From Arizona to Missouri, Rail Explorations is a fascinating trip across seven states as we deliver the interesting and the unusual for your enjoyment. We invite you to join us as we explored the rails for the best sights to be had.
Our journey takes you to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, the Abilene & Smoky Valley and the Grand Canyon Railway tourist lines. You'll get a fascinating look at 50-kilovolt electrics pulling trainloads of heavy coal on the Black Mesa & Lake Powell. We also caught great action of ALCO C420s smoking it up on the Arkansas & Missouri. If that's not enough, in eastern Kansas on the Midland Railway, you'll take a cab ride on an RS3, and later, watch as it performs a great runby for our camera. There is even some mainline action to be had along the BNSF, KCS, and UP.
From gorgeous scenery to exciting locations and trains, there is all this and a whole lot more to experience and enjoy in Rail Explorations!
DVD Special Features:
Special features: This DVD includes Chapter Menus and the option of watching the program with or without narration.
2 Hours 14 Minutes
ISBN: 1-56342-349-9
UPC: 7-48268-00632-6
In Color with Stereo Sound and Narration
Presented in Widescreen Standard Definition Format
No region code; can be played in NTSC DVD players worldwide
Copyright 2014
Our journey takes you to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic, the Abilene & Smoky Valley and the Grand Canyon Railway tourist lines. You'll get a fascinating look at 50-kilovolt electrics pulling trainloads of heavy coal on the Black Mesa & Lake Powell. We also caught great action of ALCO C420s smoking it up on the Arkansas & Missouri. If that's not enough, in eastern Kansas on the Midland Railway, you'll take a cab ride on an RS3, and later, watch as it performs a great runby for our camera. There is even some mainline action to be had along the BNSF, KCS, and UP.
From gorgeous scenery to exciting locations and trains, there is all this and a whole lot more to experience and enjoy in Rail Explorations!
DVD Special Features:
Special features: This DVD includes Chapter Menus and the option of watching the program with or without narration.
2 Hours 14 Minutes
ISBN: 1-56342-349-9
UPC: 7-48268-00632-6
In Color with Stereo Sound and Narration
Presented in Widescreen Standard Definition Format
No region code; can be played in NTSC DVD players worldwide
Copyright 2014
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| DVD Item # | REX-DVD |
| Runtime | 2 Hours, 14 Mins ($0.15/min) |
| Producer | Pentrex |
| Aspect | Wide Screen |
| DVD UPC | 748268006326 |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes |
| Format | DVD |
| Region | 0 (Worldwide) NTSC |
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- 3 of 5
worth the money, interesting look at items not often seen.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Good value.
Recommend? Yes.
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- 4 of 5
Rail Explorations was for me a well presented compilation of a variety of shortline action.
Featuring some unusual aspects of lesser known Railroads from seven different Southern States.
Coal being hauled by electrics was one such aspect that featured on this comp, other features
included footage of the last working 'wig wag' Xings . A variety of surprisingly well maintained
motive power was shown on this Pentrex comp including, Alco's, EMD's, and Sub's. With some footage of heritage steam operations which added an interesting juxtaposition to the diesel operations filmed. Mainline action also made a brief appearance, so a bit of something for everyone. For the price I feel the DVD was as good as it gets, though perhaps could have done with more deive narration, and as with a lot of Railroading docs, a bit more footage of the point of origin of the product, and some yard scenes would not have gone amiss.
Featuring some unusual aspects of lesser known Railroads from seven different Southern States.
Coal being hauled by electrics was one such aspect that featured on this comp, other features
included footage of the last working 'wig wag' Xings . A variety of surprisingly well maintained
motive power was shown on this Pentrex comp including, Alco's, EMD's, and Sub's. With some footage of heritage steam operations which added an interesting juxtaposition to the diesel operations filmed. Mainline action also made a brief appearance, so a bit of something for everyone. For the price I feel the DVD was as good as it gets, though perhaps could have done with more deive narration, and as with a lot of Railroading docs, a bit more footage of the point of origin of the product, and some yard scenes would not have gone amiss.
Additional comments:
Narration: Could have used more.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? Definitely.
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- 4 of 5
I for one really enjoyed this video I thought it was great seeing all the places Pentrex I have other ones as well I say the Arkansas and Missouri was the best part but I hope they won't take away the Alco's but even though I'm a 20 year old boy who has love trains since I was little this was just awesome to me
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? Yes.
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- 3 of 5
A group of shortline/regional railroads make up this video. Included is some class 1 action. Overall... interesting. Alcos are on some of the shortlines and a cab ride included on an alco. There is even a electric railroad operating pulling coal. Some of these lines can be found in other Pentrex videos, so for some people, they may not be overly interested. Basically.... a whirl wind tour, longer than a preview video simply showing hi-lites. I am not disappointed, but if considering a purchase... You need to have interest in this type of video production.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Good value.
Recommend? Only if really interested.
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- 5 of 5
This New Program features a mix of steam & diesel subjects plus the privately own & operated Electric powered coal trains, mainline freights on BNSF KCS & Union Pacific, Riding the Midland Railway in Kansas with the final days of a NYC RS-3 before moving to its real home at the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in Upstate NY, Alcos On the Arkansas & Missouri RR, Rio Grande Steam in Colorado, Santa Fe Pacific 3415 on the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railway, & more. Its a must have for railfans, pentrex fans, or any type of fan that you love.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Narration can be turned off.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Good value.
Recommend? Definitely.
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- 2 of 5
Pentrex used to be the only game in town and they were good. Boy, have they gone down hill. Almost bottom of the barrel. The moving trains are blurry. I have a Sony with 240 refresh and it is almost painful to watch. The static scenery is good, but those trains are NOT. Well researched and narrated. Thought from decription this would be good......NOT! Very disappointed.
Additional comments:
Narration: Could have used more.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Poor.
Value: Overpriced.
Recommend? Only if really interested.
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