READING COMPANY 1947-1952 Vol 1 PREVIEW

Preview of DVD READING COMPANY 1947-1952 Vol. 1.by Herron Rail VIdeo. Lebanon Valley Passenger service with passenger trains Queen of the Valley, Harrisburg Spl, King Coal, and others + early Ramble fan trips. Reading and CNJ Pacifics and early diesels from EMD, Alco and Baldwin in real service. The DVD has chapters and you can view with or without narration. This is not a DVD-R but a real DVD. Order item 050-D from herronrail.com .

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• Reading Lines
• Reading RR
• Reading Company
• Reading Co.
• Reading G3
• CNJ Pacific
• CNJ 800 pacific
• Reading PA
• Reading steam
• RDG Lines
• RDG RR
• RDG Company
• RDG steam.

[hrvideo]

George's PRR film will be in a future PRR video. One problem I have is that he filmed 10.5 minutes of a Reading double headed coal train and a PRR ore train in Cinemascope. While I've been able to configure it it 16x9 wide screen, I still need to find the best way to incorporate it into a 4x3 DVD. I may have to letterbox the 4x3 to fit the 16x9 frame. The Cinemascope footage is spectacular. -JH

[hrvideo]

Volume 2 is finished and has been sent for replication. It will be in stock before the end of September. It covers freight and yard action in 1951-52 with more film by George W. Gerhart, II. Three bonus segments are included: H&BT RR, East Broad Top in 1952 and a quick look at a fan trip on the Ligonier Valley RR. -JH

[F7railfan]

Great video but the announcer mangles the place names!!!

[hrvideo]

@F7railfan Maybe a couple but if you wish, you can choose to view the DVD without narration. It also has chapters. Volume 2 will focus on freights, yards and shops plus it will have bonus segments on East Broad Top in 1952 (Real service) and Huntingdon & Broad Top's 100th anniversary in 1951. It should release this coming fall.

[2102FAN]

Anything on the release on part 2?! I loved part 1!

[StanierBlack5LMS]

Looks like another great video from Herron ! I will miss the regular narrator he was the best in historic video's ! I hope you plan on releasing George's Pennsy footage also ! I remember seeing a chase with a E6s Atlantic & flying in his car to keep up ! He used to show his films at rail events in the area. George probably had the best film footage of the Reading & Pennsy in Berks County from the last days of steam. Thanks for producing this !

[F7railfan]

@hrvideo Right, just a couple and they'll get you if you're "not from around here." I have Reading Glory and Reading in Transition. This looks like a good investment too.

[Conrail6370]

The Phoenixville Tunnel is known as Black Rock and still used today by Norfolk Southern. 2:45

Len.

[Conrail6370]

The man in Frame 2.21 is the Late Art Acker a close friend to the Late George W. Gerhart, Jr.

And I was friends to both men. George past away two years ago.

Len.

[crazyman762]

Cool! I happen to be working on some S Scale Reading passenger car now. I have come to appreciate the Reading Pacifics more recently. With my PRSL interest I really want one since they ran late in PRSL steam - generally later than the K4s.