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Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD Frank Garon-Railfan Railroad June 2022 (Pennsylvania) on 2022-06-08 16:49:25.
Charles Smiley Presents rings in with another winner as we look at the<br>freight action out West back in the 1970s and 80s. At almost 3 hours<br>in length, this DVD is overflowing with some really outstanding<br>vintage footage.<br><br>The footage seen in this DVD is nothing short of first-class in<br>quality. The sound is outstanding, and I found the narration to be unobtrusive and very informative. It was helpful for an East Coast boy<br>like me to be able to understand what I was looking at in any given<br>scene.<br><br>Another thing I liked about this DVD was how many times we get to see<br>the whole train go past – from engine clear through to the caboose.<br>There is a lot of rolling stock seen here that just isn’t around<br>anymore. And even the stuff that is still around is covered with<br>graffiti half the time. Several trains had pure SP motive power and every freight car was SP as well. Definitely impressive to see.<br>This really is a trip back in time, one that had my mouth wide open<br>and my jaw hanging down more than once. You are bound to watch this<br>title way over and over and it is absolutely worth every penny of the modest asking price. I give this one a solid “three thumbs up”,<br>that’s how good it is. Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD Dudley (Kentucky) on 2022-05-30 10:55:07.
Just watched this video for a second time and enjoyed every bid of it for the second time. Reminds me of my early train chasing days, the trains looked so familiar. I liked the narration so I could learn more about where the trains were running and why. Would recommend to a train fans. Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD urg (Salish sea) on 2022-05-28 17:39:35.
Some of my favorite videos are from Charles Smiley and I greatly appreciate his documentation of historical trains. But this one is not a favorite because of the poor video quality of the 8 mm sections. The 16 mm transfers are fine. I give it four stars for the 16mm and 2 stars for the 8mm. Thus the overall 3 star rating. It is a good value only if you have a special historical interest in the 8 mm transfers that occur early in the video. Everyone should have a few Smiley videos but not necessarily this one. Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD Kent Ersson (Sweden) on 2022-05-26 13:28:00.
Really nice to watch hours of nice and interesting freight cars without graffiti! Great variaton of types and paint schemes. Most freight trains were filmed at beautiful locations and I appreciated the maps and diagrams. <br>The images were captured on Kodak film and has been carefully transfered to digital format. The entire production is first rate in typical Charles Smiley fashion. <br>Model railroaders will get a lot of inspiration and information about how to properly weather freight cars. The narration pointed out many interesting facts. Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD CF (Pittsburgh) on 2022-05-26 08:59:21.
This is an excellent video for the price . There is so much footage of freight-cars in the trains plus high quality footage . The views are astounding and the narration is great well informing as with all videos put out by this outfit . Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD Stephane Benoit (Saguenay) on 2022-05-26 07:41:51.
As with all the Smiley videos,there is quite a bit of information that is included. I do enjoy all the research that is put into all their videos and the historical value that is important to me. Freight West 1970s - 1980s DVD megsie (australia) on 2022-05-09 23:09:34.
Have a large selection of Charles Smiley DVD's but this not one of his better ones for me Cheers D. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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