Ho hum...more trains in SoCal. This DVD illustrates what's gone wrong at Pentrex over the last several years - there's no story, just some guys trooping all over California shooting anything that moves and trying to make it interesting. It's not. All footage is shot approximately five feet above the ground, so there's little visual interest. There's no story - many of the trains are repeats from previous years' editions of "this blockbuster series." But that's not the best joke, which certainly has to be the narrator trumpeting that "we shot this in beautiful high definition!" Maybe - but they deliver it on good old fashioned standard-definition DVDs. Today's railroading scene is full of interesting stories to tell. You won't find any of them here.

Additional remarks by SteamTeam:
Narration: Way too much!
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Good.
DVD Value: Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Recommend to others? Definitely not!.

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# 5 in the Rail Journal series. Same format as the previous 4, which is good. Different dates, and different locations, but the same general theme. By the time you get to this video, you may question "why spend the money on it?" There is nothing really new and exciting from the previous 4 volumes. I got the impression that Pentrex was running out of ideas for new railroad videos and simply did not know what else to do except continue in a series. If this is the 1st video of the series that you are purchasing.... You will enjoy it. Not saying there is anything bad about this video. It is simply a rerun from the previous 4 in the series.

Additional remarks by rrvideoman:
Narration: Just enough.
Narration CAN be turned off in special features.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Good Value
Recommend to others? Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.