Hi Greg:
Thanks for the response. I will be on the lookout for this DVD from SkyTop
Productions at future train shows and on Ebay.
I wonder if the fact that IRM's NZ Sep-2012 excursion announcment in Mid
Aug-2012 (only 1 month prior to the event) did not allow the videographers
enough time to plan for all of the logistics associated with filming the
excursion over that long route with multiple cameras at multiple locations.
My understanding of Train Festival 2011 is that that event was announced well
over a year in advance of the event with plenty of time for videogrphers to
plan and make arrangements to film the various excursions. The distances
involved for Rock Island-Bureau were also much shorter than the CUS-Quincy
distance. With that being said, I only know of 2 commercially available DVDs
of Train Festival 2011, and it was a huge event with lots of advertising that
drew thousands of attendees.
Thanks,
Bill H
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "graywolfs2" <graywolfs02@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I picked up a video of the run at Trainfest a couple of weeks ago.
>
> $10 for 13 minutes of video.
>
> The video has scenes from both this past September (2012) and the Quad Cities
> excursion back in July 2011
>
> Not too bad, quality was good, some wind noise, but overall enjoyable.
>
> The only short-fall in my opinion is there are no pacing shots.....would LOVE
> to have seen that!
>
> Now, to the bad part....
>
> This seems to be a railfan produced video... not GreenFrog etc.
>
> The label reads: SKYTOP Productions Inc. and is copyright 2012
>
> There is no other information or website address.
>
> A Google search came up with nothing.
>
> A search in Ebay for them also came up zilch.
>
> I did a Google search for "Nebraska Zephyr" and was able to find quite a few
> videos of the September run.
>
> If I hear anything further about "SKYTOP Productions" I'll be sure to get
> that info on this group.
>
>
> Greg K.
> Minnesota
>
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "cbq_bill" <cbq_bill@> wrote:
> >
> > Are there any commercially available DVDs of the Nebraska Zephyr's
> > 09/22/2012 & 09/23/2012 round trip excursions from Chicago Union Station to
> > Quincy IL ? I was unble to ride it or see it trackside. However, I would
> > be happy to buy a DVD if available.
> >
> > In the fall of 2011, Ebay had a couple of DVDs on the July 2011 Train
> > Festival in Rock Island that featured the NZ. They were both great DVDs.
> > I saw the NKP #765 excursion arrive and depart Bureau, IL on Fri 07/22/2011
> > and was on site at the Rock Island Train Festival on Sat 07/23/2011 (even
> > had dinner on the NZ while it sat on diplay in the rail yard that evening
> > !). I had to be back home the next day & missed the NZ excursion into
> > Bureau on Sun 07/24/2011, so these DVDs were a great way to enhance my
> > Train Festival experience.
> >
> > I was hoping that at least one of the rail fan fiilm makers captured the NZ
> > 09/2012 excusions but have so far not seen any DVD offerings on Ebay or
> > anywhere else.
> >
>
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