Greetings, fellow members of the Western Kentucky Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. I hope that I can provide information through my monthly reviews that will be useful to you in your search for entertaining and informative RR videos. I have eighty-four different RR videos at this time and plan to continue adding to my collection as time goes by.
Thank you, Bill Thomas, for allocating some space in the Pennyrail for my reviews.
As we kick off this monthly feature, I would like to share with you my favorite on-line vendors for RR videos. I have found the following websites to be excellent sources of good videos and the vast majority of my collection has come from these sites:
I will try to rate the videos in an objective manner but we all have our favorite railroads and we all have connections to particular areas of the country. If I review a video that has special meaning to me, I will warn the reader that my review might not be entirely objective.
Let’s start this thing off with a 7idea Productions video entitled “Marias Pass, BNSF’s Hi Line Sub.”
| Title | Marias Pass, BNSF Railway’s Hi Line Sub |
| Producer | 7idea Productions |
| Format | Wide Screen DVD |
| Playing Time | 1 hr 52 Min |
| Time Period Covered | Fall 2009 |
| Geographic Area | Western Montana; Glacier Park area; Marias Pass, the northernmost crossing of the Continental Divide in the Lower 48 States by a RR (originally, the Great Northern RR). |
| Purchased From | TrainVideoDepot.com |
| Comments | I highly recommend this DVD. The scenery is magnificent, with beautiful fall colors and some fresh snow on the mountain peaks.The image quality is even better than Pentrex quality, and that says a lot. I have never been disappointed with a 7idea video. In every case where I have the same area covered by two or three producers, the 7idea video is always the best by far.There is good RR action, including the use of helper locomotives and even some footage of the Empire Builder. There are tunnels, snow sheds, and trestles included in the scenes. The sound quality is excellent. |