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Our catalog of Cab Ride tapes
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TENNESSEE PASS CAB RIDE Ride on board KCOAT, a 5600 foot autorack train with clean SP power, on a sunny December day, over Colorado's Tennessee Pass, from Pueblo to Minturn. See the Royal Gorge from the lead SSW GP60's walkway, the Arkansas River Gorge, and the steady climb to the deep snow at the summit. On the way, meet 6 eastbound trains and a stalled westbound at Princeton. No narration. This is NOT a straight ahead only view. Full screen DVD only! 1 hour 30 minutes TPCR $29.95
 
REGIONAL RAILWAYS CAB RIDES-MRL & ACR Cab rides on Montana Rail Link and the Arizona & California regional railroads. Montana Rail Link carries BNSF trackage rights trains from the midwest to the Pacific northwest. You'll ride a westbound intermodal train from Helena, Montana to Garrison, then an eastbound manifest back to Helena. You'll then ride an Arizona & California RR manifest from Parker, Arizona to the BNSF interchange at Cadiz, California, on BNSF's transcontinental main line, and back to Parker. This is not a straight ahead view, you'll see and hear the crew, and views of the train from various locations on the power. 1 hour 45 minutes RRCR1 $29.95 FULL SCREEN DVD ONLY
 
PKP CAB RIDE POZNAN TO SZCZECIN Ride the cab of a classic green Polish Railways EP 07 electric locomotive 120 miles from Poznan Glowny to Szczecin. The view is straight ahead, and the weather varies from sunny to showers to heavy rain and sleet. 2 hours 20 minutes WIDESCREEN DVD PKP1 $29.95
 
PKP CAB RIDE SZCZECIN TO POZNAN Ride a Polish State Railways red and cream EP 07 electric locomotive on a PKP express passenger train between Szcszecin and Poznan. The view is straight ahead, and we pass both passenger and freight trains. The weather varies from sunny to showers to thunderstorms. Minimal narration. 2 hours 15 minutes. PKP2 Widescreen DVD $29.95
PKP CAB RIDE SPECIAL
Take both Polish cab rides for $49.90, a TEN BUCK Savings!
 
CAJON PASS CAB RIDE Join us for a March, 1998 legal cab ride over California's Cajon Pass on board BNSF C44-9W #1018, on train ZLACMEM. The BN-ATSF merger is young, and most of the power seen is warbonnet or bluebonnet. The view is straight ahead with some roving camera shots, and you'll hear radio chatter and conversation in the cab. A student engineer is running the train, conversation includes advice on train handling. 1 hour 55 mins. CPCR $35.95 FULLSCREEN DVD ONLY!
 
TEHACHAPI CAB RIDE Although it starts in a grey day in March, 1998, this is a fascinating ride from Bakersfield to Barstow over Tehachapi Pass. Eight units power the Z NBYWSP-9, BNSFÕs hottest train, with C40-8W #861 on the point. The view is straight ahead from Caliente to Mojave, but with many roving camera shots, especially around the famous loop. The conductor provides information on the line to a trainee. The video was taped by Roy Knighton, a transportation specialist, who has ridden and taped on the head end of a number of trains. 2 hours 17 mins FULL SCREEN DVD TECR $35.95
 
HIRAIL THROUGH THE ROCKIES 2 - Exshaw to Lake Louise I've been sitting on this since about 2001. It was a fairly gloomy day (not to mention really cold), but we did meet a couple of trains, and I got to ride around Morantís Curve. Shot over the cab from the bed of a CP pickup, you see the view straight ahead, more or less as a train crew would see it. No narration. Markers every 5 minutes. FULLSCREEN DVD ONLY HIRL2 2 hours 3 minutes $35.95
  177 CAB RIDE CP train 177 is a priority intermodal. We rode a GE AC44 on177 from Field to Revelstoke through the spectacular Rocky and Selkirk mountains, including the longest tunnel in the western hemisphere, the Mount Macdonald tunnel. Picture in picture shows different views of the train, the passing scenery and the crew. Available in DVD 4 1/2 hours on 2 DVD’s. $49.95
MOUNTAIN SUB CAB RIDE - THE ROCKY MOUNTAINEER, REVELSTOKE TO FIELD, BC
A Railfan's dream come true! Ride the cab of the Rocky Mountaineer's ex CN GP40-2L's
through the stunning scenery of British Columbia's Selkirk and Rocky Mountains and see
the engineers view of inaccessible Kicking Horse Canyon and the interior of the Connaught
Tunnel. The main view is straight ahead, with picture in picture of the scenery and crew.
Hear the locomotives work, in cab conversations, (some conversations have been edited
to protect the guilty!) radio talk, and see the engineer and conductor at work.
RMCR 2 Tape Set - 4 Hours $49.95
HIGHRAIL THROUGH THE ROCKIES
Field to lake Louise & Back: TWO HOURS HRLB $35.95
FEATHER RIVER CAB RIDE
From Rowlingstock Productions of Australia, we present "Feather River cab Ride". Ride the cab of a UP C40-8W from
Stockton up into the Feather River Canyon, with numerous meets, untill darkness stops the tapeing. Next day we see some
trackside views in the canyon, then at Portola, where we join an SD60M for a ride down the canyon. Taped by Colin
Eggleston, edited by Rowlingstock.
102 MINUTES FRCR $29.95
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