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Review of Illinois Central Gulf Heritage Series DVD

Diverging Clear Productions is proud to release the first DVD in The Heritage Series, a new series featuring railroads as they were in the 1980s and 1990s. The first DVD in the series features the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.

The ICG was formed in 1972 when the Illinois Central Railroad merged with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. The scenes in this program were shot at the end of the ICG's existence, in the years before the railroad reverted to the Illinois Central name. At that time, there were three ICG paint schemes, and all of them make an appearance in this program. Orange and white power lettered Illinois Central and featuring the "Split-Rail" logo also are seen, along with red GM&O SD40's and GP38's. The original green diamond paint scheme of the Illinois Central also appears in a pacing sequence with GP40 #3018.

Also making an appearance are passenger trains, as F40's and Heritage Fleet cars make up the consist of Amtrak's City of New Orleans in several scenes. The

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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