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The World's Scenic Railway - 3 Tape Trains Set [VHS]

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As the years go on, I get more and more critical of superficial research and shoddy production being accepted by both video and book publishers who are interested in a quick buck rather than a product that they can be proud of. I'm really pleased to be able to tell you that these new releases by Mountain Automation Corp. serve as proof that John Booth's reputation for quality is well-founded. Each of the 3 videos has a very different slant on the White Pass - The Gold Rush Railroad is an in depth history of the line's development through good times and bad, An Engineer's Point of View provides a personal look at what it's like to run one of the locomotives from Skagway to the Summit, and Scenic Railway of the World is a brief view of the narrated tour from Skagway to Bennett, as seen more from a passenger's eyes. I had expected a fair bit of duplication in the 3 films - as it turned out, there is extremely little other than one glacier shot that gets far too much play. Of the 137 minutes total, I would say there is only 4-5 minutes of duplicated footage. ...