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Vintage CSX- Chessie, SBD/ACL/SCL, L&N, CRR

March 27, 2015 1wp 2 Comments

Vintage CSX- remember the early days of CSX? One would see many colors of locomotives and freight names on freight cars that made up the new CSX at the time. Although the merger was approved in the early 1980s (which sparked the NS merger as an answer), it wasn’t until 1986 that CSX came into actual existence.

It still took years before CSX painted locomotives and freight cars. During the early merger, they had L&N (Louisville & Nashville), SBD (Seaboard System), SCL (Seaboard Coast Line), ACL (Atlantic Coast Line), CRR (Clinchfield Railroad), Chessie, B&O (Baltimore & Ohio), WM (Western Maryland), and C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) equipment all over the system for years. To this day one can still see what’s left over of some of those roads.

What’s interesting is that railfans don’t go wild to take many photos and recording of the roads until a merger is announced, or has taken place. But some of us record what we can regardless. What we see today will not be there forever- things always change.
A lot of these predecessor CSX roads can be seen in action on Railroad DVDs, Keith’s Trains Series™– CSX, Chessie, C&O, L&N, SCL, ACL, SBD– that we own and have available for purchase. See all of these roads in the late 80s and early 90s+, before CSX retired or painted over these paint schemes.

Remember, what may be “boring” today, may not be here tomorrow, or won’t still be here in the future, as changes are always being made in the railroad industry.

Happy railfanning!

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1-West Productions™ Series Railroad DVDs- Vintage, Railroad DVD Product Reviews

Railroad DVD Preview: NORFOLK SOUTHERN 1980s, PART 4 & 5, Ohio Lines™ (1-WEST PRODUCTIONS™)

February 13, 2015 1wp

We have now available: NORFOLK SOUTHERN 1980s, PART 4 & 5, Ohio Lines™ (1-WEST PRODUCTIONS™), originally filmed in 1986, in the Ohio area. This DVD is found in our Featured 1-West Productions™ DVDs Section, under Railroad DVD Categories. We filmed mostly near Bellevue, one of NS’s main terminals at the time, which today is even more important. A lot of railroad history comes out of Bellevue. Originally a Nickel Plate, PRR, New York Central, and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad town, in 1986, it was now down to just one: N&W, or NS actually. Even though the N&W wasn’t absorbed into the NS merger on paper until the 1990s, NS was starting to show their presence in the area.

You could still see a lot of N&W and SOU equipment on their trains, but the NS scheme was slowly taking over- at least on locomotives. Freight cars wouldn’t carry the NS logo until the 90s. One could also see older EMD and GE locomotives still working hard on freights arriving and leaving Bellevue. Let’s not forget all of the now fallen flag railroads seen on freight cars as well. This was a time of roads like BN, N&W, SOU, ATSF, SP, CR, Chessie-B&O/C&O/WM, WC, D&H, Guilford, ACL, FEC, B&M, and more. But even older fallen flags were noticed on freight cars during this time: PC, NYC, PRR, NH, VGN, NKP, WAB, NP, GN, CB&Q, RDG, LV, EL, L&N, SCL, MKT, ROCK, MLW, etc.

CSX was formed by ’87, but their new paint wasn’t seen on the rails until much later. They were formed in 1986, with the combining of Chessie, Seaboard System, with L&N, ACL, and SCL. This was also before the 1990s formed Regional RR- the newer Wheeling & Lake Erie.

Add this DVD to your collection today, sit back, and take a trip back in time, the way things use to look in the 80s on American Railroads. In all-original color and sound, captions on each scene, a short preview with some narration at the beginning, disc menus, original video transferred to digital DVD, approx. 60 minutes, and 4:3 format. Produced by P.Jordan and 1-West Productions.

This is just 1 Part in this Series. Collect all Parts! This DVD is found in our Featured 1-West Productions™ DVDs Section, under Railroad DVD Categories.

Find Part 3 & 4 Directly Here

& Check Out The Rest Of The DVDs In This Same Series Here

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Railroad General Discussions, Welcome

Railroad DVDs, Audio, & Railfanning

February 12, 2015 1wp

Welcome to our Railroad DVD and Audio Website, from 1-West Productions™! Many of us, whether in the Railfan hobby, into preserving history, present/ex-railroaders, or just interested in watching trains, have a collection of railroad DVDs and/or audio of some kind. Everyone has their favorite railroad- from the West, Midwest, and to the East, usually that stuck with us from where we grew up at. So we’ll discuss Railroad DVDs, Audio, & Railfanning in this blog.

What’s a great way to keep those memories alive? In the form of DVDs and audio. Although the type of material may be the same from all producers as “trains”, not all titles or DVDs/CDs are the same. There are different locations, trains, locomotives, the era they were filmed in, etc.

There are some people who don’t understand Railfanning, or the practice of recording, watching, or an interest trains. We in the hobby have an interest in and do this, because over time things change. Locomotive models, paint schemes, railroad companies, equipment, facilities, areas, and even the people change over time, along with the rest of history. It’s really no different from classic cars, sports, movies, TV shows, etc. They too change, and people are interested in the old times related to those subjects. We also take interest in this because it’s neat to look at- massive equipment that halls tons of goods across thousands of miles, and is also an important backbone of any country’s economy and existence. Again, no different from other interests that people have- there are watchers and fanatics of birds, planes, ships, race cars, and more, just trains are our thing. Doesn’t matter though, because we enjoy what we do- and that’s what counts! All who agree, feel free to post below.

We at 1-West Productions have been filming trains since the 1980s to present. We have Vintage to Modern Titles available at our Webstore, covering railroads of Conrail, N&W, SOU, NS, CSX, Chessie, L&N, SBD, Amtrak, Via, GT, CN, CP, UP, BNSF, BN, ATSF, Steam, Shortlines, and more. Not one DVD is the same. Check us out, and add our titles to your collection. Or if you are new to Railroad DVDs and Audio, what a great way to start- with us! We are a genuine company, care about our customers, have a 100% Guarantee on our products from defects, we accept different forms of payment, such as money orders/checks by regular mail, and credit/debit cards, safely through PayPal. Also a FREE product list is shipped with every purchase, we have fast order processing and shipping, we respect your Privacy, shopping on our Website is safe, and you can sign up for a FREE email Newsletter to keep you up to date on new products coming out, here on our Website: WWW.1WESTPRODUCTIONS.COM