Soo Line And Burlington Northern in Minneapolis

In February 1986 I shot this video at Northtown Yard in Northeast Minneapolis. In this video you will see the Soo's Grove Job switching the Ford parts plant. Note the lack of graffiti on the cars. Cabooses were still common. This place as you will see could get busy!

[@tigerphid9677]

Nice video... It's great to see all of the "old stuff" like cabooses....

[@thmasschutrop2197]

Excellent video

[@sillydude674]

oh i sure love old railroad videos! especially from the state i live in.

[@alcopower5710]

Soo and BN 2 of my favorite lines. What a busy place.....plus cabooses. Saved to my favorites. Thanks so much for sharing

[@daveyboy_]

Trains ( like everything else ) was just so much cooler in the 80's. Jesus look at this yard , it looks like a layout set there 's so much ! AWESOMRE VIDEO SIR

[@anthonyzimba3601]

Richard I lived 3020 Polk St. Big white Triplex. My brother and I used to train a red tail hawks in that area off of saint Anthony Boulevard Columbia Golf Course. The golf course used to have us come in and catch a lot of the Gophers that were eaten up the PVC pipes. And also there was an area where there's a lot of ring neck pheasants. Along Central Avenue. Also they moved a lot of corn and wheat from those grain elevators. Good old grainbelt beer. Edison high school . 1976 this day's are just a memory.

[@jasonraine6593]

Very cool. Love seeing railroads the way they used to be. No tagged freight cars

[@ElectricIndeedFilms]

I live in Minnesota and this looks really good

[@peterniemira9536]

Best of all no graffiti. Love it

[@azrailfan2717]

Fantastic video 🤠. My dad told me about all of your video collection on KZbin. Especially the footage from the late 1970s when he was still in high school. I enjoyed watching them as it gave me a sense of how railroading was back then (since it was way before I was even thought of 😆) Again fantastic work! 🤠

[@lm1m]

Another gem!

[@mysticrailroad]

great films thank you.

[@mjrodriguez8670]

I really appreciate all your videographic efforts at trackside, Bob, be in Minnesota, Iowa, Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Utah and other states! You must be the most avid fan of the SOO Line Railroad!

[@snickpickle]

This video shows to the extreme the adage of "look both ways for trains!" Being from a rural area, we don't have the traffic that Northtown Yard and Humboldt Yard have, but nonetheless, I always try to be aware of my surroundings when railfanning. It is a lifesaver. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@LeeDfined]

Of all fallen flags Soo Line and Wisconsin Central are my favorite.

[@anthonyzimba3601]

The osterberg's was an engineer mechanic on these Burlington Northern diesels for many many years John osterberg. 🇺🇸👍👌🙏

[@SD457500]

Great stuff!

[@CGW116A]

Those GP30s... with their Turbos... really made the end of the 567s... the pinnacle! Always sounded like they were winding up and ready to lay down the power. All railroads ran the wheels off of them... never heard of any complaints from crews.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Soo Line’s decision to put these ALCO-GE B trucks under their new GP 30’s was a bad one. Maintenance savings never materialized because of the trucks’ age and the full power of the locomotive was not realized. Soo Line’s GP35’s were also afflicted with these trucks but the GP35 had its own set of nightmare problems that earned it the title of “The Most Hated Locomotive in America” even without the addition of the antique and obsolete electronics. The 645 and plug-in modules were still a blip on the horizon so the Soo was stuck with their poor decision for a long time

[@jonathanyuhas7609]

Love the SOO it was the Illinois Central Gulf of Minnesota and Wisconsin! JY

[@maxrshelltrack7443]

It's really ironic that last clip you have the cp rail flat car next to the Milwaukee road caboose because the soo took over the Milwaukee road and few years later the cp would take over the soo line.

[@lloydgrisham8821]

Great video! Love to see older stuff. Thanks!

[@EJBuddy]

This is so cool. Thanks for posting this.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

What a great video! At 8:55 number 6619 rolls by. The “S” is upside down, but you already knew that-right?

[@AndrewNeilFalconer]

Graffiti was not widespread until after 2000. Most of these box cars have been repainted apparently, because those railroad schemes are not seen today.

[@mikel5064]

They're not seen today because most of those railroads have been merged into other railroads. Its a shame. I miss the old Soo