Santa Fe Vintage West - Charles Smiley Presents

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Santa Fe Vintage West - Charles Smiley Presents

We bring back the Santa Fe with great action in many So.Cal. locations. This parade of power over the decades is a tribute to one of the most popular western railroads of all time. The scenes are taken from old movie film shot by many railfans. The material from the early 90s was shot on video before the end of the Santa Fe as an independent company.

The paint schemes shown are all the phases from the early black with white stripes and beautiful passenger F-units with freight bluebonnet power and, the later yellow bonnets.

The video of the 90s shows a revival of the red & silver warbonnet theme that the Santa Fe used to reclaim all the public recognition that their service deserved.

Many of the video scenes were selected from our retired videos on Cajon, Tehachapi and the Needles Subdivision. They represent a composite of the very best pre-merger Santa Fe scenes shot with multiple cameras. It"s really amazing that the Santa Fe has been gone for over a decade now. We hope this video will renew your interest in her�

List Price: 29.50

Our Price: $ 26.95

Length: 94

Item#: X-129

Format:

Pressed DVD

Stock Status: This item is currently in stock ready for immediate shipment

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Region Code: 0 Plays Anywhere

Customer Reviews
Added 2007-07-06 03:29:14 by ThomasCruncher
The nice thing about the Smiley videos is that there is an emphasis on the history more than the equipment. Don't get me wrong... there is great footage in the video. Imagine trying to convey a sense of the enormity of the SF and their opertions in less than 2 hours. This video closes very strong, as the last 15 minutes have great shots of images that are probably already burned somewhere in every railroaders psyche. I've only seen this one a couple of times but plan on returning to it as the opportunity arises. Enjoy.