Classic Minnesota Railroading 1979-1988 - Best of the Twin Cities (FULL VIDEO)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- In this production, we feature classic railroad action in and around the Twin Cities of Minnesota between 1979 and 1988, with footage provided by videographer Bob Rivard. Railroads seen in this video include Chicago and North Western, Soo Line, Milwaukee Road, Burlington Northern, Minneapolis Northfield and Southern, Rock Island, Minnesota Transfer Railway, Anderson Windows Industrial, and Amtrak. Bob takes us to many of the area’s best railroad hotspots, as well as a few of the lesser known spots. Locations visited include the Stone Arch Bridge, Shoreham Yard, Coon Creek Junction, Short Line Hill, Westminster Tower, Marshall Street, Shoreham Hill, Cardigan Junction, Bald Eagle, Park Junction, Newport, Hudson, Robert Street Lift Bridge, Dayton’s Bluff, Park Junction, Como Shops, Bayport, Savage, Eden Prairie, Fordson Junction, and more. Motive power ranges from F-units to SD40-2s, with classic U-Boats, switchers, and various “geeps” also seen. Sit back and relax as we take a journey into railroading’s past, in this full-length video presentation.
©2020 C. Vision Productions/Robert Rivard
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Omg it's the 3110. We have her at the Jackson Street roundhouse. Such a good sw1
It’s great that the locomotive was preserved! Thank you for pointing it out.
If you stand next to her you can see her two previous owners lettering bleeding through her current paint. Wabash and Norfolk Western
Wow! That’s really neat.
I have a video up of 3110 pulling close to a million pounds at night. It's sw1 pulling hard. She has an air throttle so you can "notch" 8 almost instantly
A lot of cool old power.
Thank you! Yes, lots of classics in this video.
Easily one of my favorite railroad video! The cameraman actually kept the camera going to show the different road names of the rolling stock and not just stop filming as soon as the locomotive passes by! Thanks for the upload, I will definitely keep rewatching this!!
It’s great to hear that you enjoyed the video! There were a lot of cool freight cars to see back then. Another incentive for videotaping the whole train in that era was the caboose. Trains just aren’t complete without them. Thank you for watching, and for your comment.
@@CVisionProductions1 Ah yes, so weird seeing trains without cabooses! Art designers really showed their diversity in their vision with the boxcars then, too with various fonts, logos, intertwining letters like Boston and Main and my favorite Illinois Central with the “I” and the “c” to form a rail silhouette. Clever!!!
Absolutely. Railroads of the past seemed to really focus on maintaining a good image.
Lovin it! Wayback machine for me here❤️👍🏻🚂
Thank you, Anthony! We’re happy to hear that you’re enjoying these videos. Look for more classic content in the future. We always appreciate your comments.
this is a great video - tons of action of all kinds, captured during a transitional time in railroad history
Thank you very much! The 70s and 80s were a “sink or swim” time for US railroads. It was great to see the surviving companies gain strength in the 80s and 90s. We appreciate you watching.
SOO Line baby!!
The SOO definitely put on a great show. It’s pretty incredible how much has changed since this footage was captured.
Lots of great action here
Thank you! We’re glad that you enjoyed the video.
35:00 Sickest clip
Was thinking about a day ago how I missed Soo The Milwaukee Road videos and Bob Rivard's awesome snippets... Bang-on... here's almost two hours solid of his videos. John
We’re happy to hear that this video was what you wanted to see. Bob has some awesome footage! Thanks for the comment.
Great vid!!! Thank you...... .
Thank you very much, Kevin! We appreciate you watching.
Wow!! Amazing footage with F40s and Steam Heaters.
Thank you! We’re happy to hear that you enjoyed this video. We appreciate your comments.
I can't get over just how amazing the quaility of the camera is in those 1979 shots.
We’re happy to hear that you approve of the video quality. The videographer was employed by a Twin Cities television station from March of 1979 until his retirement in September of 2021. He had the good fortune of working with adequate video equipment throughout his career. Thank you for watching!
I really enjoyed watching these classic videos of trains in the Twin Cities! Please tell Bob Rivard that I enjoyed his videos!
Thank you, MJ! And we certainly will let him know. He’ll appreciate hearing your thoughts on the video.
Great Classic train videos
Thank you very much, Derrick! We appreciate the comment.
@@CVisionProductions1 You're welcome!
Another fantastic hystoric video!
Thank you so much! We appreciate your comments, as always.
Awesome work, love the classics!
Thank you very much! More on the way… We appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment.
Thanks for sharing this video. It's great seeing trains in the "B.G." era (Before Graffiti)
Thanks for watching! We’re glad that you enjoyed the video.
Great Video
Thank you, kind railfan. We appreciate you watching and commenting.
Need to upload classic CNW
Great video. Wish it could be 1979 again 😀
We wouldn’t mind going back to 1979 either! These videos are the closest thing we have to a time machine. Thanks for watching!
I wish I was born back far enough to see all this 😓. It was a good 13 years before I was born
Fantastic video
Thank you!!! We’re happy to hear that you enjoyed the video.
at the 27:32 mark... look at all those classic vehicles streaming by... an old car lovers delight... NICE!!!!!
Absolutely! That’s another nice thing about these older train videos. They showcase more than just the trains. The world was a very different place 40 years ago! Thank you for watching.
Love seeing those Griswold rotating banner crossing signals!
We do too! Those were some of our favorite crossing signals, for sure. Thank you for appreciating them.
This one is amazing. Just fresh from the Mexico series, & good to see U.S. engines working. Especially the helper kicking off after the hill. SOO LINE!! Switching, & Cabooses etc. Thank u C vision.
P.j. Carpinteria Calif.
Thank you so much, P.J.!!! We’re glad to hear that you enjoyed this one. The Soo Line really had a neat operation in the Twin Cities back then. And, you’re very welcome. It’s our pleasure to bring these videos to you. We appreciate the nice comment.
Love these old train videos! I grew up in NOLA and watched Kansas City Southern do their thing back in the day! My parents backyard had the old Airline hwy tracks right outside or their yard! In the 70s and 80s trains were a lot more interesting and the engines were a lot better looking than today's engines! You rarely see the old switch engines anymore and i miss the F type engines! We still have New Orleans belt railway who rebuilt a couple of the old switch engines and a couple GP 30s! We had our family's fishing camp down hwy23 which had some of the worst tracks in the country and I used to watch the NOBR pick up tank cars from the Chevron Chemical Plant and sulfur from Port Sulfur! Those switch engines did 3 to 5 mph down those terrible tracks! The city of New Orleans used to argue with the railroads who was responsible for fixing the tracks and yet till this day the tracks are still in bad condition! We have had so many derailments i can't even count on those hwy23 tracks! Another great place to watch the trains in action is the central avenue yard which also has some pretty bad tracks! There's a video on UA-cam of some train cars derailing in that yard! As a kid I loved watching them work in that yard!
It would be cool if you could find and post some videos of the old Central Avenue Yard?
We’re glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for taking the time to write your comments. Very interesting stuff! If we find any additional video of the NOLA area in our archives, we’ll be sure to share it. Thanks again.
Awesome video
Thank you very much! We’re glad that you tuned in.
Nice film work. In '79, was still shooting silent S8mm, and at this time mostly up north, around Isle , when Soo still working the line there, from Bell Grade (?) to Superior by way of Moose Lk. Nice to see and hear the sounds of what I'd been missing in the Twins around that time. Thanks!
The video quality is incredible, especially for the 1979 clips. If I didn't know any better and you told me they were filmed in 1989 or even 1999 I would believe it!
We’re happy that you approve of the quality! Bob’s cameras did the job, that’s for sure. Thanks for the comment.
Holy crap, a U25C! That’s good footage from a bygone era.
Thank you very much! And yes, those big U-Boats were absolutely awesome. By the time Mr. Rivard videotaped them, most of those units were nearing retirement.
Heard u boats were not liked by crews
it's amazing that so many railroads had such beat up equipment back then compared to today. as a kid i spent many an hour down by the union depot watching trains come and go. i have been on many of these tracks on amtrak or the milwaukee road 261. it's was nice seeing so many familiar places. i wish you had gotten more amtrak footage though.
Thank you, Stephen! It’s nice to relieve those cherished memories… We appreciate you watching the video.
Thanks for the upload, really enjoyed watching this! Great to see all the old BN and SOO equipment. However, I cannot figure out why the Soo Line would have ordered FP7s without a steam generator on them... Were they removed at some point? Did they want extra length for ballast? You would think that they would have gotten a larger fuel tank to tank advantage of the length, or just got an SD7/SD9 if they wanted more traction... Still cool to see though!
Also, thank you for not blasting music over the video.
You’re very welcome. We’re glad that you enjoyed this video. As far as music goes, if there’s train sounds to be heard, there will be no music. We’re like you as far as wanting to hear the sounds of the train. That’s what video is all about. As for the FP7s, we don’t know the whole story there. Maybe someone else will chime in with more information. Thanks for the comment!
Awesome video thanks for sharing.Fantastic to see old Milwaukee & Soo lines in there prime chugging along.
Thank you so much! The Milwaukee Road and Soo Line were both neat railroads. As a combined system, they were still pretty darn cool. We appreciate the comment.
God I'm old!
Look at the paint scheme on the Amtrak cars!
Gotta love the classic look of early Amtrak! All of those old designs were so neat. We appreciate the comment.
@@CVisionProductions1 Looking at the film made me think it was made in 1984 instead 1979.
Thank you, very, very, very much for sharing these historic treasures! Also, please remember to donate any videos or photos you have to the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation.
You’re very, very welcome! It’s great to hear that people appreciate these old videos. Thank you for the reminder about preserving our classic footage. It would certainly be worthwhile.
Outstanding video. Thanks.
Thank you very much! We’re glad that you enjoyed the video.
Wow at 6:30 the autos are awesome!
We thought so too! That’s one of the cool things about these old videos. Not only do we get to see classic railroad action, but we often find other historically significant subjects in this footage as well.
I Even seen a few crossings with wishbone gates and I have a old style CP boxcar in HO scale
We noticed those gates too. Really neat! Thanks for mentioning them.
At the Marshall Ave., Northeast crossing I see a lot of single engine trains heading west. I know at that time Linden yard just west of downtown existed. Perhaps those engines were going to pick up freight cars at that particular railroad yard?
Perhaps? It’s hard to say for sure, since there was just so much railroad activity across the Twin Cities back then. We’d love to go back in time and find out! Thanks for the comment.
Smiled!
Thank you for watching!
1:14:25 "The outbound hasn't showed up yet!" Some things never change.
Right? Railroading may have changed over the years, but the problems are just the same… Thank you for watching.
This is awesome. Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome! Thank you for watching, and also for the comment.
Bob Rivard did an excellent job on this. Lots of amazing surprises too.
17:57 A Great Northern Railway caboose in the Big Sky Blue paint scheme.
30:20 The Amtrak locomotives and passenger cars are in the phase 2 paint scheme.
47:08 I like the Andersen Windowalls diesel switcher.
52:07 This Burlington Northern train has an F45 in the power consist.
1:10:12 A tiger-striped Burlington Northern GP50.
1:43:44 The second unit on this Soo Line train has its letters and numbers painted in red.
Thank you for the kind words and detailed comment, Andrew! We’ll be sure to pass along your message to Mr. Rivard.
@@CVisionProductions1 You're welcome, and thank you.
Awesome shunt @~10:00
Those crews knew what they were doing! Thanks for the comment.
18:44 Hey, hear something you don't see everyday, The Rock GP38-2!
The last time I saw The Rock running in those colors was a F40PH The Rock #3105 HO.
Yes! Those “Bankruptcy Blue” GP38-2s were beautiful locomotives.
@@CVisionProductions1 “Bankruptcy Blue” 😂 That's terrible!
If only it will last to 5 more years at least! lol
Cool footage.
Thank you, Hunter! We’re glad that you enjoyed it.
Very cool video
Thank you very much! We’re glad that you enjoyed it.
17:55 GN caboose.
We noticed that too. Pretty awesome!
This is pretty good stuff except you spend too much time on each train. Sorry, but I'm not wanting to do complete roll bys. I'm a retired hoghead, not the head breakman 😢😮😅😅😅😊
We understand. It’s always a balance of showing enough cars for the people who want to see them, versus keeping the scenes edited down to keep the video moving along. Thanks for watching.
I like the roll-bys. At 16:29 there is the U25C and a Milwaukee unit on the same train (BN to Pig’s Eye transfer?) and then in the same train, at 17:24, are 4 flat cars of saddleback - loaded truck tractors, including cab-over-engine ones. A rarity, I’m sure. Can anyone tell what direction that train is going? I’m not that familiar with the location and I guess it’s eastbound.
IowaGrandpaTrain: The train that you referred to in your comment would be a Burlington Northern westbound topping the grade at Como Shops in St. Paul. Thanks for watching.
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We appreciate you watching.
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Greetings from the United States!
Awesome video. Love this time in railroading that’s why I model it. Please tell me how would the BN know what cars to switch and the Anderson plant switcher know what they had to do when they are both there at the same time?
Thank you! As for how they did things in Bayport, we can’t say for certain. Most likely, whatever was billed out and in position got picked up by the BN crew.
So F-Units, Geeps, and SW's in the fuckin same fuckin fuckin consist
Yep! You never knew what you’d see back then. Thanks for the comment.