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611 Trilogy Volume 3 DVD Greg Scholl Video Productions GSVP-091 604435009197
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The Class J 4-8-4 611 is seen on the first trips of 2016 without diesel helpers, and the last series of trips in 2016. See great lighting and cool weather as 611 leaves early and returns late in the day, traveling along the mainline of the former Southern Railway, and at Hurt, Virginia diverges westward over the former Virginian Railway to Roanoke. All this is now Norfolk Southern of course. There is some spirited running, and great exhaust sounds as it pulls the heavy train along this roller coaster route. This series of trips was a real "Sleeper" in that it had fewer chasers, and perhaps the best weather (Clear and cool) during the excursions for 611 in 2016. Again you will enjoy hard working action as the engine is found on slight grades to make it work nicely. Mixing the mainline track speed with slight grades is awesome to watch modern steam power at work.

Next we head to Manassas, Virginia (remember the one-way trip is in Volume 2), to enjoy the final excursions for 611 in 2016. This line is known for its roller-coaster topography with Linden Hill being the steepest climb each way between Manassas and Front Royal. However there are many other small grades, and 611 puts on a fine show on this interesting line. Many of the other small towns are seen such as Bulls Run, and Markham to name a couple. We also get some close-ups of 611 in Manassas. This trip featured two-camera coverage also which provides excellent diversity and non-stop action on this historic route.

We end our coverage with a couple of scenes of the one-way trip from Manassas back toward Roanoke on the Southern trackage. It's a fine way to conclude our 3 volumes of "N&W Triology Volume 3" and the series. Special locations were selected for the gradient to showcase great 611 action. One thing about all these 611 videos (all 3 Trilogy dvd's) there is superb steam action with 611 working hard in most scenes.

Don't miss the Greensboro to Roanoke, and Manassas to Front Royal trips from 2016, with great action scenes. All shot in High Definition, and available in Standard Definition, or HD Blu-Ray.

Color, live audio, and limited narration so you can enjoy the action.


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DVD Item#:GSVP-091
Blu-ray Item#:GSVP-094
Runtime:1 Hour, 35 Mins ($0.24/min)
Producer:Greg Scholl Video Productions
Aspect Ratio:Wide Screen
DVD UPC:604435009197
BLU-RAY UPC:604435009494
Shrink Wrapped?:Yes
Disc Type:DVD or BLU-RAY
Region Code:0 Worldwide NTSC
611 Trilogy Volume 3 DVD
Steamboy (Revere MA US) on 2017-02-02 19:13:02.

People who found this review helpful: 3

  •  5 of 5


Like the first 2 volumes, the majority of this footage was shot by Brady Sanker. Surprisingly enough, this is the first time that Greg's Brother Randy Scholl came back for helping out with the additional footage, which was also the the first time we saw Randy's girl (Vicky Scholl) as a production assistant in the closing credits. Epilogue after the 2016 season: On Saturday January 6, 2017, 611 made an unannounced one-way move from Roanoke to Spencer for not only the upcoming trips, but also to hibernate in the winter cold.

Additional remarks by Steamboy:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value:: Fair.
Recommend to others? Definitely.

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611 Trilogy Volume 3 DVD
chris collins (fletcher north carolina) on 2019-11-13 22:01:15.

People who found this review helpful: 2

  •  5 of 5


611 trilogy vol.3 (the last video of the trilogy series) follows n&w 611 on the greensboro to roanoke trips in late apirl 2016 as she operates these trips with some nice cool weather in the spring with lots of great locations that gives the train a nice backdrop the next part of the video than follows 611 on the Manassas to front royal trips there's quite a few locations of the line and some of the local horse also provide a great scene with the train overall these videos were pretty well (as i mentioned in my review of the first vol) now i mean no disrespect to greg scholl for this saying the only downfall i have is i wish they recorded the first trips of the 2016 season (the first with the apirl 9th trip form spencer to lynchburg than the apirl 10th trip from spencer to ashville especially the ashville trip) these videos show 611 ruining solo with no diesel helpers (which the apirl 9th and 10th trips had diesel helpers which were ns 8099 the southern heritage unit and southern 6133 which is owned by the nc transportation museum and used on the museum's train rides) the only again i don't mean no disrespect to greg scholl with that statement these videos turned out really good (i think these are right up there with the reborn videos from steam train videos covering this beautiful locomotive)

Additional remarks by chris collins:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Good Value
Recommend to others? Definitely.

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611 Trilogy Volume 3 DVD
ecarfar (Long Island, NY) on 2022-06-27 10:26:53.

  •  1 of 5


Not a review of the content of the video (because I've never seen it) but more of the quality of the disc. I purchased all three of the 611 Trilogy discs in Blu-Ray format along with another Greg Scholl Blu Ray video and NONE of them play on ANY of the four Blu Ray players in my house. A couple of them start but the video and sound break up within a few seconds and one of them actually freezes my player where I have to pull the plug to get it to reset. None of them are watchable at all. I brought this up to Greg Scholl himself via email and mentioned he might have a problem with his Blu Ray transfers and he was no help at all, telling me that he received no other complaints. I found that incredibly hard to believe since every other Blu Ray disc I've played has never had a problem. I even offered to send them to him for inspection, at my own expense, but he was insinuating they might me counterfeit and didn't want to be bothered. I'm stuck with $100+ of worthless plastic discs. Don't buy the Blu Rays, get the DVD's instead. I will not be adding any other Greg Scholl videos to my vast collection of railroad related DVDs....

Additional remarks by ecarfar:
Narration CAN be turned off in special features.
Image quality: Poor.
DVD Value: Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Recommend to others? Definitely not!.

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