www.cspmovies.com Preview 9 minutes 51 seconds Full feature -- 2 hours 20 minutes Item SKU .... D-139 The time-frame is 1976 to 1997 on many of Conrail's routes. See extensive early color film and beautifully shot video over years of Conrail's struggle and triumph. Relive the first three years of Conrail rebuilding the wrecked railroad scene in the Northeast. Learn the history behind Conrail's success. We bring classes of diesels, electric power and cabooses that have since been sold or scrapped -- as well as more modern power. Don't miss the Cresson to Reading section or the great action on the "Chicago Line". We feature general freight, intermodal, local and yard action with lots of helpers and foreign power. It's all presented with a lively editing style. Conrail fans, and railfans in general, will appreciate the efforts of Conrail's employees and leaders that rescued the Northeast railroad industry.

D-121 1hr. 30min. See the historic 1970 formation of Burlington Northern. See great vintage trains of Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Chicago Burlington & Quincy and the Spokane Portland & Seattle from the 50s into the 70s. We bring the history of the "James Hill Lines" and how he reshaped the northwest. See the steam to early diesel transition of these lines. Follow the career of Chicago Burlington & Quincy's, Ralph Budd. His early years as a design engineer made him one of the industry's greatest innovators. He was the youngest railroad president when earlier he took charge of the GN as he was also a sharp businessman. Follow the early passenger Ralph Budd-inspired Zephyrs, the California Zephyr plus passenger and freight trains of the CB&Q, GN and NP. Visit Chicago, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and more locations with passenger and freight. We offer a special section of the "Inside Gateway" line jointly operated by the BN & WP. To quote Model Railroad News, "The story is epic... plan to watch it several times...". To quote Railfan & Railroad, "This program, as all others Smiley has done, Contains a wealth of content requiring more than one sitting to digest fully. The maps are excellent, the corporate story-telling first rate. dealer info at www.cspmovies.com

"Mountain Grades of the B&O DVD video 1-hr. 33-min. www.cspmovies.com This material was shot in 1983, 1989 and 1991 with a mix of video and color movie-film dating back to 1969. See a colorful mix of power and a style of railroading that is vanished forever. The Mountain Subdivision brings the last Western Maryland units in service. CSX fans will also see the early color schemes. Chessie fans will see lots of "tri-color" power. Additional color comes from several CSX liveries from the 1991-era. The history of mergers of C&O, B&O, WM and Seaboard Lines up to the CSXT formation is reviewed. Early film presents B&O, C&O and L&N power plus vignettes of Western Maryland and the small WVN Railroads. See lots of Seaboard and Family Lines power mixed with B&O, Chessie System and CSX colors in big power 'lash-ups' with helpers and meets. The "Cranberry" grade of the Mountain Subdivision, and the Sand Patch grade of the Keystone Subdivision with its beautiful scenery, small towns and great trains are a special visual experience. This is all color, digitally enhanced material, shot in many seasons by Tom Luckey. It brings you a lot of great action with helpers and heavy grades. Many maps have been made for this video to give the viewer a full presentation. These are views back in time with the old Color-Position signals, towers and lots of great railroading that could only be found on the old B&O mountain grades!

"Diesel Power on the Santa Fe" DVD video. The late-great Santa Fe as shot on movie film. From Chicago to LA, up to Stockton and out to Richmond. All the early diesels and the second generation power too. Both passenger & freight. Enjoy the Santa's various "Chiefs" and the speedy San Diegan. See street-running and yards. Remember the Super-C and the "Chief" at their best. Remember all the EMD F-units, ALCOs, U-boats and Geeps and many special units. This is action and history at its best. Tehachapi, Cajon Pass, Barstow, passenger trains down to San Diego as well as action at LAUPT -- and more! To quote Model Railroad News magazine, "Charles Smiley Presents gives a masterful 61 minutes of historical information and delightful visual images. All in all, this is simply a wonderful video". And, quoting Trains Magazine, "The careful editing (and excellent maps and graphics) do justice to the subject. This is a fine tape and one that will appeal to the Santa Fe's many devoted fans".

"Great Shortlines West" DVD video 1-hr 42-min. This video is revised and expanded from the first release. We visit 10 shortlines with scenes spanning 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! 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". To quote Trains magazine, "This is a very nice and quite educational tape, typical of other productions by this firm." dealer contact at www.cspmovies.com

"Union Pacific Vintage West" DVD video - 1 hr. 38-min. Visit eight states and see America's original line that helped build the west. Filmed by 14 different people over decades. Learn about E. H. Harriman's dramatic life and how he eventually put an empire together that resembles today's merged UP line. Follow the Harriman 1900 era to modern times from the phase out of steam to first and second generation diesels. The focal period is from 1960 to 1980 with the onslaught of rail mergers. See steam GP9s, E and F-units, Turbines, DD35, DD40s, U50s, SD24 and SD45s and many others with passenger and freights. To quote S Gaugian magazine, "In Union Pacific Vintage West, we get a comprehensive overview of the Union Pacific's history, motive power and operating style. Filmed by 14 different photographers, the footage is extensive and interesting. In all... a real treat".

D-128 1hr. 34min. This is a final look at SP's California Coastline and related branchlines. Heavy action on the Tehachapi Line and Bakersfield Yard, with views back in 1971 and in 1993 as a comparison. This is a wealth of early SP power including the memorable ALCOs and old U-boats. See Beet Trains, Coal Drags, Mixed Freight and the "Oil Can" trains. See the Coastline for a final-look at "locals", heavy mainline freight trains and many of its famous branchline operations. We bring lots of great branchline action in many California scenic and quaint locations. This was the SP we all came to love! Don't miss out on the real Southern Pacific! dealer inquiries to www.cspmovies.com

"SP When" DVD video of Siskiyou, Shasta, Donner, Sacramento, Bay Area and more! 1965 to 1985 in all color movie film. Vintage SP diesel action in the Siskiyo...

Dealer contact www.cspmovies.com D-133 $29.50 1hr. 35min. This was the Southern Pacific at work on the Yuma District of the Sunset Route. The best material from our discontinued video, "Sunset Salute", is combined with a wealth of newly discovered material to make this new DVD video. See mixed freights and 'intermodal' trains as well as locals and transfer freights. We also bring lots of 'foreign' and pool-power. Visit the Imperial Valley lines to remember the Sugarbeet trains of the SP. Learn how the beet cars were loaded and follow the beets to Betteravia where they were processed at the Holly sugar plant. Beet trains handed off to the SMV Railroad at Guadalupe, CA are covered from the 1970s and 1992. And don't miss a cab ride on the SP-owned Carriso Gorge line just before hurricane Kathleen closed it to through traffic in 1976. Featuring... Yuma AZ to Colton CA Desert beauty Beaumont Hill 1991 - 1995 Helpers and Foreign Power Imperial Valley SA&E Ry. cab ride c. 1975 Sugar Beet Trains c. 1992 Beet loading and processing Betteravia Sugar Factory Santa Maria Valley Railroad SP Coastline action To quote Model Railroad News magazine, "Well Charles Smiley has done it again ...this is a very entertaining and informative video. You want stuff to model? It's in here, though I can't tell you what you'll glom onto and turn into a feature on your layout. Maybe you'll just watch this for an hour and 35 minutes instead of broadcast TV. What a thought!"

SOLDIER SUMMIT REFLECTIONS D-116 1hr. 30min. See vintage black and orange Rio Grande action and rare film of the RSD and "Alligator" ALCOs of the Utah Railway. Both the Rio Grande and the Utah Railway had a long history of hauling massive coal trains over the summit. These trains generally had helper sets of six or seven six-axle diesels to provide enough force to tackle the 2-percent grades and twisting curves. We bring all of this from many locations that often needed a good hike to reach. We visit several coal load-out facilities as guests and learn quite a bit of how efforts are made to keep this business clean and safe. This is quite a contrast to the old days and how the industry is perceived. The scenery is impressive. And it's even more enjoyable to railfans, as this busy line has two main tracks -- and in some places, three tracks. Nothing could highlight the scenery like the passenger trains of the Rio Grande with their orange and silver F-units and glittering, domed, stainless-steel passenger equipment. Ride the Rio Grande Zephyr when the Rio Grande kept its passenger train while almost every other railroad threw their trains into the Amtrak nationwide system. See many stations, meets with freights and lots of Zephyr run-by action in the beautiful Wasatch Range. Learn the region's history and the changes in the late 1990s. Heavy power, steep grades and massive helper sets were the rule. Watch Rio Grande, SP and finally UP power take over. Also, trackage-rights BNSF trains. We were fortunate to have been the guests of the Utah Railway and their facilities. Visit yards and shops and enjoy their new business of handling general freight. We show the rise of the Utah Railway to new heights. To quote Model Railroad News magazine, "This is an interesting of images, and anyone who is a certified Rio Grande fan will want to watch it".

PREVIEW OF THE DVD item D--119 Full length is 1hr. 43min. see www.cspmovies.com Great material from 19 sources shot in many locations out west. See FM and ALCO and many rare SP units. This brings the 1942 to 1975 era on the SP with E, F units and early GP9 and SD9 power. Don't miss out on the first U- boats. These GE locomotives had some problems. But GE eventually worked their way to the top of the locomotive business by pecking away at EMD. See the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles environs, Glendale's old Taylor Yard, Colton Crossing, and many extinct branchlines. See the opening of the new Colton Yard and the building and early days of the Cajon Pass line for the SP and its bypass of Los Angeles for north-south through-traffic. Passenger and freight trains abound. Special Shasta, Cascade and even Kaiser ore trains from Iron Mountain near the Salton Sea - plus great and extensive Cajon Pass and Tehachapi action and much more. This is a wealth of vintage SP material -- all shot on vintage movie film by former SP employees and many, very savvy railfans. To quote Railfan & Railroad magazine, "....the quality and depth of the information in the narration is so great. A must for SP fans I would think, as well as students of motive power evolution, use and disposition."

"Donner Pass Thunder" DVD video 1-hr 30-min. From old Sacramento to Reno, Nevada we present the many challenges of the Sierra crossing. Filmed over three decades in all types of weather and every type of train from 1955 to 1995. Ride a F7 powered passenger train in a raging snow storm. See early diesel power and the history of the line's building, the snow sheds, tunnels and more. Visit the old pre-merger Roseville humpyard and see a wonderful mix of old SD and GP "high-hood" power. Donner Pass was America's first line into California and we cover the politics, engineering and construction of this historic line. The last years of the SP are also covered with great action with the "Tunnel motors" built to cope with the extensive, long tunnels and snow sheds. Expect long trains, lots of helper units and foreign power mixed in.

"SP by the Bay" DVD video .... 1-hr. 30-min. See the SP "commutes" on the Peninsula in late steam and early diesel days. Visit the old Third & Townsend Station where the SP Coastline really begins. Don't miss the FM Train Master era, including the smaller FM H-12-44 switchers in various San Francisco Peninsula yards -- such as the extinct Bay Shore Yard. Learn the mechanical details of the FM opposed-piston diesel engines with animated cut-away graphics. At one time, there were plenty of freight trains on the SF Peninsula working their way around the fast and numerous SP commuter trains. The old 1920 Harriman type commuter coaches and the first bi-level are seen behind passenger GP9s, SD-9s and FM trainmasters. Newer power includes the powerful SDP45 machines and the smaller GP40Ps -- even in 1976 Bi-Centennial colors! We bring lots of old ALCO, Baldwin, FM and early EMD power. And, we have that on vintage film. Also, we bring more freight action on the Eastbay side and visit the old W. Oakland Yard. See the ALCO switchers and older EMD switchers work the yard alongside the heavt road locomotives at the sand tower. Ride former SP passenger GP9 5623 down Oakland streets switching freight for the Oakland Terminal Railway, on former Key System tracks. The remaining freight on the San Francisco side of the Bay features more street running in the last years of any freight operation on the peninsula We work our way down to see some yard switching and freight run-throughs in Santa Clara Yard. We stop by the San Jose passenger station to see some local freights that we'll follow out to the Permanente Plant on the Vasona branch. These locals use up to 3 locomotives to pull long, heavy trains of hoppers with a trailing caboose. There are many other surprises that you won't soon forget.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC SCRAPBOOK D-110 1hr. 30min. Pre-merger SP in Arizona and California. Main and branchline action with grades, helpers, manifest, oilcan, beet, "boxcar" and stack trains. See Gila and Lordsburg districts from the 80s and 90s with cabooses, lower quadrant semaphores and on-train footage. See Donner Pass, Cuesta and the Coastline, Beaumont Hill, Tehachapi, Stockton, Elvas Junction, Tucson, Santa Cruz branch, Ione branch, Lompoc (Whitehills) branch, and much more. Don't miss Stockton Junction with SP, Santa Fe and UP trains pounding all the crossing diamonds with in the days when it featured three railroads and an interlocking tower as well. This video has a parade of power. Grades, helpers, manifest freights, locals and much more. Remember the real Southern Pacific in this railfan's favorite SP video! To quote Railfan & Railroad magazine, "This video includes some really cool SDP45 pace shots, cab ride footage, a lot of interesting camera angles and neat graphics..... all done in a fast pace editing style... This is a darn good video'. To quote a review in Model Railroad News, "Charles Smiley does his magic, rescuing rare footage from obscurity, cleaning, sharpening, and editing it until the final product just sparkles. His story seems to flow right on through and the narration gives watchers the answers to the questions which naturally occur to them."

D-122 1hr. 30min. See WP freight and passenger action like no previous video has ever provided. The 50s through the 1980 era are covered in lavish detail. See late-steam power and the early dieselization of the WP. The WP's history is covered with many scenes that have previously escaped the screen -- until now! See the WP re-route and the purpose-built Oro Dam railroad used in building the dam. This section was from three different rail historians that captured what the others all missed as a monumental, and historic, event. Don't miss the Feather River Canyon, and High-Line action in this historical video on the WP. See the WP rail ferry and Feather River Railway steam powered logging line that was one of the few sources of WP's on-line traffic. One of WP's properties was the plucky Sacrameno Northern Railway that they bought in the late 1920s. We bring some great Sacramento Northern action shot by the historian, and prolific rail author, Harre Demoro in his teenage years. This is a wonderful look at Harre Demoro's young and artistic dedication to Bay Area history. See the Western Pacific's section of the California Zephyr trains, as operated from Oakland, California to Salt Lake City, Utah. Visit the CZ on-board, trackside and though yards and stations. Some of these rare scenes were shot by the well-known and respected photographer, John Illman. Other CZ scenes came from the late George Barnes who -- was also a well-known scratch-building model railroader of some marvelous O-gauge models. To quote a review in Model Railroad News, "Charles Smiley combines lavish footage and a fine script to tell. The story of this unusual little-big railroad... For long-time WP fans this is a labor of love." dealers, contact www.cspmovies.com

D-118 1hr. 07min. The "Road" from 1955 to 1978 covering the electric, diesels and some steam. This is a nostalgic and technical look at electric, mountain railroading. See GE box-cabs, Joes, and Bi-polars in many great locations. Go inside substations and yards. Watch how the sturdy mountain-men of the "Road" dealt with poor funding and ancient, fading equipment to keep the trains running -- a "Yoeman's effort" to say the least. See and hear the start-up of the motor-generators at the Avery sub-station. The experience and the sounds and sights have been described as "raising the hairs on the back of your neck". Passenger and freight operations are covered. We review the rival GN, NP lines and "almost" merger partner, the Rock Island. Don't miss the comparisons to the rival Northern Pacific and those splendid passenger and freight trains in the same region. To quote Railfan & Railroad magazine, "This is another in a series of educational, vintage footage by Charles Smiley Presents. .. well done maps and narration, we gain quite a bit of knowledge of the Milwaukee Road's history, operations, and electric locomotives.... This tape is a good choice for Milwaukee Road fans and for those who want a primer on an important piece of railroad history between Chicago and Seattle." dealer contact www.cspmovies.com

D-123 1hr. 01min. Key System action and Bay history with pre and post Bay Bridge views. See Bridge units and the old street cars. Ferry and Bay Area history. The 1939 World's Fair views and the "elephant-trains" concession run by Key employees there is a special and rare view of Bay Area history! The Key System's switch from their old ferryboat pier to the Bay Bridge are the historical items that everyone needs to experience. See how the Bay Bridge "NX" signal system and the expansive Bridge Yard was developed. We cover the "insiders" view of this great line. And, we chronicle the end, and destruction, of this inspired interurban line. This sad ending was something that Charles Smiley himself took note of as a junior high school student while living in the area. This video is a reflection of his early-life experience and impressions of electric railroading. To quote a review in Model Railroad News, "Charles Smiley gives us a masterful 61 minutes of historical information and delightful visual images". "Key System Empire" DVD video of Bay Area electric trains from San Francisco to Oakland and Berkeley, CA before 1958. Lots of history and beautiful looks at early bay area life.

D-124 1hr. 07min. Three electric lines in one video. The Sacramento Northern, SP Red Trains and the Peninsular Ry. We bring the SP ferry boats on the San Francisco Bay as well. This 1910 to 1957 history has been a favorite of rail-fans and historians. Our scenes in Oakland, Berkeley and the Oakland Hills plus Sacramento Northern lines out to Contra Costa County are the essential Eastbay of a by-gone era. See the SN's ferryboat that linked the south-end to the north-end carrying entire trains, both passenger and freight, from Chips to Mallard. The Sacramento Northern freight trains and the interchange with the electric Oakland terminal line at 40th & Shafter yard may very well be the best ever! Follow several freights through the Oaklnad Hills, Montclair, the long tunnel and through Redwood Canyon to Moraga. From there we run out to Walnut Creek, Concord and the "subway" crossing under Santa Fe and SP tracks. To quote a review in Railfan & Railroad magazine, "The 16mm film used in this program was shot by almost 20 photographers and ranges from very-good to excellent. This is another excellent and highly educational program from this producer...." To quote a review in Model Railroad News, "He takes old 8 and 16mm film and spins it into gold....If you're not already a traction fan, this video may push you over the edge!" Sacramento Northern Ry., SP Red Trains (IER) and Peninsular Railway.

"Electric Rails of Utah" DVD video. 1940s and 1950s action around Salt Lake area with history, beautiful scenery and trains from color movie film from many sources. See the Bamberger RR, Utah & Salt Lake RR, Utah Idaho Central, Saltair Line, Bingham Canyon copper mine RR and much more... To quote Raifan & Railroad Magazine, "a very PBS-quality presentation. Dealer inquiries see www.cspmovies.com

"Milwaukee Road Scrapbook" DVD video. Quills, Bipolars, GE Boxcabs and little Joes as well as diesel and steam in this historic video feature. To quote Model Railroad News magazine "Once again Charles Smiley's magic resurrects old footage and combines it into a powerful story". History, scenery and trains all from beautiful color film. For dealer inquiries see www.cspmovies.com