Rent World Steam: North, Central and South America (2007)
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1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
"World Steam" is a lively survey of today's preservation of yesterday's steam engine heritage. Each video covers different parts of the world with extraordinary selections of main line, industrial, and working steam engines in different regions. This exciting video documentary series features highlights of famous steam engines and exotic locations. "North, Central and South America" begins in the United States with a Frisco steam engine and a 21-car railfan excursion heading up Rolla Hill bound for St. Louis. Catch steam engines working coal trail in Pennsylvania and then on to Wyoming to see the world's largest steam train, Union Pacific's Challenger, as it heads a 7,000 ton freight up Archer Hill. In Cuba, Guatemala, and El Salvador, see Alco, Porter, and Baldwin locomotives working the sugar cane harvest. Observe steam operating in the Atacama Desert in Chile. In Paraguay see how North British-built steam veterans survive as wood-burning engines on a remarkable railway that remains 100% steam dependent to this day. - Directors:
- Nick Dodson
- Producers:
- Nick Dodson
- Aka:
- World Steam Today: North, Central and South America
- Studio:
- Green Umbrella
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
