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Review of 2472 in Niles Canyon DVD TGS

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2472 in Niles Canyon commemorates the return of Southern Pacific steam to Niles Canyon!

On Memorial Day Weekend, 2008, the Pacific Locomotive Association and the Golden Gate Railroad Museum joined forces to run former Southern Pacific P-8 class 4-6-2 2472 on the Niles Canyon Railway.

We rarely pass up the opportunity to document a special railroad event, and they don't get much more special than this! Southern Pacific P-8 class 4-6-2 2472 is the first locomotive of that type to run on this stretch of railroad in 50 years.

This was Southern Pacific 2472's first major outing after a four-year boiler overhaul. Joining 2472 was GP9 5623, in Southern Pacific "Black Widow" colors with complete SP light packages on both ends!

The main event took place on Saturday May 24th, a day-long excursion with staged photo run-bys in several picturesque locations. In order to cover the event as completely as possible we brought three cameras. One was on the train and caug

Overall rating for this DVD? 5 Star Excellent
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2 Star Fair
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The rest is optional but appreciated.

In your opinion, how was the narration level? There was no narration.
Just enough.
Could have used more.
A little too much.
Way too much.
Narration can be turned off.

Aside from the content of the DVD, how would you rate the image quality (sharpness, camera steadiness, etc)? Poor.
A little rough around the edges.
Good.
Excellent!

How would you rate the VALUE of this video? Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Seemed a little high, but not too bad.
Fair.
Good value.
Excellent value!

Last question. Would you recommend this DVD to others? Definitely not!
Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.
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Definitely.
A "Must Have"!

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