7idea Productions

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"Columbia River Gorge Part 1...Union Pacific's Portland Sub"

The mighty Columbia River carves its way through the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest as it fashions much of the boundary between Oregon and Washington State. The Columbia River Gorge is rich in scenery from snow capped mountains to magnificent waterfalls. This is the backdrop for Union Pacific’s Portland Subdivision between Portland, Oregon and Hinkle Yard. Click here to read more!

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"MRL Montana Mainline Part 2: Helena to Sandpoint."

In MRL Montana Mainline Part 2, we return to Helena in the dead of winter as trains prepare to do battle with Mullan Pass. A strong Canadian storm system slammed into the Rockies sending the mercury below zero while a quintet of MRL's EMD SD70ACe's put on a fantastic show shoving heavy trains to the summit. Click here to read more!

"MRL Montana Mainline Part 1: Jones Junction to Helena"

Rolling on over 900 miles of former Northern Pacific track through Montana, Idaho and Washington State, the MRL passes through some of the most splendid scenery the NP had to offer. MRL serves as a bridge line for BNSF Railway between Laurel, Montana and Spokane, Washington. Click here to read more!

“Coal Trains of the Powder River Basin"

The Powder River Basin lies between Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains and the Black Hills of South Dakota. Thirteen active mines produce over 400 million tons of low-sulfur coal each year and it is up to the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific to transport it from the mines to customers throughout the United States and various ports for export. The Orin Subdivision is a busy triple track main line seeing over 100 miles of coal hoppers each day. Click here to read more!
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"CAJON PASS: BNSF RAILWAY’S CAJON SUBDIVISION"

7idea Productions traveled to Cajon Pass in April of 2011 to capture modern-day railroading at this spectacular place. We will begin in San Bernardino first thing in the morning and head east over the summit and through the Mojave Desert to Barstow. Click here to read more!

"Donner Pass: Stacks in the High Sierras"

For over 140 years the Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California have reverberated with the sounds of hard-working locomotives of the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific and now the Union Pacific. In November, 2009 double-stack container traffic was re-routed off the nearby Feather River Canyon adding to the frequency of trains on this legendary route. Click here to read more!

"Stevens Pass...BNSF Railway's Scenic Subdivision"

Stevens Pass stands at an elevation of 4,061 feet above sea-level in the heart of the Pacific Northwest's Cascade Mountains. Large granite outcroppings tower above the densely forested landscape creating a cool, wet rainforest on the west and semi-arid country on the east. Weaving through this seemingly impassible barrier is a transcontinental railroad connecting the heartland of America with the Pacific Northwest and the Orient. Click here to read more!

"The Blue Mountains...Union Pacific's La Grande and Huntington Subdivisions"

7idea Productions traveled to Oregon's Blue Mountains in January and April, 2010 to capture today's Union Pacific operations over this spectacular route. We begin at Hinkle Yard and watch the hump in action, then head east over the Blues to the Idaho border, just east of Huntington. You'll see plenty of train traffic including doublestacks, autoracks, mixed manifests, grain, plus 16,000 ton soda ash trains and Click here to read more!

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"Marias Pass...BNSF Railway's Hi-Line Subdivision"

Journey to northwestern Montana and witness today's BNSF Railway operations along this rugged and scenic portion of the "Empire Builder" route through the Rockies. Trains work their way along the Flathead River and climb over the Continental Divide with many vistas of Glacier National Park. Click here to read more!

“Into the Feather River Canyon…Union Pacific’s Canyon Subdivision”

This DVD from 7idea Productions covers the famous Feather River Canyon from Oroville to Portola, California.
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"BNSF Railway’s Gateway Subdivision"

$BNSF Railway\'s Gateway Subdivision$

This DVD covers today’s BNSF Railway operations over former Great Northern and Western Pacific rails in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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"BNSF Railway’s Oregon Trunk Subdivision"

BNSF Railway’s Oregon Trunk Subdivision stretches 220 miles between Wishram, Washington and Chemult, Oregon. This DVD will take you on a trip up the line from Chemult all the way to the Columbia River Gorge ending at Wishram Yard. Click here to read more!

Union Pacific’s Cascade Sub Part I and II Combo DVD set:

Union Pacific’s Shasta Route: Redding to Klamath Falls

"The Shasta Route"

Southern Pacific’s legendary Shasta Division was an important and challenging portion of the I-5 Corridor carrying traffic between Los Angeles and Seattle. Today it remains a vital link to the Pacific Northwest for the Union Pacific. In this program, we will cover nearly 170 miles of this amazing line between Redding, California and Klamath Falls, Oregon.Click here to read more!

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Part I: Eugene to Cascade Summit

In this premiere release from 7idea Productions, you’ll travel through Oregon’s scenic Cascade Mountain Range along the former Southern Pacific line. Now operated by the Union Pacific, the Cascade Line is still a vital link between the Pacific Northwest and California. Part I of this two-part video series covers the 113 miles of track between Eugene, Oregon and Cascade Summit. The railroad climbs 4,422 feet in elevation in the process. Railroaders refer to this line as “The Hill” and you will see why.

Part II: Cascade Summit to Klamath Falls

This DVD features big time railroading in the high country of Southern Oregon in all seasons! You’ll see trains rolling through near white-out conditions on “The Hill.” Watch a Pike M-2 ballast regulator clearing snow from the right-of-way near Kirk and some beautiful snow scenes on the east side of the Cascades. At Chemult, BNSF traffic mixes with the UP via trackage rights to Klamath Falls and you’ll see a great variety of power including SD40-2’s still in Cascade Green. Click here to read more