I saw a passenger iais one time and I waved at the train thinking people was inside It had no people
@cristinacardona298117 күн бұрын
Bro. I have a feeling that the red and yellow iais paint scheme is getting too common
@alanm343818 күн бұрын
😤😤😤😤😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😃🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
@subjecttrain58522 күн бұрын
My fiance and I spotted it north of Glenwood I believe we were just up road of where you spotted I surprisingly
@GEVOlutionCPKC22 күн бұрын
Is perfec 🚂🫵🏼🚂🥇🔝⚡️
@johnbeaulieu240423 күн бұрын
Well done video. I like that you mostly captured the Empress running at track speed.
@MNRails22 күн бұрын
Thank you very much!
@CCXCreate27 күн бұрын
Cool Raccoon
@anotherHelldiver27 күн бұрын
All the TC&W Locomotives have a year for their running numbers. Any idea what the Years signify?
@dhdisprsmith2296Ай бұрын
Great stuff! You really nailed it at these locations.
@MNRailsАй бұрын
Thanks a ton!
@StormySkyRailProductionsАй бұрын
Fantastic catches and video once again. Enjoyed watching and have a wonderful rest of your evening. Steve
@auricamagorca151Ай бұрын
0 Look
@user-qo5hh9bw4wАй бұрын
Used to drop my kids at Big Lake to take trains to Mall of America. Not so sure I'd let them go alone now.
@zachf23052 ай бұрын
If you want another good spot to video trains as they start climbing the hill, look at the intersection of Desoto St. and Petit St. There is a small road that goes between the tracks and a manufacturing building that gives you great top down views. Parking is a little hard but great spot.
@MNRails2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@danielwalton90122 ай бұрын
Union Pacific 838 4-8-4 Northern Part of The 1990! Order!
@danielwalton90122 ай бұрын
Union Pacific GP30 844 (Get Cornered)!
@RandymanB2 ай бұрын
I love the sound of EMD's in the morning!
@MNRails2 ай бұрын
The best!
@paulman99892 ай бұрын
Does # 1 Engineer Gaylen Still Work For TCW ?
@MNRails2 ай бұрын
I think he is retired.
@jaydee9752 ай бұрын
On the old Milwaukee Road!❤
@jaydee9752 ай бұрын
Yuck that new light rail line looks ugly! In my opinion, it was a big waste of money for something like that. I think it should’ve been a commuter line instead revitalizing the old M&StL line between Hopkins and Carver.
@nicholaspeterson2615Ай бұрын
Resident of the area. Republicans (and some democrats) can be to blame on that. After governor Jessie Ventura (Yes the wrestler that tried to Unionize WWE) managed to get the blue line constructed and the foot steps of the North Star commuter rail started the Metropolitan Council (the local government that manages all counties in the TC area regional infrastructure including Metro Transit (this LRT)) were looking at a BRT on this line (similar to the current idea of the Purple line or 30 year old UofM busway). However the state's house put a gag law on BRT and Commuter Rail development banning the council from even surveying and running feasibility studies for said modes in cities west and south of Minneapolis. This in turn meant that LRT was the only 'legal' means of any rapid transit in the SW metro. The Democrat trifecta last year finally overturned most of the gag laws last year (not all out of fear of republicans possibly re-introducing them if they had power to and some democrats in those areas still gagged opposed the lifting so this was a compromise). So blame politics for the LRT. That said I do love how the LRT project basically made the 8 miles south cedar bike trail fully grade separated except for one major road.
@Steelers28412 ай бұрын
My Favorite spot is Spring Street Jct in Northeast Minneapolis I catch right off Central Ave Overpass 😊
@douglasskaalrud68652 ай бұрын
The TC&W track looked a lot better with Milwaukee Road locomotives on it.
@jamallhayden25122 ай бұрын
Thank You!
@MNRails2 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@MikeMeinz2 ай бұрын
The last car was different. Is it a cafe car?😅
@MNRails2 ай бұрын
Correct, it is the cafe car.
@StormySkyRailProductions2 ай бұрын
Another cool video with some nice catches once again. Have a wonderful rest of your evening.(Steve)
@MNRails2 ай бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@StormySkyRailProductions2 ай бұрын
@@MNRails Your welcome and thank you also.
@douglasskaalrud68653 ай бұрын
This isn’t really about the “new” Soo Line as it was conceived in 1960 but let’s go back even farther than that to 1883 and the incorporation of the “old” Soo; The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, by Minneapolis grain milling interests looking for a way to get better rates to the east by going around rather than through Chicago. Canadian Pacific stood to gain a lot of traffic and immediately took a large interest, long before any “merger.” The Old Soo expanded into Wisconsin and Michigan and ran lines into North Dakota to siphon off some grain traffic from the future Great Northern. Soo Line worked with the Wisconsin Central, eventually leasing it. When one thinks of the old Soo it just seems natural that the WC was part of it and was to a large extent. The “poor cousin” to the Soo and WC was the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic, a hopelessly money-losing line with little traffic that paralleled the southern side of Lake Superior. Ag products, forest products, a smattering of iron ore and bridge traffic from the CP was what the three railroads carried and it wasn’t enough to keep any of them out of receivership. To this day, Wisconsin Central still holds the record of 21 years in bankruptcy court. It eventually became apparent that it was merge or die for the three railroads and on December 30th, 1960, the three railroads merged to become the Soo Line Railroad Company. Canadian Pacific became the majority stockholder as it had been for each of the three railroads forming the “new Soo.” Traffic on the new Soo remained the same but the railroad remained short of motive power. The merger enabled the company to buy new power and the red and light gray (it was never white) scheme was developed by Wallace abbey, the new Soo’s communications director. The new Soo was a drag freight railroad and remained so until the CP purchased the remainder of the stock and exercised full control. At that point in time the “new Soo” became the “new-new Soo” and became the iteration we see today. It shed many online customers on the Paynesville sub and became a nearly exclusive bridge line for CP. The new Soo relied heavily on F7’s, GP30’s, a few GP35’s and a few GP40’s. Then they started buying SD40’s before engorging on SD40-2’s and GP38-2’s. The SD60’s were the new Soo’s last power before the CP transformation. If you look at the Paynesville sub on Google Earth you’ll be hard pressed to find any online customers. It’s simply a conduit for Canadian traffic all the way down to Mexico now.
@MikeMeinz3 ай бұрын
Awesome Shawn! Thanks.
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Mike!
@RandomRailfan8283 ай бұрын
Great shots, looked like a fun chase!
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
It was!
@KenanTurkiye3 ай бұрын
roses are red, violets are blue there's trains and trams in my playlist two there ya go, that somehow rhymed :))
@trainmanhockeyfan3 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Looks like we were at the same place in Hankinson and Glenowood
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@dhdisprsmith22963 ай бұрын
Great stuff! You had to be right next to me at Valley City, we’ve got identical shots.
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
Oh cool!
@cprtrain3 ай бұрын
Superb.
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@GEVOlutionCPKC3 ай бұрын
Great stuff!!!
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@samanthaachristie3 ай бұрын
Wow! 🤩
@andersonbethm3 ай бұрын
Amazing scenery in North Dakota
@regularguy72663 ай бұрын
Some of it is in North Dakota. The rest is in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
@MNRails3 ай бұрын
Just ND and MN. I didn't follow into Wisconsin
@XBOXShawn12thman3 ай бұрын
That green is off the hook .... McDonalds Shamrock Shake 🤣
@erichalgren83773 ай бұрын
6:45
@ryanfrogz3 ай бұрын
I’m glad that someone caught the NP geep. I drove all the way from Eden Prairie to St. Paul to see it, but no dice…
@Railfan-uf9mw3 ай бұрын
It’s really sad that they are using the old ATSF dash 9s into road switchers
@rykerlesniak69903 ай бұрын
Hey does anyone know what whistle is on #4
@kouher43703 ай бұрын
Nice video
@kouher43703 ай бұрын
I Live in mn
@solidaridadjusticia14383 ай бұрын
Why is there a ladder in the tender??
@waltersobchek24654 ай бұрын
Great video and especially loved that closing shot!
@UNIONPACIFIC_19824 ай бұрын
Not the Santa Fe in the background 🫠
@workinghardusa4 ай бұрын
Excellent, well done! High-quality content!
@MNRails4 ай бұрын
Much appreciated!
@railseast4 ай бұрын
Excellent contrast between freight rail and light rail at the Excelsior bridge scene. Great video overall, nice lens work...
@Wyvvyrn4 ай бұрын
Great video! Love the panning to keep all the locos in the shot. Is it common for there to be other lead units on the TC&W trains such as the CSX/CP units?
@douglasskaalrud68653 ай бұрын
Thanks to unit ethanol and grain, you’ll see TC&W, RRV&W, CPKCS, UP, NS and CSX power, plus the occasional movement of the Friends of 261 passenger excursions. One road you won’t see on the TC&W is BNSF. Haven’t seen any CN or FerroMex on the TC&W but any and all power is seen on the BNSF’s Wayzata sub. I live in the “V” created by the TC&W/SWLRT corridor and the BNSF’s former GN line to Willmar and points west. I hear the trains on TC&W but watch the BNSF trains roll by. TC&W is host to the most beautiful horn sounds in the world-soon to be augmented by light rail train sounds.
@maxrshelltrack744326 күн бұрын
@douglasskaalrud6865 bnsf does appear on the twin cities and western I believe on ethanol trains.
@GEVOlutionCPKC4 ай бұрын
Like1️⃣🚂🏁An excellent touch in each video, I leave my like friend, continue like this
@LanternSignals4 ай бұрын
Tried to catch this railroad recently but it was on a weekend and the only train I found was tied down in Hopkins. Love the downtown shot. I’m curious as to where Cedar Lake JCT is?
@MNRails4 ай бұрын
Cedar Lake jct is just west of the downtown shot by about 1/2 mile. It's where the TCW leaves the BNSF Wayzata sub.