Hidden Wonder of the World - Transcontinental Railroad DVD

The Transcontinental Railroad from Sacramento to Donner Summit

For the first time the hidden wonders of one of America's greatest construction and engineering feats are revealed on camera. Come along and visit the abandoned granite tunnels, stunning trestles,
gigantic cuts and breathtaking scenery traversed by the Transcontinental Railroad. People come from all over the world to see these hidden sites. Now you can travel to the summit of the Sierra Nevada and marvel at how the master engineers and builders of the 1860s accomplished this heroic deed.

Did you know you can walk through the original tunnels built by the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s? Or see the original hand-built road bed? For five years a team of documentary film makers and historical researchers worked to locate and chronicle the secrets of the Transcontinental Railroad. Now you can visit the sites that only a privileged few have ever seen.

Filmed in the beautiful foothills and high mountain passes of the Sierra Nevada, you will visit the Gold Rush towns, Chinese encampments and lookout posts in one of the most scenic areas in North America.

Come along for the ride of your life and learn about the technological feat that helped make America!

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2.3 of 5 (3)

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Item #:	TRCN1
DVD Length :	35 Mins
Producer:	Misc Producers
Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen DVD
Disc Type:	DVD
Region Code:	0 Worldwide NTSC

Suburban120 (Placer County, California) on 2012-06-17 12:19:18.

2 of 5

What there was of the material was well done, but the DVD is overpriced for what you get. The subject matter should have been provided an hour or even two hours and be more in depth. What would have been especially useful would have been a better deion of where the scenes were found and how the the producers found their way to them so that others could enjoy walking and getting the historical feel of those same areas. Even having grown up in the area (within a mile of the tracks) and with my father having worked on the railroad (as a maintenance of way contractor between Roseville and Truckee)during WWII, I have no idea where some of these scenes are located or how to get to them. If the producers went back and reproduced the DVD with more depth, more run time and location deion I would then heartily endorse this video.

Additional remarks by Suburban120:
Narration: Could have used more.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Recommend to others? Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.

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Brett Koonts (Comox,BC,Canada) on 2012-05-18 17:57:23.

1 of 5

This dvd was not what I thought it would be. I was expecting a tour of the railroad right of way through the mountains.

Additional remarks by Brett Koonts:
Narration: A little bit too much.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: Excellent!
DVD Value: Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Recommend to others? Definitely not!.

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Steve (Huntsville, Alabama) on 2012-01-31 16:56:43.

4 of 5

This is an interesting video for those of us who grew up in this area and/or had railroad connections through friends or relatives. I had both. My grandfather was one of the engineers on the fire train at Norden in the early 1950's. I did not know that the railroad bed had been moved so many times in different areas. Since I am also a history buff, this video had double interest for me. I would have preferred that the program be at least an hour long instead of 30+ minutes. And, having been spoiled by HD on other RR videos, I missed the sharper clarity of the beautiful scenery of the Sierra/Donner area.

Additional remarks by Steve:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Good.
DVD Value:: Fair.
Recommend to others? Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.

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