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Category: Highball

ATVR Reviews Highball

Best of Conrail

Producer: Highball Locations: Allentown, Buffalo, River Line … Timeframe: 1990s Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Source: P. Crook Best of Conrail. Starts out with good intentions. Ends up quite a distorted mess. Someone dropped the ball on a video transfer. Unwatchable after that failure point. Contains previous material from: Winter on the B&A, plus Conrail’s […]

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ATVR Reviews Highball

Rails Through the Hudson Highlands

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date March 7, 2020
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Producer: Highball/ Tim Walter Locations: Poughkeepsie, Cold Spring, Garrison… Timeframe: 1990 Length: 55 minutes Remaster: Middle Earth Video A new, 2020 remaster of a 1990 show. Have not seen the original show. Review will be on this, current release (obviously). A single DVD-R. Master menu. Feature and Pentrex previews. Detailed Chapter Menu. This one offers […]

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ATVR Reviews Highball

A Salute to Conrail: A Last Look at Big Blue

Post author By William J. Hudson
Post date June 29, 2013
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Producer: Highball Length: 90 minutes Time Period: 1994- 1998 Locations: Charlton Hill, Washington Hill, Cresson, North East, Conpit, Silver Creek, Bear Mountain, Erie, State Line Tunnel, Gallitzin, Berea Source: Peter Crook The final years of Conrail at some famous locations and hotspots in the East. This railroad appears to have been a success. Modern power, […]