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Mountain Automation has been developing and selling railroad-related products since 1976. In 1991, it produced its first
railroad video. All our videos have won awards including Telly, Teddy, and Aurora awards. Many of our titles are unique.
You won't find videos about these railroads anywhere else. All our programs have been broadcast on numerous Public Television
stations, requiring the best professional production standards. All our DVDs are produced in the NTSC television system
(United States and Canada) but are enabled to play in all regions worldwide. Customers in the U.K. and Australia
(PAL television system) have played them successfully.
Categorized Master Video Index
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Pikes Peak By Rail DVD
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Travel to the top of America's most famous mountain by train as it climbs from 6,500 to 14,110 feet above sea level. There are
1933 motion pictures of steam as well as new scenes of restored steam loco number 4 with its distinctive compound sound. Watch
60-year old motion pictures of steam locos pushing flat car plows into snow drifts 14,000 feet above sea level. Marvel at the
railroad's first rotary plow and see the new rotary chew through the drifts. All 3 generations of the railroad's diesels are
represented. Start with 1930's motion pictures of railcar number 7, the railroad's first non-steam car. Watch power evolve
through the 1940's GE diesels and coaches, the first Swiss 80 passenger rail cars and end with today's 216 passenger articulated
giants. Includes color footage of these newer trains being tested on the Arth-Rigi Bahn in Switzerland. The shop removes a diesel
engine and the track crew changes out a tie...dealing with the intricacies of the rack rail. You'll get three bonus productions.
All Aboard for Eureka chronicles the railroad at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Scenic Railroad of the World covers the world-famous
White Pass and Yukon. The Georgetown Loop Railroad entertains you with the history and restoration of that famous Colorado
narrow-gauge railroad. 130 minutes. Enabled for all regions. This DVD is identical to the All Aboard For Eureka DVD, only in a different package. You can buy this DVD in the package you like best but there is no reason to purchase both Pikes Peak By Rail DVD and the All Aboard For Eureka DVD.
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All Aboard For Eureka DVD
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The Missouri and North Arkansas was an almost 400-mile long railroad from Joplin, Missouri to Helena, Arkansas. A few miles of this
railroad are preserved as the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas. You'll see a 2-6-0 built for use in Panama and re-gauged from 5 feet
to standard gauge. Watch the loco spun on a turntable and see it disappear in a cloud of steam as it's boiler is blown down while
it waits on a trestle. The yard at Eureka Springs is full of interesting equipment including a wood burning locomotive. Dinner is
served in an elegant dining car with flowers on the tables and baked Alaska in the shape of a steam locomotive! The program also
includes an interesting history of the town of Eureka Springs, illustrated by almost 100 historic photos. Eureka Springs was
founded in the last century as a source of "healing waters". Today, Eureka Springs hosts over one million visitors annually.
Although trains no longer carry visitors to Eureka Springs, the Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway carries visitors on
excursions into the Ozark countryside. You'll get three bonus productions. Pikes Peak By Rail chronicles the famous cog railway
that climbs Pike's Peak. Scenic Railroad of the World covers the world-famous White Pass and Yukon. The Georgetown Loop Railroad
entertains you with the history and restoration of that famous Colorado narrow-gauge railroad.
130 minutes. Enabled for all regions. Warning: This DVD is identical to the Pikes Peak By Rail DVD, only in a different package.
You can buy this DVD in the package you like best but there is no reason to purchase both Pikes Peak By Rail DVD and the All Aboard
For Eureka DVD.
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The Sugar Cane Train DVD
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The Hawaiian islands were once the home of 40 railroads. Thirty-three industrial railroads hauled mostly sugar cane on the
islands of Molokai, Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. Except for Molokai, all these islands were also served by one or more common
carriers. To get a real feel for railroading, Hawaiian style, ride the Lahaina-Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad. The LK&P is an
authentic reconstruction of the trains that once trundled through the sugar cane fields. Passengers ride in replicas of the
Kalakaua coaches that ran on the Hawaiian Railroad in the 1880s. Even the steel rails are historic, having been removed from
the Kahului Railroad when it was abandoned on Maui in 1966. Start your trip in Lahaina on Maui's west coast. Lahaina's economy
was introduced to sugar cane in 1850 and by the 1880s railroads began to move cane out of the fields. Beneath tropical skies
in the shadow of the West Maui Mountains, your trip will take you over the 400 foot Hahakea trestle and on to Kaanapali and the
Puukolii roundhouse. You'll also see the railroad being constructed and attend its birthing party. Watch its steam locomotives
restored and tested on the historic East Broad Top Railroad in Pennsylvania. You'll also get a bonus production. Railway to
Heaven covers the fascinating history of Chapel Cars, 13 churches in railroad cars.
90 minutes. Enabled for all regions. Warning: This DVD is identical to the Railway to Heaven DVD, only in a different package.
You can buy this DVD in the package you like best but there is no reason to purchase both the Sugar Cane Train DVD and the Railway
to Heaven DVD.
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Pikes Peak Route DVD
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In 1899, the Colorado Midland Railway was brought to its knees by a great blizzard, stranding trains from Colorado Springs to Grand
Junction. Almost 3 months of super-human effort finally opened the railroad. The Colorado Midland was the first standard-gauge railway
to brave the Colorado Rockies. Until then, only narrow-gauge railways called the mountains home. The Midland served the mining towns
of Aspen, Leadville and Cripple Creek. Its continental divide crossing was particularly spectacular with four great loops of tracking
rising to a tunnel at 11,500 feet. The Colorado Midland ceased operations in 1918 and was dismantled in 1921. The Midland Terminal
bought and operated the Colorado Midland's track to Colorado Springs so its Cripple Creek ore trains could continue. This production
includes hundreds of historic B&W photos of both railroads. Incredibly, it features almost 13 minutes of motion pictures taken in
1929 and 1949. Watch B&W motion pictures of a 1929 passenger train from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek. Color motion pictures of
a Cripple Creek ore train and the 1949 Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion are included. Even footage of scrapping the track is
here. You'll love the railroad stories told by the clean-up train's crew on Feb. 18, 1949.
You'll get two bonus productions. Pikes Peak By Rail chronicles the famous cog railway that climbs Pike's Peak. The Georgetown Loop
Railroad entertains you with the history and restoration of that famous Colorado narrow-gauge railroad. 125 minutes.
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Railway to Heaven DVD
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You'll love all the historic B&W train footage from the National Archives as well as footage of a chapel car in service in Colorado
in 1935. There are lots of B&W still photos and color footage of Chapel Car Grace on display in Wisconsin as well as St. Paul when
it was still in Montana. See an HO scale model of an Episcopal Chapel Car as well. Railway to Heaven tells the story of 13 churches
in railroad cars that prowled rural America searching for souls to save. Operated by Catholic, Episcopal and Baptist organizations,
chapel cars operated from 1890 to the 1940s. Missionaries and priests held services and started new churches in over 3,000 towns.
Chapel cars were caught in hurricanes, struck by lightning, set afire and surrounded by floods. The first chapel car was the
Episcopal Cathedral Car of North Dakota built in 1890. Two more Episcopal cars would roam the wilds of the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. Evangel, first of seven Baptist cars, was built in 1891. Baptist cars would minister in all states west of the Mississippi
and several to the east. Cars were promoted by posters, much like circuses of the day. Three Catholic cars traveled through western
and southern states delivering the sacraments and explaining the tenets of the faith to non-Catholics. This is an entertaining and
educational video for both railroad buffs and for those interested in an unique aspect of U. S. Christian history.
You'll also get a bonus production. Sugar Cane Train gives you a glimpse of railroading in Hawaii.
90 minutes. Enabled for all regions. Warning: This DVD is identical to the Sugar Cane Train DVD, only in a different package.
You can buy this DVD in the package you like best but there is no reason to purchase both the Sugar Cane Train DVD and the Railway
to Heaven DVD.
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World's Scenic Railway DVD
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Enjoy three spectacular White Pass & Yukon feature programs in the eye-popping sharpness of DVD.
Ride with the engineer in Engineer's Point of View to experience the thrill of this railroad from the locomotive
cab and listen to the engineer's stories about railroad operations.
You'll enjoy the history of this international treasure in Gold Rush Railroad.
Don't miss rare historical motion picture footage, some in color! See steam and diesel locomotives, a rotary snow plow, and freight
as well as passenger trains. Learn how this railroad helped build the Alaska Highway during World War II and how it reduced the 6
month ordeal of travel to the Klondike gold rush to a 6 day journey.
Watch Scenic Railway of the World for a guided excursion on a railroad that hangs from mountains decorated with waterfalls,
lakes, glaciers, forests, eagles and bears. The DVD includes an additional 9 minutes in three short specials that are not on the
VHS-tape set that we also offer. One special is on the restoration of the rotary snow plow, another on steam loco 73 and the third
on the Gold Train that ran all the way from Skagway to Carcross in 1997. The producer of these programs lived in Whitehorse and
spent a decade shooting this footage. Living near the railroad allowed him to shoot footage in the best weather possible,
images you don't want to miss on DVD.
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Complete Yukon DVD
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Save money with this budget priced DVD including 5 exciting programs. Scenic Railway of the World will
introduce you to the route of the White Pass and Yukon and historic sites along its track. Learn about the history of
the great gold rush and the railroad that served it in Klondike Gold Rush Double Feature. Finally, Yukon Treasures Double
Feature will take you on a tour of today's Yukon - its natural wonders and historic treasures. See the descriptions of the
individual videos for more detail.
150 minutes. The Complete Yukon DVD has the same programs as The Great Gold Rush VHS set.
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Railroads of Colorado Book - !!!Autographed by Author!!!
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A great adventure began in Colorado's mountains in the early 1870s with the whimper of a tiny train struggling up Clear Creek canyon. By the 1880s, the boom in Colorado railroads was similar to the Internet boom of the 1990s; investors poured money into the latest railroad technologies, pushing track into the most remote corners of the mountains . . . soon, miles-long tunnels pierced the granite peaks, and steam locomotives chugged through golden forests of aspen to carry silver metal from mining camps. Railroads of Colorado explores the fascination that these improbable railways inspire, and it transports readers back a century, providing the history of these unique railroads, the engineering that paved their way into the mountains, and the men who built and ran them. Today, Colorado is a mecca for the restoration and operation of historic railroads. Along with sharp color and historical photography, Railroads of Colorado includes ideas for exploring Colorado's railroads; both the ghosts of long-gone trains that haunt the mountains and the preserved trains whose whistles still echo off those granite peaks. It also contains a map showing the routes of more than thirty Colorado railroads and a "railroad directory," which lists the contact information for thirteen operating passenger trains. Here's what reviewers say: "grossly unfair that any one photographer should be so consistently good" "magnificent color photographs that leap out at you" "the book deftly combines historical and contemporary information-a good read" "scholarship is excellent" "fun to read" "entertaining".
This 8-½" X 11" hardback book contains 160 pages with 165 color and 25 B&W photos.
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