When this page opens, thumbnails for ALL available Real Trains media are automatically displayed.
You may directly select one of the thumbnails to to view its content OR you can use one of the tangerine-colored buttons to filter the thumbnails.
When you select a thumbnail, its content will open in a separate browser tab or window so that you can conveniently return to this page to choose another thumbnail.
A filter will present thumbnails that satisfy a specific criterion. Each tangerine-colored button represents a single filter. The name of each filter is followed by an integer which indicates the number of choices available. You may use only one filter at a time.
When you select a filter, a list of choices will be presented.
Locations - Choose from a list of railroad sites that are available on this website. You can also choose ALL locations (which is what you see when this page opens).
Liveries - Choose from a list of liveries (color/design schemes) available on this site.
Steam - Choose from a list of of steam locomotive such as a 4-8-8-4 Yellowstone. You call also choose ALL media that include any steam loco.
Diesel / Electric - Choose from a list of diesel or electric locomotive such as a Dash 8. You call also choose ALL media that include any diesel.
Consists - Choose from a list of consists such as mixed freight, passenger, or stack cars consists.
Built By - Choose from a list of builders such ALCO-built locomotives.
Themes - Choose from a list of miscellaneous options such as bridges or meets.
A filter will ALWAYS find one or more thumbnails. Each thumbnail represents either a video or photo album. Click on a thumbnail to see its content (It will open in a separate tab or window so that you can easily return to the thumbnails that you have found)
The Locations filter includes an ALL option which will show all of the available videos and photo albums. choose All to reveal thumbnails for every location.
Note: If you click outside of the pop-up list, it will close. Just click on the filter button to re-open the list.