Magic Valley Model Railroaders Library
Gene commented that some of these VHS tapes are rather old might not be viewable.
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TITLE | AUTHOR | COMMENTS | MEDIA |
150 Years of North American Railroads | Fitzsimons, Bernard | B&W Photos, Historical Text | HB Book |
16 Great American Train Rides | Unknown | ?? min – Multiple Rail Tours | VHS |
44 Years of UP 8444/844 (2 Copies) | Video Rails | 60 min – From Active Service to Excursions | VHS |
8444 Rides Again! | Video Rails | 80 min – Cajon Pass, Blue Mountains, etc. | VHS |
Alaska Railroad (2 copies of this segment) | Pentrex | 90 min – Anchorage to Fairbanks, Car/Train Segment | VHS |
All Aboard: 150 Years on the Right Track | Reader’s Digest | 130 min – A Detailed History Documentary | VHS |
Along the Hudson Division | Pentrex | 60 min – Diesel Action Along the Hudson River | VHS |
America By Rail: The Heartland | CounterTop | 120 min – Amish Country, Mississippi, Great Plains | VHS |
America By Rail: The West Coast | CounterTop | 90 min – Action from San Diego to Seattle | VHS |
American Freight Train, The | Boyd, Jim | Mostly Color, Includes Freight Yards | HB Book |
America’s Colorful Railroads | Ball, Don Jr. | Full Color | HB Book |
America’s Historic Steam Railroads | Goldhil | 60 min – Covers Grand Canyon Ry., California Western | VHS |
America’s Historic Steam Railroads (2 Tapes) 2 sets | Goldhil | 120 min – from New Hampshire to Cumbres & Toltec | VHS |
America’s Historic Steam RRs: Georgetown Loop | Goldhil | 30 min – Georgetown Loop Railroad | VHS |
America’s Railroads: A Great Railroad at Work | Marathon Music & Video | 50 min – B & W, Narrated by Lowell Thomas | VHS |
America’s Railroads: Golden Age of Steam Trains | Marathon Music & Video | 60 min – Color and B & W; Documentary of Rail Transp. | VHS |
America’s Railroads: Last of the Giants | Marathon Music & Video | 60 min – UP Big Steam, +AAR on Nation’s Railways | VHS |
America’s Railroads: The Railroad Story | Marathon Music & Video | 60 min – Color and B & W; RR Problems, B & O RR | VHS |
America’s Railroads: The Steam Locomotive | Marathon Music & Video | 60 min – B & W, Steam on the New York Central | VHS |
America’s Railroads: This Is My Railroad | Marathon Music & Video | 60 min – A Southern Pacific Presentration | VHS |
America’s Railroads: Wheels of Steel | Marathon Music & Video | 60 min – B & W, Pennsylvania Steam, Electric & Diesel | VHS |
America’s Scenic Rail Journeys: The Adirondack | Acorn Media | 54 min – New York City to Montreal | VHS |
Amtrak Across America: 25th Anniversary | Pentrex | 30 min – Amtrak’s Takeover of Famous Trains | VHS |
Amtrak: The Surfline | Video Rails | 60 min – California Coast | VHS |
Amtrak’s Auto Train | Pentrex | 75 min – Washington D.C. to Florida | VHS |
Amtrak’s California Zephyr | Green Frog | 48 min – Chicago to California | VHS |
Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor | Pentrex | 85 min – Cab Ride: Washington D.C. to Philadelphia | VHS |
An American Classic: Durango & Silverton N.G. | Royem, Roert T. | B&W, Color Lavishly Illustrated | SC Book |
Basics of Model Railroading (Wayne Wesolowski) | Kalmbach Publishing | 50 min – Planning, Benchwork, Track, Wiring, etc. | VHS |
Best of 1985 | Pentrex | 120 min – Highlights of Tapes, Incl. McCloud, Circus | VHS |
Best of 1986 | Pentrex | 120 min – Highlights of Tapes Incl. ATSF, CN, CP, etc. | VHS |
Best of 1988 | Pentrex | 120 min – Highlights of Tapes, Incl. Mexicxo, Cumbres | VHS |
Best of 1990 (2 copies) | Pentrex | 120 min – Highlights of Tapes Incl. UP, SP, Frisco, etc. | VHS |
Best of the West | Pentrex | 30 min – Western Railroading | VHS |
Best Tips of Great Model Railroads | Model Railroad Academy | ?? min – Many Helpful Tips from Great Modelers | DVD |
Blue Mountains, Vol. 3: Winter in the Blues (2 copies) | Video Rails | 60 min – the “Snow Zone” of the Blue Mountains | VHS |
BNSF in the Mojave Desert | Railway Productions | 90 min – Needles Subdivision | DVD |
BNSF’s Arizona Divide | Railway Productions | 70 min – Seligman Subdivision | DVD |
British Columbia Railway | Pentrex | 90 min – Steam, Diesel and Electric Action | VHS |
British Rail Journeys: North Wales | Acorn Media | 55 min – Chester to Aberystwyth | VHS |
Broadway Limited, The | Video Rails | ?? min – A Classic Passenger Train | VHS |
Building Reliable Model RR Track (Lorell Joiner) | Kalmbach Publishing | 51 min – From Foundation to Troubleshooting | VHS |
Building Your First Model Railroad | World’s Greatest Hobby | 60 min – Narrated by Michael Gross | |
Burlington Northern Denver Division | Casey Jones Video | 90 min – Nebraska to Wyoming and Montana | VHS |
Burlington Northern Railroad Classics | Burlington Northern RR | 61 min – (1) Empire on Paradem (2) From Car Window | VHS |
Burlington Northern’s Funnel | Pentrex | 80 min – from Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID | VHS |
Cab Ride Over Kicking Horse Pass | Greg Scholl Video Productions | 77 min – Canadian Rockies Action | VHS |
Cajon II | Video Rails | 90 min – Railroading in the 90’s (SP, UP & Santa Fe) | VHS |
California Limited, by Gerald M. Best | Interurban Videos | 33 min – 1920s Steam on the SP and Santa Fe | VHS |
California Northern, The | Pentrex | 100 min – Regional Railroading at Its Best | VHS |
California Zephyr | Video Rails | 30 min – Chicago to San Francisco | VHS |
California Zephyr: The Ultimate Fan Trip | Green Frog | 60 min – 1965 filming by Emery Gulash | VHS |
Caltrain: Destination San Francisco | Pentrex | 26 min – Short Ride Up the California Coast | VHS |
Canadian Steam (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 25 min – CN and CP Steam Action | VHS |
Canadian, The | Sunday River | 45 min – Follow this famous Streamliner across Canada | VHS |
Cass & Mower Logging Trains | Madacy Entertainment | 90 min – In Depth Coverage; Geared Locomotives | VHS |
Cass & Mower Logging Trains (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 90 min – Logging Action in West Virginia | VHS |
Central Mexico Rails | Pentrex | 90 min – Alcos, GE’s, Electrics to Mexico City | VHS |
Central New York Rails | Trainfans.com | ?? min – Conrail Action Between Utica and Syracuse | VHS |
Central New York Rails, Vol. 2 | Trainfans.com | ?? min – Run-by Freight and Passenger Action | VHS |
Chattanooga Steam Reunion | Pentrex | 40 min – N&W/Southern Restored Steam Locomotives | VHS |
Christmas Trains (2 copies) | Pentrex | 68 min – Christmas Trains of All Sizes Across America | VHS |
Chuggington: Let’s Ride the Rails | Anchor Bay | 62 min – 6 Episodes of a Children’s TV Series | DVD |
Classic North American Steam | Huxtable, Nils | B&W, Classified by Locomotive Type | HB Book |
Classic Steam of the 20’s – 40’s (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 60 min – CNJ, NYC and Others | VHS |
Clover House Model Supplies Catalog #6 | Clover, Russ | Catalog produced about 1990 | SC Book |
Colorado Narrow Gauge (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 45 min – Old Rio Grande, Cumbres & Toltec | VHS |
Colorado Steam (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 60 min – Durango & Silverton, Georgetown Loop, etc. | VHS |
Complete History of North American Railways | Avery, Derek | B&W, Color Includes Canada | HB Book |
Continental Divide: A Winter’s Journey | Pentrex | 60 min – Ttravel on Via Rail’s Canadian | VHS |
CSX-Vol. 5: Evansville to Chicago | Green Frog | 60 min – See units from UP, Soo, GTW, EJ&E, Conrail | VHS |
Dateline D & H: Binghamton, NY | Spinnaker | 49 min – 1981 Operations, with Alco C-424Ms | VHS |
Daylight Express | Skyfire | 90 min – Oregon and California Steam Action | VHS |
Daylight Freedom Special | Pentrex | 85 min – Columbia Gorge, Dechutes Canyon, etc. | DVD |
Daylight to Vancouver | Pentrex | 30 min – Featuring #4449 | VHS |
Donner Pass | Video Rails | 60 min – Roseville, CA to Truckee, NV on S.P. | VHS |
Double Stacks Over Tehachapi | Pentrex | 30 min – Santa Fe Action Over the Famous Pass | VHS |
Eastern Quebec’s Ore Lines, Vol. 2 | Pentrex | 80 min – Quebed, North Shore & Labrador, Others | VHS |
Empire Builder, The | Green Frog | 48 min – Flagship Train from GN to Amtrak | VHS |
First Train to Toltec (2 copies) | Scholl/Railway Productions | 60 min – Clearing the Main, Cumbres & Toltec | VHS |
Fraser Canyon Route | Pentrex | 60 min – CP and CN Action, British Columbia and East | VHS |
Gateway to the Pacific | Green Frog | 60 min – BNSF and UP Action, Columbia Gorge & NW | VHS |
General, The | Video Rails | 50 min – The original 1927 Buster Keaton Film (B&W) | VHS |
Great Alaska Train Adventure | Acorn Media | 54 min – Anchorage to Fairbanks | VHS |
Great Alaska Train Adventure (2 Tape Set) | Acorn Media | 108 min – Anchorage to Fairbanks, to Seward | VHS |
Great American Scenic Railroads (6 Disc Set) | Questar | 720+ min – Many Outstanding Train Rides | DVD |
Great American Train Rides, Vol. i | Jones, Doug | 85 min – Amtrak Coast-to-Coast | VHS |
Great American Train Rides, Vol. ii | Pentrex | 60 min – Eight Rides, All Western | VHS |
Great Canadian Train Ride, The (3 copies) | Jones, Doug | 80 min – VIA Canada across the Continent | VHS |
Great Locomotive Chase | Disney | 87 min – Original Movie Starring Fess Parker, etc. | VHS |
Great Northern, Vol. 3 | Video Rails | 45 min – Steam Power from 0-6-0 to 2-8-8-2 | VHS |
Great Railway Journeys: Pakistan Railways | PBS | ??min – Pakistan Railways | VHS |
Hank Griffiths’ Collection, Vol. VII & VIII (2 Tapes) | Video Rails | 90 min – from big UP Steam to Northwestern Logging | VHS |
Highball Along the Columbia (2 Tapes) | Highball Productions | 180 min – BNSF and UP Action | VHS |
Highball Over Cajon | Highball Productions | 90 min – Santa Fe, UP and SP Action | VHS |
History of Lionel Trains, The | Lionel Trains | ?? min – Produced by Lionel Trains, Vol. 1 | VHS |
Hudson River Rails | Trainfans.com | ?? – Both Banks of Hudson River, Bear Mountain Bridge | VHS |
Idaho Public Television: Northwest Rail Journey | Idaho Public Television | ??min – Documentary on NW Railroading | VHS |
Illustrated History of American Railrioads | Tayler, Arthur | Mostly Color, Organized Chronologically | HB Book |
Installing DCC from Start to Finish | Model Railroad Academy | ?? – Steve Barkley with Detailed Procedures | DVD |
Into the Allegheny Range, Vol. 1 (2 Tapes) | Iron Horse America | 180 min – Hancock, WV to Cumberland, MD | VHS |
Into the Allegheny Range, Vol. 2 | Iron Horse America | 80 min – Cumberland, Maryland – B & O, CSX | VHS |
Last of the Giants, Vol. 1 | Pentrex | 25 min – UP Big Boys | VHS |
Last of the Giants, Vol. 2 | Pentrex | 60 min – UP’s Cheyenne Shops | VHS |
Last of the Giants, Vol. 3 | Pentrex | 70 min – UP’s Sherman Hill | VHS |
Last Run of a Cab Forward Over Donner Pass | Video Rails | 60 min – SP 4274 (an AC-12?) | VHS |
Last Train Across Canada (2 Tapes) | Cleo 24 Inc. | 110 min – Canadian Journey When Extinction Loomed | VHS |
Logging Railroads of the Sierras | Pentrex | 20 min – Westside and Pickering Lumber Companies | VHS |
Look Back in Time, A | Railroad Video Productions | 60 min – Pennsylvania RR and Reading Lines | VHS |
Love Those Trains (2 Copies) | National Geographic | 60 min – Comprehensive Railroading Worldwide | VHS |
Love Those Trains/V & T Railroad | Unknown (Copy) | 120 min.?; A National Geographic Special + | VHS |
Magic of Lionel Trains, The | TM Books/Video | 50 min – Tours of Six Lionel Layouts | VHS |
Mainline U.S.A. | Pentrex | 20 min – Classic Vintage Film from A.A.R. | VHS |
Model Railroad Scenery Made Easy | Kalmbach | 60 min – Scenery from the Ground Up | VHS |
Model Trains: The World’s Greatest Hoibby | World’s Greatest Hobby | 16 min – An Introductory Look at the Hobby | VHS |
Montana Rail Link, The | Video Rails | 60 min – Overview of this Regional Railroad | VHS |
Mountain Thunder 734 | Blue Ridge Productions | 52 min – WM #734 Cumberland to Frostburg & Back | VHS |
Mullan Pass | Pentrex | 60 min – Coal Trains, TOFC, Cab Rides, etc. | VHS |
Old Club Layout; Main Line Youth Ranch; Members | Bill Claiborn | 120 min.?; Includes layouts of G. Harris, R. Galvin | VHS |
Once a Hobo…Autobiography iof Monte Holm | Holm, Monte & Clay, Dennis | Interesting Story of the Author’s Hobo Experiences | HB Book |
Pacific Northwest Kaleidoscope | Green Frog | 60 min – Milwaukee Road and others; much electric | VHS |
Pentrex DVD Previews, Vol. 1 | Pentrex | 150 min – 43 Programs with Chapter Menu | DVD |
Pentrex Previews, Vol. 4 | Pentrex | 105 min – Previews 41 Tapes | VHS |
Pentrex’s Best of 1989 | Pentrex | 120 min – excerpts from various 1989 Tapes | VHS |
Phantom Express | Video Rails | ?? min – a Classic 1932 Movie | VHS |
Private Varnish Roundup 1985 | Pentrex | 60 min – Private Cars at a Convention, Portland, OR | VHS |
Quick Tips for Every Modeler | Model Railroad Academy | ?? min – Gerry Leone on Scenery, Weathering, etc. | DVD |
Railfair ’91; California State Railroad Museum | Spot Services | 60 min – Extensive Coverage of Trains in Sacramento | VHS |
Railfair ’91; Multiple Tourist Railroads | Pentrex (Copy) | 120 min.?; Cumbres/Tolltec, NV Northern, Napa Vall. | VHS |
Railroad Chronicles: Coal Train | Kalmbach Publishing | ?? min – A 300-mile Coal Run on Norfolk Southern | DVD |
Railroad Journeys Around the World: France | Questar | 57 min – Steam, Electric and 180 mph TGV Action | VHS |
Railroad Journeys Around the World: Ireland | Questar | 57 min – Electric and Diesel around the Emerald Isle | VHS |
Railroad Journeys Around the World: Italy | Questar | 57 min – All over Italy, the Alps, ferry to Sicily, etc. | VHS |
Railroad Journeys Around the World: Scotland | Questar | 57 min – Passenger and Freight, several stations | VHS |
Railroad Journeys Around the World: Switzerland | Questar | 57 min – Spectacular Scenery, Mostly Mountains | VHS |
Railroad Journeys Around the World: USA | Questar | 57 min – Coast to Coast Action | VHS |
Railroading With the Rio Grande (2 Copies) | Pentrex | 22 min – A Short Look at Rio Grande Operations | VHS |
Railroading: Winter of ’93 | Green Frog | 60 min – CN, CP, Via Rail and others | VHS |
Railroads of America, Vol.1 | Pentrex | 90 min – Pasadena Model RR Club (HO) + Garden RRs | VHS |
Railway Journeys: Vanishing Age of Steam | Madacy Entertainment | 600 min – 5-Disc Set, Mostly North American Steam | DVD |
Rio Grande = The Action Railroad | Unknown | ?? min – Title says it all | VHS |
Rocky Mountain Snowplow | Scholl/Railway Productions | 90 min – Steam Engine/Snowplow Action in Colorado | VHS |
Runnin’ That New River Train | Hopewell P:roductions | 45 min – Nickel Plate Berkshire #765 | VHS |
Runnin’ the Highline | Pentrex | 107 min – Keddie, CA to Klamath Falls, OR | VHS |
Sacramento Northern Railway 1940 | Vintage Video | 50 min – Bay Area to Chico, Plus Woodland and Colusa | VHS |
Sacramento Railfair 1991 | Pentrex | 60 min – The Steam Event of the Decade | VHS |
Santa Fe Across the Arizona Divide | Herron Rail | 61 min – Seligman Subdivision | VHS |
SD40=2s in the Canadian Rockies | Pentrex | 40 min – Spiral Tunnels, Kicking Horse Pass, etc. | VHS |
Sherman Hill | Unknown | ?? min – Copy of a Tape About Sherman Hill, WY | VHS |
Slides of Bill Kee | Unknown | 120 min.?; Slides by the late Bill Kee; ID and OR | VHS |
Special Tour: SP #4449 near Dunsmuir, CA | Penn Cal Video | 57 min – Tour to Compensate Residents for Wreck | VHS |
St. Louis Steam Celebration | Pentrex | 120 min – Four Restored Steam Locomotives | VHS |
Steam ’98 (2 copies) | Pentrex | 120 min – Multiple Big Steam Locomotives Diesel | VHS |
Steam Across America, Part 1 | Pentrex | 120 min – Great Coverage of American Steam | VHS |
Steam Giants Across America (3 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 60 min – Taken from 16mm Films by Several Pros | VHS |
Steam Giants Across America (3 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 60 min – UP, DM&IR, N&W, etc. | VHS |
Steam in the 50’s (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 60 min – Steam on 14 Different Railroads | VHS |
Steam in the 50’s and 60’s (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 35 min – All sizes from UP, DM&IR, etc. | VHS |
Steam Locomotives | Solomon, Brian | B&W, Color Includes Some Tourist Operations | SC Book |
Steam Returns to Vermont | Machines of Iron | 40 min – Susquehanna 2-8-2 #142 in excursion | VHS |
Steam Shortlines of the South (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 45 min – Smaller Steam on Smaller Railroads | VHS |
Steam Steel & Stars | Link, O. Winston | B&W Photos by a well-known Railroad Photographer | SC Book |
Steam Still Stands | Berkshire Videography, Inc. | 52 min – RR Museum of PA, Strasburg Railroad | VHS |
Steam Through the Garden, Vol. 1 | Close Up Videos | 45 min – l US, Canada, Switzerland and Japan | VHS |
Steam to Chicago | Pentrex | 60 min – Southern Ry. #4501, N&W #611 and others | VHS |
Steam to Los Angeles | Pentrex | 75 min – UP 8444 Cheyenne to L.A., + SP 4449 on Cajon | VHS |
Steam to St. Louis | Pentrex | 90 min – N&W #1218, UP #844, Cottonbelt #819 | VHS |
Steam Trains | Unknown | ??min – Unknown Content | VHS |
Steaming Over the Montana Rockies, Vol. 1 | Skyfire | 100+ min – Eastbound Trip featuring SP&S #700 | VHS |
Steamtown Grand Opening | Pentrex | 60 min – Steamtown National Historic Site | VHS |
Steel Rails | Green Frog | 30 min – Private Varnish—The Special Train | VHS |
Sunrise/Sunset: A Day at Rochelle, Illinois | Pentrex | 60 min – Volume 2 – Continuous Action on Diamonds | VHS |
Terrific Tools and Tips | Model Railroad Academy | ?? min – Gerry Leone on Specialized Tools, Tips | DVD |
Thunder on the Rails (3 Copies) | Skyfire | 30 min – Virginia & Truckee/Nevada Northern | VHS |
Today’s Chicago Railroads | Pentrex | 120 min – Includes 19 Different Railroads | VHS |
Today’s St. Louis Railroads | Pentrex | 60 min – Multiple Railroads, “Hot Spots” of the Area | VHS |
Today’s Steam Across America (2 Tapes) | Pentrex | 240 min – Cab Forwards, Shays, Articulateds and more! | VHS |
Tracks Ahead: Several Episodes | PBS | ?? min – Features include Ward Kimball, Toy Trains… | VHS |
Tracks Ahead: Several Episodes, Vol.2 | PBS | ?? min – Episodes from 1990 | VHS |
Trains 8/16 | Unknown | ?? min – Old Club Group, KLIX footage | VHS |
Trains Along the Upper Mississippi, Vol. 2 | Pentrex | 90 min – BNSF St. Croix Subdivision | VHS |
Trains on the High Plains | Pentrex | 57 min – Midwest Action on UP, BNSF and C&NW | VHS |
Trains Through the Garden, Vol.2 | Close Up Videos | 50 min – G & I Gauges, Layouts, Building a Loco Kit | VHS |
Trains: Part Two & Three | Unknown | 120 min – Content Unknown; Copies | VHS |
TST Triple Heading to the Spiral Tunnels | Sunday River | 30 min – Canadian Pacific Steam Action | VHS |
Turbines of the Wasatch | Video Rails | 60 min – Echo Canyon, Ogden Yards, etc. | VHS |
Twilight of Steam (2 Copies) | Madacy Entertainment | 60 min – Wide Variety of Railroads and Locomotives | VHS |
Union Pacific 40th Anniversary Steam Excursion | Pentrex | 75 min – UP Challenger #3967 | VHS |
Union Pacific 844 | Advertising Edge | 60 min – From Factory Delivery to November, 2004 | DVD |
Union Pacific 8444 | Pentrex | ?? min – UP’s Active Service 4-8-4 | VHS |
Union Pacific RR Marysville Sub | Mo-Kan Videoi | 120 min – Detailed coverage | VHS |
Union Pacific Super Railroad, Vol. 1 | Green Frog | 90 min – Illinois to Cheyenne | VHS |
Union Pacific Super Railroad, Vol. 4 | Green Frog | 60 min – Oregon Short Line: Pocatello west | VHS |
Union Pacific Triple Track Main | Pentrex | 96 min – Action on the Kearny Sub | VHS |
Union Pacific’s Triple Track Main: N. Platte to Gibbon | Highball Productions | 120 min – Average 125 Trains in 24 Hours! | VHS |
Verde River Canyon Railroad | Creative Video Productions | 27 min – Excursion on the Arizona Central | VHS |
Vermont Rail System | Machines of Iron | 60 min – Vermont Ry., Green Mountain, C & P | VHS |
Very Best in Garden Railroading, Vol. 3 | Close Up Videos | 40 min – Live Steam and Electric | VHS |
Vintage Double Feature | Pentrex | 40 min – Rio Grande: Royal Gorge, Troublesome Wreck | VHS |
Warehouse on Wheels | Pentrex | 60 min – Operations at CP Rail’s Alyth Yard | VHS |
Washington Centennial Steam | Pentrex | 60 min – Seattle to Wenatchee, SP 4449 Over BNSF | VHS |
Winter Steam Spectacular | Railway Productions | 90 min – Includes Durango/Silverton, Heber Valley…. | DVD |
World’s Fair Daylight 1984 | Video Rails | 60 min – Portland, OR to New Orleans World’s Fair | VHS |
World’s Greatest Train Rides: Scotland & Wales | Publishers Choice | 61 min – Title Says It All | VHS |