Producer: John Pechulis
Locations: Pennsylvania, New York
Timeframe: 1972- 1976
Length: 62 minutes
Source: George Naugel
Anthracite Roads coverage continues in Volume 3. Lehigh Valley, Delaware and Hudson, Erie Lackawanna into early Conrail.
Locations in Pennsylvania. White Haven, Wyoming Valley and Lackawanna Valley, Wilkes- Barre, and Ashley. Binghamton, and Hudson, New York.
A single DVD-R.Main Chapter Menu. No maps or previews.
As to film quality. A disclaimer is printed on the outer case. Yes, some unfocused scenes for historical value. Would have preferred that content in a bonus section.
On the other hand, the better composed scenes on the restored Super 8mm ranges from good to near excellent. Audio is train sounds. Mike Bednar narrates the show.
To the highlights…
Alco C-420 power behind 405 leads a freight from Scranton at Glen Summit. Freight consists are shown. Boxcars galore!
At Fraser on the escape route. He garbles on the actual name. Three C-628 Alcos traverse this narrow route in the woods.
It really is annoying for about the 1st half of this Volume. Some or most of this should have been edited out. Hard on the eyesight to suffer this messiness.
This show would play cleaner to start at a focused screen. Fortunately, the camerawork improves over the 2nd half.
D&H 711 rolls at Bridgeport. Train is crossing a bridge.
Delaware and Hudson enters Binghamton.
Reading Bee Line SD45 7600 after Conrail in 1976.
EL arrives from the Bloom Line.
Penn Central power at Hudson Yard.
D&H trio gets raced by a Ford Mustang Mach 1. Glen Summit in April 76
Renumbered former Reading units as D&H at Hudson Yard.
This stretch of track is in bad shape. Freight cars rock and roll here.
The caboose shot illustrates the improved clarity when the camera is focused correctly and proper lighting.
Kosin Collection Volume 3
The good trains are here. Cinematography skills are often, just a bit outside. George takes a moment to get the shot together, as the train passes. Resulting in poorly lit or missing frontal shots. Focus being another issue. However, a moment later and some excellent consist views of the trains.
There are some uncommon locations. The rolling stock is worth the price of admission. Even that has some film condition issues, at times.
It’s a somewhat problematic show. JPM has more consistent quality in their catalog. Model railroaders may benefit the most from the hard to find period freight consists.
Rating: 3 Stars
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