Hot Rails Through the Twin Cities DVD

Hot Rails Through the Twin Cities DVD

Sizzling action -- that's railroading in the Twin Cities in 1998 when this show was filmed. Minneapolis/St. Paul hosts eight different railroads plus Amtrak passenger trains. Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Twin Cities & Western, Minnesota Commercial, Wisconsin Central, and the I&M Rail Link all operate here. These rails are kept highly polished by cross-town transfers, local freights, yard jobs, and road trains!

Experience the action at the hottest locations. University Avenue, Division Street, and Dayton's Bluff at Hoffman Avenue are extensively covered. Shortline Hill, where trains strain to lift heavy tonnage out of the river valley, the NBSF mainline through St. Paul, and Wisconsin Central out of Shoreham provide plenty of action, with train meets and multiple trains underway.

Steam is on the rails in the Twin Cities. You'll spot Milwaukee Road #261 pulling an outbound excursion. Then it's on the Minnesota Commercial where many of their unusual locomotives are hard at work. MC owns a unique fleet of old Alco and EMD museum pieces that will take you back to an earlier period. Tremendous variety and sheer volume make the Twin Cities a railfan's dream come true and it's captured here for your enjoyment!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• pentrex
• hot
• rails
• twin
• cities
• railroad
• trains
• minneapolis
• st.
• paul
• amtrak
• bnsf
• union
• pacific
• canadian
• passenger

[Caltrain927]

Cool! A Griswold Type A Rotating Banner!

[UPTurner]

AWESOME!! Finally, a Minnesota Video!! I am a NATIVE Minnesotan and the Twin Cities is a GREAT place to railfan!! Nice to see it when the BN/SF, SOO/CP, UP/CNW, and UP/Sp merges. Great Video!! This is going to be a DEFFINATE buy!!

[trainzguy101]

@CSXUSANO1 are you talking about MN >:(

[trainzguy101]

is that last engine a drgw locomotive 2:02

[shadowknight227]

@TheSterlingLoopTroop Those are Amtrak Talgo cars. Since it's the Empire Builder, they are probably destine for Seattle

[TheSterlingLoopTroop]

AT 1:00 what are those last three cars on the amtrak train??

[robertgift]

At 1:33, what are the round things on the enginexhaustacks (engine exhaust stacks)?

Spark catchers?

How do they work?

Thank you.

[Trainmasterkreks]

your very welcome

[trainboy94]

thanks

[Trainmasterkreks]

Soo Line was bought by Canadain Pacific in 1992

[HHS76]

How about between Muskoday & Winnipeg Junction?