My 2 year old's favorite

My 2 year old son has been watching this video for a year, and it is still his favorite. The audio is mostly actual train sounds, which leaves the child free to see what he wants in the video. This is as close as you can get to just sitting down and watching the trains go by - from the mountains to bridges to working train yards, through tunnels and snow, from close up and far away. My son is currently narrating the movie himself, which I'm sure is different than the words an adult would add! If your child likes trains, buy this movie and let him experience them at his own pace.

Surprised & Delighted

We orded this video for our 23 month old son whose gone "train-crazy!" We already have several videos which feature steam railroads and we are frankly tired of watching them. When this video arrived we were looking forward to something new--we were looking forward to a new video! But, we were surprised and delighted with the beauty of the trains in this video which are definitely at a much higher esthetic level than we'd seen in other steam-train productions. There are several trains filmed crossing river bridges where the train is reflected in the water. There are cold weather shots where the engine is seen emerging from its own self-created cloud. There is Fall colored foliage--a bright yellow and orange, to contrast with the black engines. There's a shot of four steam locomotives linked and all blowing smoke together. Many trains are with multiple engines. There are Snow-blowers and Snow-plows at work clearing the tracks. We have riden on several of the trains featured and it was fun to pick out our old friends: the Durango to Silverton in Colorado and the Cumbres and Toltec in Colorado and New Mexico, for example. There's a surreal quality to this video. The steam engines really seem alive. Oh, and before I forget, our 23 month old son loves this video too.

A must for the train lover!

Okay, I was expecting some dialogue in this film but there just isn't any except for the end when children are warned not to play in train yards. It would be nice if they did explain a few things as to what is going on so that it would be more educational. It's quite interesting and a few words of "what's this?" would have been nice. But, by far, this is one fantastic video. It shows all sorts of trains, even the snow-clearing one which I've NEVER seen in real life. That was quite fascinating to watch. It's great how it begins - one big long whistle blow which made my little one just go, "Ohhh!" This is a great video and a much welcome relief from the Thomas videos. This is a real-life train video and not a cartoon. What a nice job!