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You have accomplished some things that are just about impossible to accomplish within the common standards of video and books. Your interviews are simply gold, and the intercutting is at times brilliant. To get those stories on tape or print for future generations is staggeringly important, and the participants talking in their own words and without script is a pure delight. I bow to your being able to elicit such candor and pithy stories. It speaks highly of your ability to connect with those people.
-Jerry C., Georgia
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GREETINGS FROM THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE, where Marilee, Percy and I are bracing for another hazy, hot and humid summer. Weather complaints notwithstanding, this is among our favorite times of the year as longer days mean paid “date nights” recording concerts for a local TV station, my own live programs on regional railroads and selling merchandise at vendor tables.... READ MORE
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Three installments available to order. Two more on the way!
Union Pacific, Colorado Specific
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This colorful, comprehensive 154-page chronicle tracks all pre-merger Union Pacific routes in Colorado during the last decades of the 20th century, with rare scenes and anecdotes from those turbulent times. James R. “Jim” Jones’s ground-breaking publication stars steam locomotives 3985 and 844, mammoth DDA40X “Centennial” diesel 6936, rotary snow-thrower 900082, the E9 “covered wagon” trio, and everyday freights across all Colorado branches and spurs. You’ll visit the Denver Pacific and Kansas Pacific mainlines plus seldom photographed Julesburg, Dent, Fort Collins, Boulder Valley, Coalmont and Greeley East branches, Monfort and Boettcher Leads. See what you’ve been missing! FREE U.S. SHIPPING.
D&RGW Rio Grande Finale
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Denver & Rio Grande Western was Colorado’s “home railroad” for twelve decades. This colorful, comprehensive 150-page chronicle tracks the Centennial State’s routes during their final years of black and gold. Catch SW1000s, SW1500s, GP30s, GP40s, GP50s, SD40T “tunnel motors,” nearly new GP60s and plenty of cabooses with rare scenes of vintage F9 “covered wagon” 5771 and her B-unit sisters enroute to their final Colorado Railroad Museum resting place. James R. “Jim” Jones documented trains in picture-perfect landscapes with trackside structures and equipment sure to please modelers. You’ll experience the Moffat Road, locals along the Joint Line, the Royal Gorge Route, Tennessee Pass, LaVeta Pass and the San Luis Valley, with the seldom photographed Craig, Monarch, Leadville, Aspen, North Fork, Montrose, Creede and Antonito branch lines. This ground-breaking publication was released on the tenth anniversary of its companion DVD documentary Rio Grande Finale. See what you’ve been missing! FREE U.S. SHIPPING.
Southern Pacific, Colorado Specific
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This nostalgic adventure tracks Southern Pacific-powered trains on the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in Colorado and eastern Utah. Factory fresh General Electric AC4400CW’s led an all-star cast of recent power, rebuilds and second-generation locomotives over some of the most breathtaking rails in North America. Railroad author, historian and photographer James R. “Jim” Jones documented the SP/D&RGW merger and fall-out which unfolded from 1987 into the 21st century. This ground-breaking 155-page publication covers Centennial State routes—large and small—such as the Moffat Road, Denver to Pueblo locals, Hoisington Subdivision, Pueblo to Grand Junction via Royal Gorge, Cane Creek (Potash), North Fork and Creede branches, Walsenburg to Alamosa over La Veta Pass, and a memorable cab ride over Tennessee Pass. All aboard! FREE U.S. SHIPPING.
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Copies of Vermont Rail System: A Railroad Renaissance book are disappearing! This colorful, hardcover fifty year tribute is the perfect companion to Tell-Tale Productions' critically acclaimed VRS video series. Destined to become a collectors classic. ONLY $24.95... an amazing deal at 70% off the original published price! Includes US shipping. Don't snooze and lose! Order yours today!
