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	The History of American Railroads: The Era of Diesel History of American Railroads Columbia River Ent., 2007 average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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In The Era of Diesel, we examine the golden age of America's railroads as we travel across the United States on the great passenger trains of the 1950s. With stunning photography and fabulous color footage, this is a journey you don't want to miss!

The Great Passenger Trains of the East

In this chapter, we travel from Illinois to the East Coast on the New York Central, the Penn Central, the Pennsylvania, the B&O, and many others as we try to recapture the lost glamour of passenger train travel at its best.

The Great Passenger Trains of the South

Journey with us to Atlanta, the railroad hub of the South, as we embark on another series of historic passenger train journeys. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and Atlantic Coast Line are just a few of the historic train lines that await us.

The Great Passenger Trains of the West

Before the advent of the interstate highway system, westbound passenger trains offered the best means of capturing the great sweeping panoramas of the American West. Come aboard the Rio Grande, the Santa Fe, the Union Pacific, and many others as we relive American train travel in its glory years.

The Transition Years

In this chapter, we examine the story of America's great railroads during the transitional years of the '60s and '70s. This was a difficult time for America's great passenger trains, as one by one, they embarked on their final journeys.

Color. Approx run time: 4 hours 28 minutes.

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Good DVD at a great price!

This DVD is over 4 hrs long and does a decent job of covering the Fallen Flag Railroad during the late 1950's to the early 1970's. All of the chapters are narrated and cover a broad section of the US. Best DVD for the cost.

"Era of Diesel" a bargain, but not quite as advertised

The video "History of American Railroads: The Era of Diesel" is over four hours long, is filled with vintage railroading action, and is a very good value.

However, the liner notes and the chapter titles do not do properly describe the chapter contents. One would think that the last chapter, "Transition Years" would fall chronologically after the previous chapters. That is not the case. Rather, this last chapter is focused on railroad operations, not always passenger, out of Chicago, and is not really about the demise of passenger travel.

The second chapter "Great Passenger Trains of the South" is neither about passenger trains nor is is about the Diesel era. Rather, it is about rail activity around Atlanta, which includes civil war still photographs, steam trains, freight trains, and trolleys, none of which are suggested by the chapter title. There are very few "Great Passenger Trains of the South" in this hour.

The first and third chapters are closer to their advertised subject, but I was disappointed at the lack of coverage of such passenger giants as SP, GN, NP.

Finally, the video contained a fair amount of Amtrak footage--totally unrelated to the glory days of passenger travel.

So, there's lots of video, and decent quality video, and it makes a good bargain. But don't expect to find what the liner notes or the chapter titles advertise.

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