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P.O. Box 400716
Cambridge
United States

866-544-7771

REAL RAILROADING! The world’s oldest and largest source for historic railroad videos.

Classic train DVDs produced from original historic railroad film. Sunday River’s historic rail videos are produced and edited in house. Where necessary, accurate sound has been added for realistic effect. Scrupulous historic research, brings you trackside in eras long gone by. Sunday River’s classic train DVDs are known world wide as the most comprehensive and authoritative available.

View our catalog by clicking on the historic railroad video categories. Our extensive classic rail catalog is being re-mastered on DVD so that access to these treasured train journeys will not be lost. We carry a full range of historic rail and even a “must-have” model railroad DVD. 

We hold ourselves to the tradition of excellence that was established by founder Alva Morrison, a passionate train enthusiast who researched and narrated the films – and occasionally rode the rails with the camera himself. We eagerly solicit your comments. If what you receive from us isn't better than expected, send it back for full refund or exchange. 

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Welcome

Welcome real railroading fans!

OUR PRODUCTS

Sunday River produces classic train DVDs from original historic railroad film footage. With scrupulous historical research, Sunday River’s classic train titles are known world wide as the most comprehensive available. 

Accurate sound has been added when needed for realistic effect to bring you trackside in earlier times. 

We don't tie down our own whistle cord, nor sand the flues of rhetoric when we say that our customer satisfaction is 2nd to none.

COMPLETE DVD LIST

Select from drop down menus above:

  • SHOP BY CATEGORY

  • SHOP BY RAILROAD

Here is our inventory to date:

  1. 611 Forever! 1950-2015

  2. 614 Thunder in the Alleghenies

  3. 1218 The Big A

  4. 2101 Stompin' on Sand Patch

  5. 3985, The Challenger

  6. 8444 In the Beginning

  7. 8444 At Work!

  8. 8444 Across Oregon

  9. Across the Top

  10. Articulateds in Appalachia

  11. Baltimore and Ohio

  12. Big Boys and Brothers in the 1950s

  13. Boston & Maine Steam: 4-4-0 to Superpower

  14. Boston & Maine Steam: Heavy Haulers and Crack Limiteds

  15. Brill Bullets & the Red Arrow Lines

  16. Burlington Zephyrs

  17. California Zephyr: The Original Dream Train

  18. The Canadian

  19. Chicago, Aurora and Elgin

  20. City of Los Angeles

  21. City of Portland

  22. Complete Electrified Milwaukee

  23. Complete Sierra

  24. Complete Silverton

  25. Complete West Side Story

  26. D&RGW Freights: Narrow Gauge in the 1950s & 60s

  27. Daylight on Tehachapi

  28. The Feather River & The Hillcrest

  29. Geared Steam Locos: Six Logging Lines (NEW RELEASE 2020)

  30. Gears in the Woods

  31. Gorre & Daphetid

  32. Hudsons Along the Hudson

  33. Inter-Urbans of Eastern Canada

  34. Intrepid Trolleys of the 1950s

  35. Last Train From Alamosa

  36. Legendary Trolleys of Pittsburgh

  37. Lightning Stripers

  38. Mallets & Texans By the Sea: On the Teresa Cristina in Brazil

  39. Narrow Gauge East of the Sierra

  40. New England Short Lines

  41. New England Steam: Six Main Lines

  42. (New England Steam) Two Foot Gauge in Maine: Sandy River and Rangely Lakes

  43. New York Elevateds

  44. New York's Last Trolleys

  45. Niagaras and Mohawks

  46. NKP 1 - Complete Nickel Plate Berkshire

  47. NKP 2 - Nickel Plate Odyssey

  48. NKP 3 - 40 Years of Nickel Plate Berkshires

  49. NKP 4 - Autumn in the Great Gorge

  50. Norfolk and Western Big Steam: Articulated Y and A Class in the '50s

  51. North Coast Limited 1: Stampede Pass

  52. North Coast Limited 2: The Rockies

  53. North Coast Limited 3: Bozeman Pass to the Mississippi

  54. North Shore Brought to Life

  55. Otto Perry's Rio Grande Articulateds

  56. Otto Perry's Rio Grande Southern

  57. Over Lizard Head Pass

  58. Pennsylvania GG1s: Under the Heat

  59. Philadelphia Trolleys 1955

  60. The Powhatan Arrow and J Class Steam

  61. Rambling on the Reading (#2124)

  62. Rio Grande Zephyr: Main Line Thru the Rockies

  63. Silverton in Winter / Rotaries on Cumbres

  64. Six Hired Guns, pt. 1: Southern Steam Excursions on 4501 & 610

  65. Six Hired Guns, pt. 2: Southern Steam Excursions on 722, 750, 2716, 2839

  66. South African Garratts

  67. The SP Daylights: As They Were

  68. Southern Pacific Steam Anthology: 1890 to 1960

  69. The South Shore Line

  70. Steam in Australia: South Australia and Queensland

  71. Steam in Australia: Victoria and New South Wales

  72. Steaming Through the Deep South

  73. Steam in Mexico

  74. Steam on Horseshoe Curve - PRR

  75. The Super Chief: The Whole Story

  76. The Third Avenue El

  77. Thunder on Cranberry: 614 Battles the Steep Grades

  78. Triple Heading to the Spiral Tunnels

  79. Trolleys of Eastern Canada

  80. Two Foot Gauge in Maine: Sandy River and Rangely Lakes

  81. Virginia and Truckee: The Final Years

OUR STORY

In the early 1970s, friends and fellow fans began asking Alva Morrison if he could make copies of his movies which they could show in their own homes. When reproduction prices proved exorbitant, one friend suggested he order in bulk and advertise the extra films for sale. Sunday River Productions, named for his favorite river in the mountains of western Maine, got its start selling reproduced films which could be shown on an 8mm home movie projector.

Alva Morrison, founder of Sunday River Productions.

Alva Morrison, founder of Sunday River Productions.

Demand quickly exceeded all expectations. The company’s reputation was built by leaving all but the best film on the cutting room floor, and being accurate about adding sounds like whistles, steam, and diesel horns. Morrison also did in-depth research on any subject covered, so as to provide commentary that is both interesting and accurate. Many have noticed his voice narrating the films, though not professional, still full of a true fan's enthusiasm.

Sunday River’s reputation spread among railfans. Calls and letters came in from train photographers who owned fascinating footage, some going back to the early days of motion pictures. Many asked Morrison to produce their films in a marketable format so that they would be preserved. Morrison began producing features about trains that had not rolled for decades and Sunday River became one of the first companies to offer railroad videos, setting a high standard of quality and accuracy.

Morrison, like many of the people who shot the footage in our library, has passed on. But we, his family, have committed ourselves to making the library available to the public so that access to these treasures will not be lost. We hold ourselves to the tradition of excellence established by our father, and we eagerly solicit your comments.