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Video Title: World class trains - The Royal Orient express 5/6
Date Added: 11/18/2009 2:50:30 AM

7 days journey in India's Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat's historical places in one of the world famous train The Royal orient express.

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Video Title: World class trains - The Royal Orient express 4/6
Date Added: 11/18/2009 2:40:22 AM

7 days journey in India's Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat's historical places in one of the world famous train The Royal orient express.

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Video Title: World class trains - The Royal Orient express 3/6
Date Added: 11/18/2009 2:30:04 AM

7 days journey in India's Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat's historical places in one of the world famous train The Royal orient express.

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Video Title: World class trains - The Royal Orient express 2/6
Date Added: 11/18/2009 2:19:52 AM

7days journey in India's Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat's historical places in one of the world famous train The Royal orient express.

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Video Title: World class trains - The Royal Orient express 1/6
Date Added: 11/18/2009 2:14:49 AM

7 days journey in India's Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat's historical places in one of the world famous train The Royal orient express.

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Video Title: Venice Simplon Orient Express - Blue Peter
Date Added: 11/18/2009 2:03:35 AM

An inside look at the Venice Simplon Orient Express, The Worlds most famous luxury train. Shown on Blue Peter

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Video Title: C&TS 1979: Chama to Cumbres, 2 of 2
Date Added: 11/18/2009 1:54:00 AM

I recently sent off for digital transfer a 200 foot reel of Super8 Sound movie that I had edited many years ago. It was not labeled, so I had no idea what was on it. What came back was a doubleheader on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad from Chama to Cumbres filmed in October 1979. Needless to say, watching it brought back a flood of memories. Then it hit me: that was thirty years ago! A whole generation of railfans has come of age since then who have little or no idea what the C&TS was like in its first decade. When the States took possession of the line it had a seemingly unlimited supply of box cars -- but no passenger cars. So, as the saying goes, when you are dealt lemons, make lemonade. Scenic Railways, Inc., the line's first operator, converted a few of the box cars into very serviceable "tourist cars." (There actually was a prototype for these, as cars very similar in appearance were used on a small railroad in Southern New Mexico in the early 1900's.) By 1979, my last season on the C&TS, about 25 of these cars were in service and it was not unusual to see a 20 car train (maximum tonnage for doubleheaded K-36's) hauling 600 passengers up the 4% grade to Cumbres. That was just about the greatest show on earth. The standard operation in those days was one round trip per day between Chama and Antonito, one-way by train (6-1/2 hours) and one-way by bus (1-1/2 hours). Here we follow one of those trains up "the hill" through the spectacular colors of October. This, too, is history.

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Video Title: C&TS 1979: Chama to Cumbres, 1 of 2
Date Added: 11/18/2009 1:52:41 AM

I recently sent off for digital transfer a 200 foot reel of Super8 Sound movie that I had edited many years ago. It was not labeled, so I had no idea what was on it. What came back was a doubleheader on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad from Chama to Cumbres filmed in October 1979. Needless to say, watching it brought back a flood of memories. Then it hit me: that was thirty years ago! A whole generation of railfans has come of age since then who have little or no idea what the C&TS was like in its first decade. When the States took possession of the line it had a seemingly unlimited supply of box cars -- but no passenger cars. So, as the saying goes, when you are dealt lemons, make lemonade. Scenic Railways, Inc., the line's first operator, converted a few of the box cars into very serviceable "tourist cars." (There actually was a prototype for these, as cars very similar in appearance were used on a small railroad in Southern New Mexico in the early 1900's.) By 1979, my last season on the C&TS, about 25 of these cars were in service and it was not unusual to see a 20 car train (maximum tonnage for doubleheaded K-36's) hauling 600 passengers up the 4% grade to Cumbres. That was just about the greatest show on earth. The standard operation in those days was one round trip per day between Chama and Antonito, one-way by train (6-1/2 hours) and one-way by bus (1-1/2 hours). Here we follow one of those trains up "the hill" through the spectacular colors of October. This, too, is history.

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Video Title: Union Pacific Diesel Locomotives
Date Added: 11/18/2009 1:32:29 AM

Diesel Locomotives from Blue Mountaine

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Video Title: A Ton Etoile
Date Added: 11/18/2009 1:17:24 AM

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