Starts off at West Bottoms in Kansas City Missouri to see some big Union Pacific trains, then off to Benson in Arizona for more high speed Union Pacific freights, San Diego California where the BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) Railway is king. Lots of Amtrak California action, including a ride to Fullerton, and a ride in the San Diego Trolley. We finish off at Fullerton California - a great place to watch trains.

Contains all of the footage from USA Rails 1 plus a whole lot more. Trains are not edited so you get to see the whole thing - but be warned, some of them are very long and slow.

This special 2 hour version has no introduction, no narration, more trains from Kansas City, San Diego and Fullerton, and takes a brief look at the San Diego Model Railway Club.

A repeat visit to the USA six months later produced enough footage to make another two videos. This first one features lots of CSX action from Washington DC and Alexandria Virginia, and more high speed Union Pacific action from Benson Arizona.

Lots of Amtrak action - including the USPS Roadrailers.

All CSX and Amtrak trains are identified by number, origin and destination.

This final installment features a variety of roads from North Kansas City Missouri including Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern and Iowa Chicago & Eastern (ICE), where there's lots of manifest freights (mixed freights) and autoracks. We then head north to check out the intense BNSF action from Saint Joseph Missouri. Lots of very long, high speed coal trains and manifest freights. Hotbox and dragging equipment detectors are caught on tape as well.

"If you have a thing for SD70MAC's - get this one."

63 minutes of the best shots from the USA Rails series, this compilation features medium to high speed shots from Saint Joseph Missouri, Alexandria Virginia, Benson Arizona, Fullerton California and Kansas City Missouri.  This production started out as a personal project that I created to suit my own interests - long trains cracking along at a high pace. I'm now sharing this with you and has become Part 4 of the USA Rails series. No intro music, just a brief intro narration with minimal subtitles to identify the location. Lots of coal trains, lots of intermodal trains, all going 50 - 80 km/hr with airhorns blasting. If this is what you like, then it comes highly recommended - at the end you'll wonder how one hour went so fast. 

Canadian Thunder covers rail action entering and leaving Canadian National's Walker Yard in Edmonton, Alberta.

A huge variety of rolling stock and locomotives. Filmed over 2 weekends, this could easily have been a two hour production owing to the length of the trains, so the final production is heavily edited to keep things interesting. Only the shorter locals / transfers plus three main line trains are shown in their entirety.

Contains all the footage from Canadian Thunder plus a whole lot more. If I filmed the whole train, then that's what you get.

This two hour, two disc version has no introduction, no narration, no identifier subtitles and you get to see the whole train....some of them are very long and slow.

The United States and Canada know how to get the most out of their railroads –  utilising the latest developments in emission controlled diesel electric locomotion, the parade of freight trains across the American continent is one that challenges the senses with their enormous length, speed and obvious demonstration of power.