Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R.
I haven't watched my copy for a while, but I'd say there's maybe 20 min. of film footage. It's broken up into segments as I recall, so the narrator will talk say about John's narrow gauge interests and it'll show some stills and some footage of the narrow gauge in action while the narrator talks about it. I can't remember who the narrator was (not sure he was even identified?) but I think it was a friend of John's who was familiar with the layout.
Capt. GrimekThanks! If anyone happens to actually time the filmed sections, just as a recording studio/production guy aside from MRing, I"d be curious. If it's near 20 min. I'm in. This man has been a hero of mine for decades and I had always wished that motion pictures existed and only found out last year that it did. If anyone happens to see a used copy at a cheaper price listed somewhere and would PM me that would be greatly appreciated as well. Otherwise it'll have to wait until the new year.
Where can I get the video? I might be able to buy one now since I've been lucky to have unloaded alot of stuff recently on Ebay and the money is there now to buy this. I still wouldn't pay $300 for a used book so the video just may give what the book could. To bad I never bought my own copy. But that's life, I guess.
Irv
Capt. GrimekIrv, I just now ordered a DVD copy from trainvideodepot.com for $30 plus 3.00 shipping. I didn't find anything cheaper or used online. Hope that helps. They're in CA. (Don't remember if I saw a VHS version listed there if you meant video, literally...)
I got mine thru them too, but at a show. watched it again its definelty like 30+min out of the 40 of film
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