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Review of Twin Cities Mainline EMDs Vol 3 Hinkley St Paul and Merriam Park Subs DVD

The Rail network in Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota hosts key routes to and from Chicago, Kansas City, ports in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. BNSF, CPKC, Canadian National and Union Pacific are the major players here. Many trains travel through the area, but the most unique trains are led with EMD locomotives. Most of which no longer exist or are on their way to retirement. In Volume 3 of Twin Cities Mainline EMD’s, we visit the southern part of BNSF’s Hinckley Subdivision from Brook Park to Coon Rapids. Here we get to see many locomotives still in their BN green and black paint, along with EMD SD70ACe T4’s in BNSF demonstrator colors. The Hinckley Sub also hosts Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific trackage rights trains, and those railroads provided great EMD power as well. Then we get into the heart of the Twin Cities to visit 2 short subdivisions. CPKC’s St. Paul Sub is a 10-mile ex-Soo Line route from St. Paul to Shoreview, and the Merriam Park Su

Overall rating for this DVD? > 5 Star Excellent
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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.
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Definitely.
A "Must Have"!

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