CabRick Video Productions
"Trains and Cabooses in the Northwest"
As a conductor on Canadian Pacific in the late 80's, I realized that with the removal of cabooses in Canada an end of an era was taking place in North American railroading without much fanfare. So I started this series on cabooses to preserve a piece of railroading history on videotape. Naturally, trains do not consist of cabooses alone, so even though that is where my focus lies. Often you will see rare or unusual power, spectacular locations, now extinct branches and structures such as stations, trestles, signals and shops.
Now come along with me and view railroading with the conductor's office in tow.
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Camas Prairie Railroad Video - This video covers the Second Sub from Grangeville to Lewiston, Idaho. Thrilling caboose and engine cab rides on the prairie and then down Lapwai Canyon to the Clearwater River. Spectacular bridges, trestles and viaducts. A caboose walk-through with explanations. Length 1 hr 30 mins. VHS $20.00 while they last. Now available in DVD !!! $25.00 + $4.00 for S&H. (in NA) Click Order Form for ordering! |
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Vol. 1 - British Columbia Railway (BCR), Canadian National (CNR), Canadian Pacific (CPR), Burlington Northern (BN), Southern Railway of BC (SRy), Southern Pacific's Toledo Branch, Union Pacific's Wallace and Palouse branches. These are mostly hand-held shots. Running time: 2 hours. |
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Vol. 2 - Canadian National (CNR) in the Okanagan. Southern Railway of BC (SRy) Chilliwack - Huntingdon Turn. Running Time: 1 hr 13 mins. |
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Vol. 3 - Montana Western, the Butte Garrison Turn. Montana Rail Link (MRL), Locals of Missoula (Schilling), St. Maries River Railroad featuring an ex Milwaukee Road rib side caboose on the Bovill Turn. Running time: 1 hr 29 mins. |
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Vol. 4 - A guided tour through the inside of a Canadian Pacific caboose. Canadian Pacific (CPR) Locals (Switchers) on the Okanagan and Boundary Subs. A caboose ride between Vernon and Kelowna. Boundary Sub memories, the Kraft Switcher between Nelson and Castlegar. Running time 1h 41m. |
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Vol. 5 - A two volume set with Part 1 featuring Burlington Northern (BN) Locals of Kettle Falls and Santa Fe's (ATSF) Corona (Cal) Local. Part 2 presents Union Pacific's (UP) Joseph Branch and Southern Pacific (SP) Bay window cabooses in Oregon. Running time app. 3 hours.(2 tapes) |
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Last of the Cabooses - Vol 6 BC Rail Now re-edited Volume 6 as well as re-mastered it into digital format, also adding additional footage in the form of a cab ride on the caboose. Starting off in North Vancouver the video follows a number of trains towards Squamish. From there, ground shots and caboose ride shots alternate as we travel through Cheakamus Canyon towards Whistler and the along the rushing waters of the Green River and downgrade into Pemberton. The video also includes the sites of the derailment on the Cheakamus bridge as well as the washed out highway and rail bridges at Tisdall before these tragic events occurred. From Pemberton the video proceeds towards Birken and D’Arcy and on to Lillooet where there are a few clips of the original school train between Lillooet and Shalalth. |
Video Prices:
Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4, are $12.00 and Volume 5 (2 DVDs) is $25.00. Digitally re-edited Vol. 6 is $20.00.
For S&H please add for 1 DVD $4.00, for 2 DVDs $6.00 and for 3 DVDs $8.00.
Helmut's Engine Cab-ride Videos: Cab Rides in British Columbia on Canadian Pacific.
