Wise DVD Choices

[Anonymous]

So far I only have "America's Railroads" - Volumes I,II,III of the Milwaukee Rd, and "Pittsburgh Mainlines" - I love this one on home theater. The sound is crystal clear, and Kudos to the videographer! I want to expand my library a thousandfold. I would like to see input from everyone who have DVD or VHS collections to inform me as to what's excellent, what's good, and what to stay away from. Thank you.

[guilfordrr]

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Madacy Records' "American Steam" series is terrific. Awesome scenes of late steam, plus the 3 DVD set includes trivia games, info on streamlined trains, railroads, and robbers. Madacy doesn't have a website, so check out:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dvhs%26field-format%3Ddvd%7Cvhs%26field-keywords%3Damerican%252520steam%26store-name%3Dvideo/102-0525676-8931314[^]

Anything from Pentrex is great. Look at their selection at http://www.pentrex.com/[tup]

The first of Marathon Music and Video's America's Railroads (which you have) is excellent, but, IMO, the second is horrible. A large chunk of the footage has no sound or narration....period. Just mute, washed-out shots of trains with annoying, stereotypical blues/country music. [zzz] But if that's the kind of thing you like, see: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DIZTV/qid%3D1099228555/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-0525676-8931314
(By the way, the review is mine.)

Brentwood Home Video's "Steam Trains" 5 DVD set is outstanding. The only problem is that many of the shows share lots of footage. More details at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00018WMSE/qid=1099228795/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0525676-8931314?v=glance&s=dvd (Once again, one of the reviews is mine; the top one)

[Modelcar]

I have not experienced any DVD's regarding railroad action recordings...I imagine the sound would be terrific in surround sound, etc....Is it worth purchasing a few just to experience the duplication of sound, etc.....I do have a home theater set up.