Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Take an exciting look at BNSF’s busy Belen Cutoff between Belen and Clovis, New Mexico! Known as the Clovis Subdivision, around 80 trains per day roll over this double-track corridor across the plains of the American Southwest. Highlights include aerial scenes of BNSF’s massive Belen Yard and fueling facility, Abo Canyon, the flyover at Vaughn where BNSF passes over UP’s Tucumcari Line, the twin bridges over the Pecos River, and aerial views of Clovis Yard.
This item is available now on DVD and HD Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com.https://www.7ideaproductions.com/collections/frontpage/products/bnsfs-new-mexico-main-line-part-ii-the-belen-cutoff
Take an exciting look at BNSF’s busy Belen Cutoff between Belen and Clovis, New Mexico! Known as the Clovis Subdivision, around 80 trains per day roll over this double-track corridor across the plains of the American Southwest. Highlights include aerial scenes of BNSF’s massive Belen Yard and fueling facility, Abo Canyon, the flyover at Vaughn where BNSF passes over UP’s Tucumcari Line, the twin bridges over the Pecos River, and aerial views of Clovis Yard.
This item is available now on DVD and HD Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com.https://www.7ideaproductions.com/collections/frontpage/products/bnsfs-new-mexico-main-line-part-ii-the-belen-cutoff
![Log Trains to Rockwood [on the Durango and Silverton]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7I9ypK3A0xY/mqdefault.jpg "Log Trains to Rockwood [on the Durango and Silverton]
During a fire mitigation project in early 2024, Colorados Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad volunteered rail equipment and crews to move logs from the job site to waiting log trucks at Rockwood. Most of the work was done with a former White Pass and Yukon MLW diesel number 101. For one day (just for our cameras) K-36 steam locomotive number 480 was steamed up to pull the log train. Steam combined with cold winter air made for an unforgettable experience.
Some of these scenes appear in our DVD and Blu-ray Todays Durango and Silverton. Visit 7ideaproductions.com https://www.7ideaproductions.com/collections/frontpage/products/todays-durango-and-silverton
0:00 The Durango and Silverton
1:36 The Forest Treatment Project
5:13 Prepping the Log Train
7:30 The First Load of Logs
14:10 Rockwood
18:50 Durango and the Polar Express Trains
20:17 The 480 Runs Light
24:06 Riding the Steam Powered Log Train
32:52 Unloading Logs at Rockwood")
![Union Pacifics Idaho Main Line [Part 1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7TFO-k_wTKw/mqdefault.jpg "Union Pacifics Idaho Main Line [Part 1]
Etching a course through Southern Idaho and along its western border with Oregon, the Snake River provides a natural route for Union Pacific trains heading to and from the Pacific Northwest. This is the route of the Oregon Short Line, and trains have been rolling through this wild and scenic country since 1884.
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we are focusing on the western portion of the line from Huntington, Oregon to Nampa, Idaho. The scenery transitions from rugged canyons to rich agricultural land and industry as trains sprint through the lush Treasure Valley. We will visit the communities of Weiser and Payette, Idaho before crossing the Snake River back into Oregon at Ontario and on through Nyssa. Crossing one last time into Idaho, the line continues along the course of the Boise River to the southeast through Parma, Notus, and Caldwell before arriving at the division point of Nampa.
Several mixed manifest trains are seen daily, along with hot Z trains, and heavy soda ash trains from Wyoming. An army of locals work out of Nampa and a few branch lines are seen in action like the Oregon Eastern Railroad at Ontario and the Boise Valley Railroad at Caldwell.
Available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/union-pacifics-idaho-main-line-part-1?_pos=2&_sid=4cbd51f55&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
2:50 Map
4:57 Huntington, Oregon
13:11 The Snake River
21:30 Rock Island, Idaho
29:06 Farewell Bend
35:05 Cobb
48:05 Jonathan
50:02 Weiser
1:03:41 Payette
1:07:49 Ontario, Oregon
1:23:35 Nyssa, Oregon
1:31:36 Parma
1:34:02 Notus
1:36:02 Caldwell
1:43:02 Nampa")
![Farewell MRL Part 3 [Winston Hill and the Jefferson River Canyon]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7jJo3Szw_V0/mqdefault.jpg "Farewell MRL Part 3 [Winston Hill and the Jefferson River Canyon]
In Part 3, we continue east across Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision over Winston Hill and through Lombard Canyon to Logan. See the Helena Local working to Montana City and Townsend. Catch the Jimbo Train in action setting out ties at Toston. The system-wide LM (Laurel to Missoula) and ML (Missoula to Laurel) trains make an appearance pulling long manifests.
In addition to mainline action, we will head up the former NP’s Butte Line through Three Forks, Sappington, and the Jefferson River Canyon to Whitehall. We will also see a rock train loading at the Pipestone Quarry and visit the remote Harrison Branch.
This program is available on DVD and Blu-ray at 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/farewell-mrl-part-3?_pos=4&_sid=f497ef09b&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
2:40 Map
4:19 Helena
9:13 East Helena
14:30 Louisville
23:57 Winston
40:26 Graymont Western
46:11 Townsend
51:31 The Jimbo Train
57:13 Toston and Lombard Canyon
1:02:54 Trident
1:07:51 Logan
1:20:06 The 5th Subdivision
1:23:55 Willow Creek
1:24:49 Sappington
1:30:38 Jefferson River Canyon
1:34:48 Whitehall
1:37:21 Pipestone Quarry
1:42:46 Twin Stack Scrap
1:52:39 Back to Sappington
1:55:29 The 6th Subdivision")
![The Funnel [BNSF Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Dexc0OJJ-8/mqdefault.jpg "The Funnel [BNSF Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID]
This program was originally released on DVD in 2013.
Since the days of the Burlington Northern, The Funnel has seen some of the heaviest rail traffic in the Northwest. Now part of the busy BNSF Northern Transcon, this 70 mile-long corridor between Spokane, Washington and Sandpoint, Idaho is still a railfan magnet.
7idea Productions paid several visits to this scenic line in different seasons. Our tour begins at Latah Junction where trains roll in and out of downtown Spokane. The tracks travel in a northeasterly direction into the Idaho panhandle before crossing the 5,000 foot Lake Pend Oreille Bridge and arriving at Sandpoint Junction. Unit grain trains, coal, intermodal, vehicle, manifests and the new Bakken oil trains all use this important route.
With over 50 trains per day on a line with several sections of single track, dispatchers and crews have to stay on their toes to keep things rolling. From clear summer days, to cold winter nights, this is great railroad action you dont want to miss!
This program is available on DVD and Blu-ray by visiting 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/the-funnel?_pos=1&_sid=5058baa86&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
2:14 Map
2:58 Latah Junction
7:18 Sunset Junction
9:42 Spokane
21:13 Irvin
29:31 Idaho State Line
32:39 Hauser
35:44 Rathdrum
39:45 Ramsey
40:45 Athol
46:20 Granite Cut
1:03:03 CP 223 Crossovers
1:09:18 Valley Vista Barn
1:13:37 Cocolalla
1:18:45 Algoma
1:25:10 Lake Pend Oreille Bridge E. Algoma
1:48:13 Lake Pend Oreille Bridge from Sandpoint
1:53:53 Sandpoint")
