The music, the narration, the life of railroading in southern New England, this is what it supposed to look like before outer space travel approaches.

Additional remarks by Steamboy:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: A little rough around the edges.
DVD Value:: Fair.
Recommend to others? Yes.

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I'll get right to the point - I was really disappointed with this video. Given the decription, I was really looking forward to some great camera work and sharp images. But unfortunately, that was not the case. To begin with the dvd is a poorly transferred copy from a VHS tape. From the opening credits, it looks quite amateurish. Now on to the content. There's lots of images of DL109's and FA units as well as RDC units. That's a nice combo, given the rarity of these kinds of equipment on any video. But the image quality is often so poor that it makes it difficult to watch. Detail gets lost in dark areas, which is very prevalent. The original film is full of splotches and hairs and what not, with no attempt to clean anything up in the digital transfer. And then there's the music. My gosh. Either I felt like I was waiting for a Shakespeare play to start, or I was entering a children's three ring circus. The music definitely did not match the feeling of the content of the images. The video ends with a 17 minute film on an excursion of a lash-up of at least 5 RDC cars. Sounds great, right? Well, not so fast. You see very little of the cars. What you do see mainly, is a view from the back window of the RDC, and that itself isn't really interesting to watch. Maybe if I play it backwards, it would be an improvement. The map that was part of this add-on was quite laughable and was pretty much the only high point of this video. Bottom line: only buy if you can get it on sale. A really big sale!

Additional remarks by Jeffrey Ornstein:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Poor.
DVD Value: Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Recommend to others? Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.

This is definately an interesting video. But quality wise it suffers badly. It looked as though I was watching somebody`s home movies using a projector and screen. The subject matter (the New Haven itself) is kind of interesting but I was also hoping to see more of the new NH paint schemes as well as some of their main line trains.
One thing that really bugged me was the addition of the music. I didn`t get that trackside feel of the program but felt as though I was sitting in a concert hall. Please leave Handel`s Water Music and Organ Concerto for the classical afficiandos. It simply didn`t do this video any justice.
Boxcar Mike

Additional remarks by Boxcar Mike:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: A little rough around the edges.
DVD Value: Seemed a little high, but not too bad.
Recommend to others? Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.