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Review of Baltimore & Ohio

 3 of 5 (1)
Guy Brant was no ordinary cinematographer. He was up in time to catch the Capitol Limited when it came bustling through the golden haze of summer dawn. It was well below zero when he captured a volcano plume of winter exhaust against a steely blue. This film has switchers, Q-4's, streamlined Pacific'sand both B&O and C&O mallets, but it concentrates on the culmination of B&O steam locomotive design: the T3 Mountain.

This feature paces the streamlined "Cincinnatian" under steam, and shows branch lines, wrecks, and EM-1 mallets. EM-1s are then compared with the C&O's giant 2-6-6-6s. Real railroading, exactly as it was: 267 run pasts and pacing shots- 52 double headers. All color.

Overall rating for this DVD? 5 Star Excellent
4 Star Very Good
3 Star Good
2 Star Fair
1 Star Poor

The rest is optional but appreciated.

In your opinion, how was the narration level? There was no narration.
Just enough.
Could have used more.
A little too much.
Way too much.
Narration can be turned off.

Aside from the content of the DVD, how would you rate the image quality (sharpness, camera steadiness, etc)? Poor.
A little rough around the edges.
Good.
Excellent!

How would you rate the VALUE of this video? Overpriced for the amount of enjoyment I got out of it.
Seemed a little high, but not too bad.
Fair.
Good value.
Excellent value!

Last question. Would you recommend this DVD to others? Definitely not!
Not unless they REALLY were interested in the subject matter.
Yes
Definitely.
A "Must Have"!

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