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Review of Purchase Collection - New England Memories DVD

In 1984, Railroading in New England was quite colorful. In this program, you will visit Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York. You will see freight operations on the now abandoned Aroostook Valley Railroad in Presque Isle, Maine as well as on the now tourist only Belfast and Moosehead Lake. Relive railroading of the past with a former Lehigh Valley C420 on the Guilford owned Delaware and Hudson as well as a Maine Central work train on the Mountain Division shortly before it was abandoned through Notchland, NH.

Shot in the early days when VHS was still in its infancy, video quality is typical for the time. However, 90% of what you will see in this program is no longer around. For example, Maine Central "Independence Class" U18B's and Lake Erie U28B's, ALCo's in mainline freight action and the Boston and Maine Bluebird Geeps!

This is some classic footage you do NOT want to miss and you will want to watch over and over again!

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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