Hello MRR forums! I have over the past few years been collecting the Kalmbach video media from the past. I started with the VHS series and I BELIEVE that I have all of them, "Model Railroader Video Layout Tours #1-4" in addition to a number of of the building with the experts. I have 11 titles thus far, but I haven't been able to locate a list of all of them, so I am not sure if I have them all.
A few days ago, I managed to get 46 Dream Plan Build DVDs at a song, and noticed that it has a reproduction of "First Generation Diesels a Search for the Survivors". It has bonus content from 1995 which is EMD gen 2 and 3 diesels, but I am not sure what that is from. I am looking for a roster of the Dream Plan Build series too.
Any assistance that can be provided would be fantastic!! (I am not looking for the actual content at this time, just a list of what is out there so I can source it myself.)
to the forum.
There probably isn't a list outside the Kalmbach Library, where I assume they kept one of everything.
Your initial posts are moderated, which is why it didn't appear yesterday. Who know there may be another collector out there that can answer this.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Check out this thread, from another forum, scroll down, there is an extensive list of videos from MRR and Trains.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,3646161
Maybe something there you can use.
Mike.
My You Tube
Thank you so much for the link!!! That is EXACTLY what I was looking for on the Dream. Plan. Build. Series. Whew, I thought I had a sizeable collection of those videos, 44, but then I found out there are 140 in total. I have 27 more on the way, and that is only JUST over half of them, WOW!
This is the list I have compiled of the Kalmbach "Yellow Box" VHS from the 1980's.
Just a follow up on this. I have been expanding my collection over time, and have found that there is some overlap within the catalog. The collections I have are the Kalmbach "yellow box" VHS tapes from the 80's, Allen Keller "Great Model Railroads" from the 90s and 2000s, and the Dream. Plan. Build. from the 2000s and 2010s. I have seen that some of the Dream. Plan. Build. are reproductions of older Kalmbach media (1st generation desiels), and there is some with Allen Keller productions as well, specifically some of the Dream Plan Build layout tours. The Great Model Railroads was also remade as "Great American Railroads". I believe there was ANOTHER Kalmbach video series which came AFTER Dream. Plan. Build. but BEFORE the Video Plus series, but for the life of me I can't recall what it was. Maybe I am imagining things though. I do know that some of these are available via the MRR Video Plus subscription, but I personally prefer to have local copies available, and digitized myself for my personal viewing.
Kalmbach also has "Ultimate Railroading DVD Series" which is identical to the Dream. Plan. Build. series, but appears to ONLY be the prototype railroading, but identical content.
I also noticed that some of the Dream. Plan. Build. videos have naming IDENTICAL to Highball Productions videos. Might anyone know if these are licensed and rebranded by one to the other, or if they just happen to share a name? Here are a few examples:
A Rocky Mountain WinterA Salute to ConrailAmtracks Northeast Corridor|Green MountainMidwest ChallengerRails around Mt. ShastaRails to the Sunshine StateWinter on Kicking Horse PassWinter on the Boston & Albany
So far I am 10 for 10 on the VHS Yellow box collection, 42 of 73 on the GMR, and 82 of 143 on the DPB. Whew.
Wow, a lot of videos. Thanks for post the entire list.
Ok, I just got another Ebay auction which arrived today, and I noticed something in the photo, but now that I am looking at it I am COMPLETELY CONFUSED. I now own 2 DIFFERENT Dream. Plan. Build. Volume 25 discs. The one I HAD is the one listed previously, is "Volume 25 - Union Pacific's Triple Track Main Line - The Kearney Sub". This was either a typo and isn't actually Volume 25, or they were going to stop there with the volumes, and used general names instead. The Volume 25 which arrived today follows sequence with the OTHER volumes, has printable PDFs on it, and different chapters covering Laout, Technique, and Prototype info. I double checked most of the duplicate volumes that arrived today, and they are identical to what I already have. This is so odd....
Thanks,Dan