In the decade they were operated, Union Pacific's 8500-series Gas Turbine Electric Locomotives earned two nicknames: UP dubbed them the "Super Fleet" for obvious reasons as they were the largest, most powerful locomotives ever employed by the railroad. More often the Turbines were referred to as "Big Blows" due to the deafening roar of their engines. Thirty of these GE-built giants were delivered to the UP between 1958 and 1961. Used primarily between Ogden, Utah and Green River, Wyoming, where the tough grades of the Wasatch Mountains required UP's sturdiest power, these monsters could log up to 10,000 miles a month hauling heavy mixed freight and coal trains. The 8500 series were permanently coupled six-axle units running on C-C trucks, and their prime mover was the most powerful ever used in a locomotive. The operating weight for the A and B units combined was close to 850,000 pounds, yet they could attain speeds of up to 70 mph!
Short documentary on the shunters in the Darling Island, Sydney, Australia railyard. Filmed in 1977.
Just as the original hobos of the early 20th century were scorned the mainstream of society, so too ...
Film on the movement of material from the Chicago and Northwestern System.
"Who Is Bozo Texino?" is a film study on the 100-year-old tradition of hobo and railworker graffiti....
A "scenic picture from a hobo's point of view".
The most complete and comprehensive collection of railroading films ever compiled on any subject - t...
Flanking the western shore of the upper Mississippi River runs Canadian Pacific's River Subdivision,...
In August of 2002, former Santa Fe steam locomotive 3751 returned to the rails for a thrilling excur...
From headwaters in Canada, the Columbia River flows over twelve hundred miles to the Pacific Ocean a...
Climbing gently from the tidewater ports near Portland, Oregon is the Columbia River Gorge'a wide, f...
The most complete and comprehensive collection of railroading films ever compiled on any subject - t...
The most complete and comprehensive collection of railroading films ever compiled on any subject - t...
Experience the power of the mighty Union Pacific as it conquers its toughest run, the Blue Mountains...
See the Union Pacific fight and win as it takes on the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon - the toughe...
Experience the power of the mighty Union Pacific on its toughest run, the Blue Mountains of Eastern ...
Tracing the eastern banks of the upper Mississippi River is BNSF’s St. Croix Subdivision, a mostly d...
An unexpected speeding freight train ploughs into the film crew, a camera assistant is struck and ki...
The film explores the destruction of a unique train station in Zurich and the construction of the ne...
A short film documentary about the reconstruction of Lac-Mégantic following the 2013 railway tragedy...
Several films have been made about the lives of train hobos, but Aleksi Pohjavirta's A Good Day to D...