A Quarter Century of Steam DVD 25 Years Along the High Iron

A Quarter Century of Steam DVD 25 Years Along the High Iron
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A Quarter Century Of Steam: 25 Years Along The High Iron

65 locomotives.

Four hours on two DVDs.

This program was a quarter-century in the making, featuring footage shot from 1985 to 2010. 65 different locomotives are featured; many that run today and many more that no longer run.
Footage is organized by year, running in chronological order beginning in 1985. Narration is kept to a minimum, with titles and graphics presenting basic information and allowing for much faster pacing.

Featured locomotives in order of appearance:
1. Crab Orchard & Egyptian 2-8-0 #17
2. Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #765
3. Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611
4. Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 #152
5. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern 2-4-2 #5
6. French Lick, West Baden & Southern 2-6-0 #97
7. Western Indiana Aggregate & Stone 0-4-0 #1
8. Republic Steel 0-6-0 #191
9. Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218
10. Union Pacific 4-8-4 #8444/844
11. St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522
12. Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #587
13. J. Neils Lumber Company Shay #5
14. St. Louis & San Francisco 2-10-0 #1630
15. Tuskegee Railroad 2-6-2 #101
16. St. Louis Southwestern 4-8-4 #819
17. Allegheny Central 4-6-2 #1238
18. Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0 #26
19. Canadian National 2-8-2 #3254
20. Blue Mountain & Reading 4-6-2 #425
21. Wilmington & Western 4-4-0 #97
22. East Broad Top 2-8-2 #12
23. East Broad Top 2-8-2 #14
24. East Broad Top 2-8-2 #15
25. East Broad Top 2-8-2 #17
26. Kentucky Central 2-6-2 #11
27. Tennessee Valley Railroad 2-8-0 #610
28. Western Coal & Coke 4-6-0 #1
29. Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 #2317
30. Blue Mountain & Reading 4-8-4 #2102
31. New Hope & Ivyland 2-8-0 #40
32. Gettysburg Railroad 4-6-2 #1278
33. Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-0 #18
34. Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-0 #29
35. Durango & Silverton 2-8-2 #473
36. Durango & Silverton 2-8-2 #482
37. Durango & Silverton 2-8-2 #480
38. Durango & Silverton 2-8-2 #476
39. Cumbers & Toltec 2-8-2 #487
40. Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3985
41. Strasburg Rail Road 2-10-0 #90
42. Strasburg Rail Road 2-6-0 #89
43. Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501
44. Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 #261
45. Soo Line 2-8-2 #1003
46. Northern Pacific 4-6-0 #328
47. Ohio Central 4-6-0 #1551
48. Ohio Central 4-6-2 #1293
49. Strasburg Rail Road 4-8-0 #475
50. Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #2
51. Western Maryland Shay #6
52. Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 #734
53. Surry, Sussex & Southampton 2-6-0 #6
54. West Side Lumber Company Shay #9
55. Ohio Central 4-8-4 #6325
56. Pere Marquette 2-8-4 #1225
57. Southern Pacific 2-8-2 #745
58. Iowa Interstate 2-10-2 #6988
59. Iowa Interstate 2-10-2 #7081
60. Denver & Rio Grand Western 2-8-2 #464
61. Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449
62. Central Pacific 4-4-0 #63
63. Santa Fe 4-6-2 #3415
64. Black Hills Central 2-6-6-2T #110
65. Southern Railway 2-8-0 #401

Photographers with Diverging Clear Productions have a combined 98 years experience shooting video in the field, and it took ten months or combing through footage to find the highlights of hundreds of hours of videotape. Footage was shot in 23 states.

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DVD Item#:	DC-QCS
Runtime:	4 Hours, 00 Mins ($0.11/min)
Producer:	Diverging Clear Productions
Aspect Ratio:	Full Screen
Shrink Wrapped?:	NO!
Disc Type:	DVD
Region Code:	0 Worldwide NTSC

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A Quarter Century of Steam DVD 25 Years Along the High Iron

BigJim4Life (Morrisville PA US) on 2017-12-04 20:00:10.

People who found this review helpful: 1

4 of 5

This, in some respects, is a really good film. It includes looks at such engines as the Crab Orchard and Egyptian #17, Kentucky Central #11, J. Neils Lumber Co. Shay #5, and more. There truly is a diverse collection of locomotives represented here.

However, there is a challenge with putting a production together like this, especially when combining footage from each of the last 25 years - The geography and home area of the producer comes into play, and some years are represented by the same few locomotives running mainline trips through the area. I found that the footage started often trending towards Frisco #1522 and UP #844, among others, that would have repeat entries over many of the years, to the point where I started to go "look, here's 1522 again - here's 844 again." Then a different engine would come up, and I'd look forward to seeing that particular engine shown - and it would be only one scene, and then right back to more 1522 footage.

So in short, there is some very neat footage in this dvd, which makes it worth owning. If you're a fan of #1522 and #844, you'll definitely enjoy this dvd, as there is a bit of a lean towards these two engines in certain places. I do, however, look forward to purchasing another Diverging Clear DVD - now which one to choose...

Additional remarks by BigJim4Life:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Good.
DVD Value: Good Value
Recommend to others? Yes.

A Quarter Century of Steam DVD 25 Years Along the High Iron

Steamboy (Revere MA US) on 2016-07-22 11:23:25.

5 of 5

As an average railfan in america myself, this is really great despite the different cameras throughout the years as well as some locomotives which we never saw in any other railfan video. EX: Reader Railroad 2-6-2 #11. The only Railroad Video Producer who had the most footage of the little engine? Greg Scholl Himself.

Additional remarks by Steamboy:
Narration: Could have used more.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: A little rough around the edges.
DVD Value: Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Recommend to others? A "Must Have"!

A Quarter Century of Steam DVD 25 Years Along the High Iron 4.5 of 5 (2)

A Quarter Century of Steam DVD 25 Years Along the High Iron
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