AMTRAK - THE EARLY & MIDDLE YEARS: A look back on Amtrak’s early and middle years when it had a heritage fleet pulled by E-units, SDP-40F’s and F-40PH’s. The 215 photos are mainly set in the Midwest and West. The locations include the Great Northern Minneapolis depot, St. Paul and Duluth in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado and Utah. The book concludes with depots Amtrak inherited and some it built. There are also early Amtrak documents in "pdf" form on the CD.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

CANADIAN NATIONAL'S HUDSON BAY LINE: The rail trip on the Canadian National starts in Winnipeg, Manitoba and heads north to Churchill on Hudson Bay. The area is extremely remote country, with the northern part becoming treeless. The depots shown include Dauphin, Portage La Prairie, The Pas, Cantyre, Thompson, Thicket Portage, Cormorant and Churchill. At Flin Flon, the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. is visited and at Thompson, the International Nickel mine & smelter are shown. In the Port of Churchill, the grain elevators, docks and foreign ships are featured. Maps show the locations.

The album has 83 photos. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The CD also has a brochure on the line and its attractions, along with an employee timetable of the route. Photos can be printed out. $15.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN DEPOTS & STRUCTURES: The 74 images come from photos, slides and postcards in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. In some instances, there is the original depot and its replacement. The time period ranges from the late 1800s to the present. The depots are grouped by state and includes union stations the CGW used.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out. $14.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN DIESEL POWER: The Chicago & North Western tried out diesels from all the builders, but its favorite builder was EMD. The railroad even had EMD re-power some of its Baldwin locomotives. In the railroad's later years, General Electric locomotives found favor. The 157 images come from slides, photos, B&W negatives and a postcard.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN DEPOTS: The 294 images come from photos, slides and postcards in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin. Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming. In some instances, there is the original depot and its replacement. The depots are grouped by state.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY: This video has been re-edited with 20 minutes more material (bringing the length to over an hour), the presentation has been re-arranged and has new narration.

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS DIESEL POWER: The M&StL was an early adopter of the internal-combustion engine, having acquired gas-electric passenger cars in 1929-31. In the late 1930s, it purchased EMC, Alco and Baldwin switchers. World War II prevented the M&StL from further dieselizing, but as the war neared its end, it bought EMD FTs and Alco RS-1s. The RS-1s were unique in that they were painted in ten different schemes. Dieselized in 1951, it added EMD SD-7s for helpers in Peoria and GP-9s for road service in the mid-1950s, along with Budd RDC-4s.

The 91 images come from slides, negatives and prints. The time period ranges from the 1920s to the 1950s. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. Photos can be printed out. $15.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS STEAM POWER: Apart from the grades at the ends of its mainline, the M&StL was a fairly flat railroad and its roster reflected that. The presentation shows all the types of steam locomotives the M&StL operated: 0-6-0 switchers, 2-6-0 Moguls, 2-8-0 Consolidations, 2-8-2 Mikados (including rebuilds), 4-4-0 Americans, 4-6-0 Ten-wheelers and 4-6-2 Pacifics.

The 69 images come from 2x4 medium format negatives and photos. The time period ranges from the late 1880s to the 1950s in locations such Minneapolis, Minnesota; Peoria, Illinois and places in Iowa. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. Photos can be printed out. $15.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS DEPOTS & STRUCTURES: A look back on many of the depots and structures of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway through 138 images from photos, slides and postcards. There are historic views of these structures as well as how many of them look today, sometimes paired with the former. The structures are grouped by state. Also on the CD is information on the existing structures and often with GPS coordinates.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

MINNESOTA PRAIRIE LINE - THE PHOENIX OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: After two years of no service, a Twin Cities & Western train was run on an old Minneapolis & St. Louis line in central Minnesota. The first part of the video is from the locomotive cab, trailblazing the absolutely decrepit 96-mile line on a cold day in early April, 2002 from its eastern beginning of Norwood to the halfway point near Franklin.

The video is 65 minutes long. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

MINNESOTA SHORTLINES - PAST & PRESENT: A trip around Minnesota, using video, 8 mm film and photos, to see shortline railroads from the past and present. They range from terminal operations and branchline operators to railroads using stretches of former Class One railroad lines.

SHORTLINE STEAM IN 1950s MINNESOTA: A rare look at often overlooked Minnesota shortlines through black & white and color photos taken in the mid-1950s. The presentation features the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific’s Consolidations, Mikados and a Pacific; Duluth & Northeastern’s Consolidations, Mogul and 0-6-0 switchers; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern’s Decapods, Consolidations and Mogul; Minnesota Transfer’s 0-8-0s, 0-6-0s and Moguls; American Steel & Wire’s switchers, Koppers Coke’s switcher, Minneapolis Eastern’s switchers, Hoyt Mining switchers, St. Paul Union Depot’s 0-6-0s and 0-4-0Ts of a quarry operator.

All of the 80 photos were scanned from original 2x4 negatives. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. Photos can be printed out. $15.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

CATS ON THE PRAIRIE - THE TWIN CITIES & WESTERN RAILROAD: Twin Cities & Western's rare Caterpillar-powered Geeps and a CF-7 slug ply the ex-Milwaukee Road mainline from the prairie to the big city, moving agricultural products for river or rail interchange in the Twin Cities. In addition to its own tracks, the railroad also rides the rails of the BNSF, Canadian Pacific, Minnesota Commercial and an ex-M&St.L line.

The video is 97 minutes long. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

SOO LINE - FROM MICHIGAN TO MONTANA: The first route followed is along the original Soo Line through Michigan and Wisconsin and then on the old Wisconsin Central in Wisconsin to the Twin Cities. Shoreham Yard is explored, leading to the routes in Minnesota, North & South Dakota and Montana. Transfer freights in the Twin Cities are followed by steam railfan trips in the late-1950s. The video concludes with Soo Line memorabilia.

SOO LINE STEAM POWER:The Soo Line, being primarily a granger road, had an uncomplicated steam locomotive fleet with lots of Mikados and Consolidations. Competitive pressure on the Chicago-Twin Cities route brought in the Mountains and Northerns. The one Decapod found itself in Ashland, Wisconsin ore dock service. Pacifics and Ten-Wheelers were sufficient for passenger service.

Almost all of the 149 photos were scanned from original 2x4 negatives. The time period is mostly the mid-to-late 1950s and in locations such as Shoreham Yard, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and Enderlin, North Dakota. There is also railfan trip with Pacific #2719. The CD works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) and Macs. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

SOO LINE DIESEL POWER:The Soo Line was primarily an EMD user, but dabbled with Alco, Fairbanks-Morse and Baldwin products in the early days of diesels, including the exotic Baldwin 2,000 hp centercabs. In recent years, the railroad tried out Caterpillar-powered GPs. The album features 37 different models of diesel locomotives.

The 189 images are from slides, photos and B&W negatives which are presented in "book" form on a self-starting CD-ROM. Works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) and Macs. Photos can be printed out. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

SOO LINE DEPOTS: The 160 images come from photos, slides and postcards in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. In some instances, there is the original depot and its replacement. The depots are grouped by state.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista/7) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out. $19.95 + free shipping (in the United States only)

SOO LINE PACKAGE SET

A package set of the Soo Line DVD video and three CD books on steam power, diesel power and depots for a special price of $59.95, a savings of almost $25.00 over purchased separately. Free shipping (in the United States only)