19:23 *WHERE?*

From what I’ve read, the MRL let themselves be absorbed by BNSF. The line itself is now operated by BnSF

At 7:10 its passing beside SIdestreet Pizza in Tryon NC. I was in the bar there a few times when the train came by and shook the building. The building is very close to the tracks about 20 or 30 feet. That was way back in the mid 90's. Its sad to see all the lines that are going by the wayside. I kind of understand with the reduction in rail traffic up that way. No more coal going to the power plants. At one time they had a bunch of aluminum coal cars to lighten the load up Saluda. No more wood chips going up there either to the paper mill. Its a sign of the times. Years ago many factories had rail service. Its not that way any more. Im sick of seeing double stacked intermodal and auto racks.

I just noticed that the engine leading the Santa Fe train at 13:15 is GP60m #144. That engine was involved in a runaway wreck on Cajon Pass on December 14, 1994, and was scrapped after the incident.

I hear this train come through the town all the time

What were the tunnel motors power output?? 3300hp or higher?? Watching this from Australia so I'm curious about these locos

Thanks for posting. I remember buying similar VHS train tapes back in the 90’s.

At 9:30 I love that horn on WC 6653

The lack of 3 step and going in-between during some of those switching scenes makes me wince a bit in horror lol. Sure used to be a lot different on the railroad back then, its neat to see it preserved on film.

*T H E M I L W A U K E E R O A D*

This is an awesome time capsule. Pretty wild how little is tagged even in 1990!

Hard to tell with the resolution, but are those a pair of ex Detroit & Mackinac boxcars on the train at 13:33?

1:31 the foul is insane

Once again, another fantastic vi!deo

I grew up a few houses down from the zoo stop in Riverside! Had fun watching trains pass behind my backyard.

It seems to me this line would be useful in north Carolina now. It seems short sighted to discontinue service here.

in 1972 the plan to de-electrification was just a Nail in the Casket for the CMstP&P few other American railroads had electrification routes the New Haven and Pennsylvanian road are the best known in the East The South shore in Indiana to Chicago and some of Illinois Central in Chicago Commuter lines. The Milwaukee Road was a Big step in the Western US Long live the Milwaukee Road

Very nice and for 70s Great Quality video So sad that CMstP&P Railroad suffered a slow Bleeding Death. The Milwaukee Road was Top level with Electric Locos in Western states, Just a Gab split the two Electrified lines and the gap was Never filled. by 1970 the old Equipment needed to be replaced but the suites just Dieselized the District leading to a Final Bankruptcy in 1978 era. This Road did Not Die It was Murdered by the Suites from within. William John Quinn President of Milwaukee road largely killed the road as a way to benefit his former friends at CB&Q Now BN. Milwaukee Road could have competed with the new BN road but Quinn and other suites IN charge did what they could to Strangle Milwaukee from inside. in 1978 the road was in Bankruptcy the road would finally die in Early 1986. A tragic end to a fine American Railroad. The CMstP&P was killed by other roads as was the Rock Island railroad in same time period. Both could thrive but powers like UP-BN- C&NW etc... + ICC just strangled these railroads until there life was sucked out and a corps was all that remained. ICC killed several companys Penn Central is best Example The CMstP&P will not be Forgotten BN is no more C&NW is no more Now it is BNSF and UP CMstP&P could have been a member of some railroad but it is broken up into 4 sections after 1980s

Wow, seeing that first train highball across 35 at Marshland was neat. West of Arcadia has been OOS since we moved to Winona.

Nice to see rail cars without graffiti!

Cuidado con el tren=The train is not stopping GET OUT OF THE WAY !

I've worked on a few of these locomotives. Mainly the couple of GE units they show. Most of these are EMD locos...and I don't like working on EMDs 😂

I could smell the brakes from here.👍

Some of those locomotives were truly filthy. I thought some of them were ex-Penn Central in the first shot, until I noticed the slightest sliver of silver! Why did they get so dirty? Was it the coal dust and exhaust smoke?

If you live close by, please visit Saluda,NC. It's really small but could use your business. Has a couple of shops and restaurants. It's like going back in time.

Kickback, smoke a cigar in the locomotive! 21:43

Don’t know if you are aware of this or not but there was at least one train wreck on the Saluda grade but I don’t remember right off what year it was.

I wonder how the E-Units would have looked in BNSF colors?

Great video on BNSF Railroad main line trains friends hope you have great weekend friends

Great video on BNSF Railroad main line trains friends hope you have great weekend friends

Some excellent backwoods railroading! We're pretty fortunate that Dan didn't miss much. I'm glad he took the time to get a few CNW trains up there. It would have been easy to skip that with the other cool stuff he was grabbing, not too mention SD40-2's would have been a drag compared the CNW Alcos from a few years earlier.

Honestly crazy how there is almost no graffiti on any of these card

Once again, you bring the world an astounding post. Thank you for uploading these goldmine videos.

At 36:01 that's our grandpa handing the airline up on 2304

I have this on VHS, watched often back in the day. Thanks for digitizing it & sharing with us again!

Incredible video!

Emergency at 14:07. Wonder why? I’ve watched this video a couple of times and just noticed it

Any videos of the past from central New Jersey? Awesome video of spots I see today.

Man what a time to be alive so much equipment and all of them don't sound the same like in today society

csx on is line

Those old friction bearing trucks can sure put out clouds of smoke

The classic ALCo RSD-12 and ex-Santa Fe RSD-15 units put on a smoke show for Dan Hadley back in the day!

You guys want to expect the unexpected now? Having Mexico's acquired a handful of Ex British Rail HST sets on it's passenger runs.

I like at 10:05 how the one conductor cuts in front of the other, as like he does not know how to do his job!! Then nails him in the, you know what! And then the creeper guy at 14:20 in the caboose. Ya guys sure didn't cover much of the WC...Sadly

I Love old Alcos , old Ore Trains

Take you for posting, love the RSD-12's and RSD-15's! Btw- are the high hood RSD's dual control stand equipped?

Wow now that’s some old locomotives right there 7:29 ! 😮❤️👍🏻

Love this! It brings me back to watching the Soo Line pass my childhood home in Tesch, Michigan.

44:30 Totally do not blame the ES&L for putting that up. I'd do the same if a bunch of foamers stole items off my Baldwin Sharks. Too bad it's still prevalent among foamers stealing horns and number boards regularly today.

Ex Burlington Northern was featured