Hello,
I believe the tape you refer to was originally sold by the late Dave Hanks
at various swapmeets. The original video was taken with a super 8 camera. I
was part of a group of Burlington fans who never missed an excursion...either
on it or chasing it. There were 3 of us in the group. Dave did the conversion
and narration, the footage was a mix from several of us. I bought my version
of it at a Wheaton, Ilinois train show in the late '80's or early '90's after
not having seen Dave for many years. I still have that old tape.....actually I
viewed it only a couple of weeks ago. Many great memories there. Dave is gone,
and the other fellow I haven't seen since the 1970's.
I loaned my tape to a fellow at IRM and I know thaty several copies were
made from mine. My copy seems to work OK. I don't know how many original
copies of this tape were made by Dave, but mine is an origin al. If you are in
the Norther Illinois area, I would be glad to let you copy mine
.
J.L. Bender
630-553-1870
On Tuesday 17/01/2012 at 11:33 pm,
Llarryo1@aol.com wrote:
Several years ago I bought a VHS tape "CB&Q 4960:The
Final Runs" at a swap meet. It runs about 20 minutes and includes the 4960
in an excursion to Ottawa, IL., hauling a circus train in WI., and an
excursion to Denrock, IL.
I have no idea who I bought it from. No idea who filmed
it. No idea who produced the VHS. The copy I have has never played well for
me. It has always tracked poorly with horizontal lines through the images,
and the color and sound has always been marginal.
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Is anyone familiar with this product? Is mine a bad copy?
Has it ever been produced as a DVD? If so, where might I get a
copy?
Thanks in advance,
Larry Owen