ROTARIES-AVALANCHE ON THE MOUNTAIN Map Book Vision Productions takes you back

Vision Productions takes you back to the 1950ﾒs to view classic train movements in Iowa and the Mississippi River Valley in Wisconsin in Corn Belt Railroads in the 1950ﾒs

It is a unique look at these unusual ovens and their relationship to the state's railroads and steel industry

recorded in the 1950's by Don's friend

This map book is an excellent supplement to Altamont Press' Northwest Region timetable

Posted 8-30-09

ROTARIES-AVALANCHE ON THE MOUNTAIN Map Book Vision Productions takes you backIt's called "the Hero" and has been exercising super hero powers for more than a century. It's the railroad's final line of defense against savage Sierra winters. The Rotary snow plow slept dormant in it's comfortable lair in the railyards since 1998 until Mother Nature herself summoned the monster into action in March, 2011. Watch the Rotaries massive power as it clears the "Sierra Cement" just in time to save a rail crew caught in an avalanche! List