ration covers the birth, growth, and present operations between Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C. The trains are ridden from Cary to Charlotte and interior and exterior views of the pristine equipment are provided. Quick visits to the maintenance shop and the light rail in Charlotte end the coverage. The history of Spencer Shops and the Nor- folk Southern heritage unit festivities occu- py another 20 minutes. The site’s history and the North Carolina Transportation Mu- seum’s creation are explained using modern day footage and a good excerpt from the sou- venir program sold at the gift shop. Views of the heritage units over the Fourth of July weekend abound, taken from many angles with many clips and close-ups of most units and a few movements around the venue. We are treated to shots not seen in the print me- dia, such as the last batch of units arriving as a unit train, scenes around the shops, speech clips from NS President Wick Moor- man, insight into how the paint schemes were decided and how they were adapted to the modern units, some of the displays in the exhibit cars and museum rolling stock. Some excellent still photos are incorporated, with the night shots of particular note. Next the program visits the Marion, Ohio, tower and the Greenville & Western, a short line near Spartanburg, S.C., which uses Geeps and U-boats, before heading to the Southeastern Threshers Reunion at the Handy Dandy Railroad in Denton, N.C. Steam tractors and a steam shovel seen in action, as well as 50-ton standard gauge 1942 Porter 0-4-0 tender engine No. 9, which pulls tourist cars on a loop. The next chapter consists of excerpts from
a C-Vision video program covering Ten- nessee Pass in Colorado, with some Moffat Road runbys and ex-Southern Pacific six- axle power pulling Utah Railway coal trains near Helper, Utah. This material was shot on roughly first generation consumer/semi- pro quality equipment. The final, full visit is to Harris Tower in Harrisburg, Penn., which is now a museum with abundant learning aids ranging from the model board to the interlocking machine to docents and a working teletype. The tower has 115 levers which are connected to a com- puter and the machine so the board reacts as if switches were actually being lined. The program ends at the restored Lewistown, Penn., station, where the Pennsylvania Rail- road Technical & Historical Society has its archives. The piles of boxes point to the years of effort needed to catalog it all. Technically, things are good to excellent. The video formats, which change seamlessly, are either standard 4:3 to widescreen 16:9. Composition, sound, and video quality de- pend on each contributor’s skill and equip- ment. Almost all modern footage is sharp and well exposed, and good editing and Ron’s knack for concise but informative narration make pleasant and informative viewing. As with any magazine, some content will appeal to you, some may not. But over the course of one DVD or a year’s subscription, many things should appeal to the viewer who wants to bring life to the rail news of the day as well as learn about subjects that the mainstream media may overlook. See Ron’s ads in this magazine and/or call for more de- tails. There are 80 issues out there and they all are available. — TOM KELCEC
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