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WPLives 19th Apr 2022		DVD Electric Railway Journal - 69 Volumes	The Electric Railway Journal published by the McGraw-Hill Company is a collection on two DVDs that spans the period of time from February 1915 to December 1931 and contains a total of 69 volumes. Each volume contains all the issues published in two month periods. This is a fabulous reference work for fans of the early 20th century development of the electric railway. Each issue contains many fascinating articles, images and ads of the era. The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. All books on this DVD are searchable and printable.
WPLives 2nd Apr 2022		DVD EMD At 100 - Kalmbach Media	For a century, EMD has built the majority of diesel locomotives in North America and the world. Noted videographer Rich Luckin looks at this builder's origins, growth and development, supremacy, and its role today as an arm of Progress Rail. This DVD includes the history of EMD, exclusive footage at the Indiana plant, many interviews with employees, and more! Approximate run time: 1 hour 15 minutes
WPLives 4th Dec 2021		DVD Don Olsen's Pacific Electric Trilogy - Transit Gloria Mundi	Volume 1 - The Southern District Step back into a railfan's paradise - Los Angeles in the 1940s, where the world's largest interurban was scheduling 1,100 passenger trains a day. From thousands of feet of vintage film, producer-archivist Don Olsen has assembled an extraordinary record of this interurban empire. Volume 1, first in a trilogy of Pacific Electric videos, features the Southern District, with the Long Beach/San Pedro, Newport Beach, Santa Ana and El Segundo/Torrance Lines. The evolution of ten and twelve hundred class cars and the "blimps" which supplanted them is well documented. Separate sections are devoted to carload freight and maintenance-of-way activities, including rail and overhead replacement and wrecks. As the system's premier freight hauler, electric, steam and diesel powered freights, plus box motors and RPOs kept the rails well polished with wartime activity, and these amazing scenes recall it all with vivid clarity. Volume 2 - The Western District PE considered its Western District a "suburban" service. Although the Burbank, Valley and Venice Short Lines were certainly interurban in character, their equipment generally was not. Thus this Volume of the Western District focuses on 600 (5050) class cars, which ran on most of the Lines; venerable 800s in rare shots along the Redondo Beach-Del Rey Line; 950s and 1000s, which served the western beaches; and PE's newest cars, the thirty PCCs in the 5000 class. Also shown are 100s and Birneys in local service. Our classic coverage of Western District operations features these types of cars, burnishing the rails down to Santa Monica, cresting the Cahuenga Pass or skimming along the Ivanhoe Hills on private right-of-way; plus downtown L.A., with the Subway and Hill Street Terminals, congested Hill Street and its tunnels, and facilities at Toluca yard, West Hollywood and Ocean Park carhouses. Volume 2 of "Remembering the Red Cars", in the finest quality digital and visual transfer, affords the PE fan an unparalleled opportunity to relive these sights and sounds. Volume 3 - The Northern District Justifiably revered as the world's greatest interurban, the Pacific Electric's vast empire has required three video volumes to cover it in detail. Volume Three features the Northern District, plus Special New Year's Day trains and RPO/Box Motor operations. The seven lines which provided the District's passenger services (Watts-Sierra Vista, Alhambra-Temple City, two Pasadena Lines, Sierra Madre, Monrovia-Glendora and San Bernardino Lines) are all represented in this mostly color odyssey. Revisit PE's largest and busiest district and savor the sights and sounds of the big red tens, elevens, twelve hundreds and RPO/boxmotors burnishing over one hundred miles of electrified trackage in the busy decade of the 1940s.
WPLives 3rd Dec 2021		DVD Historic Southern Pacific And The Greater Bay - Charles Smiley Presents	Look back to a great era with steam and early diesel trains filmed by the most prominent railfans of the time. We extensively cover Northern California and the San Francisco Peninsula to San Jose and Los Gatos in the early 1950s. Many classes of SP steam, diesels and FM Train Masters pulling commutes are shown when it mattered. We visit Niles Canyon Tower and then off to Altamont Pass and the greater East Bay area with stunning views of the area that have changed forever! See large steam Cab Forwards and other early diesels leading freight trains at Giant, Oakland, Berkeley and beautiful places to Crockett! Marvel at the parade of early freight cars from around the US and SP cabooses and Passenger Cars, that is a real highlight! Unbelievable scenes of the NWP Railroad running with Steam and Black Widow units! Look back in time at Island Mountain and Old "Alton" station when they were important locations. The NWP Line North all the way to Eureka, with freight and passenger trains, real lineside stations, bridges, tunnels, lumber towns, and a way of life that has vanished forever! The never-before-seen crystal clear Kodak Movie Film has waited up to 70 years for your viewing! The picture and sound quality are incredible in this 2 HR 1 Minute movie! This is a must for any SP or NWP fan or fans of real railroading who remember or want to see how it really was! List price $24.95, 120 minutes, all-color. SKU: HISTORICSPDVD. Posted November 14, 2021.
WPLives 3rd Dec 2021		Blu-ray Into The Feather River Canyon - 7idea Productions	Travel to the legendary Feather River Canyon and see this historic line between Oroville and Portola, California. This DVD will show you many highlights of the canyon including: the famous bridges at Pulga; Clio Trestle; Serpentine Canyon; Williams Loop (where trains loop over themselves) and; the famous Keddie Wye. Catch the legendary "Broncos" escorting trains through the rain, when the risk of rock slides and washouts is high. You will see the Quincy Railroad in action and take a ride on their EMD SW7 switcher up and down the 4% grade which connects a local Sierra Pacific sawmill with the UP. At Portola, we spend some time at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum where the WP lives. You will even witness the UP 844 steam locomotive making a special appearance as the UP celebrates 100 years of railroading in the Feather River Canyon! List price $29.95, 110 minutes. SKU: FRCDVD and FRCBR. Posted 9-8-10.

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DVD added by WPLives 30th Jul 2024:

Classic Trains 15-year Special Issue Archive - Kalmbach Media - USA (2022)

DVD added by WPLives 17th Jul 2024:

Western Pacific The Final Years - Trains & Travel International - USA (2006)

DVD added by WPLives 19th Apr 2022:

Electric Railway Journal - 69 Volumes - THA New Media LLC - USA (2011)

DVD added by WPLives 2nd Apr 2022:

EMD At 100 - Kalmbach Media - USA (2021)

DVD added by WPLives 4th Dec 2021:

Don Olsen's Pacific Electric Trilogy - Transit Gloria Mundi - USA (2015)

DVD added by WPLives 3rd Dec 2021:

Historic Southern Pacific And The Greater Bay - Charles Smiley Presents - USA (2021)

Blu-ray added by WPLives 3rd Dec 2021:

Into The Feather River Canyon - 7idea Productions - USA (2010)

DVD added by WPLives 3rd Dec 2021:

California Railroads In The 1980's - C Vision Productions - USA (2012)

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