Railfanning the Appalachian Region Volume 2

Producer: John Pechulis

Locations: KY. TN. NC. VA.

Timeframe: 1981

Length: 71 minutes

Source: Jonathan Reck

A continuation of Appalachian Region, with Jonathan Reck. Some additional locations added. Mergers were changing the Southern Railroad scene.

Headliners in this show are: Southern, SCL/ L&N, RF&P, plus more. Although now closed, Auto Train gets a visit.

Chapter Menu. Restored film. Original, live sound. On screen graphics. Single DVD-R.

Non narrated show. Subtitles give locations and some limited train information. Not enough to replace a decent narrative. Results in a long snoozefest.

Southern Railway fans will enjoy, another long series of runbys. Conrail pool power in June, 1981. The previous release, seemed to have appeared somewhat better.

A new location is King’s Mountain. No narration and no further information.

Two K &T Alcos are quickly shown. I could research this. Do the narrator’s job…

Seaboard Coast Line is a different point of interest. Although we are into, The Family Lines era. A heaping helping of pure SCL Lashups are present.

Rocky Mount NC. A fascinating location. Trains run through the center of downtown. Alas, no information.

Seaboard Coast Line traffic at Rocky Mount, North Carolina. A definite highlight.

RF&P is almost a rerun of Volume 1. Not much new happening here.

Although L&N is on the advertised. This is somewhat of a fail. Very scarce, in original paint. Viewers can find that lettering. Look at the Family Lines repaints. Still, a good find, just a bit different. The Auto Train visit is several shots, of the closed property…Yawn.

Assorted cabooses are in service. Conrail being tops, for the Southern trains. At least,for what is on film. Family Lines has a good number. RF&P too. Let’s go with a gray one.

Railfanning the Appalachian Region Volume 2

This one had more potential to highlight that Appalachian scene. A good narrative, would have put it into a top regional show. Instead, it is a mediocre assembly of runbys. Some hard to find Southern Railroads. So a bump up for that. Yet, it drags along, without a narrator. Missed opportunity.

Rating: 3 Stars