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Review of Heritage Series Frisco 1522 On the Wabash DVD

Diverging Clear Productions is proud to release the next DVD in The Heritage Series, featuring St. Louis & San Francisco 4-8-2 #1522 in some of her first excursions after her return to service in 1988.

First we stop by the National Museum Of Transport in suburban St. Louis and see some of the restoration work in progress before jumping ahead to see the freshly restored locomotive under steam at the museum.

Then we move to St. Louis Union Station where 1522 is busy putting together the consist for her first excursion departing her hometown, and all day run up Norfolk Southern's former Wabash mainline to Decatur, Illinois, in October, 1988.

Once the excursion is underway, we see the train on the elevated trackage along the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis. Then we see the train easing through the metro-east area on the Illinois side of the river, before the train gets out on the mainline. On the northbound run to Decatur, we see the train trackside and also

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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