this is my first review of a highball productions program at first i thought of not trying they're stuff after they merged with pentrex but i decided to try they're stuff (can't hold a grudge against that forever) gears in the woods takes a look at operations on the cass scenic railroad in cass west Virginia in the spring of 2011 starting with a Carl Franz photo freight and the railroads annual railfan weekend event with a few of their operating Geared type shay locomotives the ones on this trip include nos. 5 4 11 and western Maryland 6 (known as the big 6) i'm surprised that Heisler no. 6 didn't operating unless it was going under repairs or they decided to run a few of the shay's for this event i'm glad i gave highball i chance this was pretty good i'll have to look into a few more of their products

Peter Cook's narrative skills keep improving, his video skills are already top notch. Rock solid images, crystal clear audio are evident in the release. While I would have liked a little more narration, what is provided is adequate and informative. I would liked to have seen more of the shops and the activity there. Cass put on a class act and Highball certainly captured it. If U like steam and geared locomotives U can't miss with this one. Given the length of the program it's well worth the $

Shay engines are unique being gear driven power. The video is a nice presentation of these interesting machines. I am not a fan of runby action, nor of the pillars of smoke the engines are seen putting out. But, being a weekend for the rail fans, it can be understood why it was done. That said, a 30 minute video would have been enough.

Like all of the other shows, the quality of the footage is awesome, the narration is minimal as always, and the shays however are 100% interesting to look at, when you're on vacation in the mountains.

Started out very interesting but then became boring. Nothing but many, and I mean MANY, run-bys of the same four Shays hauling three or four cars each (reminded me of a child's toy train set) with almost non-stop whistling which became very tedious. Of course this was a Railfan weekend so I should have been warned and more alert. Also LOTS of smoke, which I don't like. Probably more smoke in a day from each loco than each would produce in a month of actual service. I know they do it for the fans but I still don't like it. I do like the narrator's (Peter Cook?) voice and presentation, though I could have used more.

Good video for railroad friends. Please to see it in bluray.