06-11-2010, 01:43 PM
For those with satellite TV or the odd cable network that might carry it, there is a program on RFD-TV that I have been watching religiously for the past five years! :geek:
I may seem strange for a big city kind of guy (grew up in Philly) to be watching RFD=TV, "America's Rural Television Network" but I stumbled across this ONE show, back when it was aired three times a week (I discovered it on a Saturday morning about 9 AM -- it no longer airs at that day/time, unfortunately.) :ugeek:
The program is called "Trains and Locomotives" and programming varies from modern-day diesels, the nomenclature for which I have absolutely no idea, but they're contemporay for sure, back to B&W Steam and Traction transferred from both 8mm and 16mm film from the 1940's and 1950's.
A lot of what they televise comes from Herron Rail, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.herronrail.com/">http://www.herronrail.com/</a><!-- m -->, Goodheart Video, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.goodheartvideo.com/">http://www.goodheartvideo.com/</a><!-- m --> , and a couple others I don't seem to be able to locate the URLs for right now.
At any rate, RFD-TV (DirecTV # 348) at 5 PM (1700 hrs) Mondays and 4 AM (0400 hrs) Tuesday. For those who have the latest electronic toys, DVR or TiVo it ... it's worth and hour of your model railroad time to watch! 
I may seem strange for a big city kind of guy (grew up in Philly) to be watching RFD=TV, "America's Rural Television Network" but I stumbled across this ONE show, back when it was aired three times a week (I discovered it on a Saturday morning about 9 AM -- it no longer airs at that day/time, unfortunately.) :ugeek:
The program is called "Trains and Locomotives" and programming varies from modern-day diesels, the nomenclature for which I have absolutely no idea, but they're contemporay for sure, back to B&W Steam and Traction transferred from both 8mm and 16mm film from the 1940's and 1950's.
A lot of what they televise comes from Herron Rail, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.herronrail.com/">http://www.herronrail.com/</a><!-- m -->, Goodheart Video, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.goodheartvideo.com/">http://www.goodheartvideo.com/</a><!-- m --> , and a couple others I don't seem to be able to locate the URLs for right now.
At any rate, RFD-TV (DirecTV # 348) at 5 PM (1700 hrs) Mondays and 4 AM (0400 hrs) Tuesday. For those who have the latest electronic toys, DVR or TiVo it ... it's worth and hour of your model railroad time to watch!
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln