Who We Are Action Train Videos is an independent video company that specializes in books and videos on the subject of railroading.
These videos have appeared on Railroad Video Quarterly, a quarterly video magazine based out of Tallmadge, Ohio, and on Pikes
Peak Library Channel 17 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Action Train Videos has been filming since 1985. All videos are recorded
individually on high-quality, professional grade VHS videotape in hi-fi stereo sound. ATV produces narrated, documentary-style
history and railroad videos, and also unnarrated, digitally restored videos of trains from the 1980's and 1990's.
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S UP Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train in Carr, CO on June 8, 2009
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Red Unit Circus
Train was en route over the Union Pacific Railroad after finishing a show the previous night in Omaha, NE. It had crossed
the transcontinental mainline westbound and was heading south down the Denver Pacific line en route to Colorado Springs, CO.
The train was powered by UP SD70M 3823 and UP SD70M 4534. After the show in Colorado Springs, the circus train left northbound
at 4:15AM on Monday, June 15, 2009.
BNSF with Santa Fe and EMD power at Baptist Rd crossing, Monument, CO on June 19, 2009
A northbound local BNSF freight train crossed Baptist
Road just south of Monument, CO on Friday, June 19, 2009. On the point was BNSF GP35u 2521. It was built as Santa Fe GP35
1321 in March 1964. It was later renumbered Santa Fe 3321. Then it was rebuilt and renumbered Santa Fe GP35u 2821 in July
1982. This was its final Santa Fe number before the BNSF merger. Electro-Motive Diesel GP38-2 798 was built as Penn Central
7998 in July 1972, then renumbered Conrail 7998 before becoming an EMDX lease unit.
Click to see the Winter Park Ski Train on specials to Cheyenne, WY and Glenwood Springs, CO in 1997
Click to see three westbound Union Pacific trains in the fog and snow in Tie Siding, WY on 4/10/2009
Click to see N BNSF (CN) freight traverse the horseshoe curve in Folsom, NM on January 31, 2009
Click to see the Southbound BNSF Sulfur Train at Larkspur, CO on December 30, 2008
Click to see video of Amtrak Southwest Chief with Private Car December 29, 2008
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