Love the background music and how the train blends in the forest
@sturmovik54482 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. I grew up just off the main in suburban Minneapolis; my mother commuted past Northtown Yard for 40 years. I watched this video on VHS at least once a month. Today, for the first time in 20 years, I decided to look for it... and here it is. Now, I have family in Eugene, I've ridden the entire transcon on Amtrak and I work as a railroad contractor in Minnesota. I'm familiar with every BN(SF) station between Fargo and La Crosse, WI; I'm in Northtown multiple times every week. Now, I watch this and I see dozens of little details that went over my head as a kid, and I work with guys like those crews every day. Thank you again for a great shot of nostalgia.
@Kansas-Trains2 жыл бұрын
You're very much welcome as I to had to suck it off of a VHS tape and converted it to a MP4. 😊🇺🇸 My dad used to work for the FRISCO and the BN and that's how I came across these old videos.
@brandancruz26962 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this... I broke vcrs watching this film as a kid. Railfanning since 97'.
@stevenikitas8170 Жыл бұрын
I purchased this video on a VCR tape back in the early 1990s. I haven't seen it in decades. It's good to see it again.
@Kansas-Trains Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@colinmulder68068 ай бұрын
@@Kansas-TrainsDo you think this video would be equally as good if it were longer? That way different versions of TRAIN #110 would be featured on different dates being pulled by different types of BN'S motive power.
@Kansas-Trains8 ай бұрын
@@colinmulder6806 I'd have to agree with you that it would be even better if it were longer.
@colinmulder68068 ай бұрын
@@Kansas-Trains Thanks.
@dkillalegend Жыл бұрын
Back in the days where each and every hard worker knew exactly what they were doing and how smart they were.
@Kansas-Trains Жыл бұрын
Indeed you are correct 😊
@thedemolitionmuniciple6 ай бұрын
8:30 Mentioning a shuffled deck of cards, something that is likely each time to be a sequence never before seen in human history, got me wondering about a similar idea with that yard in the background. If any railyard, anywhere in the world, has ever had the exact same cars and/or locomotives within its boundaries, on two non-sequential days. Also the rest of the documentary is really interesting. These older films always reinvigorate my desire to be an engineer, hauling this freight across the country (until I remember they are older films, and _many_ things have changed, to put it nicely). That, and I've always liked BN's particular shade/s of green.
@colinmulder68065 ай бұрын
I probably should mention this before the month is up. This past JUNE 2ND-9TH will be the 35TH anniversary of this video being filmed.
@DanMeyer8011 ай бұрын
Was that the bridge at Sandpoint? Ive been on it on Empire Builder
@colinmulder68068 ай бұрын
Yes it was. It's at the EAST end of BN'S FUNNEL. This is where all BN traffic from the Midwest & East come together on 60 miles of single track to Spokane, WA. About 40-50 trains can be seen in 24 hour periods including traffic off the Montana Rail Link & Amtrak's E.B..
@jenna9390 Жыл бұрын
Back in the days when the RR loved their employee's and weren't out to fire them as fast as they would hire them. The good old days for sure. Also long before they hired college kids to be a TM with NO RR experience that would tell you how to do your job.
@Kansas-Trains Жыл бұрын
Well Said Sister 😊🙏🇺🇸
@shawnleih29169 ай бұрын
Yes having this beautiful video from BN 110 video friend touch your heart friend's
@Kansas-Trains5 ай бұрын
Thanks for coming Friend 😁❤️🙏
@neill.m.herbert7 ай бұрын
That not-so-subtle dig at SP 😅 3:35
@michlo33936 ай бұрын
The SP was too busy paying its crews amazingly high wages to worry about customer service.
@gregoryferguson99737 ай бұрын
Love the BN and now the BNSF
@shawnleih29162 жыл бұрын
Great video on BN Railroad main lines trains
@Kansas-Trains2 жыл бұрын
Thank You very much 😊🇺🇸🙏
@colinmulder68062 жыл бұрын
This video was one of my personal favorites on BN. Though I do wish Santa Fe did something like this for their trains. Primarily for the following symbols: Q-NYLA, Q-LANY, #991, #199, Or even #952 seeing that this train too connects to Conrail as well.
@Kansas-Trains2 жыл бұрын
It's quite amazing how the train symbols have changed since this was created.
@colinmulder68062 жыл бұрын
@@Kansas-Trains Exactly.
@colinmulder6806 Жыл бұрын
@@Kansas-Trains I also realize something else. This video actually should've been longer. That way we could've viewed different versions of TRAIN #110 as it traveled from Pasco, WA - Chicago, IL on different dates during June & July 1989. This way we could've viewed different types of motive power from BN, LMX, & OAKWAY during this time period along with foreign power from offline visitors like Santa Fe.
@ellisjackson3355 Жыл бұрын
I remember having a video featuring Santa fe trains when I was really young back in the mid 90s. I haven't found that video on KZbin yet
@colinmulder68068 ай бұрын
@@ellisjackson3355Which one?
@danhoyland1422 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. This is one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen in a while, and I don’t just mean in relation to railroad operations. I didn’t realize it but what I do now for a living is very similar. I always wanted to drive a train but I think I could be a dispatcher or do operations.
@danhoyland1422 жыл бұрын
Btw I say this bc 13 years ago I was on a surfacing crew, that job is back breaking, it’s good to know there are some cushier jobs on the railroad.
@Kansas-Trains2 жыл бұрын
Indeed you are 1000% correct.
@brianjuza-lh8mb8 ай бұрын
Video is really good.
@Kansas-Trains2 ай бұрын
TY So Much ❤️
@cnw87178 ай бұрын
They couldnt even make this video today. Train sat dead for 3 day waiting for a crew wouldnt be a good look.