Having been in the region of Charleroi in Belgium many times, this was a ride down memory lane. Image quality is what you might expect from the early days of video. Colours a bit iffy, sharpness so-so, but the point is: these images at least exist! If the makers had waited until video had come of age (with the advent of the digital HD video cameras I'd finally be inclined to admit that that has happened) then we would have had only the modern stretch that survived. Ideally, it would have been shot on film, but film was a really major expense compared to video. Again: we would have ended up with much less - or even nothing. The balance between cab-shots and line-side shots leans rather heavily towards cab-shots. But there is plenty to enjoy all the same. Ah - should explain: I'm no major fan of the school of railway filming that puts a camera next to the driver, lets loose and dumps it on to DVD. A bit too easy. This DVD was much more valuable in that quite a number of line-side shots augmented the driver's view. The line segments were neatly edited in track order, and the many maps shown (and especially the big one separately put on the DVD as a large image) were invaluable. All in all: a very good effort, and very worthwhile.

Additional remarks by wvd007:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? I doubt it.
Image quality: A little rough around the edges.
DVD Value: Good Value
Recommend to others? Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.

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