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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)

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   (1 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       #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     #ARCV1D     $29.95   DVD+R

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      #ARCV2D     $29.95   DVD+R

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

0:58    #ARMT1D $29.95 DVD+R (New to DVD)

Memories of Steam in New England — Features New Haven, Central Vermont, Maine Central and other railroads. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, Sound         #MK1ENG        $24.95 (2-LEFT)

The New England Central The photographer chased the southbound job south out of Palmer the weekend after startup, in February 1995, and then again a couple of weeks later in some fairly brisk weather. The northbound was chased out of Brattleboro in December and January, the latter being somewhat frigid at 20 below, some earlier scenes of CV to show how it was. (Highball Productions)

1:15    # HP-TNECD $29.95 DVD (NEW)

New England Glory Vol. 1 — Mountain Division — Maine Central Steam, 1950 — Boston & Maine, 1946 — On the trail of the Iron Horse through Crawford Notch   (Herron Rail Video)   1:17

#HR017D $39.95   DVD

New England Main Lines The trunk lines of New England in the mid-30’s when they were entirely steam operated. Canadian Pacific, Bangor & Aroostook, Rutland, Central Vermont, Grand Trunk and New Haven. (B&W) (Sunday River)

0:51    # SRNEML   $39.95   (2-LEFT)

New England Short Lines Taken in the 1930s when these railroads were independent of control by the major rail systems and operating just as they had done when first built in the mi-1800s. Belfast & Moosehead Lake, Montpelier and Wells River, Rock of Ages, Claremont and Concord, Knox, St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain, Suncook Valley and the Lake Champlain and Moriah. (B&W) (Sunday River)

0:40    # SRNESL    $29.95 (1-LEFT)

New York, New Haven and Hartford Steam, Diesel and Electric; From Hellgate to South Station, New Haven to Springfield; Canal Line, Norwich & Western, Armory Branch; I-4's, I-5's, FA's, PA's, DL109's, RS's, FM's, GP9's and FL9's; EP's, EF's, MUT's and Roger Williams; Steam Fantrips with New Haven and Foreign power; Maps and historically researched narration. Color and B/W (2004) A&R Productions

1:00      # ARNH1D $29.95 DVD+R (NEW to DVD)

A Northern New England Caboose Odyssey The owner of a private caboose is requested to loan the car to the new Hampshire Central RR, which was required to take officials on an inspection tour of it's state-funded rehabilitation work. The car was shipped from Northfield-Tilton NH via rail. The owner rode along on the St. L. & A! His friend, Gary Gurske, a former Conrail trainman, followed the move and captured it on tape. New Hampshire Southern; Guilford, Dover to Rigby; St. Lawrence & Atlantic, Danville Jct. to Berlin with GATX power, on former Grand Trunk; St. L. & A., Berlin to N. Stratford with Canadian National Power; New Hampshire Central on former MEC Beecher's Falls branch; ditching on NHC using CN Jordan Spreader; and more. Dolby stereo, color, (2007) A&R Productions

1:27   # ARCO1D DVD    $29.95 (NEW)

Return to Boston - From the lens of Stanley M. Hauck, narrated by Frank Miklos. Made from 8 mm film of varying quality from the 1970's and 80's. See Boston Green, Orange, Blue & Red Lines. Music and narration, (2007) RonRail Pictures.

1:22      #RR15 $24.95 DVD (NEW)

Saint Lawrence & Atlantic The photographer chased the St. L & A during the winter of 1991-1992, braving snow and bitter cold to bring you video of short line railroading at it's finest. Action on the former Grand Trunk line between Danville Junction, Maine and Island Pond, Vermont. 1992 Highball Productions

1:20 +    # HP-STLAD DVD $24.95   (NEW)

Springfield Terminal, an affectionate look at the ST on the old B&M in 1990/91. Shows elderly, grimy, run down second hand power, plus Conrail run through power and CP and GATX on the Bow Coal trains, plus some MBTA    (Highball Productions)

1:55    # HP-HBST    $29.95 VHS (3-LEFT)

           # HP-HBSTD $29.95 DVD (NEW)

Steam Notheast Contains the little Baldwin 2-4-4T's of Edaville on Railfan Day and Christmas of 1991, followed by a 70 ton Climax on the White Mountain Central in the summer of 1991, then Chinese 1647 in excursion service and double headed at the Valley RR's Railfan Day. 1992 Highball Productions.

1:00    # HP-STNE   DVD $19.95   (NEW)

Streetcars and Buses of the Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. — This tape consists of black and white photos from the historic archives of the New England Electric Railway Historical Society. See rare photos of Norumbega Park and what remains of the system today. This tape was developed to raise funds for restoration of car #41 of the Middlesex and Boston St. Ry. B/W with narration. (Seashore Trolley Museum)

1:33                $26.95

Trains of New England — Fond Memories — Rare footage of the railroads of New England. The “Berkshires” and “Hudsons” of the Boston & Albany, R3 “Mountain-Types” and “Moguls” of the New Haven, “Pacifics” of the Boston & Maine”, narrow gauge steamers at Edaville and excursions on the Monadnock, Steamtown & Northern are featured. Color & B/W, Narration, (1994) A&R Productions

0:45      # ARNE1D $29.95 DVD+R (NEW to DVD)

Trolleys of Eastern Massachusetts – Features lines of the Eastern Mass. Street Railway in Haverhill, Lynn, Medford, Quincy and Brockton. Also a brief view of Boston Elevated Railway operations in the 1930’s. Scenes of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ferry boats across Boston Harbor and the Union Freight Railroad. B&W and color from 8 and 16 mm films (some of varying quality), music, narration (Seashore Trolley Museum)

0:53 VHS       $19.95 (Special Separate Sale $6.95)

0:53 DVD-R   $19.95 (NEW)

Trolleys of New England, Vol. I, Northern New England — Trolleys in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine from films taken between 1936 and 1954. Springfield Terminal, Claremont NH, Manchester NH, Berlin NH, Sanford ME and the trolley operation of the York Utilities in its final years. Biddeford and Saco Railroad Co, Portland ME, Lewiston and Auburn ME, Old Town and Bangor ME. Also footage of bus operations in the mid 1950’s with ACF-Brill transit buses. (Seashore Trolley Museum)

0:45 B/W and color from 8 and 16 mm film, music, narration.

PAL Format Only $29.95 (SALE $19.95)

NEW DVD Version As of December 1, 2007

Trolleys of New England, Vol. 1, Northern New England - Covers Springfield Terminal (NH & VT), Claremont RY (NH), Manchester Street RY (NH), Berlin Street RY (NH), York Utilities Co. (ME), Biddeford & Saco RR Co. (ME), Portland RR CO. (ME), Androscoggin & Kennebec RY (ME), Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. (ME), plus Special "32 miles by Interurban" via Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway. Bath to Lewiston via Brunswick. A bonus for automotive fans is the large number of street scenes showing now "vintage" vehicles in late 1930's traffic. B&W and some early color from 8 and 16 mm film, music, narration. (2007) Seashore Trolley Museum

1:03 DVD-R $19.95 (NEW)

Trolleys of New England, Vol. II, Southern New England — Trolleys in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island from films taken between 1936 and 1962. New Haven CT, Hartford CT, New Britain CT, Springfield MA, Worcester MA, Boston MA, New Bedford MA, Providence RI and the operations of the American Car Sprinkler Company, the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, the Grafton and Upton Railroad and the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway. (Seashore Trolley Museum)

0:63 B/W and color from 8 and 16 mm film, music, and narration.

$24.95 (Special Separate Sale $6.95)        PAL Format $29.95 (SALE $19.95)

Whistler’s Western — The Boston & Albany RR This tape represents 55 years in the History of the B&A and the Western Railroad. From Hudsons and Berkshires to Conrail and Amtrak in 1990. Color and B&W, sound, Narration  (1991) A&R Productions

1:00      #ARBA1D $29.95 DVD+R   (NEW to DVD)

Whistler’s Western II – Penn Central Black Vintage diesel action on the Western Ry. of MA. An update from the earlier Boston & Albany video to the “dark” days of Penn Central. Taken just before and after the formation of Conrail. Color, Sounds, Narration (1998) A&R Productions

0:54      #ARBA2D $29.95 DVD+R   (NEW to DVD)

Winter on the B&A: The photographer spent many days plodding up and down the Mass Pike in some nasty weather. Includes the Lake Shore headlight to headlight with a freight at Charlton, with a stalled snow blower on the passing track, Washington Hill in a two foot blizzard, etc.  (Highball Productions)

2:00    # HP-WOBA $29.95 VHS (2 LEFT)

NEW JERSEY

Atlantic City Trolley Days    (Transit Gloria Mundi)

0:42      # TGMACTD DVD   $29.95

Public Service Coordinated Transport — Enjoy a ride on New Jersey’s largest trolley system. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, Musical Score         #MK1PS     (2-LEFT)              $24.95

Public Service & Queens Trolleys PS and T10 (Mark I Video)

1:00            #PS+T10/D                DVD                                           $34.95

NEW YORK

Bridge Line Division: CP Rail’s D&H. Covers the old Susquehanna Division between Mohawk Yard & Binghamton where you will see most of the famous locations, including Richmondville Hill, Delanson, Ninevah, Harpursville and Belden Hill.   (Highball Productions)

1:50 #HP-CPDH DVD $29.95

Brooklyn Trolleys Vol. 1 presents a nostalgic portrait of the Brooklyn system between 1936 and its abandonment in 1956.Vol. 2 also features Brooklyn Els. in action on the Myrtle, Fulton, Culver, and Lexington lines in the 1940s and 50s. The program concludes with scenes of the Brighton line and the last trains to 168th Street on the Jamaica Avenue El. (Mark I Video)

1:20    #T23+24/D   DVD        $39.95

Conrail's River Line: The old New York Central West Shore Route. Blue action at all the famous locations, Iona Island, Bear Mountain, Popolopen trestle, Storm King, Newburgh, West Point and lots more. 1993 (Highball Productions)

1:45     # HP-CRRL $29.95 VHS (2-LEFT)

           # HP-CRRLD $29.95 DVD (NEW)

Empire State Trolleys: Al Cramer was an early member of the NRHS North Jersey Chapter. His films have been transferred to DVD format but are the same as originally taken in the 1940's which are not comparable to today's technology and colors. Includes the Third Avenue Railway in 1945, 1946, and 1949, Third Avenue EL 1947, Brooklyn 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, Queensboro 1949, Staten Island Rapid Transit 1948, Hudson River Day Line to Albany 1946, Rochester 1947 and Buffalo 1949. Also includes two shorts by Ron Wallace: "Ride the Rapid" taken in 1960 and "New York Ferries" featuring 8 ferry lines from Staten Island to Newburgh NY. (2006) RonRail Pictures

2:00     # ACRR6 $24.95 DVD (NEW)

The End of the Line, Rochester's (NY) Subway, The story of the smallest city in America to build and abandon a subway— Describes the political and economic forces that resulted in almost thirty years of service, and acquaints us with details of the line, equipment, operating problems and human interest elements. Now digitally remastered with 45 minutes of special features not on the original VHS version. Three new featurettes are (1) The Steel Wheel, (2) Prodigal Son - Rochester Car 60, and (3) Motherless Child - Remnants of the Subway including "The Phantom Run" (2005) [Animatus Studio]

1:30      $29.95 DVD

Ferryboats, Car Floats, and Liners This program presents a wide variety of marine traffic in New York harbor ranging from huge ocean liners to tugboats filmed from around 1940 to the late 1960s. Railroad ferries include: Lackawanna Pocono, Elmira, Binghamton, Maplewood, Scranton and Lackawanna; NYC Utica, Niagara; CNJ Red Bank, Somerville; and Erie Youngstown, Meadville, and Arlington. There is also a section featuring a New York Central tug boat and carfloat. Color and B/W archive film, music, sound, narration. (1992) Mark 1 Video

0:30    # NYH/D DVD    $24.95 (NEW)

New York Central Steam and Diesel Along the Hudson shows first-generation diesels in action on the West Shore Line from Weehawken to Bear Mountain and on the Hudson River Main line from Manhattan to Albany Steam Showcase offer action scenes of NYC steam power ranging from 0-8-0s and 4-6-0s to the famous 4-6-4 Hudson, 4-8-2 Mohawks, and the legendary 4-8-4 Niagaras. Includes Harmon engine terminal, scooping water on the fly, 4-6-0s on the branch to Oneonta and others. Color and B/W. maps, graphics, synchronized sound (2006) Mark 1 Videos

1:00    # NYS+NYD/D   DVD    $34.95 (NEW)

New York Els, New York Subways Vol. 1 presents rare scenes of the Second and Third Avenue Els taken in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Additional footage of the Polo Grounds Shuttle. Dyre Avenue line, and the Staten Island Rapid Transit line is also included. Vol. 2 opens with a look at some of the rolling stock used on the Els, and an extended visit to the Third Avenue elevated line which made its first runs in 1878. The Stygian Caves was a film produce by Walter Druck in 1949. A rather quaint history of the New York City subway system, which was designed to be shown to railfan audiences as some of their meetings. Color and B/W archive film, maps and graphica, fact files, big band music, (DVD version 2004) Mark 1 Video

1:30    # T25+T26+T27/D DVD     $39.95

New York’s Last Trolleys The last 4 lines to operate in New York City; #35 Church Avenue, #68 Coney Ave, and #50 MacDonald Ave., all in Brooklyn, and the Queensborough Bridge Railway, The first three are shown operating with PCC cars. (Sunday River)

0:45    # SRNYLT    $39.95 (1-LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour - New York and New England Volume 1 offers coverage of a number of traction properties. An in-depth look at passenger and freight operations on the Southern New York Railway, along with scenes of the Jamestown, Westfield & Northeastern Railway and Vermont's scenic Springfield Terminal interurban. City systems include Albany and Schenectady NY, Providence RI, New Bedford and Boston MA. Volume 2 offers an in-depth look at the Boston streetcar system and New York's last interurban, the Jamestown, Westfield & Northwestern Railway.

1:00    # T1+28/D     DVD $34.95

Selkirk: Selkirk NY is a former Conrail yard, now CSX and is the largest yard in the North East. At the East end, trains from the Boston Line and the River Line can be seen, and at the West end, trains head to and from Chicago. Taped in Feb. 2000 for a snowy look at CSX.   (Highball Productions)

1:25    # HP-HOT5DVD $24.95

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 27 — The Stygian Caves: New York Subways — A program produced by Walter Druck in 1949 designed to be shown to railfan audiences at various railroad club meetings. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W archive film, music     #MK1T27         $24.95   (1-LEFT)

Third Avenue “El”      The most beloved, the most exhilarating and the most hated of all forms of New York City Transportation.   (Sunday River)

0:39 # SRTAL       $29.95 (4-LEFT)

Third Avenue Railway Vols. 1 and 2 Lines in Manhattan, northern and southern Bronx, and western Westchester County. (Mark I Video)

1:00            #T11+12/D               DVD                                       $34.95

Third Avenue Railway Vol. 3 and Connecticut Company (Mark I Video)

1:00       #T3+13/D           DVD                                             $34.95

Yonkers Railroad — Vincent Seyfried’s films   (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV22D DVD 0:20 $14.95 (New in DVD)

OHIO

Red Devil — The history of Ohio’s greatest traction line and it’s famous high speed Interurban cars! — Cincinnati & Lake Erie — Ohio’s Traction Line of the 1930’s   (Herron Rail Video)

#HRRD     $29.95 (Out of Stock)

PENNSYLVANIA

Brill Bullets & Red Arrow Lines Sixteen minutes have been added to the original tape of the Philadelphia Interurban transit lines in their prime in 1955. Color   (Sunday River)

0:38    # SRBB       $29.95 (1-LEFT)

Keystone State Trolleys — Al Creamer films taken from 1945 thru 1949 including shots of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park, Reading, Hershey, Wilkes Barre, Scranton, Lancaster, Johnstown, Greenburg, Altoona and Pittsburgh. Original films transferred to DVD. Also a short of Bob Underwood's films of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh taken in the 1960's as well as slides taken by Ron Wallace. (2006) RonRail Pictures

ACRR8 1:50    $24.95 (NEW)

Keystone State Trolleys — World War II Until Public Authorities — 1939–1969 — Photos, slides and movies from 23 lines tells the story of transit in Pennsylvania. Includes some rare 1939 movies. (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV77 VHS     $29.95 (1-LEFT)

RV77D DVD 0:52 $29.95 (New in DVD)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 8 — Pennsylvania Trolleys, Vol. 1 — Covers the Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway, Conestoga Traction Company, Hershey Transit, Reading Transit, York Railways, PTC. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, music             #MK1T8            $24.95 (1-LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 9 — Pennsylvania Trolleys, Vol. 2 — The Laurel Line (Lackawanna & Wyoming Railroad), Scranton Railway Co., Wilkes-Barre Railway Co. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, music            #MK1T9               $24.95   (2-LEFT)

Pennsylvania Trolleys Covers the Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway, Conestoga Traction Company, Hershey Transit, The Laurel Line (Lackawanna & Wyoming Railroad), PTC, Reading Transit, Scranton Railway Co., Wilkes-Barre Railway Co., and York Railways. (Mark I Video)

1:00       #T8+9/D      DVD                                                  $34.95

The Pennsy – and More! A sample of what this great railroad had to offer, Steam, electric and diesel. Fast passenger trains, commuters, drag freights, heavy mineral trains and intermodal. The “More” is the coal hauling Bessemer and Lake Erie, with steam and diesel power.

0:48    # ARPR1 $29.95 (A&R Productions) (2-LEFT)

Philadelphia’s Streetcar Route 23   Join us as Railways to Yesterday, Inc. charters #8534, a Peter Witt style trolley. The tour takes us south from Chestnut Hill through the downtown area to 10th and Bigler Sts., the longest route in the city.  (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV42D DVD 0:30 $21.95 (New in DVD)

Philadelphia Street Car Lines — with Blaine Hays — Traveling Route 15, Girard Avenue     (GPS Video)

1:30         #GPSBHP1    $33.00 [2 Left]

Philadelphia Trolleys Two From PTC to SEPTA — The last years of the PTC era & the birth of SEPTA. Also LRVs in action & the '95 Trolley Fest as well as snow scenes. Color, Narration (2003) (GPS Video)

1:01   #GPSPTT40        $35.00   [3 Left]

Pittsburgh Railways — Coverage includes 1951 1963 16 mm movies of Pittsburgh Railways urban and suburban lines to the early years of the Port Authority. Shows Pittsburgh's hills, narrow streets, bridges, unpaved streets, and private right-of-ways. Color, music only, (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 14 and 92) Ben Rohrbeck

0:45  R03C DVD+R $27.95 (NEW)

Red Arrow Lines — 16 mm movies (1) Early 1950s movies of the West Chester Line, (2) 1950-1960s movies of Red Arrow operations including Ardmore, Media, Sharon Hill, and Norristown, and (2) 1961-1967 movies of the last years, including Ardmore, Media, Sharon Hill, and Norristown Lines. B&W and color, music only, (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 21, 52, and 99) Ben Rohrbeck

0:56  R04C DVD+R $29.95 (NEW)

Remembering the Lehigh Valley Transit: A Nostalgic Look Back at the Liberty Bell Route and Local City Lines of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Transit. Contains two programs from WLVT-TV's "Lehigh Valley Viewpoints" series, originally produced and broadcast in 1979, which were the first-ever television shows devoted exclusively to the history and operations of the Lehigh Valley Transit Company. A highlight is the 1914 "Honeymoon Film," produced by the LVT to publicize its deluxe service to Allentown. 1:00     (Carson Home Video)

# CHV-LVT        $30.00   (3 Available)

Septa’s Suburban Transit Division 1985–1994 — The Norristown High Speed Line — Coverage of this decade of transition includes Bullets, Boxes, Market-Frankford & ex-CTA el cars and new N-5 cars on the NHSL and LRT’s on Media and Sharon Hill   (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV35 VHS $49.95 (3-LEFT)

RV35D DVD 1:40 $49.95 (New in DVD)

Steel City Traction: The South Side Lines   (Transit Gloria Mundi)

1:47      # TGM-PSS   $39.95 (1-LEFT)

Steel City Traction 3 — The North Side (Pittsburgh) (Transit Gloria Mundi)

1:00      # TGM-PNS $39.95   (1-LEFT)

Vincent Seyfried's WEST PENN RAILWAYS — Early 1950's 16mm coverage of the Main Line (Greensburg to Uniontown) and the Latrobe Branch.   (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV24 VHS $24.95 (1-LEFT)

RV24D DVD 0:35 $24.95 (New in DVD)

SA (SOUTH AMERICA)

Tramways of South America — Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, & Peru.  (Transit Gloria Mundi)

1:22      # TGM-TSA $39.95 (1-LEFT)

SOUTH

Legends of the Blue Ridge (Steam) 4-8-0 Mastadons, 4-8-2's. 2-6-6-2's, 2-8-8-2's, 2-6-6-2's, and 4-8-4's; Petersburg area; Blue Ridge Summit; Crewe; Christiansburg; Schaffer's Crossing. Color, narration, maps (1994) A&R Productions

1:15       #ARNW1D    DVD+R (NEW to DVD)                      $29.95

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 2 — The Southern States Volume I Interurbans: Shore Fast Line, Hagerstown and Frederick, Washington & Old Dominion, Piedmont & Northern. Cities: Atlantic City, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Savannah, Capitol Transit (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, Musical Score       #MK1T2        $24.95 (5-LEFT)

Nostalgic Trolley Tour 5 — The Southern States, Volume II — Covers the Hagerstown & Frederick, Baltimore & Annapolis and Knoxville Transit Lines. (Mark I Video)

0:30 Color & B/W, Sound, Background Music     #MK1T5      $24.95 (2-LEFT)

Southern States Trolleys Interurbans: Baltimore & Annapolis, Shore Fast Line, Hagerstown and Frederick, Washington & Old Dominion, Piedmont & Northern. Cities: Atlantic City, Knoxville Transit Lines, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Savannah, and Capitol Transit. (Mark I Video)

1:00       #T2+5/D                     DVD                                     $34.95

Texas and New Orleans Trolleys Texas-Ride the heavyweight trolleys and PCC cars of Dallas, and take a trip to El Paso to see PCCs as they travel between El Paso TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Color and B/W, music (Mark I Video)

1:00       #T21+22/D                DVD                                        $34.95

TENNESSEE

The Heritage Trolleys of Memphis. This program show the operations of the Memphis (TN) Area Transit Authority Main Street Trolley and the Riverfront Loop. The operation was photographed in August 2002 and features digital photography and editing with stereo sound. No narration. (Seashore Trolley Museum)

1:04      STMHTM    $14.95

            STMHTMD $14.95

UK (UNITED KINGDOM)

Blackpool’s Trams: Blackpool was the first town in Great Britain to have an electric tramway, opening in 1897. Trams still run in Blackpool today on the same basic route it started on. See and ride the trams of Blackpool, single and double deckers, old and new, colorful and traditional.    (Highball Productions)

2:00      #HP-TRAMDVD $34.95

The Iron Road to the Isles, A Scottish Rail Adventure: Join us on a magical journey by steam train through the highlands of Scotland, You'll see the lochs and glens, the curved viaduct at Glenfinnan, used in the Harry Potter movies. You'll see the fishing port of Mallaig, ride the "Jacobite" steam train through the picturesque scenery of the highlands on "the iron road to the isles" and learn about Bonnie Prince Charlie. Bonus Feature - Go Over the Se to Skye and take a video tour of this beautiful island. (2005) (Highball Productions)

1:15    # HP-RA03DVD $19.95

London's Colorful Trains  Britain's railways were privatized in 1998, so with 25 passenger franchises, 3 freight companies and pre-privatization paint schemes, Britain's railways are colorful indeed. We tour some of London's main line termini, some suburban stations and the busiest railway station in Britain, Clapham Junction. See the electric trains of Great North Eastern, Anglia, Gatwick Express and Virgin West Coast, the HST's of Virgin, GNE, Midland Main Line and First Great Western, and many other brightly colored trains. Taped in August, 2000.   (Highball Productions)

2:00          # HP-LONDDVD $35.95

Welsh Steam 1 : Two programs on this DVD. (1) BLANCHE AND THE EARL takes a look at two of the Ffestiniog's locomotives, Blanche and the Earl of Merioneth. Includes a cab ride on Blanche, trackside views of both locomotives, a brief tour of Boston Lodge shop, and a quick look down a slate mine. (2) GARRATTS UNDER SNOWDON takes you on a cab ride on one of the Welsh Highland Railway's 2 foot gauge ex South African Beyer Garratts, an enormous locomotive for two foot gauge. You will also see the two Garratts from trackside, ride the train and see a little of the beautiful Welsh scenery that the railway runs through. narration on or off, (2006) Highball Productions.

1:50      #HP-WS1 $24.95   (NEW)

Wisconsin Central's English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Wisconsin Central took over most of Britain's freight operations in 1996. Includes visits to 6 hot spots for an overview of operations. Milford Junctions for coal, steel and EMD Class 59's, Warrington on the electrified west coast mainline for diesel and electric operations, Barnetby with its arrays of semaphores and the busiest freight location in the country, Colton Junction where the Leeds line joins the electrified east coast main line Peak Forest for stone traffic and Newport for steel and the EMD Class 66's. (1998) (Highball Productions)

2:00    # HP-EW&SDVD $35.95

UTAH

Electric Rails of Utah. Visit the Fabulous electric railroads that once roamed the Great Salt Lake area. The lines featured are the Bamberger Railroad, The Utah Idaho Central, Salt Lake Garfield & Western (Saltair) and the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad. Passenger and freight operation with nostalgic scenes and lots of history. The Bamberger and the Saltair both operated trains to amusement parks, such as Lagoon Park and the Saltair Pavilion. Those topics are covered as well as express LCL service 1:06 (Charles Smiley Presents)

DVD # D-127      $29.50

GENERAL

The Birney Safety Car — 52 minutes, covers 5 Birney cars, Fort Collins #21 in Fort Collins, Fort Smith Light & Traction #224 at Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Pacific Electric #322 at Old Pueblo Trolley System, Conestoga Traction #236 at Manheim Historical Society, and Johnstown Traction #311 at Rockhill Trolley Museum. (Ben Rohrbeck)

#RV64                   $29.95   (1-LEFT)

Brill Cars — Featuring the J.G. Brill Company of Philadelphia and the cars they built. (Ben Rohrbeck)

0:55        #RV78                                     $29.95 (3-LEFT)

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Narrow Gauge Railroad "Like You've Never Seen Before" This is an in-depth look at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic narrow gauge railroad located on the border of Colorado and New Mexico. This feature contains steam trains traveling 64 miles through thick green forests of aspens, pines and cedar trees, mysterious volcanic rock formations, winding river grasslands and high desert plains. This was filmed in the winter, spring, summer and fall at 37 different locations along the line. Includes an option to watch with or without narration. (2003) Shiloh Sales

2:00    # S-004  DVD $29.95 (NEW)

Electric Railways of 1957-1967, A Worldwide Color Survey, 16mm films by W. Robert Stillman. Tramway and Electric Railway systems in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and West Germany. Music only, (Ben Rohrbeck)

1:30    R105D   DVD+R       $44.95 (NEW)

Fabulous Trolleys, The History of Trolleys in America — See rare historic film of long-abandoned street railway, scrapped trolleys and early streetcar operations. Tour the historic collections of three American trolley museums, the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport ME, the Illinois Railway Museum in Union IL, and the Orange Empire Railway Museum near Los Angeles CA. Bonus materials include extended interviews and rarely seen historic footage of the last Los Angeles Trolleys.

0:50      # FABTROL   DVD $14.95   (NEW to DVD)

Heislers, Shays and Other Teakettles (Steam) The ET & WNC's standard gauge ex-Southern 2-8-0's; The Mississippian operated with a pair of ex-Frisco consolidations; The Gainesville Midland operated Russian decapods; Southwest Lumber at Flagstaff AZ; Rayonier in Washington State; Westside Lumber, with narrow gauge Shays; The Nevada Northern with ten wheeler number 40 for excursions, and The Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods "The Crookedest RR in the World. B&W/Color, Sound, Narration, (1994) A&R Productions

0:46       #ARHS1D DVD+R  (NEW to DVD)               $29.95

Juice, The Final Three Electric Interurban Freight Survivors - The East Troy Electric in Wisconsin; Texas Transportation in San Antonio; and Iowa Traction in Mason City, Iowa.Pentrex

1:12 Color with Stereo Sound and Narration                $29.95 (3-LEFT)

Light Rail Panorama — Calgary, Portland, Sacramento  (Transit Gloria Mundi)

0:55      # TGM-LRP $30.00   (3-LEFT)

Memories of Steam in the Northeast, Volumes 1 and 2 Vol. 1 presents action scenes of many different classes of steam locomotives on a number of railroads including: Boston & Maine 2-84s, 2-8-2s, 2-6-0s; CNJ 4-6-2s; Delaware & Hudson 4-6-2s, 4-8-4s, 4-6-6-4s; Erie Railroad 4-6-2, 2-8-4s; Lehigh Valley streamlined 4-6-2; Reading 4-6-2s plus T-2 4-8-4s in regular service; Shortline Steam in Pennsylvania. Vol. 2 offers in-depth action sequences filmed in the late 1930s and early 1940s: Erie Railroad - Jersey City terminal, Gulf Summit, Excursion to Starrucca Viaduct, steam at Englewood NJ; New York Central - New Haven - L&HR trip from New York City via NYC and NH to L&HR; New York Central - Boston & Albany - Boston & Maine - Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington - July 27, 1940 enthusiasts' special from New York City to Readsboro VT. Color and B/W archive film, maps and graphics, fact files, big band music (1989, 2000) Mark I Video

1:00 #NES1+2/D DVD       $34.95 (NEW)

Milwaukee Road Scrapbook. See the Milwaukee Road's 'electrification' on the Pacific Extension. Remember the giant 'Quills', 'Bipolars'. and 'Joes' as well as diesels and steam. Plus, more electrics on the Great Northern and the BA&P and highlights on the rival Northern Pacific. Stereo, from a mix of 16mm, 8mm and Super-8 films. (Charles Smiley Presents)

1:14 DVD # D-126      $29.50

Milwaukee Road West, the Long Road to Extinction: See the Milwaukee and rivals from 1955 to 1978 covering the electrics, diesels and some lingering steam. Plenty of runby and trackside views of a vanished way of life in the mountain districts. Marvel at the GE Boxmotors, Bipolars and "Little Joes" and visit a number of locations. The end of electric railroading and eventually the Pacific Extension is covered in the era of great mergers and changes. Maps, Diagrams and Graphics (2003) Charles Smiley Presents

1:07 DVD # D-118      $28.50

New Jersey Trolleys in the Mid Century and Lehigh Valley Transit in the Twilight Years — Al Creamer films taken from 1946 thru 1954 on regular 8 mm film of varying quality. The first section includes Hudson County NJ's Bergen Line, the Hoboken El, the Steep Grade to Weehawken and trolleys to Western Electric. Then Essex County's Central Ave., Main Street, Bloomfield Ave. and the PCC taken over the #7 Subway. In the second feature we travel between Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown, then down to the 69th St. Terminal and Upper Darby (Philadelphia).(2005) RonRail Pictures

RRAC3 1:56    DVD $24.95 (NEW)

North American Street Railways at Mid-Century — from Boston to Los Angeles and Montreal to New Orleans. 16mm color movies from the camera of W. Robert Stillman. Coverage includes 39 lines. (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV93D DVD 0:55 $29.95 (New in DVD)

Northeast Rails 1995-1999 Action from Iron Road Railway's Bangor & Aroostook and Canadian American Railroads. Also a visit to the Saint Lawrence & Atlantic, Providence & Worcester, Grafton & Upton, Conrail/CSX, GRS, NECR, the New Brunswick Southern and the Massachusetts Central. Narrated, in Stereo (2000) Broken Knuckle Video Productions.

2:00    # ARNEA3 $24.95 DVD   (NEW)

Northeast Rails 2000-2002 Most of the focus of this program is to the lines in Southern New England & Eastern New York State. Railroads seen include the P&W, Green Mountain (VRS), the Guilford Rail system, Canadian Pacific (D&H), CSX, Amtrak and more. Everything from heavy mainline freight action on CSX to coal trains on the P&W to ALCO's operating on The Battenkill RR and Adirondack Scenic RR. In Stereo, Broken Knuckle Video Productions.

2:00    # ARNEA4 $24.95 DVD   (NEW)

Northeast Steam III and Delaware & Hudson Vol. 3 features the Delaware & Hudson's Carbondale - Starrucca line, Maryland & Pennsylvania, Huntington & Broad Top Mountain. TD&H: See steam locomotives on the Forest City and Ararat grades and other locations. Classic diesel action includes views of the engine terminal at Oneonta NY where you'll see as many as 16 Alcos. Concludes with coverage of the D&H Bicentennial train pulled by a red, white, and blue RE3 U23B lashup. Color and B/W archive film, sync sound (2006) Mark 1 Video

1:00 #NES3+DH/D DVD   $34.95 (NEW)

Northeast Steam The Reading, Pennsylvania-Reading Shore Line, B&O, D&H, Rutland/ Includes Thomas Edison turn-of-the-century films on the Ulster & Delaware at Kingston NY and the Lehigh Valley, with camelbacks and rotary plows. B&W and color, sounds and narration (1994) A&R Productions

0:48    # ARNS1D $29.95   DVD+R (NEW to DVD)

Northeastern Rails 1987-1991 Well known spots like Binghamton NY, East Deerfield MA and Hoosac Tunnel as well as some great off the beaten path locations. You'll see Guilford, the D&H, Conrail, the Central Vermont and many other railroads of the region.(1992) Broken Knuckle Video Productions.

2:00    # ARNEA1 $24.95 DVD   (NEW)

The NE Corridor Hot Spots on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, Perrysville MD, Elizabeth NJ, Hoboken NJ. Includes Acela Express train sets. (Highball Productions)

1:30    # HP-HOT12DVD $24.95

PCC’s on Parade – Part 3 – The Golden West (GPS Video)

1:00      $30.00 [2 Left]

Pennsy’s Racetrack — The North East Corridor 1940–1980    (Herron Rail Video)

$39.95 (2-LEFT)

Railroads in Wartime The three-volume series features an entertaining variety of classic films produced during World War II and the Korean War to showcase the importance of American Railroads. All programs are narrated. Vol. 1 includes the rare government film Troop Train, featuring armored vehicles, tanks, motorcycles, and army personnel aboard a special train. Lifeline of the Nation shows war material moved from coast to coast. Vol. 2 offers Railroads and National Defense produced during the Korean War. A featurette describing the making of The Train, and two very rare Lionel train TV commercials, are also included. Vol. 3 presents the classic Santa Fe world War II film Loaded for War. This describes the construction of ships and tanks and the movement of war supplies to points of embarkation, rebuilding a rusting old locomotive, double and triple-headed steam runbys, and a featurette on the making of Von Ryan's Express conclude the program. B/W and color narrated sound film. (1992) Mark 1 Video

1:30 #WAR/D DVD   $39.95 (NEW)

St. Louis Cars — St. Louis Car Company   (Ben Rohrbeck)

                   #RV96                $29.95   (1-LEFT)

Steel and Ice, The Trolley Days of Winter. TGM has gathered some of the most stunning motion pictures ever collected of traction operations in the snow to create a picture of traction operations in the deep of winter. Systems include Pittsburgh, Washington Dc, Ottawa, Quebec-Ste. Anne, North Shore, New York City, Newark, Boston. Philadelphia City and Suburban, and Baltimore Light Rail.  (Transit Gloria Mundi)

0:50      # TGM-SNOD DVD $29.95

Transit Archive Series — Volume One — Rapid Transit, a public relations film produced by the New York City Transit Authority in the 1950’s and shows all aspects of the operation of its subway and elevated lines — Don’t Dent Me, an employee training film produced by Pittsburgh Railways — Getting About, a 1935 public relations effort of Detroit Street Railways — March of Progress, a 1945 Key System documentary concentrating on the transbay interurbans, but also showing local streetcars and the WW II-era Richmond shipyard operations with old NY el cars.  (Transit Gloria Mundi)

0:58    # TGM-TA1D $29.95 (NEW in DVD)

Transit Archive Series — Volume Two — The Vanishing El, from the “If things could talk…” documentary series, so New York’s 3rd Avenue el tells you all about itself in its declining years — Ten Seconds to Go, a Kansas City wartime employee training film, emphasizing the important role of public transportation to the war effort, and the importance of safe operations on the homefront. Very heavy-handed, but lots of interesting scenes of streetcar operations — It’s a Big Job, a 1947 Los Angeles Railways employee orientation film, an obvious but nonetheless rather well-done effort to inculcate a “corporate culture” in a new hire. Concentrates mostly on streetcar operations. (Transit Gloria Mundi)

0:59    # TGM-TA2 $19.95 (1-LEFT)

Trolley Across the North East — Al Creamer films taken from 1945 thru the early 1950's on regular 8 mm film of varying quality. Includes Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Ontario and Quebec Canada, Montreal Canada, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington DC..(2006) RonRail Pictures

ACRR11 1:36  DVD $24.95 (NEW)

Trolley : The Cars that Built Our Cities It brings to life the history of the streetcar and its influence on urban life. An abridged version has been shown on A&E and the History Channel. Winner of the Gold Telly Award, 1999.  (Transit Gloria Mundi)

0:54      # TGM-TRO $19.95 (VHS SALE $14.95)

            #TGM-TROD $19.95 (NEW in DVD)

Trolleys Across America — Al Creamer films taken from 1945 thru the early 1950's on regular 8 mm film of varying quality. Includes :Piedmont & Northern; Knoxville TN; Covington KY; Roanoke VA; Birmingham AL; New Orleans LA; Louisville KY; Cincinnati OH; Dayton & Columbus OH; Wheeling WV; Indianapolis IN; Cleveland & Shaker Heights OH; Toledo OH; Chicago, South Shore & South Bend; Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee; Milwaukee Electric and City Lines; East Troy IL; Illinois Terminal RR; Kansas City MO; Tulsa OK; Pacific Electric Los Angeles CA; San Francisco CA, Key System, Sacramento Northern; Salt Lake City UT, Bamberger RR, SLG&W (Saltair); Omaha NE; Bonus 17 minutes of Chicago RR Fair of 1950.(2007) RonRail Pictures

CCRR10 1:26 + 17 Bonus    $24.95 (NEW)

Trolley Freight - Covers in the East: Springfield Terminal, Niagara Junction, Piedmont & Northern and Toledo Western. Covers in the West: Kansas City Public Service, Kansas City Kaw Valley & Western, Hutchinson & Northern, Tulsa-Sapulpa Union, Sacramento Northern, and Yakima Valley Transit. B&W, some color, music only. (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 43 & 44) Ben Rohrbeck.

0:38 DVD+R $25.95 (NEW)

Trolleys of the 1930s–1940s  - These historic U.S. 8mm movies were taken by Richard E. Whittier in the 1930s and the 1940s. Coverage includes 28 lines, 9 of which have less than one minute's coverage. (Ben Rohrbeck)

RV76   VHS              $29.95 (1-LEFT)

RV76D DVD 1:00     $29.95 (New in DVD)

Western U.S. Traction — Taken from vintage movies film of varying quality. Coverage includes: Anaconda Street Railway, Yakima Valley Transit, Portland Traction, PEPCO, Sand Springs Railway, Crandic, Capital District Transit, Texas Electric Railway, Dallas R&TC, Texas Transportation, El Paso Electric Railway, Southern Iowa, Charles City & Western, WCR&N (City Cars), and Pacific Electric. Mostly Color, Music only. (Former CUSTOM VIDEOS numbers 80, 81 & 82) Ben Rohrbeck

R01C 1:00  DVD+R $29.95 (NEW)

Wires, Wings & Warriors — The Milwaukee Electrics, B&W, Sound, Narration      0:31

# ARMR1 $29.95 (A&R Productions) (Out of Stock)

2008 Revision

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