Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, 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: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• DVD Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Run Time: 310 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004XMUD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,128 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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GREAT TRAINS OF AMERICA - DVD Movie

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading editorial review, August 23, 2006

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Jeff A. Shultz (Nuernberg Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Trains of America Eastern & Western Railroading (DVD)

The amazon review of this as stated is misleading. Stating that the content is with history and, well, the overall review is contrary to what is in the DVD set. It appears that a Small Mom and Pop type of company produced it in a manner where quality was not the top priority. The content is mostly from a spectator view. Almost as if the footage was compiled from tourists footage.
VERY little historical or tech data. Simple interisting tech data. The sound is poor. Voice dubbing is misaligned on one of the segmants. The transition from chapters is abrubt and it skips. Regarding the trains, 90 percent of the trains in the content are small Shay and Cg type trains. Only 2 segments have 'real' steam locomotives that the layman would recognise.
The speacial features are very short and some of it is renditions of the chapter content of the main feature.
This set is by any definition inadequate for the price and quality of content and material advertised.

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Ride, February 16, 2003

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Jeffrey N. Fritz "Nikon Jeff" (Morgantown, West Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Trains of America Eastern & Western Railroading (DVD)

This DVD is a must for train fans. It covers some of the best scenic railroads in the USA. (The Cass Scenic Railroad is a personal favorite--a great trip through West Virginia's mountains in spactacular fall color.)