Cameras from Diverging Clear Productions traveled through six states shooting steam locomotives in action in 2012. Highlights from each of those operations are together in this new DVD, "Steamin' In 2012."
We open the program in Chama, New Mexico, on the Cumbers & Toltec Scenic Railroad. We follow a pair of trains headed up by K-36 Mikados, numbers 484 and 488. First we follow a train out of Chama, as it climbs the four percent grades of Cumbres Pass. Once the outbound train reaches the summit at Cumbres, we head to Los Pinos and pick up a train bound for Chama. The little Mikes sure put on a great show in the Big Country!
We move from one icon of Western railroading to another, as we find Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844 heading up The Shiloh Limited through Missouri and Illinois. The train was operated in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Shiloh, and featured a sizeable train carrying reenactors and a flatcar loaded with Civil War cannons. The 84 |
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