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Portland and Westerns Toledo Branch Part 1 Toledo to Summit DVD 5 of 5 (2)
Deep in the coastal hills of western Oregon lies a backwoods railroad which weaves through America’s premiere timber producing lands. Operated by the Portland and Western Railroad, the line services a Georgia Pacific paper mill in the small town of Toledo. Trains make the seventy-five-mile journey over the branch line nearly every day between its namesake town of Toledo and Albany in the lush Willamette Valley. Frame grabs:
Westbound Corvallis and Eastern train arrives at Yaquina.
An aerial view of the Georgia Pacific paper mill in Toledo, Oregon.
Green Douglas Fir lumber is loaded onto a centerbeam at Toledo.
The eastbound "Toledo Patch" crosses the Yaquina near Tunnel 24.
The train makes the fourteenth crossing of the Yaquina on a foggy August morning.
PNWR 3001 and its slug leads the "Toledo Patch" through Nashville on a cold winter's day.
The 2.58% grade crosses one of many wooden trestles as trains struggle up the west side to Summit. Watch Preview: |
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Portland and Westerns Toledo Branch Part 1 Toledo to Summit DVD mySP7377 on 2020-09-04 14:01:00.
People who found this review helpful: 7
Another awesome DVD from 7Idea Productions, the action is intense and non stop and its hard to believe that this is a branch line with lash up's of 5 to 6 classic EMD GP 40's and GP 38's with former NS road slugs between the GP's. I was amazed at some of the remote location that 7Idea covered on this DVD how he got to some of these spots is beyond me.....Some of the photography is done with a Drone that's very well done in High Definition, I got a Blu-Ray copy and the photography is fantastic the Narration is informative and interesting along with maps and graphics.....It might not be for everyone there's no massive main line action here just lash ups of EMD GD's at full throttle pulling step grades with limber products from the the large mill at the end of the line. Portland and Westerns Toledo Branch Part 1 Toledo to Summit DVD Bulletbob709 (Meridian MS USA) on 2020-09-05 08:46:24.
People who found this review helpful: 2  We have verified that this reviewer has purchased this item from Train Video Depot because this reviewer is a member of our loyalty program and was signed in when they purchased the item and when they left the review.
This is another superb production from 7Idea and probably their best even if the subject is a short line trying to survive servicing a modern paper mill and sawmill. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
