Sunday River Productions grew out of the lifelong passion for railroading of one man, Alva Morrison. A railfan since his childhood, Alva Morrison collected scores of reels of unique footage of trains throughout his life. These included many of the great named streamliners of the fifties and sixties. In the early 1970s, friends and fellow fans began asking Morrison if he could make copies of his mo
vies 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. Our company, Sunday River Productions, named for Morrison’s favorite river in the mountains of western Maine, got its start selling reproduced films which could be shown on an 8mm home movie projector. But quality was never sacrificed. Due to his emphasis on quality, Sunday River’s reputation spread among railfans throughout the nation and around the world. Calls and letters came in from train photographers who owned an incredible variety of unique and fascinating footage, some going back to the early days of motion pictures. Morrison, like many of the people who shot the footage in our library, has passed on. But we, his children and heirs, have committed ourselves to making the entire library available to the public in modern DVD format so that access to these treasures will not be lost. We hold ourselves to the tradition of excellence that was established by our father, and we eagerly solicit your comment on our endeavors.