The North American rail freight system provides us with a handful of different types of mainline trains on a regular basis. There are coal, manifest, and multilevel trains, but there is one that stands apart from the rest, the intermodal or pig train, as it is commonly known. Its visual appeal is provided by railroad rolling stock specifically designed to haul trailers and containers from highway and marine modes, and that move in dedicated priority trains as dictated by the time sensitive nature of the commodities handled. These trains represent a rail industry success story of how to adapt in a rubber tire dominated society, a process that will continue to influence the evolution of the modern freight train.

Join us as we sample scenes of intermodal action in remote and scenic surroundings along heavy duty mainlines from a number of different regions in Canada and the United States, featuring five major North American railroads.

SANTA FE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE IN WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS

CANADIAN PACIFIC (StL&H) IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO

CANADIAN NATIONAL IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ONTARIO

CONRAIL IN OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, AND MASSACHUSETTS

120 Minutes, Full Color, Stereo Sound and Narration, VHS

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