TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS FOR KIDS 2
Join K.C. Frog and his pal Buddy on a educational and hilarious trip on Amtrak’s California Zephyr. K.C. Frog lives with a beautiful model railroad, and his pal Buddy visits him in this episode, and K.C. tells Buddy all about his exciting trip on Amtrak.
Part one takes us from Chicago to beyond the Mississippi River. K.C. shows kids how the train is put together, cleaned, and how passengers board the train. Then jump into the cab with K.C. and talk with the engineer and his boss, the Train Master. Kids will see exciting scenes viewed from the train too!
Running Time 30 Minutes
Dolby Digital-2.0 Stereo
LIVE STEAM IN FLORIDA
Lockhart & Lakewood Forest:
Bob Zuckerman has built almost 1000 feet of track on his own property, and the layout provides great action as the tracks roam around his home.
Manatee Central Railroad:
The video taken covers Larry Smith’s property, who jointly operates with two other landowners. Tunnels, steaming bay, view of inside machine shop, long runs, passing sidings, a lake and many bridges featured.
Ridge Live Steamers:
Richard Dobler’s operations, located in Central Florida on an old Orange Grove. Long bridges, fast track, a steaming bay, as well as great operation featuring long trains on 2600 feet of track, plus additional 4000’ in sidings and yards.
Largo Central Railroad:
Largest operation visited during this whirlwind tour...located in Largo, Florida. Club features 1.2 miles of main line track in beautifully landscaped Largo Central Park. Great steaming bays, a large yard, junctions, stations, and passing sidings are featured.
Run Time 60 Minutes
Dolby Digital-2.0 Stereo
I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
Machine and Space technology have replaced backbreaking labor when railroads rebuild their tracks. This action video tells it all, by comparing trackwork done by the railroads in the 1950’s and earlier with the heavily automated way it is done today.
Watch huge machines in action you will see nowhere else. We first see work being done in the days of steam locomotives and trolley cars. Even then, early track machinery was taking on increasing importance. We watch a well oiled operation to replace wood ties in the 1950’s.
We fast forward to the mid-1990’s, where wood ties are being replaced with concrete ties. The rails are bing changed at the same time as the long automated track machine crawls forward.
Run Time 45 Minutes
Dolby Digital-2.0 Stereo
THE CIRCUS AND THE RAILROADS
Green Frog brings you some nostalgia of those olden times with action along the hi-iron, and at two museums who own some of the finest full size and model circus collections you can find.
We’ll view a circus train along the main to Milwaukee, see how they unloaded all that equipment, watch a bit of the circus parade, visit Wisconsin’s Circus World Museum, as well as The House on the Rock to view some incredible circus collections.
You’ll witness the demonstrations of loading and unloading of circus equipment off of flat cars with Mac trucks and horses. Music from bandwagons of the past, clown performances, old circus posters, incredible carousels, visits with circus employees and more.
Run Time 30 Minutes
Dolby Digital-2.0 Stereo
TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS FOR KIDS 2 TO 92
Kids young and old will adore K.C. Frog as he takes you on a tour and talks about trains. From incredible music videos of vintage trains to great sound of both steam and diesel, K.C. will have kids watching this DVD over and over.
K.C. “lives” with a large model railroad, and keeps wishing he could run a real train. He talks about real steam and diesel engines...he takes the viewer on a locomotive cab ride through the mountains, and shows trains old and new.
Run Time 30 Minutes
Dolby Digital-2.0 Stereo
