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| Fostoria - Iron Triangle - CSX and Norfolk Southern Fostoria, Ohio is the point that CSX's North-South ex C&O main line crosses the East-West ex B&O main line at grade, with Norfolk Southern crossing both on the ex Nickle Plate. The area formed by these 3 diamonds is known locally as the iron triangle. Up to 140 trains a day pound the diamond ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: FOST 2 Hours $24.95 |
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| Frankfurt 2001 Taped in late August of 2001 at the home of Lufthansa, with heavy action with B747's, A300's, A340's, the historic Junkers and cargo MD-11's. Several Russian aircraft make appearances, including Yak 42's and TU134's, plus a wide variety of European, North American, Middle Eastern and Asian carriers, ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: FRA01 2 Hours $19.95 |
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| Gears In the Woods - Shays At Cass Geared Shay locomotives at Cass, West Virginia, with a Carl Franz photo freight, and the following weekend at the Cass Railfan weekend. We see all four operating Shays in action, with the signature triple header and side by side run-by's, with lots of close ups of the thrashing machinary. Lots of so ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: CASW 1 Hour 45 Mins $24.95 |
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| Gone Forever - Montreal Many things are gone from the Montreal rail scene. The big (and small) Alco's and MLW's, Via F's, FPA4's and LRC's, commuter F's, flags, open auto racks, cabooses and hooping up orders. This is a much requested redo of our very first program, Montreal's Alco's, completely re-edited with some never b ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: MONT 1 Hour $24.95 |
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| Guilford On the B&M A re release of one of our very first programs, unavailable for a number of years. Re edited, with some never before seen footage, Guilford on the B&M is perhaps a misnomer, as the program includes a chase north of Portland with GP35's. You'll see Bluebird GP9's and GP40's, shabby ex Santa Fe SD ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: GBAM 1 Hour 40 Mins $24.95 |
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| High Plains Hot Shots - The Union Pacific Sidney Sub Union Pacific hotshots, double stacks, grain trains, manifests and coal trains on the high plains of Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. The Sidney Sub, part of the Overland Route, runs from Cheyenne to North Platte and sees up to 50+ trains a day. Grain elevators decorate the landscape, and make an imp ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HPHW 1 Hour 45 Mins $24.95 |
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| Highball Across the Mojave - The BNSF Needles Sub Needles to Barstow on the newly formed BNSF ex-Santa Fe mainline. This is one tough route, 30 miles of 1.4% From Needles to Goffs, rising over 2000 feet for westbounds and 40 miles of 1 %+ for eastbounds, plus the 25 mile drag up Ash Hill. Brand new SD75's to freshly painted GP30's and 35's. ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HATM 1 Hour 30 Mins $19.95 |
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| Highball Along the Columbia - BNSF and Union Pacific UP and BNSF along the highly scenic Columbia River between Washington & Oregon in the Pacific Northwest. We covered the line from Cape Horn Tunnel to west of Pasco, and from Troutdale to Hinkle. We were really pleased to find cabooses on the BNSF trains that cross the Columbia at Wishram and on UP's ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HCOL 3 Hours $19.95 |
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| Highball Down the Yazoo - The Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central's Yazoo District from Jackson MS to Memphis TN through the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta. GP10's with ox-yoke air filters, black SD40's and shiny new SD7O's with the death star on the nose. We didn't expect to like it but we did! The crop dusters antics amused us so I put a bit ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HYAZ 1 Hour 10 Mins $19.95 |
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| Highball Over Cajon - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern California Another tape on Cajon? Yes indeed. I'd never been and the railroads involved have merged. Because of El Nino everything was green, I had bright blue skies (no smog!) and there was snow on the mountains. Combined with hard working trains and power in a rainbow of paint schemes, models from GP9's thro ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: CAJN 1 Hour 30 Mins $19.95 |
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| Highball Over Cajon 2 - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern California Highball over Cajon 1 was very well received, the only complaint being it wasn’t long enough! Here, to address that complaint is two hours of Cajon, Part 2! Taped in Spring 2001 and Fall 2005, there’s lots of variety icluding older units from 2001, a couple of units in the new BNSF Railway paint ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HOC2 2 Hours $24.95 |
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| Highball Over Rich Mountain - Kansas City Southern We had a delightful couple of days on KCS's fourth sub of the Gulf division. This is the north-south main line on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border over Rich Mountain. 6 axle power is the rule here, we saw SD40-2's, SD45's SD4OT-2's and SDSO's, plus some BN and Oakway run-through power on coal trains, al ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: RICH 50 Mins $19.95 |
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| Highball Over Silver Zone - Union Pacific on former Western Pacifc rails UP over the former Western Pacific between SaIt Lake City and Winnemucca, including the paired track with SP (pre merger) through Palisade Canyon. The "Trains" article called this line "Trains in a desolate landscape" and it sure is. We got out and about on the salt Flats, Wendov ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HBSZ 2 Hours $19.95 |
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| Highball Over Stevens Pass - BNSF and steam in the pass A July, 2000 chase of 4449, with 4449 tucked in behind it! Taped between Gold Bar and Trinidad Loop we go from rain forest to desert, via the Columbia River. Power goes from BN green SD40's through War Bonnets and Oakway to Heritage 2 to a black SP steam engine. Wild! Pine trees and steep grades in ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: STEV 1 Hour 30 Mins $24.95 |
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| Highball Over Tehachapi - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern California Pre merger SP and SF on this world famous location in December 1995. The loop is impressive, we had a very nice morning sitting in the sunshine on the hillside overlooking the loops, a long Santa Fe pig train draped around the loop has to be one of the most spectacular sights available. We got in to ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HBOT 2 Hours $19.95 |
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| Highball Over Tehachapi 2 - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern California The seventh railroad wonder of the world is Tehachapi Loop. Join us as we follow this railfan favorite stretch of line from Sand Cut to Mojave in perfect late fall weather. BNSF has trackage rights over the UP, and we'll see trains from both roads, from dawn to sunset, with mostly new power dragging ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: TEH2W 1 Hour 30 Mins $24.95 |
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| Highball Over Triple Track Cajon - BNSF and Union Pacific in Southern California BNSF recently finished triple tracking Cajon Pass in California, one of the premier train watching locations in the world. We take a look at the new triple track Cajon, with favorite locations Keenbrook, Blue Cut, Sullivan’s Curve, Mormon Rocks, "The Hill", Summit and Frost, as well as s ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HTCW 2 Hours $24.95 |
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| Highball Through the Heartland - The BNSF Marceline Sub BNSF's Marceline sub between Kansas City, MO and Fort Madison, IA. BNSF & NS share tracks for 35 miles east of KC, and UP has trackage rights for plenty of variety. Lots of new "Premium Heritage" units, still a decent amount of Warbonnets, and the trains are moveing right along (mostly ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HART 1 Hour 45 Mins $19.95 |
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| Highball Through the Rathole - Norfolk Southern on the CNO&TP Infamous in the days of steam for its long, tight tunnels and tight curves, the Rathole has been modernised and daylighted, but is still a great show. We covered the line from Oakdale TN to Danville KY, we really enjoyed the area, especially the huge rock cuts at Tateville, we even hiked through the ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HBRH 2 Hours $19.95 |
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| Highrail Through the Rockies - Canadian Pacific Field to Lake Louise Taped from the back of a CP Highrail Pickup in early June 2000 in perfect weather. No bugs on the windshield (no windshield!), no wipers, just a straight ahead view with a locked down camera. Only problem was insufficient light from the pickup's headlights, so I've left out the Spiral Tunnel interio ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HRLB 2 Hours $24.95 |
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| Highrail Through the Rockies 2 - Canadian Pacific Exshaw To Lake Louise I've been sitting on this since about 2001. It was a fairly gloomy day (not to mention really cold), but we did meet a couple of trains, and I got to ride around Morant's Curve. Shot over the cab from the bed of a CP pickup, you see the view straight ahead, more or less as a train crew would see it. ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HIRL2 2 Hours 3 Mins $24.95 |
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| Hong Kongs Trains and Boats and.... Colorful, vibrant, exciting Hong Kong! Busses that run in packs, trains on a 3 minute headway, the steepest funicular railway (50% grade!!) In the world, the world famous Star Ferries in one of the busiest and most beautiful harbors in the world, light rail trains running yards behind each other. It ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HKTB2 1 Hour 35 Mins $24.95 |
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| Hong Kongs 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 ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HKTR1 1 Hour 35 Mins $24.95 |
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| Hot Spots 1 Blue Island Illinois - Metra, Indiana Harbor Belt, CSX and Grand Trunk in Chicago Blue Island, Illinois, one of Chicago's Hottest Hot Spots, is the place tracks from CSX, GT and IHB meet. Power from Conrail, CSX, CN, CP, GT, BN, SF, SP, BNSF, IHB, IAIS, UP, CNW and a variety of lease units make for some colorful railroading. Power from switchers to GP9's, SD20's to SD75's, C36's ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HOT1 1 Hour 15 Mins $24.95 |
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| Hot Spots 10 Cisco BC - Canadian Pacifc and Canadian National Cisco is the point in the Fraser River Canyon where CN & CP cross each other and the Fraser on big steel trestles. This highly scenic location sees plenty of trains from both carriers, CN in particular running some huge freights. Directional running is now the norm, with westbounds on CP and eas ...more | HIGHBALL SKU: HOT10 1 Hour $24.95 |