If you like steam locomotives, then seeing steam in the winter season is a treat, with the snow, and cold winter days with steam billowing ever with steam billowing everwhere!
In "Winter Steam Spectacular" you'll visit 5 steam railroads and see some special winter operations! Your winter railroading spectacular includes:
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad: Travel to colorful Colorado to one of the premier steam railroads in the USA. See 2-8-2 #473 pulling the regular winter passenger train, as well as in charge a special freight run up the Animas Canyon in the dead of winter!
Heber Valley Railroad: Visit the stunning Wasatch Mountains of Utah where 2-8-0 #618 blasts through a winter paradise with mountain peaks and placid lakes.
New Hope & Ivyland: Watch as 2-8-0 #40 pulls a mixed train with clear blue skies and lots of billowing steam.
Nevada Northern: Enjoy winter action with 4-6-0 #40 and 2-8-0 #93 on both freight and passenger trains, including a doubleheaded freight train with BOTH locomotives pulling!
Western Maryland Scenic: Fantastic steam action as 2-8-0 #734 demonstrates what a pusher locomotive was all about!. See 734 shoving hard on the rear of a freight train in the mountains of Western Maryland!
Running time, Approx 100. Minutes. DVD features include chapter menus and the ability to listen with or without narration.
In "Winter Steam Spectacular" you'll visit 5 steam railroads and see some special winter operations! Your winter railroading spectacular includes:
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad: Travel to colorful Colorado to one of the premier steam railroads in the USA. See 2-8-2 #473 pulling the regular winter passenger train, as well as in charge a special freight run up the Animas Canyon in the dead of winter!
Heber Valley Railroad: Visit the stunning Wasatch Mountains of Utah where 2-8-0 #618 blasts through a winter paradise with mountain peaks and placid lakes.
New Hope & Ivyland: Watch as 2-8-0 #40 pulls a mixed train with clear blue skies and lots of billowing steam.
Nevada Northern: Enjoy winter action with 4-6-0 #40 and 2-8-0 #93 on both freight and passenger trains, including a doubleheaded freight train with BOTH locomotives pulling!
Western Maryland Scenic: Fantastic steam action as 2-8-0 #734 demonstrates what a pusher locomotive was all about!. See 734 shoving hard on the rear of a freight train in the mountains of Western Maryland!
Running time, Approx 100. Minutes. DVD features include chapter menus and the ability to listen with or without narration.
This DVD is no longer sold individually, but is still available as a 4-DVD set called "Great American Train Ride". It is the exact same program (except cheaper with 3 bonus DVDs added!). If this item is purchased, you will receive the 4-DVD Set.
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- 5 of 5
This DVD includes footage of steam locomotives running on five tourist railroads. All involve photo charters, which I view as a positive in that they could get shots that rail photographers would not normally get. This was particularly true on the Durango & Silverton. While "staged," all the tourist railroads are similarly artificial, so it did not bother me. Purists will not the occasional presence of obviously empty cars, and it is true there's too much whistle in some segments. Overall, however, quality of the footage is excellent (both technically and content), the narration not too intrusive. I got this, incredibly, for $1 on TVD's brief fling with a special of the day. Too bad more people didn't take advantage of that so they would continue it, but even at the regular price this caseless DVD (you can always buy a cheap case) is an excellent buy.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? Yes.
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- 5 of 5
Well worth the money
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? "Must Have"!
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- 4 of 5
Being a British Rail Fan, having toured Colorado two years ago, and ridden on most of the heritage lines in the state, I was interested in purchasing this DVD at the ridiculously low price.
What a buy! The winter scenery is magnificent, and the trains, smoke and steam spectacular.
But beware! The scenes are all taken on photographer's special run-pasts, and therefore the driver(engineer!) is extremely whistle happy, which can become a little wearing, particularly on the Heber Valley section.
But great value!!
What a buy! The winter scenery is magnificent, and the trains, smoke and steam spectacular.
But beware! The scenes are all taken on photographer's special run-pasts, and therefore the driver(engineer!) is extremely whistle happy, which can become a little wearing, particularly on the Heber Valley section.
But great value!!
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Narration can be turned off.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? Definitely.
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- 5 of 5
Watching trains in action is a mystic experience, and to see Steam trains working 40 to 50 years past the time of the diesel take over adds to it. Even more to add interest is the elements of Mother Nature. Winter railroading is a thing unto it's own. Battling the snow and harseness of the cold can really make a person understand that. You don't have to be a Canadian to understand it. In this video, 5 different USA steam trains are seen from Nevada and Utah to Maryland operating in the winter conditions. We receive really good insight into what it is like in less than favorable conditions. The producers have done a fine job putting together the great video that so few of us have seen in our life time. From the mountains of Colorado to the much lower hills of Maryland, this is a video that everyone will enjoy for years to come.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? "Must Have"!
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