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Review of Piedmont & Northern Volume 3 DVD The Iowa Pacific Holdings Era

On August 1, 2015, Iowa Pacific Holdings assumed operations of the State of North Carolina Owned Piedmont & Northern Railroad.

During this period IPH continued to serve online freight customers but also introduced passenger excursions to the P&N (whose passenger service ended in 1951), most notably "The Train to Christmas Town".

IPH utilized some very unusual locomotives for a 13.04 mile railroad, including modified ex Amtrak F40PHRs, Norfolk Southern GP60 and MP15Es, F7As in Lehigh Valley colors and a CSX SD50-2.

On June 16, 2017, Progressive Rail Inc. gave notice to the Surface Transportation Board that they would assume operations for rail service operations of the Piedmont & Northern.

Program highlights include: First day of operations. Over 40 train run-bys. Freight and passenger trains and the last run; June 26, 2017.

No Narration; information provided by on-screen graphics.

Stereo Sound, 16:9 Widescreen
DVD Edition Running Time: 88

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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