Re: (erielack) Re: ErieLack Digest V3 #439

["Tom Beckett" <tabeckett_@_stny.rr.com>]

You might also want to check out Revelation's "Before the Hyphen", a
"prequel" to "The Friendly Service Route", which covers the Erie and DL&W
mostly before the merger, but also for a few years after. It has some nice
scenes in Olean and on the BSW, as well as Randolph, Kennedy, Jamestown,
Hornell and Buffalo. It may be a little before the time you're looking for,
but the stuff, as I remember it-I haven't watched the tape in a while-is
pretty good. The narration is a bit better than in the first tape, on which
he sounded somewhat sedated.

Tom B
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Michael Riley'" <wdperson_@_hotmail.com>; <squeaky@netsync.net>;
<erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:31 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Re: ErieLack Digest V3 #439


> The Clear Block stuff is excellent, and it actually uses LIVE SOUND! I
wish
> they'd get to finishing their Vol. 3 (which is previewed at the end of
Vol.
> 2 and shows DL&W and Erie goodies)
>
> Other highly-rated EL videos (in my opinion):
>
> "The Erie Lackawanna Railroad" (Green Frog Productions, 2-tape set) -
> SUPERB. Seems like live sound, and the image (16mm) is crystal clear.
> Narrator is a little hokey, but the images are quite memorable.
>
> "The Friendly Service Route" (Revelations Audio-Video) - Excellent, their
> first (and IMHO, their best) EL tape. Very "homemade" feel to it, and the
> video filming isn't overly professional, but has some great stuff on it so
> you overlook that. It's kind of like watching your buddy's home RR videos.
> Ron McElrath (owner of Revelation) narrates, and frankly, he is pretty
> horrible here - monotone, no signs of emotion. (he's improved greatly in
> later tapes, to his credit). One of the oddest things on this video is a 1
> second clip of what appears to be a model of a New Haven EP-5 "Jet"
electric
> - in EL GMY paint! Odd. :)  Sound on this tape is mostly live, from what I
> can tell. Still great, and really one of the first.
>
> "Memories of the EL - Vol 1, 2, 3" (Mark I Video) - Excellent films culled
> from several peoples' collections. Gripes: Sound is obviously dubbed, and
> each tape is a paltry 30 minute in length (I wish we'd have all three on
one
> tape, but hey, I guess Mark I needs to make some money badly nowadays)
>
>
>
> I believe some of the Revelations movies have western NY stuff in them,
but
> those are the only thing that stick in my mind...
>
> - Paul

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