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Review of Winter on the Moffat Route - Union Pacific on former Rio Grande rails DVD

We start out look at the Moffat Route at Leyden, west of Denver, with a BNSF trackage rights train dropping down the grade, then a coal train followed by the ski train just after dawn. Next we see the ski train and Amtrak on the Big Ten curve, then it's on to Blue Mountain crossing, where the tracks go through a horseshoe curve and climb up to tunnel 1. Distributed power can be seen over the top of the head end units as trains drop down the hill. Next is Plainview, with the ski train meeting BNSF, Amtrak with flame at the stacks at Crescent, a couple of meets at Cliff, a coal train by the frozen Boulder Creek, the ski train in the snow at Tolland and an eastbound exiting the Moffat Tunnel.

Moving to the west end of the tunnel, we find ourselves in heavy snow with a westbound, the ski train and an eastbound BNSF. More heavy snow at Fraser, with Amtrak, the ski train and an eastbound, then we see the ski train for the last time at Tabernash after turning on the Y. Then it's on to

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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