Trains and Layouts

These two film clips are part of a two-disc rail fan video called Chicago Odyssey, Volume 1 by Green Frog Productions. While these are short promotional segments running between 5 and... [Read more]

A mid-50s Pennsylvania Railroad promotional film titled, “Wheels of Steel”. Features PRR GG1s.  In two parts.  [Read more]

This video, created by The Original Wheels TV, features an interview with Charles  Tiemann, owner of “MyTrain“. MyTrain, as Charles calls it, is a 1950 Santa Fe Super Chief... [Read more]

A 1955 film that details the New York City Third Avenue elevated line and its demise.  [Read more]

A 1983 NJ Transit documentary detailing the legendary Pennsylvania Railroad GG1, featuring the tuscan red GG1 with road number 4877 known as “Big Red”. The film starts with... [Read more]

Experience a ride on the New York City Third Avenue elevated line in the early 1950s including footage of the city.  [Read more]

The United States has seen two trains in history known as the Freedom Train. The first toured America from 1947 to 1949 while the second, actually called the American Freedom Train,... [Read more]

Located in Strasburg, PA just outside of Lancaster, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvia houses a wide assortment of locomotives, rolling stock and other railroad artifacts.  As the name... [Read more]

A 1950 promotional film by the Rock Island Railroad titled, “Wheels of Progress”. The film is designed to educate the public about the innovations and services provided... [Read more]

A post-war look at the New York, New Haven and Hartford including railroad operations and maintenance.  Featuring the New Haven Yankee Clipper.  [Read more]