Group, The video is of fair quality, my copy seems to be a bit better than Larry's. The video does have some wavy interferance type lines in it (quite possibly from some of my other electronic hobbies) but does not have any major horizontal white bars etc. on my player. Color is not washed out on my player but video isn't the sharpest either. To my best knowledge there are no problems in copying for use by this group or BRHS. I personally would like to see it available for all CB & Q fans and historians to use. Larry is going to get together with me so he can see if my versiion is any better than his. If he and Jan can get this available for all I think it would be great. If this can be made into a DVD or video I would also like a copy as this tape isn't going to last forever. Another tape from that period that I highly treasure has failed. If no others who may have contributed to this tape have any objections I'd say go for it. It would be a nice tribute to Dave Hanks. John
On Thursday 19/01/2012 at 4:43 am, Jan Kohl wrote: I can convert it into a digital format, i.e. DVD or even MPEG 4 for computer.
In MPEG 4 format, it could even be posted from the BRHS website.
I will not charge for this and will do it only if nobody has any issues with it.
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
castlegraphics.com
On 1/18/2012 5:57 AM, jlbender@indianvalley.com wrote:
> 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 original. 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:
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>> 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.
>>
>> 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
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