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Review of Vintage Diesel Cab Units DVD

 4 of 5 (2)
Vintage Cab Units is a collection of films gathered over the years from various sources. We begin with some pre-Amtrak footage around Washington, D.C, and Richmond, Virginia. This is mostly passenger trains including B&O, RF&P, ACL, SAL, and a couple of GG1's. We then ride a C&O excursion from Cincinnati to Huntington with a pair of F-units, likely in the 1960's also. After a couple of scenes in Cincinnati, we head for Chicago and a variety of railroads and mostly passenger trains, with E-units, and F-units mostly, including N&W, B&O, PRR, NYC, CNW, Burlington, Santa Fe, and more.

Our next segment is footage around Chicago by different sources, and includes the Upper Mid-West segment to Minnesota, including Illinois and Wisconsin. We see a lot of nice Burlington including the Shovel-Nose E-units, and other power, including Fairbanks-Morse, Milwaukee Road Hiawatha's, Burlington Zephyrs, and much more. Some of this is shot in 1947. We also see Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and

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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