D.Carleton Very nice. But judging by the Amtrak consists this is before our current pandemic era.
Very nice. But judging by the Amtrak consists this is before our current pandemic era.
This series was filmed in August of 2019! More to come soon!
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MidlandMikeI presume the long causeway was Sandusky with Cedar Point Amusement Park in the background.
Funny, I could swear that Sandusky wasn't between Berea and Toledo.
I presume the long causway was Sandusky with Cedar Point Amusement Park in the background. With station signs, maybe you could show a close-up of the sign before zooming out to the whole station. Thanks for the show.
ProRailProducionsWe have the locations in the description above!
Locations on the screen, in the video. Period. I shouldn't have to go back and forth between the description and the video to see what I'm watching. I just won't watch at all.
It shouldn't be all that hard - video editing programs all have that ability. "We now move to East Podunk, just outside Podunk and the location where the Podunk Falls branch leaves the main."
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
tree68 We have the locations in the description above! ProRailProducions My aplogies for that I was trying to save time before I had to go to bed... A critique: First of all, next time, wait until you get back from the trip. Rushing a product out the door rarely has a good outcome. It wasn't like you had to hit a news deadline. Here are some specific places where you need to add information to your video (I'm sure there are more, but I didn't bother looking further): 18 minutes in. Where is it? 22 minutes in. New location. Where? 23:21 minutes. Same thing. 25 minutes. Nice to shoot the station sign, but I couldn't read it at that angle. 25:30. Nice bridge shot. Where? 29:22. Again, where? I don't know about anyone else, but I might want to stop at some of these locations myself if I'm travelling in that direction. And even if I'm not going to visit them, I might like to look them up on a map or satellite image. Providing information about what you're presenting shouldn't be an afterthought - it should be part of your plan from the very beginning. Name of location, maybe a milepost, other significant features. Some folks would like to know the train symbols. Best of luck with future projects.
We have the locations in the description above!
ProRailProducions My aplogies for that I was trying to save time before I had to go to bed...
A critique:
First of all, next time, wait until you get back from the trip. Rushing a product out the door rarely has a good outcome. It wasn't like you had to hit a news deadline.
Here are some specific places where you need to add information to your video (I'm sure there are more, but I didn't bother looking further):
18 minutes in. Where is it?
22 minutes in. New location. Where?
23:21 minutes. Same thing.
25 minutes. Nice to shoot the station sign, but I couldn't read it at that angle.
25:30. Nice bridge shot. Where?
29:22. Again, where?
I don't know about anyone else, but I might want to stop at some of these locations myself if I'm travelling in that direction. And even if I'm not going to visit them, I might like to look them up on a map or satellite image.
Providing information about what you're presenting shouldn't be an afterthought - it should be part of your plan from the very beginning. Name of location, maybe a milepost, other significant features. Some folks would like to know the train symbols.
Best of luck with future projects.
ProRailProducionsMy aplogies for that I was trying to save time before I had to go to bed...
Overmod That's more like it! (That reverse-video text is a bit hard to read, but it's nostalgically reminiscent of what my old Olivetti 221 typewriters could produce -- in proportional space, no less! -- on command (they would type close parallel vertical lines with a carbon ribbon, then overstrike the characters using the adhesive 'erase' ribbon). Those were Darth Vader's typewriters, and there has been little like them in the many years since.)
That's more like it!
(That reverse-video text is a bit hard to read, but it's nostalgically reminiscent of what my old Olivetti 221 typewriters could produce -- in proportional space, no less! -- on command (they would type close parallel vertical lines with a carbon ribbon, then overstrike the characters using the adhesive 'erase' ribbon). Those were Darth Vader's typewriters, and there has been little like them in the many years since.)
My aplogies for that I was trying to save time before I had to go to bed and get up at 5am to head downstate so I copied the cities out of the description! Hope eveybody enjoyed the video on National Train Day...
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPoocEon7r4
We followed the Chicago Line from Berea to the Maumee River Bridge in Toledo, Ohio, we visit Olmstead Falls,Elyria, Vermillion,Bayview Bridge, Oak Harbor and CP 285 (Vickers) along the way. Hope you all enjoy!
Pro Rail Productions 2020
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