Detroit Edison Coal Trains - From Coal to Kilowatts (1994)

VHS 1994: Detroit Edison is Michigan's largest electric utility. A great deal of that electricity is supplied by coal fired generators, and much of that coal arrives by train! Since Detroit Edison receives coal from mines in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and the Powder River Basin area, environmental factors must also be met as Western coal is properly blended with Eastern coal.

In this fantastic video production from the cameras of Emery Gulash and Green Frog, you will see operations on seven major railroads, from the Powder River basin to the Eastern coal fields; from the minds of the power plant. Detroit Edison's locomotives also appear in many of these trains which include mid-train helpers. Coal is transported on these Class 1 railroads: Grand Trunk, Conrail, Norfolk Southern, CSX Transportation, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, and Chicago & North Western. You will also see the trans-shipment of coal from trains to Great Lakes vessels; these vessels then carry the coal to some of the power plants.

If you want fantastic rail operations, see how coal is loaded, transported, and dumped; if you want a variety of railroads, then this 90 minute video is for you... not your usual coal train tape; really different, over a year in the making.