grain, and goods to the American markets.Also on this video: The Freight Goes Through. Yard workers get a good look at the damage caused when freight cars arent coupled, or slack taken up at the right...

One of the truly great railroad film comedies, based on a true Civil War incident. Buster Keaton is a southern railroad engineer whose beloved train (with fiancee Helen Mack on board) is hijacked by Union forces. His rescue of both leads to a classic locomotive chase and some hilarious stunts.One of the finest railroad films ever made, Silent with musical score. 1927. Starring Buster Keaton and Helen Mack.Running Time 106 Minutes

Canadian Pacifics classic 1955 film introducing The Canadian. Take a tour on this First Class train, then ride west from Montreal to Vancouver. Superb views of the Streamliner at mink tunnel, Banff, The Spirals and Vancouver. This film features brand new F units along with Budd Stainless steel cars. Enjoy the splendor of a rail trip across the beauty of Canada. Also on this DVD is:Dayliner One A beautiful British Columbia travelog, featuring the stainless steel Budd cars, crossing colorful...

The George Washington Route In The 1930s & The C&O Road RailerThis video opens with a colorful tour of the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson, Indiana, featuring a C&O 28-4 Kanawha, the 2789. The second part showcases a tour of the C&O in its prime along the George Washington route in the 1930s. Vintage footage takes you on a trip along its route, highlighting elegant dining cars with real Colonial furniture. We follow the passengers from Cincinnati, Ohio to the capital city of...

The Chessie Steam Special Celebrates B&Os 8000 Mile Birthday Party!Join the passengers and onlookers as the era of steam is brought back to life in this celebration of steam train history. Relive the thrills of riding the rails across Americas landscape, and experience the history and romance of the early years of steam railroading as you are taken across the country by the Chessie Steam Special, an authentic, fully restored steam engine. Also on this tape: The 225,000 Mile Proving Ground This...

This video starts with 11 minutes of non-stop steam and diesel action featuring the heavy weights from the Chicago & North Western system. Experience a look back in time as the film shows the beginning of the railroad, and its Pioneer engine. Many great shots of sleeping and dining cars leading to the Pullman trains. Then take a tour of the railroad in the 1950s and witness a freight repair yard, with plenty of switching and freight train footage for every train buff.Also On This Special DVD...

Chicago's Famous 1948 Wheels A-Rolling Pagant The railroad fair at the Chicago lakefront in 1948 celebrated 100 years of railroad progress. Wheels A-Rolling was the name of the giant musical pageant at the fair, with many vintage steam trains, horse drawn cars, fire engines, early automobiles, the Burlington Zephyr, and many first generation diesels. It also featured a cast of several hundred singers, dancers, and actors.Color & B/W 60 Minutes DVD

A Movie Classic, mixed with non-stop action. This is perhaps the greatest old footage in existence today of the Milwaukee Road. Almost every scene has tremendous steam action with the mighty 4-6-2s, 4-6-4s and 2-8-2s. Featuring Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Robert Armstrong and Hugh Herbert. Directed By: George B. Seitz. A Great Railroad Feature Film.Running Time 74 Minutes DVD

This video features some of the nations Finest modular model railroad lay-outs including:*A giant N scale lay-out from: Saginaw N Scale Dayton-N-Track Heritage N Scale*A great H.O. lay-out from: Big River Railway Club Burlington, Iowa*A beautiful and unusual lay-out from: Michigan LEGO Train Club*An exciting H.O. lay-out from: European Train Enthusiasts Great Lakes Region*A fine N Scale lay-out from: Carol & Len Vanderjagt The Weary Erie-Lackawampum RR And a few more surprises including:...

This video features more of the Finest modular model railroad lay-outs including:*A giant G and O scale lay-out. Several N scale lay-outs, Lego Train and HO lay-outs. Also, freight yards, detailed buildings, depots, autos, lumber trains, and some Thomas Trains for the kids.Running Time 40 Minutes Color

Sit back, relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of one of the countrys top steam museums located in Hesston, Indiana. This video takes you on a ride on one of the many active steam trains at the Museum. Hear the screaming whistles and feel the steam engines roar as you go on a two mile train ride around the beautiful grounds of Hesston. Several other steam trains are also featured, Exciting for grown-ups and children of all ages. Also included is an adventurous ride on the Old Wakarusa...

John Wayne is the son of a murdered engineer on the Hurricane Express, the worlds fastest train. His mission: finish the trains run and catch the murderer, a diabolical master of disguise know as The Wrecker. Great action scenes with Trains, Planes (a Ford Tri-motor), Classic Automobiles from the early 1930s, and a motorcycle chase that Wayne did himself.1932 Running time 80 minutes DVD

For all the lovers of steam engines, this DVD is a must! Many steam locomotives are show with six, eight, and 10 drivers, leading to the Big Boy. See all different classes of Union Pacific steam. also: servicing, washing, heavy repairs, and a ride with the engineer in his cab, leading to Sherman Hill, the last use of the giant spectacular Big Boy.Time approx. 30 minutes color DVD

This DVD starts with eight minutes of L&N run-bys and freight yard action, featuring first generation diesels, and a M1 class 2-8-4. The Old Reliable produced in 1955 by the L&N, it features interesting views of passenger and freight service in the 1950s. Scenes include:coaches, sleepers, dining cars, depots, industries, freight, and other subjects. Finally we take a look at the Civil War engine The General, during its rebuilding at the South Louisville shops.All Color 40 Minutes

Mo-Pac Delivers Freight operations on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Many hundreds of men & women made up several hundred miles of this Kansas railroad net stretching from Kansas City across Kansas to Pueblo, Colorado with branch lines into Topeka, Salina, Hutchinson, Wichita and many other towns. There were several crew change stations on the main line which included many historical points of interest. Their safety records were among the best in the nation. Also included on this video is a...

This video begins with several minutes of Wabash diesel action, followed by a nostalgic trip back to the fifties to see how vital railroads were to the American economy. Take a trip aboard the Wabash Bluebird and experience first class rail travel. Many colorful shots of streamliners, freight trains, and railroad operations, including the stations in Detroit, Chicago, Toledo, Kansas City, St. Louis and Omaha. Decatur was the hub of the Wabash system and the site of its principal shops and...

For several generations Indiana shippers and travelers had enjoyed an excellent network of railroad services, which flourished after World War II. The Monon Railroad was a proud symbol of Hoosier railroading, particularly its elegant trains between Indianapolis and Chicago. This video contains a collage of color archive footage featuring run-bys, cab shots, passenger and freight trains, and the Monon Centennial Celebration. Also...some of those great Monon songs. Live sound and music. (no...

Three 1940s NYC Produced Steam Films Featuring The Famous HudsonDuring the 1940s, the New York Central produced a series of films designed to showcase its modern railroad system. It featured the mighty Hudson-class steam locomotives, as well as freight yards, and its signal systems. All three films are on this fascinating video: The Steam Locomotve, The Freight Yard, and The Railroad Signal.Running Time 58 Minutes DVD

This NYC video starts with five minutes of non-stop diesel and steam action, a sort of coming attraction of the two NYC produced 1950s color films that follow. The Big Train starts at the Blue Island Yard in Chicago as the Early Bird freight is loaded, and ready for its trip to New York. As it moves across Indiana it stops in Ohio for a crew change, then on to New York. Excellent scenes of rail yard operations, track laying equipment, and engineer (in cab) action. The next NYC film is entitled...

This exciting documentary produced in the 1950s by NPR, not only takes you trackside with roaring steam and early diesel footage, but you will also enjoy a picturesque scenic tour, covering the very colorful Nickel Plate route. Also included on this tape is Thundering Rails. This super fast paced documentary, produced by the Association of American Railroads features non-stop trackside action with powerful steam and screaming diesels, at many NPR locations.Time 40 Minutes, Color & B/W

In 1955 the N&W was the last class 1 railroad in the country that had yet to employ a single diesel unit. For that reason it was referred to as: Americas last steam railroad. This tape begins with dozens of big steam run-bys of 2-8-8-2s, 4-8-0s, and 2-6-6-4s. Then on to:OPERATION FAST FREIGHT, and follow a box car eastbound starting in Columbus, Ohio to Norfolk Virginia. Watch as its cargo is loaded and hurried to destinations throughout the six state area of Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia,...

This 1937 production directed by Joseph Kane and Starring Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby and Arthur Hoyt focuses on a dastardly trucking companys efforts to bankrupt the Moon Valley Short Line Railroad. The villainous operator of the trucking company pulls every dirty trick in the book in an attempt to win a climactic race, which will determine who will stay in business.Running Time 53 Minutes DVD

Pennsylvania Steam, Electric and Diesel In This Vintage Collection!During the 1950s the Pennsylvania Railroad produced a collection of films designed to feature its mighty railroad operations. It showcased many of its locomotives, such as: GG1 electrics, duplex-dive T1s, and cab-unit diesels. Also shown are rail-yards, round-houses, stations, freight and passenger service, and a brief history of this famous railroad. The following four complete films are on this very interesting high quality...

This original 1932 railroading film is full of suspense and drama as locomotives are derailed by an unknown Phantom Express train which suddenly appears and attempts to cause head-on collisions. This campy steam feature film will captivate your entire family. The cast: William Collier Jr., Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Axel Axelson. One of Hollywoods early sound movies.Running Time 60 Minutes DVD

This DVD is the most complete history (that has ever been offered on video) of the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad. It Features freight and passenger operations, shorties and modernized cars. Also shown are 700s, 800s, line cars, Silverliners and wrecks, from its inception (at the turn of the century) to the new passenger terminal at the South Bend Regional Airport. This DVD also has a brief history of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Line with never before seen footage. Fully narrated...

This video begins with several minutes of run-by action, followed by a film featuring Santa Fe freight yard operations, all in beautiful color...Then: The Santa Fe Super Chief A 1948 film introduction to this beautiful train. Ride from Chicago to Los Angeles and experience (out of this world) accommodations, dome cars, and interiors of this incredible train...Plus: Santa Fe, Play It Safe Dangerous safety practices are shown while you see excellent ATSF footage. Wrong ways of mounting engines,...

If you love steam engines, then this video is your smorgasbord, loaded with run-bys and track side action.Some of the featured railroads are; The Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Union Pacific, Rio Grande, New York Central, Nickel Plate Road, The Santa Fe, Burlington, circus trains, snow trains, and many more.Enjoy the sounds of thundering steam action, with no narration.Color & B/W 40 Minutes DVD

One of todays most Powerful Locomotives. Included in this video are:Safety Considerations*New Features*Performance*Inspection & TroubleshootingMC146 Color Approx. 50 Minutes

New Horizons This rare color film produced by the Seaboard Railroad in the 1940s shows how a modern railroad serves its passengers and industry along its Southern routes. Great run-bys of first generation diesels, with both freight & passenger colors, and a few steam locomotives. Using scenes of the Beautiful South to its best advantage, we see the passing of the old era and the beginning of the new. It would be down hill for the railroad from here. Also on this DVD is a six minute film...

The action packed 1934 original film starring Charles Starrett, Sally Blane, William Farnum, and the Burlington Zephyr, Americas first streamlined passenger train.After early mechanical difficulties the Zephyr gets another chance to prove itself by high-balling from Chicago to the Boulder Dam Project in Colorado. It is called upon to deliver an iron lung needed to save the life of the C.B.&Ds railroad president. Loaded with Railroad action the plot unfolds to an exciting conclusion.This...

This Southern Pacific produced film is dedicated to its employees who fought the snow on Donner Pass, during the record breaking snows of 1951 and 1952. All of Southern Pacifics snowfighting equipment is put to use.There is rare footage of The City Of San Francisco (passenger train) being dug out and pulled free after being trapped for three days in a snowslide.This film shows all aspects of the tough and dirty work of keeping the lines open, no matter what the weather. Also on this tape:...

A very popular TV show produced in the early 1950s by the A.C. Gilbert Company (of American Flyer fame) was The Boys Railroad Club. It featured American Flyer model train layouts, as well as a representative, and real footage from his railroad. The lines featured in this tape are: the B&O, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, and the New Haven. Each shows running time was about 14 minutes, and this DVD contains all four different episodes. Great classic S layouts, and real track- side...

Who can resist the excitement evoked by the sounds and smells of a stream train at full throttle? This exciting video captures the romance of these elegant and powerful machines, and relives the days when entire continents and their people were united by the railroad. Enjoy rare archival footage of the finest stream trains from the mid-1800s through WWII as you step back to the age when mighty steam trains reigned supreme.Color & B/W 60 Minutes DVD

This original United Artist film is a comedy set aboard the Broadway Limited from Chicago to New York. The movie features a PRR K4 4-6-2 and a GG1 in action. Good clean humor and an all star cast featuring: Dennis OKeefe, Marjorie Woodworth, Victor McLaglen, Patsy Kelly, and Zazu Pitts. One of Hollywoods great Pennsylvania Railroad features.Running Time 75 Minutes DVD

Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Margaret Lockwood, Dame May Whitty. Winner of the 1938 New York Critics Award. Its a perfect blend of mystery, suspense, espionage, comedy and romance, with surprises around every bend of the tracks. An elderly women disappears during a train trip and is replaced by an imposter. Although most of the passengers deny that the new women is different, the heroine finds a sympathetic musician who helps her unravel the plot. Breathtaking thrilling chases in and outside...

Flight Of The Century It was one of the most celebrated trains in the world...perhaps because of its fast schedule. In its day (the 1930s) it could carry passengers in lavish luxury, between Chicago and New York in 16 hours. It was fast, modern, and carried the highest class of people, from its beginning to its final run in 1967.New York Calling A colorful trip to New York via a New York Central Streamliner. Several famous NYC trains are shown as well as arrivals at Grand Central Station, and...

In the 1950s the Southern Pacific updated their This Is My Railroad film to feature the new diesels which were being used for both passenger and freight service. E-units and Alco Pas in the Daylight paint scheme are now pulling passenger trains, and the freights are being pulled by F-units in the famous Black Widow paint. There are still a few steam locomotives seen along side of the diesels. Also on this tape is Big Trains Rolling. The American Association of Railroads produced this 1950s...

The Southern Pacific produced this incredible film to show the public what it takes to move both freight and passengers over one of the nations largest railroads. this film was made when the SP was mainly all steam. A true railroading classic (1947).Color Running Time 60 Minutes

An action packed 1931 Hollywood comedy drama starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Blondell, involving several people passing through a major train depot, and how their lives intersect. The main plot involves a homeless drifter posing as a well-to-do playboy, who is trying to help a stranded young lady but unknowingly gets involved with a counterfeit ring. This film takes you back (in time) when the great railroad depots of America, were the bustling centers of passenger travel. It also...

Take A 1950s Trip From Chicago To San Francisco On The California ZephyrA 1950s documentary about the original California Zephyr. See shots of 50s Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City, Oakland, and San Francisco. Also enjoy film taken on board the diner, sleepers, Visa Dome Cars, and trackside. Ride through tunnels, and around the Rockies, as you experience the spectacular scenic West on the Burlington, Rio Grande, and Western Pacific Railroads.Running Time 30 Minutes, Color DVD

This very rare color film produced by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1955 centers around fighting fires aboard several PRR locomotives, and to teach crews about the type of fires they are likely to face. Also, what equipment is available to fight the blazes, and how to fight each type of fire. This gives us a chance to see excellent color footage of vintage PRR diesel & electric locomotives (some on fire) plus real 1950s railroad men at work. Some of the engines are GG1s, B-5s, VH-50s,...

This all color vintage video starts with several minutes of in-cab and run-by action as we salute the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Next we come to: WHEELS OF PROGRESS Produced by the Rock Island in the 1950s, it promotes itself as the perfect system between east and west, highlighting its ability to move both freight and passengers over its modern rail system. You are taken on a visit to its yards, and get a good look at both steam and diesel engines. This is a wonderful film for...

A New York Central produced film about running its great railroad in the early 1950s, with its 200,000 acres of land and 26,000 miles of track. Both passenger and freight operations are depicted, including steam, first generation diesels and a few electrics. Beautiful color shots of NYC day to day railroad operations. Also in this DVD edition: Lifeline Of The Nation Steam powered engines dominate this WWII era film as they move both troops and military freight. Some of the steam engines shown...