Volume 1 of Vignettes of the DETROIT, TOLEDO AND IRONTON covers the DT&I during the roads final 25 years, at locations including Detroit, Delta, Leipsic, Lima, Quincy, Springfield, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Jackson. The companys motto was ...We Have the Connections!...and this program has them as well, including the Penn Central and Erie Lackawanna in Lima, PC and Conrail in Quincy, and the Louisville and Nashville at Decoursey. Highlights also include a 1957 cab ride over the south end between Jackson and Springfield, surprising film of Bicentennial unit 1776, and a brief look at second-cousins Ann Arbor and Michigan Interstate. 80 Minutes, color with audio and maps-narration, DVD-R format.
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- 4 of 5
Through the 8mm color films from the 1950s to 1980, there are a great variety of diesels on not only the DT&I, but also Conrail, Baltimore & Ohio, Chessie System, Norfolk & Western, Seaboard, Louisville & Nashville, Penn Central, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie Lackawanna, & Steam on the Nickel Plate Road. Locations include Delray Tower, Penford Tower, Flat Rock Yard, Alexis Tower, Delta, Columbus Grove, Ottowa, Leipsic Junction, Lima Junction, Lincoln Park, Dayton, Latonia Junction, Quincy, Springfield, Bloom Junction, & many more spots. There are also a pair of cab rides: 1 on a B&O Budd Car in 1966, the other on the DT&I for the final day of one of the crew members on New Year's Eve 1957. Plus there is some Snow Busting at Rosewood during the Big Blizzard of 1978.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Image quality: Good.
Value: Fair.
Recommend? Yes.
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