Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Madacy Records
• DVD Release Date: July 31, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005LC47
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,794 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Film Footage Of The Twilight Of Steam In The USA, November 25, 2001

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Will Allen III (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Steam (DVD)

I ordered this DVD set primarily for my young son who knows steam trains only through pictures and is passionate about trains in general. I did not expect to like it myself. Imagine my surprise when I found the color film footage (from various amateur but dedicated sources) to be in excellent shape, in good focus, and fascinating to watch. Each disc is a compilation of many different steam locomotives, including those still in regular service during the 1950s and 60s. (In the U.S., steam engines were completely replaced by diesels by about 1962, a process that began in the late 1930s.) Locomotives featured range from Union Pacific "Big Boys", at 1.25 million pounds the largest steam engines ever built, running on the praire in Wyoming, to N&W articulateds in Virginia, to steam fan trips of the 50s and 60s. On the disc titled "Steam Giants Across America," some fantastic modern film footage from the 1990s depicts the last remaining articulated N&W engine running on a fan trip in South Georgia and UP fan trips through the Feather River Canyon using their last two big steam locomotives. I highly recommend this set to anyone who is even mildly interested in the steam era of railroading in America. Each disc contains 40-60 minutes, and is a bargain at the price.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding actual footage of various steamers., October 10, 1999

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A Customer (Washington, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Steam [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of the best video collections of the old steam engines I have every seen. The 10 subtitled tapes have actual (sharp 16mm filmed) footage of the great steamers when they thundered down the tracks in a by gone era. Besides the outstanding video, the narration is very informative with historical anecdotes. If you buy one set of videos concerning steam engines, this is the one to purchase!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for the footage, 3 stars for the DVDs, February 27, 2004

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"g0305780" (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Steam (DVD)

Don't get me wrong, this DVD set is awesome for railroad fans!!!!
But this DVD set only presents the footages as they are. There is no detailed introduction to each of the locomotives appeared in the DVDs. I think it'll be much more fun if detailed narration is available.
5 stars for the footage.
3 stars for the DVD set.