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NOW AVAILABLE- 4 VIDEO TAPES - Created from the archives of The Seashore Trolley Museum - Click on links below for a preview:

1. Trolleys of Southern New England  

2. Trolleys of Northern New England  

3. Connecticut Company Trolleys

4. Trolleys of Eastern Massachusetts

Video Tapes and DVDs

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ASIA

Beijing's Colorful Trains — Impressive variety of locomotive types, both diesel and electric, and colors. Visit Fengtai for both passenger and freight, plus DF7's drilling the yard, then to Dahuichang for diesel freights and the limestone railway's 2' 6" gauge 0-8-0's/ A visit to a busy junction for electric hauled freights, a busy crossing for industrial units and 2 unit electrics, Beijing City Wall for Central Station, and an invitation into a yard.  (2005)  (Highball Productions)                                                        

 2:25      #HPBEIJDVD  $35.95  (2 disc set)  

Calcutta's Colorful Trains. Over 300 trains and 1,000,000 people use Howrah Station, across the Hoogly River from Calcutta, everyday! 5' 6" gauge trains, with people hanging from the doors, EMU's and both diesel and electric hauled passenger trains, from locals to Rajdhani Expresses. Howrah, with swarms of people everywhere, is India's largest station. We also visit Kamarkundu junction and Kolaghat Junction for more passenger trains, and some freight trains. (2006) Highball Productions

 2:00    # HPCCT DVD     $35.95  (NEW)

Calcutta's Trams. Ancient trams ply the crowded streets of Calcutta, India's largest city. Mixed up with street vendors, rickshaws, insane taxis, speeding mini-busses, nerveless pedestrians and the odd sheep and goat, the battered trams continue much as they have for more than one hundred and twenty five years, clanging and clanking through the teeming streets of the incredible city. You'll see rainbow colored trams, porters with incredible loads on their heads, street vendors, inquisitive kids and the crowded, bustling streets of old Calcutta.. (2006) Highball Productions

 2:00    # HPCALC DVD     $35.95  (NEW)

Hong Kong's Trams — Bright and colorful, Hong Kong's trams are the last fleet of all double deck trams in the world. Ride the clanking, swaying trams from the Chinese market at North Point through the city to Whitty Street, stopping off along the way to see the trams in action on the crowded roads and through bustling market places. Ride a tram at night through Hong Kong's famed neon, and see the trams in the street at night. (2004) (Highball Productions)                                                                            

 1:35      #HPHKTR1DVD  $29.95  

Tokyo's Colorful Trains: A wild variety of color schemes. All trains are color coded by destination. You'll see an incredible volume of commuters, electric locomotives on freight trains, the Shinkansen high speed bullet trains, station action at Tokyo, Ueno, Shinagawa, Shinjuku and a wide variety of emu's, old and new. Take a ride from Shinagawa to Tokyo in the rush hour!  (2005)   (Highball Productions)                             

1:45    # HP-TYCTDVD  $35.95

Tramway Exotica No. 1  — Trams Around the World. Trams of Vietnam & Thailand - featuring Hanoi & Bangkok. Journey into the past with unforgettable footage of 2 fascinating tramways plus glimpses of trolleybuses at Hanoi, Penang & Singapore. "Dedicated to Ted Santarelli, founding father of the Seashore Trolley Museum" (Online Video)

1:20            #TE1        $33.00  

AUSTRALIA

Sydney's Colorful Trains: The trains of Sydney Australia. First a look at Enfield Yard and the locomotive facility. Nest a visit to the Botany Goods Line, followed by an interlude at Sandown, where Freight Australia units take a tank train out, a brief ride on a T class switcher, and a pair of ancient Alco's, one a PA look alike, start up and drag their intermodal away. Sydney has a high density suburban service, and a look is also taken at the light rail and the monorail. Next to Cowan for a freight and work train, and finally a visit to the Hunter Valley for high density coal train drags with Class 90's and elderly dmu's. Also see the Indian Pacific and XPT passenger trains. (2004)  (Highball Productions)                              

1:45    # HP-SYDCDVD  $35.95

CALIFORNIA

Cable Cars of San Francisco, The    (Highball Productions)                                                

0:55          # HP-CABLDVD  $24.94

California Electric Trilogy - Key System; Sacramento Northern; and Pacific Electric  (Pentrex)

0:38   #PXCAL3  Color, sound, narration        $29.95  (4 LEFT)

Electric Rails Around the Bay. Three Bay Area lines in one video. See the Sacramento Northern, SP Red Trains and the Peninsular Railway stories. This 16 mm film was shot by a variety of rail historians from 1910 to 1957. See the rail and ferry operations in the bay's early days plus the bridge operations that began the era of great change and decline. The Sacramento Northern section covers passenger and some great freight action in the south-end. See the Oakland hills and street running plus Contra Costa County out to the ferry slip. All Vintage! (2003) Charles Smiley Presents

1:07  VHS # A -124     $34.50 (3 Left)  

1:07  DVD # D-124      $34.50 

Key System Empire and Golden Gate Treasure. See the Key System from its early days with ferryboats to the Bay Bridge era. Learn the history from start to finish of the great East-shore Empire. Visit all the lines and cross the bay by ferry and bridge-rails to San Francisco. Streetcars, Bridge-articulated units and may surprises, plus cameo appearances of early MUNI and IER make this a transportation story. Color and B&W, sound (2002)  Charles Smiley Presents

1:01  DVD # D-123      $28.50 

Muni’s F Line San Francisco’s preserved PCC cars and more on the F Line between Fisherman’s Wharf and Castro. The cars are painted in the color schemes of cities that ran PCC cars.  (Highball Productions)    

1:20      #HP-CABLDVD  $24.95

Ropes and Rails — The Cable Cars of San Francisco     (Transit Gloria Mundi)     

0:45      # TGM-R&R  $39.95  (1-LEFT)

Pacific Electric, The Twilight Years -  See the last of the Hollywood cars on the Watts Local, the "blimps" on the Long Beach, San Pedro, Bellflower, and Catalina Lines, fans trips, freight locomotives, and others. (Pentrex)

0:30 Color, full sound track  #PXREDCARS         $29.95  (1-LEFT)

Pacific Electric Volume 1 Southern District — Long Beach/San Pedro, Newport Beach, Santa Ana and El Segundo/Torrance Lines. (Transit Gloria Mundi w/ Catenary Video Productions)

1:10 Color and Black& White, full sound track    #TGMPE1      $39.95   (3-LEFT)

Pacific Electric Volume 2 Western District and local service system wide. Mostly color, with music, narration, and authentic sound effects. (Transit Gloria Mundi w/ Catenary Video Productions)

1:10                     #TGMPE2                  $29.95   (2-LEFT)

Pacific Electric Volume 3 Northern District plus special New Year's Day and racetrack trains, and RPO/Box Motor operations in all 3 PE districts. Watts-Sierra Vista, Alhambra-Temple City, two Pasadena Lines, Sierra Madre, Monrovia-Glendora and San Bernadino Lines. (Transit Gloria Mundi w/ Catenary Video Productions)

1:10 Color and Black& White, full sound track    #TGMPE3   $39.95  (1-LEFT)   

Sacramento Northern — From the Bay Area to Chico and in the Sacramento Valley. The Woodland and Colusa Branches are also covered. (Transit Gloria Mundi w/ Catenary Video Productions)

0:50 Digital sound effects, narration    #TGMSN1D   DVD     $39.95  (NEW in DVD)

CANADA

Boxcab, Montreal's Suburban Electrics. When this program was taped in 1989, Montreal's boxcabs were the oldest locomotives in regular service in North America. Built in 1914 by General Electric, and 1924 by the English Electric Company, these elderly locomotives, together with some 1950 GE steeple cabs, held down the busy rush hour suburban service.

 1:00    # HPBOXC DVD     $24.95  (NEW)

Canadian Electric Part 1  — Coverage includes 1950 1960s 16mm movies (of varying quality) of: Quebec RL&P, Ottawa Electric Railway. Montreal Transportation Comm., Montreal & Southern Counties, Toronto Transit Commission, Niagara, St. Catherines & Toronto, Grand River, London & Port Stanley, Cornwall, Calgary Muni, Edmonton Transit System, Saskatoon Muni, and British Columbia Electric. Mostly color, music only (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 54 and 55) Ben Rohrbeck

R08C 0:56 DVD+R    $29.95 (NEW)

Canadian Electric Part 2  — Coverage includes 1950 1960s 16mm movies (of varying quality) of: Quebec RL&P, Ottawa Electric Railway. Montreal Transportation Comm., Montreal & Southern Counties, Toronto Transit Commission, Niagara, St. Catherines & Toronto, Grand River, London & Port Stanley, Cornwall Street Railway. Winnipeg electric Railway, Port Author Public Service, and British Columbia Electric. Mostly color, music only (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 89 and 94) Ben Rohrbeck

R09C 0:49 DVD+R    $29.95 (NEW)

Hamilton Transit, The Electric Years 1892-1994   The Hamilton Street Railway was one of the first streetcar systems in Canada. Rare 30s B&W film from Art Ellis and 50s colour film from John Mills capture the action. David Ashley's 60s movies and Jeff Marinoff's 70s movies chronicle the last days of the Can-Car Brill trolley coaches and the introduction of the Western Flyer ETBs.  (GPS Video)    

0:30      #GPSHT15         $21.95  [2 Left]

The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway — Photographic coverage of the interurban serving Montreal’s south shore towns. (GPS Video)

1:00 Color, Narration       #GPSMSC20    $34.00  [3 Left]

Southern Ontario Interurbans, Grand River. Lake Erie and Northern, London & Port Stanley -  Featuring Foster Palmer Films. Color film from the 1950s show these lines in their final years. Color, narration (2002) (GPS Video)

1:00       #GPSSO137   $35.00    [1 Left]

The Streetcars of Montreal      Color   (GPS Video)                                

1:01     #GPSSM6     $34.00  [1 Left] 

Trolleys of Eastern Canada    Toronto as it was in 1958, Ottawa downtown in the gray of winter, and ten miles around the twin peaks of Montreal (Mt. Royal and Westmount) on an multi-tiered open-air observation car (Sunday River)                                                      

0:50    # SRTOC           $39.95   (1-LEFT)

CHICAGO AREA

Chicago, Aurora & Elgin  An almost complete record of the “Roarin Elgin”. Stating in each of its western terminals, Aurora and Elgin, it traces the line all the way to Forest Park, the transfer point to the Chicago Transit Authority. Color   (Sunday River)                                       

0:45    # SRCA&E   $29.95 (1-LEFT)

Chicago Streetcars and Elevated Lines Color, narrated (GPS Video)

1:00                  #GPSCSL31  $35.00  [2 Left] 

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 19 — Chicago Surface Lines and Kansas City — Nostalgic scenes of downtown Chicago with heavy trolley traffic, scenes of brand-new PCCs dating back to 1936, PCC cars in action in Kansas City. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, music               #MK1T19          $24.95 (1 LEFT)   

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 20 — The Chicago EL — Downtown and Loop scenes, "L" trains running on the surface, North Shore Line interurban trains running on "L" trackage. (Mark I Video) 

0:40 Color & B/W, music              #MK1T20          $24.95   (2 LEFT)

Chicago Surface Lines and Chicago "L"s  (Mark I Video)  Nostalgic scenes of downtown Chicago with heavy trolley traffic, Loop scenes, scenes of brand-new PCCs dating back to 1936, "L" trains running on the surface, North Shore Line interurban trains running on "L" trackage and PCC cars in action in Kansas City

 1:00     #T19+20/D                  DVD                                      $34.95

North Shore Line B&W, Color  (GPS Video)     

1:00   GPSNSL39   $35.00   [1 Left]

North Shore Line in Winter and Midwest Traction Vol. 3  Presents the North Shore with most scenes featuring full snow cover. Midwestern Sates includes Indiana Railroad, Cleveland Railway Company. Shaker Heights Rapid Transit, Detroit Department of Street Railways, St. Louis Public Service, and Illinois Terminal Railroad. Color and B/W archive film, maps and graphics, big band music, (1999, 2004)  Mark I Video

1:10            #T14+18/D              DVD                                       $34.95

North Shore Line in the 40's and 60's The 1940s presents full-color archive film footage filmed by traction expert Walter Druck. Extensive coverage of the shore Linn Route, plus scenes of the Chicago Loop, NSL Milwaukee streetcars, freight trains, Electroliners, and an equipment primer. The 1960s presents vignettes of the railroad taken during its last years of service filmed by Don Idarius. Highlights include a rare Electroliner visit to the Mudelein branch, a number of freight rain sequences, shots of trains on the Chicago "L" and scenes taken during a blizzard on the lines last day of service, January 21, 1963. full color archive film, maps and graphics, big band music. (2003) (Mark I Video)  

1:00       #T15+16/D                  DVD                                      $34.95

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 15— The North Shore Line, 1940 (Mark I Video)

0:30 Full color, music                  #MK1T15           $24.95   (1 LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 16 — The North Shore Line, 1960 — Filmed by Don Idarius. (Mark I Video) 

0:45 Full color, music                  #MK1T16           $24.95  (1 LEFT)

One Man’s Trolleys — George Krambles reflects on a half century of electric railroading. (Transit Gloria Mundi)                                

0:54      # TGM-OMTD  DVD  $29.95  

Take a Ride on the North Shore Line A cinematographic history of the line's last 25 years covering the physical plant and equipment with shots which illustrate the speed and precision of its operation. Contains the complete 90-minute video first released in 1987 augmented with an animated SnychroMap showing your location on the system at any time with the press of a button, and two alternative sound mixes: music and effects only, and narration only. Narration also available as subtitles. Additional content includes Along the Green Bay Trail and Pace of Progress, two publicity films produced by the North Shore in the 1920s, the North Shore segment from TGM's Steel and Ice; the Trolley Days of Winter, and some printable graphics (graphics require a computer with a DVD drive). (2004) Transit Gloria Mundi in association with Catenary Video Productions.

Over 1:30    #TGM-NS1D  DVD  $39.95  (NEW)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Baltimore & Washington Trolleys — 1960's 16mm movies of (1) Baltimore Transit Routes 8, 25, and 26 and (2) Washington/DC Transit Branchville, Cabin John, and Mount Pleasant. B&W and color, music only. (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 83 and 89) Ben Rohrbeck                                                                             

 0:48      R05C DVD+R  $27.95  (NEW)  

Raleigh D'Adamo's Washington Streetcar Films A snapshot of the entire DC Transit system shot between 1956 and 1961. Every line was photographed from end to end. All lines are shown from trackside; the long stretches of rural private right-of-way on the 20 and 82 lines were also covered with rock-steady out-the-front shots. This DVD will allow you to travel each line in both directions in whatever order you wish. Includes an introduction by the photographer and a quick overview of the entire system. It also includes extra features such as an alternate sound mixes, and TGM SynchroMaps for every sequence. (2005) Transit Gloria Mundi

2:45  #TGM-DWS  DVD    $49.95   (NEW)

EUROPE

Amsterdam's Colorful Trains: We start in the Netherlands at Central Station where we see electric locomotive hauled trains and emu's, and a few freights. Then a brief look at Amsterdam's extensive tram network. Then a couple of locations in Dordrecht for freight from the Port of Rotterdam to Germany and Belgium, both electric and diesel, then Lage Zwaluwe for more freight and passenger trains, including the Thalys high speed train to Paris and Belgian freight and passenger trains.     (Highball Productions)    

1:45      #HP-AMCTDVD  $34.95

Cologne's Colorful Trains — Visit under the glass arched roof of the train station in Cologne, Germany for intense passenger train action, with suburban services, intercity services and lot of ICE trains. Next to the suburbs to see trains at speed, then a visit to Cologne West for both diesel and electric hauled freight trains from a variety of carriers, and passenger trains heading to and from the city. (2004) (Highball Productions)                                                                             

 1:46      #HPCOCTDVD  $35.95  

Electric Railways of Austria — 16mm movies by W. Robert Stillman. Tramway and Electric Railway systems in Dalzburg, Gmunden. Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz, Mixnitz, St. Florian, St. Polten, Vocklamarkt, Vorchdorf, and Vienna in 1962-1963. Music only. (Ben Rohrbeck)                                                                             

 0:32      R118D DVD+R  $20.95  (NEW)  

Electric Railways of Italy — 16mm movies by W. Robert Stillman. Tramway and Electric Railway systems in Bologna, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Rome, Trieste, and Turin 1957-1963. Music only. (Ben Rohrbeck)                                                                             

 0:27      R122D DVD+R  $18.95  (NEW)  

Electric Railways of Switzerland — 16mm movies by W. Robert Stillman. Tramway and Electric Railway systems in Aarau, Altstatten , Basel, Bern, Diekiton, Faruenfeld, Gais, Langenthal, Niederbipp, St. Gallen, Solothurn, Trogen, and Zurich in 1962-1963. Music only. (Ben Rohrbeck)                                                                             

 0:45      R119D DVD+R  $27.95  (NEW)  

Electric Railways of West Germany — 16mm movies by W. Robert Stillman. A 1957-59 sampling of 32 German systems, many operating pre-WWII equipment. Music only. (Ben Rohrbeck)                                                                             

 0:32      R109D DVD+R  $20.95  (NEW)  

Vienna's Trams Stroll around Vienna's inner ring road and see the trams in operation. See new low floor trams, regular trams, two historic trams and the interurban-like street railway to Baden. Features Narration On/Off (2007) Highball Productions                                                 

 1:00    # HP-VITR DVD  $24.95   (NEW) Temporarily out of stock

Zurich's Colorful Trains Join us on the main station in Zurich, Switzerland for a truly colorful parade of trains, mostly from the Swiss Federal Railway, with local, intercity and international trains from a variety of countries, plus trains from Germany, France and Italy. Also the Gotthard Line, the busiest North-South railroad in Switzerland. (2000)(Highball Productions)

2:00          # HP-ZCTDVD  $35.95 

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

MARYLAND

Carvey Davis's Baltimore Streetcar Films — Beginning in the late 1940's, Carvey Davis, a motorman with Baltimore Transit, began documenting the city's remaining streetcar lines on 16mm movie film. It is organized geographically into sequences covering individual lines. Color and B/W, Narration of location information.  (!988)Transit Gloria Mundi                  

0:59      # TGM-CDBD   DVD   $29.95  (NEW in DVD)

Baltimore & Washington Trolleys — 1960's 16mm movies of (1) Baltimore Transit Routes 8, 25, and 26 and (2) Washington/DC Transit Branchville, Cabin John, and Mount Pleasant. B&W and color, music only. (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 83 and 89) Ben Rohrbeck                                                                             

 0:48      R05C DVD+R  $27.95  (NEW)  

MIDWEST

Midwest Heartland Interurbans — Coverage includes 1950 1960s 16 mm movies of (1) Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern, (2) Cedar Rapids & Iowa city, (3) Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern, (5) Southern Iowa, (6) Mason City & Clear Lake, and (7) Illinois Terminal, Peoria-St. Louis and Granite City Lines. B&W and color, music only, (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 46 and 47) Ben Rohrbeck          

0:38  R07C  DVD+R $25.95  (NEW)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 6 — Iowa Interurbans, Vol. 1 — Covers the Des Moines City Ry., Des Moines & Central Iowa, Southern Iowa Ry., Iowa Terminal RR., and others. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, Sound, Musical Score        #MK1T6        $24.95   (3 LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 7 — Iowa Interurbans, Vol. 2 — Includes the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern and Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Ry. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color, Sound, Musical Score             #MK1T7           $24.95   (3 LEFT)

Iowa Interurbans  Covers the Des Moines City Ry., Des Moines & Central Iowa, Southern Iowa Ry., Iowa Terminal RR., Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern and Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Ry. and others. (Mark I Video) 

1:00       #T6+7/D             DVD                                           $34.95

Midwest Interurbans — We ride the Illinois Terminal’s “Bloomington Line” from Decatur through Mackinaw Junction. In Iowa, we ride the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern while we chat with the motorman, run past an unusual dog and turn on the streets of Cedar Falls, all in the early ‘50’s.  Finally, we take a tour of Chicago area transportation system in the same era.  The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee, the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin, the Illinois Central electrics, the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend and an assortment of lines in the RTA. B/W & Color, Narration, Some Sound  0:35  (A&R Productions)    

# ARMI1      $24.95   (2 LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 4 — Midwest Traction, Vol. 1 — Includes footage of Cincinnati & Lake Erie, Stark Electric, Cleveland Railway, St. Louis Public Service and others. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, Sound, Background Music       #MK1T4      $24.95  (1 LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 17 — The Midwest, Vol. 2 — More coverage of the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee. The program takes you to Milwaukee where you'll ride the last run over the Scenic Port Washington line in the snow. (Mark I Video) 

0:30 Color & B/W, music            #MK1T17                    $24.95   (2 LEFT)

Midwest Traction Vols. 1 and 2  Vol. 1 offers scenes of the following lines: Cincinnati & Lake Erie,  Stark Electric Road, Youngstown & Southern Ry., Cincinnati Traction Company, Mt. Adams Incline (Cincinnati), Cleveland Railway Company, Shaker Hts. Rapid Transit, Columbus Railway Company, Dayton City Railway, Detroit Dept. of Street Rys., and St. Louis Public Service Co. Vol. 2 present vignettes of several large traction properties in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, including The Milwaukee electric Railway & Light Co., Chicago Surface Lines and Chicago "L". and North Shore Line. Color and B/W, graphics, big band music (2000) Mark I Video  

1:00       #T4+17/D            DVD                                            $34.95

New England

Before the Wires Came Down — The Springfield Terminal Railway — Film of the electric freight and passenger operations of this Vermont interurban line. Trolley operations in the 1940's; Freight motors #15 and #20; Car #16 in MOW service; Work car #8; Plow #12; Diesel #1; and Moving by truck to the CERM in 1956. Color & some B/W, Sound & Narration  (1998) A&R Productions                                                                   

 0:45      #ARST1D  $29.95   DVD+R  (NEW to DVD)

The Boston & Maine - Steam/Diesel Transition, 1930's - 1953; Head end Concord & Montréal on the "Alouette"; Rush hour at North Station with multiple trains in motion; Head end on the Fitchburg, East Deerfield to Eagle Bridge; Hoosac Tunnel Motors; Action at Gardner, Winchester, Claremont Jct.; Conn. River Line from Springfield through East Northfield; and more ......Dolby Stereo, color & B/W,  (2004)  A&R Productions                      

 0:55      #ARBM1 $29.95    (1-LEFT)                                                                

             #ARBM1D $29.95   DVD+R 

Boston & Maine in the 4 Seasons — Volume 1 — 1946–1951 — Summer & Fall. 0:44     (Herron Rail Video)                             

#HR019D  $39.95   DVD-R version

Boston & Maine in the 4 Seasons — Volume 2 — Boston Area Railroading 1946–1951 Winter & Spring  (Herron Rail Video)                 

#HR020D $39.95   DVD-R version 

Boston & Maine Steam Part 1 The first two-thirds is devoted to an in-depth survey of B&M steam power as it was in the mid-30’s. The final part studies the B&M branch line operation as it was at that time both summer and winter on twelve of the busiest branches.      (B&W)      (Sunday River)            

 0:37    # SRB&M1   $29.95   (1-LEFT)

Boston & Maine Steam Part 2 Steam operations on the three busiest divisions of the B&M as they were in the mid-1930’s. The Portland, New Hampshire, and Fitchburg Divisions are shown summer and winter with a glimpse of the Connecticut Valley Line. (B&W)  (Sunday River)                      

0:31    # SRB&M2   $29.95   (1-LEFT)

Boston Memories - From the lens of Frank Miklos, transit professional and historian. Made from 8 mm film of varying quality from the 1960's and 70's. Featuring PCC cars, Everett-Forest Hills EL (Orange Line), also the Red & Blue Lines. Also included are the Watertown and Arborway Lines. Music and narration, (2007) RonRail Pictures                     

 2:00      #RR13 $24.95 DVD (NEW)                                                                

Boston Streetcars In Transition 1962–1985 — Two part video on the PCC era of the Boston streetcar system. Scenes from all the lines. Extended coverage of the Arborway line on Part Two. Part One runs for 56 min. Part Two runs for 51 minutes. Color, Narration and Background Music- (Seashore Trolley Museum)

Each Part $19.95 — (SALE $14.95 each)

Boston's Trolleys - Compilation of: New England Trolleys MTA, Boston. Coverage includes: 1953, 1961-1963 16 mm movies (varying quality) of The Metropolitan Transit Authority's operations including subway-surface, urban and suburban lines, "Type 5", PCC, rapid transit, and work equipment. Music only, Ben Rohrbeck Traction Publications (former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 8 and 91)                     

 0:30      #R06C $21.95 DVD+R (NEW)                                                                

Conrail's Boston & Albany Through a Trainman's Eyes  Gary Gurske often took his video camera to work as a trainman for Conrail's Boston line. As a member of the Worcester crew pool, he was called for trains from Guilford's Ayer yard to Selkirk and return. These are his memories as represented by train SEMA in 1990. The program covers Selkirk Yard, the Selkirk branch and the Boston and Albany between Post Road and Worcester. Also featured is the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus blue unit train. The train is heading west and stops at Springfield Station to feed and water the animals.  Maps, Historic Narration, (2007) A&R Productions.

1:10  #ARCR1   DVD          $29.95   (NEW)

Central Vermont Ry. In Steam — Vol. I    Two local railfans set out to capture the last days of steam in the mid 1950’s.Thus we can follow the CV’s feisty Consolidations through the four seasons. Towns featured are New London, Yantic, Willimantic, Tolland and Stafford Springs in CT, Monson, Palmer, Belchertown and Miller’s Falls in MA, and Brattleboro, Essex Junction and St. Albans in VT. Also the “Rock of Ages” granite quarry and the Richford branch local      (A&R Productions)                                                       

0:57      # ARCV1      $29.95   (2-LEFT)

            #ARCV1D     $29.95   DVD+R  (NEW)

Central Vermont Ry. In Steam — Vol. II   Two more film collections were used in Vol. 2 which focuses on the CV in MA and VT, particularly on the “700’s”, the roads big 2-10-4’s. Almost every CV class is represented. Highlights include the rescue of a through freight, which had a broken down C-Liner, by a 2-8-0, and following a 2-10-4 northward out of Brattleboro on a sub-zero degree winter morning with a heavy freight in tow. Color, sounds, Narration.    (A&R Productions)                                                                              

0:58      # ARCV2      $29.95   (2-LEFT)

            #ARCV2D     $29.95   DVD+R  (NEW)

Central Vermont Ry. In Steam — Vol. III & IV.  The CV Prior to 1954. Includes Palmer sub local, locals and manifest freights, White River Junction and St. Albans, Ride in the caboose of the Richford local with a diesel pusher out of St. Albans, Missisquoi Paper at Sheldon springs, ST J & LC at Sheldon Junction and an St. J wreck, the creamery at Enosburg Falls, Ride the drifting caboose into Richford yard, and bonus footage with a diesel cab ride from New London to Mansfield. Color, Sound, Narration  (1999) A&R Productions               

1:10     # ARCV3D  $29.95 (New in DVD+R)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 3 — The Connecticut Company — By the late 1940's. ConnCo trolleys were running only in the City of New Haven. Also scenes of trolley activities in Holyoke and Springfield MA. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W,  music       #MK1T3      $24.95 (1-LEFT)

Connecticut Company Trolleys — Film taken by the late Ken DeCelle in 1930’s and 1940’s of New Haven, including the line to Prospect Beach and Savin Rock, and Yale Bowl Service. Several fan trips and special appearances by work equipment are also included. All color films in 8 and 16 mm accompanied by music and narration. (Seashore Trolley Museum)

1:07      STMCONNCO    $24.95  (SALE $14.95)

            STMCONNCOD  New DVD version  $14.95 

Conrail in New England - From Conrail's giant hump yard in Selkirk NY to the rugged grades of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, this tape offers you a last look at one of the "big blue railroad's" most scenic mainlines before it disappeared into CSX Transportation (Kalmbach)

 1:00 All digital format, color, stereo sound         $29.95 (1-LEFT)

Conrail on the B&A: Back in the days when the B&A was an all-GE route. Lots of action from Boston, through Framingham, Worchester, Charlton Hill, Springfield, Washington Hill, State Line Tunnel, Castleton Bridge and Selkirk.  (Highball Productions)                                             

1:40    # HP-COBAD  $24.95 DVD   (NEW to DVD)

The Edaville Collection Massachusetts' Maine Attraction is the only definitive documentary on Edaville ever produced. Covers the history of the Maine two-footers and shows regular-service trains on the Sandy River and Bridgton & Harrison Railroads. The program then describes the evolution of Edaville from its planning and construction as a cranberry-hauling freight line to a full-fledged theme park. Edaville Revisited describes the sale and movement of most of the Edaville equipment to the new Maine Narrow Gauge Museum in Portland ME and the short-lived 1997 revival of Edaville itself. A tour of the Portland museum featuring trackside, onboard, and in-cab views, along with some unusual night video sequences and a colorful fireworks display completes the program. Full color Video and Color and B/W archive film, narration, (1991, 1996, DVD Version 2004) Mark 1 Videos

2:00    # EDA+ER/D     DVD  $39.95   (NEW to DVD)

The Green Mountain runs through scenic Vermont farm country on former Rutland tracks. We see the passenger trains and freight trains from trackside and in the cab in summer, fall and winter. (Highball Productions)                                                

1:20    # HP-GMRR  $29.95 VHS   (1-LEFT)

Maine's Other Main Lines, The Bangor & Aroostook and the Saint Lawrence & Atlantic. This shows operations on each line during 1990, 1991 & 1992. Hi-fi Stereo (Broken Knuckle Video Productions)                                                

1:30    # ARMEL1  $24.95 DVD   (NEW)

Mass Traction Action From 1930’s 16 mm film, about an hour of trolley memories of the Springfield Street. Ry., Holyoke Street Ry., Boston Elevated Ry., and rare coverage of the narrow gauge legend, the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn. Included are day to day activity, construction/maintenance activity, fan trips an even scrapping of the cars. Covered are the effects of the horrific Springfield flood in 1938, blizzards, fires and other hazards to transportation operations. Color & B/W, sound and narration(1999) A&R Productions