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Tag: Golden Era

Seaboard Coast Line in Florida

By | August 10, 2017
Black diesel locomotive with passenger train at station

Watch video clips of Seaboard Coast Line passenger and freight trains in Florida from the Herron Rail Video program Classic Florida Rails, Volume 1. […]

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Baltimore & Ohio steam in Ohio

By | February 15, 2017
Steam locomotive in yard

Watch video clips of B&O locomotives in action and being serviced from the Herron Rail Video program Steam and Diesel on the Baltimore & Ohio. […]

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Posted in Golden EraTagged CSX, Golden Era, History, Midwest, Railroading, Steam Locomotive, Trains VideoLeave a comment

Penn Station train announcements

By | August 11, 2016
Exterior of large passenger station

Listen to train announcements at Pennsylvania Station, New York, recorded on November 11, 1963, from the archives of Semaphore Records, 202-255-4043. […]

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Southern Pacific steam in action

By | August 11, 2016
Steam locomotive in profile

Watch video clips of SP 2-10-2s, Daylight 4-8-4s, cab-forwards, and more from the Herron Rail Video program Glory Machines Vol. 1. […]

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Santa Fe’s Super Chief

By | May 10, 2016
Streamlined passenger train going away from camera

Watch clips of the Santa Fe’s legendary Chicago–Los Angeles streamliner from Sunday River Productions’ program The Super Chief — The Whole Story. […]

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CN Lightweight Steam in Ontario

By | February 10, 2016
Steam locomotive under dark smoke

Watch video clips of 2-8-0s, 4-6-0s, and light 4-6-2s from the Herron Rail Video program Donald J. Krofta’s Canadian Steam, Vol. 1: Ontario, 1958. […]

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Posted in Golden EraTagged Canada, Canadian National, Golden Era, History, Railroading, Steam Locomotive, Trains VideoLeave a comment

NYC Steam Along the Hudson River

By | November 11, 2015
Steam locomotive approaching at speed

Watch video clips of Niagaras, Hudsons, and Pacifics in the Hudson River Valley from the Sunday River Productions DVD Program Hudsons along the Hudson. […]

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Posted in Golden EraTagged Fallen Flags, Golden Era, History, Northeast, Railroading, Steam Locomotive, Trains VideoLeave a comment

Electro-Motive’s F Units

By | February 11, 2015
Streamlined diesel locomotive nose

Watch excerpts from F Units in Action, a VHS program released by Kalmbach Publishing Co. in 2000. […]

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Seaboard Air Line at Melrose, N.C.

By | October 30, 2014
Red caboose on rear of freight train

Watch 8mm home movies from 1945-46 of Seaboard Air Line steam and diesel action around Melrose, N.C. From the collection of James H. D. Helms Jr., whose father took the movies and whose grandfather was an SAL conductor. […]

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L&N steam power at the 1956 Kentucky Derby

By | April 25, 2014
Steam locomotive with passenger train

Watch video of big Louisville & Nashville steam locomotives on special trains into Louisville for the 1956 Kentucky Derby from the Herron Rail Video program Reflections of American Railroading. […]

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Rio Grande Articulateds and the California Zephyr

By | January 24, 2014
Steam locomotive going away from camera

Watch video clips of big steam locomotives and the California Zephyr in action on the Denver & Rio Grande Western from the Sunday River Productions DVD programs “Otto Perry’s Rio Grande Articulateds” and “Burlington Zephyrs.” […]

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Intermountain Odyssey movies

By | November 26, 2013
Diesel locomotive approaching signal bridge

Watch clips from Bob Johnston’s 8mm color movies that he took during his “Intermountain Odyssey,” as recounted in his article of the same name in Classic Trains Special Edition No. 13, All Aboard! […]

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