D-156: Freight West: 1970s and 80s Go inside substations and yards

Go inside substations and yards

We are proud to release "Midwest Electric Rails"

The focal period is from 1960 to 1980 with the onslaught of rail mergers

and some great-looking freight carloads

See a great variety of diesel power and freight cars before the graffiti era

D-156: Freight West: 1970s and 80s Go inside substations and yardsLength: 2 hr. 46 minutes Do you miss Santa Fe, SP, WP and the old version of the UP? This presentation brings it back with beautiful scenery, old smoking diesel power and colorful, graffiti free freight cars in the 1970's and 80's! We make the case for watching freight car traffic patterns and loads to better understand how railroads worked before all the mergers of the 1990's. Watching these trains makes us realize all of the things we took for