Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Columbia River Ent.
• DVD Release Date: April 10, 2007
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MGVCXQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,992 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Allegro Media Group Release Date: 06/23/2009

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nice place to visit, but poor picture quality for a DVD, February 18, 2008

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Dale R. Witty "Travel Man" (Spokane, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Railroad Adventures, Vol. 2: Swiss Rail Journeys (DVD)

I bought volumes 1 and 2 of this set. The DVD is most likely a copy of VHS original. I would have liked a better quality picture. These DVD's don't give justice of the true Swiss countryside.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the original 'Swiss Railway Journeys', March 24, 2009

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Adam August (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Great Railroad Adventures, Vol. 2: Swiss Rail Journeys (DVD)

If you're familiar with the 'Swiss Rail Journeys,' a 15-episode series originally telecast on BBC and PBS, this isn't it. So far as we know, those episodes, produced by a talented two-person British team and featuring various journeys on individual trains and routes, are still only available on VHS. But worth having.
There are two episodes on Vol. 2 here -- one called the Wilhelm Tell Express and another covering just about every form of rail transport between Basel and the Italian border at Chiasso.
The former, which appears to be a copy of a copy as far as video quality, starts with a lengthy tour of Lucerne, then a lake steamer cruise down the Fierwaldstattersee. In fact, it's more than 30 minutes before the camera climbs on a train for the trip from Fluelen to Locarno and Lugano, and much time is spent detailing the cities and towns along the route.
The latter, with marginally better video quality, attempts to film every train that runs north to south in Switzerland. Most trains are shot from varying distances, but there is an interesting assortment of equipment. And it sounds like the narrator is the same man as in the 15-episode SRJ.
Although neither episode is dated in the credits, the Lucerne train station can be seen under construction in both. The station burned in 1971 and was rebuilt from 1984-91. In the "real" SRJ, filmed in the early 1990s,the new station, designed by the noted Spanish architect Calatrava, is open, indicating that both these episodes are older.
In their favor, each is an honest hour long, compared to the "real" SRJ's 50 minutes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Swiss Rail Journeys, June 6, 2009

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Brian W. Baron (Brighton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Railroad Adventures, Vol. 2: Swiss Rail Journeys (DVD)

This video is really miss titled. It does not contain very much footage of the Swiss railways. It contains more footage of boat cruises around various Swiss lakes than railways. It is still worth the price and is interesting, but not what I was expecting.