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Review of Chicago in the Year 2000 DVD

The year 2000 was still a time when the effects of the late 1990's mergers were still visible. A visit to the Chicago area provided plenty of trains with a wide variety of post merger power. In this show, videographer J.D. Larson takes us on a tour to several Chicago area hot spots in the year of the new Century.

Locations include 16th Street tower and Lake Street in Chicago, Blue Island, Brighton Park with semaphores, Deval Tower, Downers Grove, LaGrange, Joliet and Rosemont.

Railroads included are Amtrak, Metra, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago South Shore, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, Indiana Harbor Belt, Wisconsin Central, Elgin Joliet and Eastern, and Iowa Interstate. Post merger locomotives from Burlington Northern, Chicago and North Western, Santa Fe, Conrail and Illinois Central are also featured.
Running Time 2 hours
4:3 full screen, color, stereo sound, and narration on/off feature
©2015 C. Visi

Overall rating for this DVD? 5 Star Excellent
4 Star Very Good
3 Star Good
2 Star Fair
1 Star Poor

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.
Yes
Definitely.
A "Must Have"!

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