Pentrex Movies

For nearly 47 years, the Southern Pacific Railroad relied upon its massive AC-type steam locomotives to haul freight and passenger trains throughout...

Enjoy four hours of nonstop action from dozens of America's classic steam locomotives across the country today and in the glory days of steam....

In the decade they were operated, Union Pacific's 8500-series Gas Turbine Electric Locomotives earned two nicknames: UP dubbed them the "Super Fleet"...

Donner Pass – the name evokes daunting obstacles with good reason. Steep grades and seven months a year of winter weather put a railroad's...

Have you ever passed a track gang and wondered what all those machines actually do? Here's your answer and more. You'll visit a tie replacement and...

From headwaters in Canada, the Columbia River flows over twelve hundred miles to the Pacific Ocean and for many of those miles it marks the boundary...

The Union Pacific Railroad produced its classic documentary film Last of the Giants in 1959 as a fitting tribute to the world's largest steam...

With just six days remaining before Santa Fe was to be merged with the Burlington Northern, Pentrex set out to do something special to mark the...

Horse Shoe Curve - Since its completion in 1854, "Horse Shoe Curve", in central Pennsylvania has been one of Americas most famous train watching...

Tracing the eastern banks of the upper Mississippi River is BNSF’s St. Croix Subdivision, a mostly double-tracked route providing access for a...

Climbing gently from the tidewater ports near Portland, Oregon is the Columbia River Gorge'a wide, flat-water river passage that provides access to...

Follow the Union Pacific 8444 from Cheyenne to Los Angeles. Then the 8444 and the Southern Pacific 4449 head up Cajon Pass side by side in a...

To railfans, "street running" brings to mind images of long trains operating down busy city streets while auto traffic swerves to avoid disastrous...

To railroaders, the Midwest means nonstop action with plenty of variety. Pentrex takes you to Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota...

Streamliners! The look captured the imagination of the nation. The name represented luxury, glamour, and mobility. Streamliners epitomized a new...

Cheyenne was a bustling hub for UP steam in the 1950s. It"s where the Big Boys were based during their last years of operation powering freights over...

Savor images of Conrail action across the Pittsburgh Line, the very soul of this once mighty transportation giant, as captured during the late 1990s....

Travel the last frontier aboard the passenger train between Anchorage and Fairbanks. Then drive your auto aboard the Whittier Shuttle for a car/train...

Originally known as the Illinois Traction System, the Illinois Terminal Railroad was a significant provider of passenger and freight service for...

From the Pentrex archives comes a stunning collection of five classic films produced during the 1940s and 1950s by the Association of American...