Re: Any videos about Colorado NG history?

EBTMikes Wrote:
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> There are a bunch of 'historic footage'
> chasing-type videos out there of operations on the
> various narrow gauge railroads in Colorado (I have
> a few), but are there any good videos done in a
> documentary style? Something along the lines of
> the FEBT-produced "EBT: A Living Landmark" video
> if anyone's familiar with that...starts with black
> and white photographs and narration describing
> what conditions spurred the construction of the
> railroad, then progressing through the different
> eras the railroad experienced (financial ups and
> downs, changing traffic/industry, equipment),
> ending with color video of later common carrier
> operations, then how it lives today as a tourist
> railroad.
>
> I'm looking for a history of the D&RG(W)'s narrow
> gauge system, but it might take on a number of
> forms:
>
> -history of the entire D&RG(W) (narrow and
> standard gauge up to the SP/UP mergers)
> -history of the D&RG(W) narrow gauge (a story that
> might end with the tourist railroads)
> -history of Colorado narrow gauge in general
> (which might include C&S, RGS, how they
> interacted, etc)
>
> Or is that too much ground to cover to do any of
> it justice? As I see from searches there are
> entire books dedicated just to divisions. I'll
> probably be looking for some books too, but will
> start another thread for that madness!
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Ray Davidowski


I do not know any videos that meet your qualifications. The problem with doing something like that is nobody has the wide scope of footage you want to do the All-encompasing dvd on such a big subject. If you are looking for a documentary with still photos, and talking heads, and maps, and a few films, well that could be done, but I am not sure the railfans would buy it without some historic film footage, and I doubt the general public would be that interested unless Ken Burns did it.
This old film footage doesn't grow on trees, and when someone gets it they may not have enough to do an entire show. For example I have never had anything on the SP NG, and only a few bits of Rio Grande on the 3rd Division, and 2 scenes on the RGS. You can't produce something you don't have to start with.
Greg Scholl
[www.gregschollvideo.com]