K-27 2-8-2 number 463 is the oldest regularly operated steam engine on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. In September 2014 we spent several days capturing this engine on 2 different freight trains(For Engineer & Fireman School Freights), plus we get to see it doubleheading with K-36 number 487 on the first fall doubleheader of the year. Its a great show of 463 plus the doubleheader action.

Running Time 103 min.

It's been awhile since we have produced anything on contemporary excursion steam, but this one should be a welcome addition to your collection. Southern Railway 2-8-0 number 630 is seen on two weekends of steam trips in North Carolina in April of 2013. First we see three runs in one day from Spencer(Salisbury) to Barber Junction. These three roundtrips were unique for the spring of 2013 as they did not have diesel assist. At Barber we see trains being turned to head back east. We get some spirited running on these trips with an nice passenger train consist. The following day(A Sunday), 630 provides the power for the 3 afternoon museum trains at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. This is a short run, but we get to see the engine again without diesel, and there was no water car on these trips. On the second of three trips, we ride the train to provide some different perspective from the trackside views. 630 looks great on all these runs.

The following weekend we are in Asheville, North Carolina for two days of trips to Old Fort, NC. There would be a total of 4 runs, since there was a morning and an afternoon run each day. These trips climbed the mountains in both directions, and traversed the famous loops that helped the railroad gain elevation. You will also see a tunnel scene, and the train passing by Andrew's Geyser, as well as several views of the loops from various angels. In two different scenes you get to see the train pass in one direction on one level, then pass in a different direction from the same camera location. These trips had diesels behind the 630 since the grades were more than the engine could handle, but the steam action was quite good as was the weather for both days. You will also see station scenes in Asheville and Old Fort, plus a little of the wye used to turn the engine.

To finish off the show we included two scenes of the train on a one- way trip west of Asheville toward Knoxville, including a scene at Marshall, NC, and one in Tennessee. The last time I saw this engine was 1970 in Charleston, SC. Also in this new program are some vintage scenes of 630 and history of the engine before going to the Southern Railway's excursion operations in the 1960's. This show has a chapter menu and is in 16:9 wide-screen format

Running Time 81 min.

Enjoy footage of one of the last operational B-24J bombers flying today. We venture to Valparaiso, Indiana for action with "Witchcraft", the most authentic of the two remaining B-24 type aircraft still in operation. Watch taxi scenes, take-offs, landings, and some nice fly-overs. 70 Minutes plus Bonus segment. This is not part of the 70 minutes we advertise. Get your dvd today.

Running Time 70 min.

Travel to New Mexico and Colorado to enjoy steam action over 4 days in Oct.1995. The 64-mile Cumbres & Toltec hosted a special photo charter with 3 different classes of 2-8-2’s featuring K-27 #463, K-36 #497, and K-36’s. Tank car train, double headed freight, 4% grade up to cumbres Pass. Passenger trains, scenes from Tanglefoot curve, replicated San Juan Passenger train that ended in 1951. Live trains sounds.

Running Time 56 min.

Shot between 2007 and 2020, we take you to mostly western venues to see a wide variety of diesel power and scenic locations. We begin with an Amtrak segment, but on BNSF’s Raton Pass line which features some semaphore shots made in 2020. These were the last ones on the line, and may be gone by the time you read this. We see both trains 3 and 4, The Southwest Chief on two different days of operation. So this is an interesting way to start our show. Next we move into Colorado to Palmer Lake south of Colorado Springs. This is the Joint line of the BNSF and the Union Pacific. We see 3 different BNSF trains including some with distributed power on the rear. Next we move over to the front range west of Denver and see a Union Pacific Train, and a BNSF descending the grade. These have distributed power helpers as well. Staying in Colorado we head to Fort Collins where we see some street running. We see a Union Pacific local train, as well as two BNSF trains heading north. It’s interesting to see the trains mix with the city traffic and pedestrians. Next we venture to the Powder River basin for coal train action. This is mainly shot not far from Gillette, but a bit south of there. We see a parade of loaded and empty trains, mostly with distributed power helpers. There is also some older power on a ballast train, and a local train. You will also see some oil well pumps bobbing in the foreground of some scenes. This is all shot in fine weather as well. Now we move to further north and west to the Wind River Canyon region. This scenic area follows the Wind River and the canyon is very scenic. We see some foreign power as well as some older units, besides the usual modern wide-cabs. Most trains are manifest mixed freights. This area is not seen too often. Our final segment is one of the longer segments feature the Montana Rail Link trackage. We begin with an MRL local train, then see mostly BNSF trains using the MRL to get to the Pacific NW parts of Portland and Seattle. Most of the footage is shot west of Helen in the helper district over Mullan Pass. Most trains are BNSF with helpers, or distributed power or both. A couple of MRL trains are seen, including one that has manned helpers cut in mid-train. Trains are working hard, and the scenery is great, with many shots around Austin Creek trestle, and Austin, among others. As you've read there is a lot packed into this contemporary diesel video.

Running Time 83 min.

This program is new for 2008-2009 and includes a variety of steam action in several areas of Canada. Most of it is 16mm, from a variety of sources, but there is also a little bit of 8mm shot by Warren Scholl in 1958 of CN 4-8-2 number 6079 in Windsor, Ontario, and some CP commuter steam near Montreal in the summer of 1959. In this section we see a few G3 Pacifics, as well as 4-6-4 Royal Hudson 2822 in service. The 16mm material includes a section out west with Canadian Pacific action in the area of Kicking Horse Pass, and Banf, with some rare views of 2-10-4 Selkirk type engines plus a few others. Then there is a mish-mash of steam segment including a neat scene of a rare New York Central snowplow train with two ancient NYC steam engines in Southern Ontario. The core of the program is a neat visit over several days to Manitoba by Perry Becker (Of Perry's Hobbies) in July of 1959 where we see tons of action with both Canadian Pacific, and Canadian National, plus a couple of scenes of rare first generation diesels that wonder into the frame. There are scenes in Portage La Prairie, as well as the engine service areas of the CP and the CN at Winnipeg. If you have seen our Canadian Steam 1958 and 1959 then you will enjoy this, since several of the same engines are seen here as well, but not on the same visit. We also included a short segment of CN 4-8-4 6218 in excursion service in the 60's, and a few steam tractors in Canada as well. Music and Narration as no steam sounds exist with these silent films of course. Many of these scenes we rescued from odd films we have found here and there, and while some are short snippets they are now preserved at least for others to see. The snow plow scene was one such scene like some others where we had no clue who the photographers were. However, all the Becker footage, and Scholl footage is well documented in the script. A nice variety of steam in Canada.

Running Time 50 min.

Return to the 1950's and early 60's to witness some of the final steam operations on the Colorado and Southern Railroad. Most of our coverage is in Colorado although there is some 2-10-2 action in Wyoming, including a very special photo special. Enjoy 2-8-0's, 2-8-2's, and 2-10-2's in service which were the bulk of the C&S steam power during this time... 1954-1962. You will also see the last steam on a class 1 railroad, with 641 at Leadville, Colorado.

Running Time 95 min.

Go back to 2010 in this newly released show depicting several days of steam on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in the Colorado Rockies. These events, which have not happened since 2016 featured guest locomotives as well as special D&S trains with their locomotives. The 2010 event was one of the best Railfests ever operated.

Running Time 105 min.

This program is a great companion to our DM&IR Yellowstones-Giants of Steam. It has many things in it not seen in the other, which makes both videos great to own. The new DM&IR Steam Variety has many scenes of Proctor Engine terminal as well as Two Harbors terminal. Yes, there is plenty of 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone footage, and besides the ore hauling, we see them performing ore-thawing service, and in some late steam-era excursion service as well. Besides the big Yellowstones we also see a variety of other DM&IR steam engines including switching duties with ex-Bessemer engines and DM&IR power. We will see the well-proportioned 2-10-4's and other locos moving about the yard areas too.

This footage is all 16mm film originals, and shot by Perry Becker (Of Perry's Hobbies) of Minnesota. We have also included a few minutes of the nearby shortline Duluth and Northeastern Railway, that was shot by Maynard Laing during the same period as the Becker Films. All of the films have sound added by us. As with most films there was none that was shot on the film. However, we used audio that we had from 1958-59 visits recorded by Elwin Purington, that we also used on the DM&IR Yellowstones video. All the audio on this Steam Variety program that shows Yellowstones, has Authentic Yellowstone audio with those scenes. Other locomotives may not be authentic to their classes, but in most cases the scenes don't matter that much, since they are slow switching moves. The Duluth and North Eastern Audio is authentic also, since it was recorded about the time they were there.

As mentioned there are few excursion scenes shown, including one in 1961 which had two Yellowstones running on two separate excursions on the exact same day. One was from Two Harbors and one from Duluth. We see shots from both, which had Yellowstones 224 and 225 on the different excursion trains.

This program is slightly longer than the first one we did, thus is $5.00 more in cost. I think both this one and the DM&IR Yellowstones-Giants of Steam should be in all steam fan collections, especially those that enjoy big vintage steam power.

Running Time 44 mins.

Enjoy the first two years of operation of N&W Class J 4-8-4 number 611 as it begins its second tour of duty after its 1980's restoration in Birmingham, Alabama. Enjoy the first run to Roanoke along the Southern Mainline, the first trip to Norfolk up Blue Ridge Grade, plus more trips in 1982 and 1983 including freights and special excursions. Shot on sound movie film this has been expertly transfered for your pleasure. These are from the private collection of Greg Scholl before he was in the video business

Running Time 80 mins.

Enjoy the transition from the end of the steam era on the N&W mostly around Batavia, Ohio and a few other selected spots where steam soldiered on. In addition to steam we see some early diesels on locals and freights. Enjoy the last steam-powered "Powhatan Arrow", rare scenes of a wreck, final days of Steam at Portsmouth, Ohio and Williamson.

Running Time 67 mins.

Enjoy some of the biggest steam power that operated in the United States as we present 2-8-8-2's, and 2-6-6-4 articulated steam power on the Norfolk & Western Railway. Color 8mm films by father Warren W. Scholl features all freight operations including other power like 4-8-2's on local freight, and 0-8-0 switchers in service.

Running Time 1 hr.

Enjoy a variety of Norfolk and Western segments in this variety show. First we ride behind Class J 609 from Lynchburg on the Westbound Powhaton Arrow. Next we see Virginian Railway action with 200 series 4-6-2's east of Roanoke. Then we see more onboard footage to Bluefield on the N&W, before seeing some great color 16mm footage in 1958 in and around Roanoke.

Running Time 30 min. + free 30 min of extra previews

In the early 1950's steam locomotives were being replaced rapidly by diesels on most railroads and Northern Pacific was no exception. Fortunately photographers like Mr. Maynard Laing, of Bellevue, Washington chronicled many of the final days of steam in his area including the famous Casey Jones excursions with some of the last NP steamers in the Seattle area.

Running Time 30 mins.

This video features cab rides in both of the big engines on the Ohio Central, but then continues with more scenes shot trackside for additional runbys and action shots. We begin with a day in Sugarcreek on June 7, 2002 with scenes of ex-Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 on the Sugarcreek to Baltic excursions. We shoot lineside runbys, then later in the day get a cab ride in the engine to Baltic, where the engine runs around the train to pull the train back northward tender-first. The very next day, June 8, 2002 we are in Dennison for a run, that begins with ex-Grand Trunk Railroad 4-8-4 6325. Owner Jerry Jacobson was there at the station, and I spoke to him briefly just before the trip departed. I asked him if someday I could get a ride in the engine, and he said “Sure Greg, how about right now”. So an unexpected cab ride from Dennison took place to a runby location west toward Morgan Run. We get several fine views inside the cab, as well as shooting outside the doorway on the firemans side. Jason Johnson who was the engineer the day before on the Sugarcreek train’s 1293, was the fireman for this segment. There are scenes of the engineer working the throttle, whistle, brakes, and more. We see the fireman working the injector and the stoker engine, checking the water, the fire, and the track ahead. As we leave town we look down the boiler on the firemans side and see former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 #2700 on a siding awaiting a cosmetic restoration. Our cab ride ends at a farm field where there was a photo runby. After shooting the photo runby, I boarded the train for some onboard scenes, from the coach, and the tool car. I got off at Morgan Run, and this is where 6325 came off the train. The train went up the connection leg with F-units to Sugar Creek, and we got a couple of shots of that. At Sugarcreek, CPR 4-6-2 1293 was working a Sugarcreek to Baltic trip and we got a couple shots of that. Meanwhile 6325 backed up the line from Morgan Run. Later the train was doubleheaded with 1293 leading 6325 south toward Morgan Run. We got a few scenes of this, before the engines made a nice photo runby at Morgan Run. Diesels would pull the train back to Dennison. There was a lot going on in this one day starting with the cab ride in 6325. This show like the Last Steam On Ohio Central were edited and released in 2021, and this is all new footage never released in any other videos until now. Enjoy the steam on what once was a great steam operation in central Ohio.

Running Time 87 min.

Maynard Laing ventured to Washington's Olympic Penninsula to capture the end of an era, with steam locomotives working the forests hauling out fresh log trains to the mill. The Rayonier mainline was 45 miles long, and featured several serviceable engines including articulated 2-6-6-2's. Two of them are seen on log trains including #14 and ex-Sierra Railway #38.

Running Time 30 min.

Take a unique trip over the Denver & Rio Grande Western from Alamosa, Colorado to Durango and Silverton, via Chama, New Mexico in the mid-1950's. Enjoy the 8mm movies of Warren W. Scholl from a 1954 trip, and another trip in 1956 with the entire family.

Running Time 60 min.

Turn back the clock to 2010, and witness the first public event for former Denver and Rio Grande 2-8-0 number 315. This locomotive was built in 1895, and after completing a full restoration the engine is seen pulling a photo freight on the scenic Durango and Silverton Railroad in Colorado.

Running Time 83 min.

Here is rare footage of Rio Grande Southern Operations on this storied railroad in the Colorado Rockies. There are films by several photographers, and its mostly color. We see steam operations including some freights, excursion runs, and several of the Galloping Geese in operation between 1947 and the end of operations on the RGS in 1951.

Running Time 49 min.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western operated Narrow Gauge and Standard Gauge out of Salida in several directions. This video concentrates on the Narrow Gauge steam operations including west to Gunnison over Marshall Pass, and the steep grades of the Monarch Branch which features the railroad's only switchback, and 4.5% grades. Multiple engine trains are seen with mountain railroading at its finest. This is footage from the 1940's through the mid-1950's.

Running Time 54 min.

This second edition of Union Pacific Steam Classics is totally different from Volume one. Volume one was all shot in Kansas and Nebraska by one photographer, but this one is a big variety of photographers and locations. You will see most of the modern steam power on the U.P., plus many of the famous spots like Cheyenne, Denver, Council Bluffs, Sherman Hill and much more.

Running Time 64 min.

Here is a unique show that covers diesel cab units from a by-gone era. The footage is pre-Amtrak, and goes back to some footage in the 40's through the 1960's. We see things in the east before moving to the Mid-West, and the western United States. You will see rare early E-unit, F-Units, Alco PA's, and much more. Historic collection of older cab units and many railroads.

Music and informative narration takes you along this journey of early diesel power. Includes some footage from Perry Becker! (Of Perry's Hobbies)

Running Time 73 min.

39 minutes of rare all color vintage steam action. Great Northern 2-8-2’s & 0-8-0 in Minn. •Great Wester 2-10-0 #90 regular service in Colorado. •Milw Rd 2-8-0. •Northern Pacific 2-8-2s & 4-8-4 #2600. •Santa Fe 4-8-4’s; •SP 2-10-2 & 4-8-2’s. •UP 4-6-0 #1243 on Encampment Branch. •UP Steam Rotary 099 on Coalmont branch. •WP 403 & 404 on freight. •WP 4--6-0 on 50th Ann. of CZ and movie work.

Running Time 39 min.

65 minutes of Historic Steam-Era Fantrips in the West in the 1950’s & 1960s. DRGW 2-8-2s Narrow G.•SP&S 4-8-4 #700, NP 2-8-2 #1911 & NP 4-8-4 #2626. •NWP May 1952 various engines. •SF 4-6-4, •Sierra 2-8-0 #34 & 36 doubleheading, 1952. •Santa Maria Valley #21 + SP#1744. •SP 4460 on 3 runs in 1958. •WP #94+ 2-8-2 #334 in 1954 and 1958. From color silent films. Music and informative narration.

Running Time 65 min.