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Seasons Greetings from the Green Mountains of Vermont to the Foothills of the Rockies, Southern California and Quebec to Arkansas Ozarks. What a long, wonderful video and publishing journey this has been.
Much has happened since our last "monthly" message of March 15th. My pandemic story of "day job" furloughs and cancelled freelance assignments echoes around the world. I feel for the event planners who have had to throw up their hands and look at next year with reserved optimism. We miss our traditional table gatherings at train shows and historical society programs, selling and signing rail-themed merchandise to friends old and new. We invite you to read on for RAIL NEWS from locales seen in our videos and books, along with super-duper specials for gift-giving or self-indulgence. ALL DVD's are 50% or more OFF, THEME PACKAGES will save you even more. This is the place for Northeast, Midwest, Colorado, classic shortline, ALCO, GE and vintage first generation EMD. This is the first year our unique and affordable BOOKS have outsold videos. Choose from the colorful, epic VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM or limited edition KEESEVILLE, AUSABLE CHASM & LAKE CHAMPLAIN at half price, or our latest and greatest NEW HAVEN JUNCTION-BRISTOL, VERMONT: CROSSROADS TO CASKETS for 25% off and a free RUTLAND REMNANTS 3 DVD (released in 2007) when you purchase "the Bristol book." This special offer features words and images from now departed folks who brought the past back to life. The soft cover, 200 page "Keeseville" and "Bristol" books are limited edition, with signed and low numbered copies.
Don't let the "videos" reference with our three website domains fool you, We're big on BOOKS that don't need a password, power, or playback device. See what you've been missing.
NO DISINFECTANT REQUIRED! DOWNLOAD YOUR VIDEOS from your home computer, using your own keyboard, with electronic payment. A growing number of customers have gone DVD free, and we're glad to offer this option. EYE BEFORE YOUR BUY with the DVD trailers.
MAIL ORDERS are great! Send check or money orders to "Tell-Tale Productions, Box 808, Colchester, VT 05446
RAIL NEWS
TENNESSEE PASS RESURRECTION?
Tell-Tale Productions footage acquisition began during the early 1990s, while I was a Colorado resident. We faithfully documented its final decade of operations, concluding with a mainline cab ride during the fall of 1997. Union Pacific closed the line, as a through route, and removed chunks of rail at Sage and near Leadville. A Pueblo-Malta turn, with the crew overnighting in Leadville continued for another year or so. Tell-Tale's cameras were usually without company once the big trains left the scene. We offer images unseen in other rail videos. Though the line has been closed 23 years and counting, there could be light at the end of the proverbial tunnel as Colorado Pacific Railroad is making another bid to obtain the line from UP, with plans to operate passenger service. Colorado Pacific seeks to purchase the inactive 159-mile portion between Parkdale and Sage, with access at both ends with UP or BNSF trackage rights. Colorado Pacific's Towner Line, in Eastern Colorado, would be part of the plan. We welcome this development, and would be thrilled to make a trackside return with state-of-the-art equipment. In the meantime, classic Colorado scenes can be experienced in our TEN Colorado rail documentaries. The Colorado collection has enjoyed impressive COVID-era sales. We have noted a pattern of new customers buying one or two at $12.50, then ordering the others. Bargain hunters will want to order all TEN at $99.95 and pocket the $25 savings. "Operators (me!) Are Standing By"
ADIRONDACK RAIL TRAIL GROUND BROKEN
The New York State Department of Transportation broke ground on the Adirondack Rail Trail. The $1.9 million initial component of theproject removes tracks from Tupper Lake through Saranac Lake to Lake Placid, clearing the way for conversion to a shared-use pathway for skiers, hikes, bikers and snowmobiles. A larger $19.1 million project will rehab 45 miles of tracks between Tupper Lake and Big Moose, connecting to Utica, over 100 miles distant. The loss of this Adirondack Scenic Railroad section brings great sadness to many of us. Our cameras, with trackside and view from the cab, create a sentimental journey in the ALCO HEAVEN video series.
VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM, RUTLAND RAILROAD, MIDWEST, ALCO, RAILS ALONG THE RIVER (Eastern Vermont) and other multi-packs save you even more.
JOIN THE CLUB! Our Tell-Tale Productions Facebook page provides more frequent updates to news you can use, and we encourage you to share posts with other members of our "family." SIGN UP on our website.
WHO REALLY NEEDS ANOTHER NECKTIES OR GIFT CARD? Please remember viewer supported Tell-Tale Productions in your holiday gift-giving plans. This makes it possible for these niche market offerings, and our personalized service to continue.
With safe wishes to you and yours,
James R. "Jim" and Marilee C. Jones
Tell-Tale Productions
Much has happened since our last "monthly" message of March 15th. My pandemic story of "day job" furloughs and cancelled freelance assignments echoes around the world. I feel for the event planners who have had to throw up their hands and look at next year with reserved optimism. We miss our traditional table gatherings at train shows and historical society programs, selling and signing rail-themed merchandise to friends old and new. We invite you to read on for RAIL NEWS from locales seen in our videos and books, along with super-duper specials for gift-giving or self-indulgence. ALL DVD's are 50% or more OFF, THEME PACKAGES will save you even more. This is the place for Northeast, Midwest, Colorado, classic shortline, ALCO, GE and vintage first generation EMD. This is the first year our unique and affordable BOOKS have outsold videos. Choose from the colorful, epic VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM or limited edition KEESEVILLE, AUSABLE CHASM & LAKE CHAMPLAIN at half price, or our latest and greatest NEW HAVEN JUNCTION-BRISTOL, VERMONT: CROSSROADS TO CASKETS for 25% off and a free RUTLAND REMNANTS 3 DVD (released in 2007) when you purchase "the Bristol book." This special offer features words and images from now departed folks who brought the past back to life. The soft cover, 200 page "Keeseville" and "Bristol" books are limited edition, with signed and low numbered copies.
Don't let the "videos" reference with our three website domains fool you, We're big on BOOKS that don't need a password, power, or playback device. See what you've been missing.
NO DISINFECTANT REQUIRED! DOWNLOAD YOUR VIDEOS from your home computer, using your own keyboard, with electronic payment. A growing number of customers have gone DVD free, and we're glad to offer this option. EYE BEFORE YOUR BUY with the DVD trailers.
MAIL ORDERS are great! Send check or money orders to "Tell-Tale Productions, Box 808, Colchester, VT 05446
RAIL NEWS
TENNESSEE PASS RESURRECTION?
Tell-Tale Productions footage acquisition began during the early 1990s, while I was a Colorado resident. We faithfully documented its final decade of operations, concluding with a mainline cab ride during the fall of 1997. Union Pacific closed the line, as a through route, and removed chunks of rail at Sage and near Leadville. A Pueblo-Malta turn, with the crew overnighting in Leadville continued for another year or so. Tell-Tale's cameras were usually without company once the big trains left the scene. We offer images unseen in other rail videos. Though the line has been closed 23 years and counting, there could be light at the end of the proverbial tunnel as Colorado Pacific Railroad is making another bid to obtain the line from UP, with plans to operate passenger service. Colorado Pacific seeks to purchase the inactive 159-mile portion between Parkdale and Sage, with access at both ends with UP or BNSF trackage rights. Colorado Pacific's Towner Line, in Eastern Colorado, would be part of the plan. We welcome this development, and would be thrilled to make a trackside return with state-of-the-art equipment. In the meantime, classic Colorado scenes can be experienced in our TEN Colorado rail documentaries. The Colorado collection has enjoyed impressive COVID-era sales. We have noted a pattern of new customers buying one or two at $12.50, then ordering the others. Bargain hunters will want to order all TEN at $99.95 and pocket the $25 savings. "Operators (me!) Are Standing By"
ADIRONDACK RAIL TRAIL GROUND BROKEN
The New York State Department of Transportation broke ground on the Adirondack Rail Trail. The $1.9 million initial component of theproject removes tracks from Tupper Lake through Saranac Lake to Lake Placid, clearing the way for conversion to a shared-use pathway for skiers, hikes, bikers and snowmobiles. A larger $19.1 million project will rehab 45 miles of tracks between Tupper Lake and Big Moose, connecting to Utica, over 100 miles distant. The loss of this Adirondack Scenic Railroad section brings great sadness to many of us. Our cameras, with trackside and view from the cab, create a sentimental journey in the ALCO HEAVEN video series.
VERMONT RAIL SYSTEM, RUTLAND RAILROAD, MIDWEST, ALCO, RAILS ALONG THE RIVER (Eastern Vermont) and other multi-packs save you even more.
JOIN THE CLUB! Our Tell-Tale Productions Facebook page provides more frequent updates to news you can use, and we encourage you to share posts with other members of our "family." SIGN UP on our website.
WHO REALLY NEEDS ANOTHER NECKTIES OR GIFT CARD? Please remember viewer supported Tell-Tale Productions in your holiday gift-giving plans. This makes it possible for these niche market offerings, and our personalized service to continue.
With safe wishes to you and yours,
James R. "Jim" and Marilee C. Jones
Tell-Tale Productions
