Great Shortlines West

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Visit 10 shortlines spanning the years from 1970 to 1998. We had full access to the Angelina & Neches River Railroad, in Texas, and the Central Oregon and Pacific, in Oregon, with the ‘inside’ look at two very capable shortlines.

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Producer

Charles Smiley Presents
Run Time

2 hours 22 minutes
Narration

Yes
Shrink Wrap

Yes, Brand New
Technical Details

No Region Code

We visit 10 shortlines with scenes spanning the years from 1970 to 1998. We had full access to the Angelina & Neches River Railroad, in Texas, and the Central Oregon and Pacific, in Oregon, with the ‘inside’ look at two very capable shortlines. See the Modesto & Empire Traction, Amador Central, Central California Traction, Yolo Shortline, Trona, South West Portland Cement, Stockton Terminal & Eastern and the Ventura County Railway. Every shortline and industrial rail line has a rich story to tell and we have them. ALCOs, Baldwins, and early GE and EMD Geeps earn their keep on these wonderful shortlines. If you like shortlines, industrial lines and regional lines, you need to see this video! This video is revised and expanded from the first VHS release.

And the reviews are great: To quote Railfan & Railroad magazine, “This video Definitely maintains the high standard of quality that one has come to expect of Charles Smiley… In fact, it’s one of the best railroad videos I’ve seen lately” And Trains says, “This is a very nice and quite educational video, typical of other productions by this firm.”

2 reviews for Great Shortlines West

  1. rickyfreni –

    Here’s the segments:

    1. Southern Pacific that has other road names like cotton belt, & Rio Grande

    2. a GP7 & a pair of former Rock Island GP18s 1790 (narrator mistakenly called the unit 1970 on one scene) & 1795 on the Central California Traction with still images

    3. Yolo Shortline on the former Sacramento Northern with GP9s 131, & former SP 132 with a still image of 0-6-0 1226 during a mention of 1233

    4. Modesto & Empire Terminal with 600 & 604 (referred to a Southern 2-8-0 in Spencer NC)

    5. Ventura County

    6. Southwest Portland Cement Quarry

    7. Trona with Rare Baldwin AS-616s

    8. A rare 1951 Baldwin S12 on the Amador Central with an S8 & an SW1200, plus SP & D&RGW that ended in late March of 1997

    9. Medco with a Baldwin S8

    10. Angelina & Neches River with 2-6-0 number 3, an SW1500, a 1958 Alco S4 with a cab ride from Jerry Simms showing the controls, & a GP38-2 with an interview from Marc Reeves & Gary Looney, Railroad president David Perkins, & Bob Harvard

    And 11. Central Oregon & Pacific with a cab ride, semaphores, & an interview from Bruce Pfleiger, Roger Forehand, & Bud Shirley

    There is also a speed-up segment of containers being loaded, as well as films in 1944 on Red River Lumber Company with a 2-8-0, the Siskiyou Line in 1969 with Semaphore Signals, Alco S1 number 41 on the CCT in 1969 with a cab ride & Caboose 23, 1954 clips of the SN, Western Pacific in 1969 on the SN, Stockton Terminal & Eastern Alco S2 500 somewhere from 1980 to 1983, Weysmeyser Company, & Amador Central in the early 70s.

    Did you know that the town of Lodi California with some street running was named after Lodi Italy in Europe?

  2. rrvideoman, Delisle Saskatchewan –

    Charles Smiley is basically one of the finest diesel history video producers around anywhere. Great Shortlines West is a slight difference from the average Charles Smiley. #1… It is shortlines, not the Class 1’s of the time; and #2… the time frame is a little more modern, being up to 1998. The power however is more like the 1950’s to the 1970’s because of the fact that this video is shortline action. Variety in this video is excellent with 10 different shortlines presented. It really adds to the colour schemes of the engines, adding a lot of interest. The locations are also a little more varied from other Charles Smiley productions as a result. I think that this is one of Charles Smiley’s top video productions and highly recommend it to all rail fans as a “must have”.

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