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Review of Railfanning with George Redmond Vol 5 Boonville Delights in the 80s DVD

Located in Boonville, Indiana, two coal hauling railroads share the same trackage; both the Yankeetown Dock Railroad and Peabody's Squaw Creek. In part one of Boonville Delights, we take a look at the busier Yankeetown Dock Railroad. Filmed in late 1987 and early 1988, the railroad rostered six locomotives: three Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44'S used to dump the coal and three EMD SD38-2's to handle the road jobs and bring loads up to the dumper.

In this program , we take a look at H-12-44's shoving cars through the dumper and then follow a couple of road jobs with the SD 38-2's to the AMAX Ayreshire Mine North of Boonville. We then conclude the program with a ride in the cab of SD38-2 #21 from the engine house down to the holding yard to pick up 30 loads for the dumper.

Come along with NostalgiaRail as we take a close look at the Yankeetown Dock Railroad in Boonville Delights Part 1!

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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