General Discussion (Model Railroader)

I love to watch American Steam DVDs, with the sound up high and the floor vibrating. I've been spending a lot of time on You Tube doing this.

Now I wish to buy some DVDs of American steam.  I don't want to buy 2nd hand, used, but new DVDs. 

I'm not knocking any other countries steam.  But I just prefer DVDs of American steam. 

What would you folks recommend as some the best available American steam DVDs titles and where can they be purchased. 

Thanks For your help.

See ya

Otto Perry's "Santa Fe". Mostly steam, all black and white and mostly filmed around Denver close to my old neighborhood.

Dick

Texas Chief

I bought a couple off of eBay about a year ago that I really like. One is of general railroad history showing various roads, and the other is about the Nickle Plate Road Berkshires in the 1950s and the Pennsy during the transition era. I think I got both of them for under $10.00 including shipping and all...

Tracklayer 

There are several web sites that sell railroad related videos:

http://www.trainmovies.com

http://www.herronrail.com

http://www.greenfrog.com

http://www.pentrex.com

are some examples.

cacole wrote:

There are several web sites that sell railroad related videos: http://www.trainmovies.com http://www.herronrail.com http://www.greenfrog.com http://www.pentrex.com are some examples.

I have three from Green Frog, "Steam in the 50's," "Steam in the 50's and 60s'," and "Classic Steam of the 20's through the 40's"--and they're excellent!  The first and second are all color and mixed color/b&w, while the third is mostly b&w, all American steam, beautifully shot--and with synchronized sound.  (I have an earlier VHS tape, "Golden Age of Steam Trains," bought from Publishers Clearing House about 15 years ago, that has unsynchronized sound that sounds fake, and mixes foreign trains in with the US stuff, and it'll do only if you can't find anything else.)  The 20's-40's video has everything from articulateds/mallets to little stuff hustling cars in New England.

Also check out http://www.HistoricRail.com for lots of road specific and general DVDs.  Enjoy!

Video Rails has an excellent 3-volume set of Southern Pacific steam covering operations in California, from the Sierra Nevada to the Coast Line to the Valley lines.  There's all kinds of SP steam, including some great footage of cab-forwards and GS Daylight locos. 

And if you're a lover of BIG steam, you can't get much bigger than one called "DM&IR Yellowstones--Giants of Steam" put out by Greg Scholl Video productions.  Wonderful tracking shots of these behemoths pulling long ore trains.  I was amazed at how these giants could really PULL OUT with a huge, long train.  Very impressive.  The video is a too-short 30 minutes long, but worth every minute, IMO. 

Tom