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Trains Spectacular
Release Date: 2004-12-01
Sales rank: 48290
Trains Spectacular on DVD: scenery, side trips & steam locomotives! 4 Complete Videos: All aboard for railroad excitement with Trains Spectacular, the 4-DVD collection of rail videos that explores the great trains and spur-line itineraries, past and present. America by Rail: The West Coast takes you on a 1,600-mile trek along the U.S. Pacific Coast from San Diego to Seattle, highlighting the breathtaking scenery and unusual whistle-stops along the way. Change direction with America by Rail: The Heartland, a coast-to-coast journey from D.C. to California on some of Amtrak’s most celebrated trains. Thrill to the steam-powered action captured by multiple cameras in Ohio Steam Spectacular, a video ode to the golden age of the Iron Horse. Challenger 3985 showcases the powerful majesty of the world’s largest operating steam-powered locomotive, Union Pacific’s #3985, aptly dubbed "Challenger". Whether crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains or pulling in to Denver; aboard the Napa Valley Wine Train or a plume-spouting 1943 steam locomotive, these video rail voyages make! for a true Trains Spectacular. The DVD Maximum line is an exclusive video series presenting the best from independent producers and filmmakers in 4-DVD boxed sets. Look for other themed boxed sets in the DVD Maximum library, available from TOPICS Entertainment®. $80 Value if Sold Separately! |
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America's Steam Trains-Challenger 3985-The Worlds Largest Operating Steam Locomotive
Release Date: 2002-11-21
Sales rank: 61874
Union Pacific’s steam locomotive #3985 is the largest operating steam locomotive in the world. This 4-6-6-4 locomotive, built in 1943 still runs today as part of the railroad’s public relations program. In this DVD, we’ll follow 3985, which is also called the "Challenger", in Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas as she shows the public what big steam was really like. Highlights
*Visit the Cheyenne Steam Shop to see where 3985 is maintained.
*See some of the historical equipment still in the roundhouse
*Follow the engine on it’s ferry move across Nebraska
*Enjoy her pulling an excursion from Council Bluffs to Sioux City, Iowa
*See 3985’s NRHS convention trip from St. Louis to Gorham, IL
*Follow her through Oklahoma and Texas!
*DVD includes chapter menus If you like big steam, you can’t get bigger that this! A must for every steam fan’s collection! In color, approx 1 hour. |
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Rising From the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter
Release Date: 2006-06-15
Sales rank: 58832
Featuring over 2 hours of DVD extras, including:
Extended Interviews with Porters, their families and RAILS author Larry Tye
Behind-the-Scenes "Making Of" Featurette
Rare Pullman Company Training Filmstrips w/sound
Pullman Car Slideshow...and more!
**Also available in VHS with limited extras**
RISING FROM THE RAILS: THE STORY OF THE PULLMAN PORTER, a documentary based on the best-selling book by Larry Tye, chronicles the relatively unheralded Pullman Porters, generations of African American men who served as caretakers to wealthy white passengers on luxury trains that traversed the nation during the golden age of rail. Unbeknownst to most of their white passengers, porters played critical political and cultural roles, becoming trailblazers in the struggle for African American dignity and self-sufficiency, patriarchs of black labor unions, and helping give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. Ultimately, however, their greatest legacy is that which they left to future generations. RISING FROM THE RAILS is an engaging and moving tribute to these men who rose, with dignity, from the rails. |
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Travel the World By Train: Europe 3
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Sales rank: 75206
Travel five continents in a 55 country rail trip in this ten part series. On this journey, we travel from Germany to Eastern Europe and the Czech Republic. Travel the World by Train: Europe, Volume 3 takes viewers on a journey through Germany and some of the more visually pleasing regions of Eastern Europe. Germany's famously extensive and efficient rail system is given a fine showcase here. On the so-called "Fairy Tale Road," the train stops at picturesque old haunts of those famous fairy-tale collectors the Brothers Grimm: towns such as Bremen (of the Bremen Town Musicians) and Hamelin (of the Pied Piper). The "Castle Road" trip departs Frankfurt on the Intercity Express, Germany's fastest train. This route features massive medieval edifices and such bastions of German romanticism as Heidelberg Castle, interspersed among vistas of verdant natural beauty. Beginning in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, a train follows "The Romantic Road," passing Neuschwanstein, the grandiose castle built by Bavaria's "Mad" King Ludwig II. Looking like "The Little Engine That Could," a tiny Czech "Rail Bus" chugs up a 3,000-foot mountain in the Bavarian forest. The Hungary trip introduces us to the beautiful capital of Budapest, bisected by the Danube River. Magyar horsemen ride Hungary's sweeping plains. Idyllic farms dot the landscape of the Romania route, which leaves the capital of Bucharest for the Black Sea resort of Constantsa. From Belgrade, Yugoslavia, through Sofia, Bulgaria (the "greenest city in Europe"), the video's last route looks eastward toward the gateway to Asia: Istanbul, Turkey. --Laura Mirsky |
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Travel the World by Train: South America
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Sales rank: 75509
Travel five continents in a 55 country rail trip in this ten part series. On this journey, we travel through Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and finally Argentina. "Awesome" is the only word to describe the vistas in the South America volume of the Travel the World by Train series. When the train departs from Quito, Ecuador, passengers are permitted to sit atop it, on the roof! (No virtual reality for these thrill seekers.) The conductor warns riders to duck under low bridges as intrepid food vendors make their way along the tops of the swaying cars. We ascend into the Andes Mountains, overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the natural world. The tourist excursion from Cuzco, Peru, is cushy by comparison. The views from the train windows may be just as spectacular as those on the Ecuadorian route: 9,800-foot mountains, raging rivers. But here, comely train attendants serve passengers coca tea for altitude sickness. The ride terminates at mind-blowing Machu Picchu, the mysterious lost city of the Incas. Another Peruvian trip provides rare aerial panoramas of the baffling line drawings of Nazca: hundreds of colossal, two-dimensional figures of monkeys, condors, and lizards etched into the desert hillsides centuries ago. The sight of 3,200-square-mile Lake Titicaca, at 12,500 feet the highest navigable lake in the world, is equally stunning. A wood-powered steam train shoos cattle off the tracks in sleepy, agricultural Paraguay. Journeys through Brazil, Chile, and Argentina (including rugged Patagonia) complete this fascinating train tour of South America; all in all, it's a splendid initiation into the myriad beauties of this vast and varied continent. --Laura Mirsky |
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Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad
Release Date: 2004-02-09
Sales rank: 54164
Defiant, brave and free, the great abolitionists Thomas Garrett, William Still and Harriet Tubman, along with hundreds of lesser known and nameless opponents of slavery, formed a Corridor of Courage stretching from Maryland's eastern shore through the length of Delaware to Philadelphia and beyond -- making the Underground Railroad a real route to freedom for enslaved Americans before the Civil War. Long-format interviews with prominent historians blend with dramatic reenactment to create a powerful story about the fight to end slavery. Actors Edward Asner and Blair Underwood portray the two most prominent abolitionists on the eastern line of the Underground Railroad, Thomas Garrett and William Still. Bearing a remarkable resemblance to Thomas Garrett, Asner reenacts the famous courtroom scene in 1848 in which Garrett foreshadows the Civil War and firmly declares to redouble his efforts in fighting for true freedom in America. In spite of the court's imposition of a crippling financial punishment, Garrett's ideals were not altered; his clandestine activities continued for many years even during the War. Reading documented text in the form of letters exchanged by Thomas Garrett and William Still (a free black abolitionist in Philadelphia), Asner and Underwood bring to life the fascinating working relationship between the two men and those they helped. Underwood, as William Still, meets in secret with the frightened fugitives who pass through his Anti-Slavery Society Offices in Philadelphia on their dangerous journeys to the north. - Awards - Winner of the 2002 World Gold Medal for History Programming at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Winner of the Chris Award Statuette, 2002 Columbus International Film & Video Festival Honorable Mention, screenwriting category, 2002 Chris Awards |
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Daylight The Most Beautiful Train In The World
Release Date: 2007-09-17
Sales rank: 77541
Television star Michael Gross hosts this program which gives the history of the Daylight from 1937 to 1971. The program features interviews with people who operated, and managed this Southern Pacific train for 34 years.Climb aboard the daylight and take a ride through some of California's most spectacular scenery. Ride through deep canyons, traverse a horseshoe curve, or travel along the pacific ocean for 113 miles. There was no other rail journey in America that matched the daylight route. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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Dome Car Magic A History of Railroad Dome Cars
Release Date: 2007-09-17
Sales rank: 82539
Archival film footage shows many famous trains that operated dome cars. They include the Empire Builder, Super Chief, North Coast Limited, Daylight, Capitol Limited, Denver Zephyr, City of Los Angeles, Canadian-and perhaps the most famous of all, the California Zephyr. Rounding out the documentary are interviews with seasoned travelers, plus spectacular images of present-day dome cars on a variety of dinner and cruise trains-including the newest "Bi-Level" domes used in Alaska and Canada. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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Great Trans American Train Ride
Release Date: 2005-05-03
Sales rank: 63241
It's all aboard for adventure as travel expert Doug Jones guides you on a spectacular coast-to-coast journey on 3 of America's greatest trains! You'll experience the breadth of America, from the great cities of the East to the heartland prairies, from the majesty of snow-capped mountains to the Western desert. You'll take the fabled Broadway Limited from New York's Pennsylvania Station, through Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before changing at Chicago's Union Station for the legendary California Zephyr. Then it's across the rolling prairies and soaring mountains to Salt Lake City where you'll climb aboard the Desert Wind as it departs to Las Vegas and the California desert before making it's way, finally, to Los Angeles. The Great Trans-American Train Ride will carry you from "Sea to Shining Sea" on a romantic and nostalgic journey aboard the last great passenger trains of the USA. |
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American Trains-America By Rail-the Heartland
Release Date: 2003-10-01
Sales rank: 70937
The cross-country train epic is now on DVD! A coast-to-coast trip from Washington, DC to San Francisco aboard Amtrak's Capitol Limited and California Zephyr. See our nation's capitol, lush Ohio Amish Farmlands, the Great Plains, the Rockies and Sierras, before skirting along side San Pablo Bay and on into Oakland and San Francisco. Along the way visit the following steam and diesel tourist railroads: Strasburg Railroad, Potomac Eagle, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, Ohio Central, Boone & Scenic Valley, Omaha Zoo Railroad, Durango & Silverton, Heber valley, Virginia & Truckee, Napa Valley Wine Train, Roaring Camp & Big Trees, and Santa Cruz Trees & Pacific. Includes music composed especially for this program by noted television composer Micheal Lynch, as well as lots of natural train sounds. The VHS version of this program has sold nearly 200,000 copies, so now you can enjoy the crisp picture and stereo sound on DVD! Total running time 2hours. |
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