I've mentioned the RFD channel here a couple of times and it is nice to know that several others have found it now. Come on through my satelite provider here in Northern Virginia. The trains programing usually will air on Monday here at about noon EST and again at 6 PM EST on Tuesdays. This weekend I caught an hours worth of programing on narrow gauge snow fighting. Three steamers shoving on a steam powered rotary through over 20 foot banks of snow was awsome footage. About a week ago caught the 614 Berkshire laid out up through West Virginia with 30 passenger cars tied on the tank and not a diesel anywhere to be seen except the few it passed. Great footage from in the cab on that video. Great railroad coverage for those that can get this channel, and the programs air in 30 and 60 minute segments throughout the week. Also have a program dedicated to Lionel trains and the layouts.
The Emperor of the North is scheduled to show on AMC Satellite TV at 3:30AM Central Time (1-13-05), according to my listing. For anyone who has not seen it, there is a good deal of mountain railroading, and a white knuckle cliff hanging plot very well done and exciting even to non-railroader wives! [ 12. January 2005, 20:53: Message edited by: watash ]
What is the RFD channel? TxRon, is it on the DFW Comcast Cable Package? Just came back from skiing in Winter Park, with ski lift views of little trains going in the tunnel. I looked up some info on it, and would like to know more. I did see more BNSF trains than UP. PS. At an ops session last night with some BNSF guys, I asked them and they said it was true - BNSF has trackage rights and actually has more traffic on that line than UP right now.
RFD stands for Rural Free Delivery. I believe that RFD is only available through either one of the major sattelite providers (Dish Network or DirectTV). I have never heard of it being available on cable, although I could be wrong. A lot of excellent programming, mostly aimed at niche markets (lots of horse training programs, some music, etc.). The have a couple railroad related programs...I Like Toy Trains features Lionel and equivalent layouts, they also have a program called Trackside that I have not been able to catch yet, and then Trains & Locomotives, which runs videos primarily from the Machines of Iron series. T&L runs six or seven times a week...the definate times that I know of are 3-4 p.m. and then 9-10 p.m. on Mondays, then 6-7 a.m. on Saturday mornings and 12-1 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. All times are Pacific. They also broadcast the program one or two more times during the week. They repeat the same program all week long, with a new one starting out on Monday. JDLX Elko, NV
I have Direct TV and live in western Virginia. Trains & Locomotives airs on Mondays at 6 PM and repeats at midnight. This program runs for one hour. The other program, trackside, is a 1/2 hour show that airs thursday at 7PM and repeats at 1 PM. Up to a couple of weeks ago, "I Love Trains" a program about classic tinplate ran right after trackside. It seems to have disappeared. As someone else said, these shows also have daytime and weekend slots as well. Of the two programs, "Trains and Locomotives" is my favorite. Last month they ran the "runnin the New River Train" which was mostly a cab ride in a Berk down the New River Gorge. Outstanding. Len
