Step onto the captivating world of Hotrail Productions, where the magic of lights, camera, and trains combines to create an unforgettable experience. I travel all over the country photographing railroad history in the making. My footage dates back to 1995. Whether it's a thrilling action sequence or a heartwarming romantic scene, the railway has long been a favorite setting for filmmakers and TV producers.
NS SD70M-2 #2740
Leesburg, IN 8/11/18
CSX SD40-2
South Deshler, OH 9/26/19
CSX C44-9W AT MONON, IN
CSX 9012
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
HO Scale Layout At Danbury RWY Museum
Union Pacific One Unit Wonder at HAMLER, OH W/SIGNAL change! 🚦


Tuesday, November 5, 2024
CSX AC4400CW/ Bnsf c44 9W at Wellsboro 4 13 19
In a windy shot left over from my archives, an eastbound unit auto train crosses the CN diamonds at Wellsboro. Power is a CSX AC4400CW and a BNSF GE C44-9W. Filmed on April 13, 2019.
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Monday, November 4, 2024
Train Kept Rollin Down The Street!
Back at Warsaw, a northbound NS train crosses the CF&E(Ex-PRR) diamond and swings onto Hickory Street. Power is an EMD SD70ACE, a GE C40-9W, and a KCS ET44AC. We will catch up with this train at Milford Junction.
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Sunday, November 3, 2024
*RARE* Arkansas Lime Company Mining Railroad 1996
This is the narrow gauge Arkansas Lime Company Railroad at Batesville, Arkansas. It hauled limestone from a quarry to a crusher. This footage is now historic, as it has been converted to standard gauge.
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DANGER! Atomic Train with nuclear waste! Missing Ditch Light on Lead Engine!
How is nuclear waste transported? Look no further than this train led by a pair of AC4400CW's.
After the CSX work gang clears the scene at Cottage Grove, Indiana, an unusual train approaches from the west. It is a long string of empty covered gondolas that are used to carry contaminated soil. The power is a pair of GE C44-9W's of SP and UP heritage. After clearing the switch for the interchange track, the CSX crew fires up the GP40 that was sitting on the siding on the C&O. They move the loco and the tank cars from the C&O siding onto the connecting track, and then back it up onto the C&O mainline to make way for the nuclear train. Until 1986, Amtrak's CARDINAL utilized this connecting track to reach the B&O and Cincinnati after the line was abandoned south of Fernald. Fernald is where the nuclear train is headed. The train slowly backs up the connecting track and prepares for the run south on the C&O. Talk about getting lucky at Cottage Grove!
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Pure lllinois Central SD70 consist W/P5 Horn at Pesotum, IL
Pesotum is located about 5 miles south of Tolono on the Illinois Central's New Orleans mainline. A southbound freight with a pure IC c...

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This view looks north on the Chesapeake & Ohio branch line with the GTW diamonds in the foreground, and the B&O diamonds in the back...
NS EEl River Bridge, IN
8/12/18
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South Shore/NYC Diamond
Michigan City, IN June, 2018
LOGANSPORT AND EEL RIVER PROPERTY
8/12/18