Model Trains

Features: Steam & 1 st Generation diesels in the 50s and 60s as well as the Akron, Canton & Youngstown.
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Video -- The Nickel Plate 45 Minutes

Features: Volume one, 1968-1970. Scenes before the Pennsylvania and New York Central merger around Valparaiso, Indiana and Wayne, Michigan. Post merger scenes include Detroit and St. Louis. Tape two: later operations in Michigan, Ohio, Windsor, Canada, and Buffalo, New York,. Two tapes, color, narration, Stereo Hi-Fi sound and 180 minure running time.
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Video -- Penn Central Volume I- 1969-1970

Features: See and hear the grand lady of steam, number 4501, as she pulls three decades of steam excursions.
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Video -- No. 4501 - Three Decades of Excursion - 90 Minutes

Features: Follow the NP through the 40s and witness train wrecks, snow scenes, lots of loco action and more. Mostly color, 60 minutes.
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Video -- Steam on the Northern Pacific/60 min

Features: * Follow photographer Richard Kugel as he documents action around New York City in the months prior to the Conrail split and the weeks that followed. * Visit every major rail line radiating out of New York. 55 minutes.
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Video -- Rails New York Metro

Features: Short, selected scenes not found on Volume 1. ( Such as Illinois Central, GP9s, Rails to Street City, Illinois Hot Spots and NASA Railroad.).
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Neff DVD -- Detroit Toledo & Ironton/Grand Series Vol. 4

Features: Short, selected scenes not found on Volume 1. ( Such as Illinois Central, GP9s, Rails to Street City, Illinois Hot Spots and NASA Railroad.).
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Neff DVD -- The Circus Comes to Town

Features: Short, selected scenes not found on Volume 1. ( Such as Illinois Central, GP9s, Rails to Street City, Illinois Hot Spots and NASA Railroad.).
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Neff DVD -- Union Pacific's Feather River Canyon

Features: Short, selected scenes not found on Volume 1. ( Such as Illinois Central, GP9s, Rails to Street City, Illinois Hot Spots and NASA Railroad.).
...more about the Greenfrog Productions Neff DVD -- Illinois Hot Spots Part 3

Features: Learn how to construct a garden railroad as a weekend project, from laying track to picking the right plants. Clear, step-by-step presentation assures your success and lots of family fun! 19 minutes; VHS; color.
...more about the Kalmbach Publishing Video -- Building a Basic Garden Railroad (VHS) - G-Scale

Features: Aimed at the modeler just starting out, this DVD covers all the basics in creating one's first model railroad. Just about every question an inexperienced railroader might have is covered.
...more about the Kalmbach Publishing DVD - World's Greatest Hobby -- Building Your First Model Railroad - All Digital Format - Color, Stereo Sound

Features: Covers everything you need to build layout scenery, as well as use an airbrush to apply scenery paint. Covers tools, applications and special techniques. 120 minutes; stereo sound; color.
...more about the Kalmbach Publishing DVD -- Scenery & Airbrushing Made Easy - All Digital Format - Color, Stereo Sound

Features: This two-volume set begins with Joshua Lionel Cowen's first train and ends with the magnificent scale Big Boy. In between you'll see all the classics including the State Set, Blue Comet, Hudsons, Streamliners, F3s, GG-1s, Daylights, Turbines, and accessories. VHS, 60 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International Video -- A Century Of Lionel Trains- Two Volume Set

Features: WP freight and passenger actions from the 1950s to 1980; late steam to early diesel. Covers Sacramento Northern, California Zephyr, Oro Dam reroute, Las Plumas, Oakland Mole, Canyon, High Line and desert action. FTs, F7s, Geeps to U-Boats and much more. 90 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- WP Vintage West

Features: See the Key System from its early days with ferryboats to the Bay Bridge era. Visit all the lines and cross the bay by ferry and bridge-rails to San Francisco. Streetcars, Bridge-articulated units and many surprises, plus cameo appearances of early Muni and IER make this a great story. 61 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- Key System Empire

Features: Action from early 90s to the end. Heavy Shasta action and Donner Pass with floods, snow storms and blue skies.Lots of old power and great coverage of rotaries, flangers, snow-cats and spreaders. 112 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- Extreme SP

Features: Vintage film of freight and passenger. Rare Pasadena Sub., Franklin Canyon, Stockton, Cajon, Tehachapi, Mojave to Barstow, Illinois and much more. See PA, F-units, GP9, ALCO, SD24, GP30, FP45, U-boats and lash-ups. Super-C trains, street-running, history of diesels, passenger trains and more. 91 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- Diesel Power on the Santa Fe

Features: Visit numerous locations from 1985 to 1997. Elvas tower, Stockton Jct. tower and lots of older SP power such as Geeps and SD9s. Beet trains, Oil-cans, manifest freights and intermodals. 90 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- SP Scrapbook

Features: Sacramento Northern, SP-IER and Peninsular Railway history and action in B&W and beautiful color film. See early passenger, ferry and the freight of the SN in the Oakland Hills. Fifty years of great electric filming. 61 minutes.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- Electric Rails Around the Bay

Features: Helpers, foreign power, 10,000-ton trains and more battled three percent grades on this stretch of rugged mountain railroad back when it was a busy stretch of line. Covers Pueblo to Dotsero including pacing shots and two-camera views, plus maps, graphics and more.
...more about the Motorbooks International DVD -- Tennessee Pass