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[Soo Line] SOO LINE - FROM MICHIGAN TO MONTANA: The first route followed is along the original Soo Line through Michigan and Wisconsin and then on the old Wisconsin Central in Wisconsin to the Twin Cities. Shoreham Yard is explored, leading to the routes in Minnesota, North & South Dakota and Montana. Transfer freights in the Twin Cities are followed by steam railfan trips in the late-1950s. The video concludes with Soo Line memorabilia.

The focus of the video is on the Soo Line before the merger with the Milwaukee Road and features many steam locomotives, diesels (including early models), depots, railfan specials, iron ore mines & lake docks and scenes along the right-of-way. Most are from private collections that have not been seen before. There are 952 images and almost half an hour of 8 mm film & video.

The DVD video is 95 minutes long, narrated and has a menu. The self-starting CD-ROM has depot photos, scenes inside Shoreham Yard and memorabilia images in a "book" style presentation. Images can be printed out. $29.95

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[M&St.L] MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY: The M&St.L, a line with transcontinental ambitions and a selling point of avoiding Chicago congestion, has been gone since 1960. Yet, it still remains a fascinating railroad.

The narrated video, through photos, slides, postcards and some 8 mm film, follows the railroad from its operations in the Twin Cities to western South Dakota, its primary mainline to Peoria, Illinois and secondary line to Des Moines, Iowa. There is also a 1960 railfan trip from the Twin Cities to New Ulm, Minnesota.

The video concludes with photos of steam & diesel locomotives, self-propelled passenger equipment, freight cars, maintenance equipment, train wrecks, snow-fighting equipment & scenes and memorabilia.

The DVD video is 40 minutes long. The included CD-ROM has 550 images, along with a 1929 passenger train timetable, a 1938 Industrial Guide, M&St.L and Iowa Central steam locomotive rosters, a “Less-Than-Carload” brochure, advertisements in “Railway Age” and a booklet that was given out for the 1960 railfan trip (all in Adobe “Acrobat” PDF format). CD contents can be printed out. $24.95 + Shipping

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[Cats on the Prairie] CATS ON THE PRAIRIE: Twin Cities & Western's rare Caterpillar-powered Geeps and a CF-7 slug ply the ex-Milwaukee Road mainline from the prairie to the big city, moving agricultural products for river or rail interchange in the Twin Cities.

In addition to its own tracks, the railroad also rides the rails of the BNSF, Canadian Pacific, Minnesota Commercial and an ex-M&St.L line. The focus is on the railroad's six operations: three are in the city, of which two are on the ex-Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern line; and the others are in the countryside. The westernmost one is in the scenic Minnesota River valley. A sugar beet processing plants is also visited. The video concludes with a 25-minute look back on the railroad's first decade. (DVD - 97 minutes) $29.95 + Shipping

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[MPL] MINNESOTA PRAIRIE LINE: After two years of no service, a Twin Cities & Western train was run on an old Minneapolis & St. Louis line in central Minnesota.

The first part of the video is from the locomotive cab, trailblazing the absolutely decrepit 96-mile line on a cold day in early April, 2002 from its beginning at Norwood to the halfway point near Franklin. The second part looks at the extensive maintenance work performed over that summer to get the track up to 10 mph condition. The third part, on rehabilitated track, follows the first revenue train that was run on October 11, 2002 from Fairfax to Norwood with two ex-TC&W GP-10s painted in Minnesota Prairie Line livery leading 25 covered hoppers. The fourth part follows a MPL train at work in winter over a year after the first revenue train ran. Also includes home video from a contributor of two previous railroad operators.

(DVD - 65 minutes; has DVD-player activated English subtitles for the hearing-impaired) $29.95 + shipping

Minnesota Prairie Line

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[Soo Steam Power] SOO LINE STEAM POWER: The collection was taken in the 1950s at Shoreham Yard (Minnesota); Stevens Point, Fond du Lac and Chippewa Falls (Wisconsin), and Enderlin, North Dakota. The wheel arrangements include 0-6-0 switcher, 2-6-2 Prairie, 2-8-0 Consolidation, 2-8-2 Mikado, 2-10-0 Decapod, 4-6-2 Pacific, 4-8-2 Mountain and 4-8-4 Northern. A number of the locomotives are shown from both sides. Also included is a late 1950s railfan steam train from the Twin Cities to Rice Lake, Wisconsin.

Almost all the 149 photos were scanned in from original black & white medium-format negatives and are presented in "book" form on CD-ROM with information on the locomotives. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. Photos can be printed out. $19.95 + Shipping

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[Shortline Steam] SHORTLINE STEAM IN 1950s MINNESOTA: A rare look at often overlooked Minnesota shortlines through black & white and color photos taken in the mid-1950s. The presentation features the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific’s Consolidations, Mikados and a Pacific; Duluth & Northeastern’s Consolidations, Mogul and 0-6-0 switchers; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern’s Decapods, Consolidations and Mogul; Minnesota Transfer’s 0-8-0s, 0-6-0s and Moguls; American Steel & Wire’s switchers, Koppers Coke’s switcher, Minneapolis Eastern’s switchers, Hoyt Mining switchers, St. Paul Union Depot’s 0-6-0s and 0-4-0Ts of a quarry operator.

All of the 87 photos were scanned from original 2x4 negatives. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. Photos can be printed out. $19.95 + Shipping

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[Hudson Bay Line] HUDSON BAY LINE: The rail trip starts in Winnipeg, Manitoba and heads north to Churchill on Hudson Bay. The area is extremely remote country, with the northern part becoming treeless. The depots shown include Dauphin, Portage La Prairie, The Pas, Cantyre, Thompson, Thicket Portage, Cormorant and Churchill. At Flin Flon, the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. is visited and at Thompson, the International Nickel mine & smelter are shown. In the Port of Churchill, the elevators, docks and foreign ships are featured. Maps show the locations.

The album has 83 photos. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. The CD also has a brochure on the line and it's attractions. Photos can be printed out. $14.95 + Shipping

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[Minnesota Depots] RAILROAD DEPOTS OF MINNESOTA: The Minnesota depots are on the lines of the Canadian National, Chicago Great Western, Chicago & North Western; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, Duluth & Northeastern; Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Northern Pacific, Rock Island and Soo Line. The photo album has 589 images and in some instances have both the original depot and its replacement. Click on DEPOT LISTING to see what's on the CD. The images come from photos, slides and postcards. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. Images can be printed out. $19.95 + shipping

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[Wisconsin Depots] RAILROAD DEPOTS OF WISCONSIN: The Wisconsin depots are on the lines of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & North Western; Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee, Green Bay & Western, Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific and Soo Line. The photo album has 201 images and in some instances have both the original depot and its replacement. Click on DEPOT LISTING to see what's on the CD. The images come from photos, slides and postcards. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. Images can be printed out. $19.95 + shipping

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[Dakota Depots] RAILROAD DEPOTS OF NORTH & SOUTH DAKOTA: The North & South Dakota depots are on the lines of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Chicago & North Western, Great Northern, Illinois Central, Midland Continental, Milwaukee Road, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Northern Pacific, Rock Island and Soo Line. The photo album has 199 images and in some instances have both the original depot and its replacement. Click on DEPOT LISTING to see what's on the CD. The images come from photos, slides and postcards. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. Images can be printed out. $19.95 + shipping

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[Minnesota Shortlines] MINNESOTA SHORTLINES - PAST & PRESENT: A trip around Minnesota, using video, 8 mm film and photos, to see shortline railroads from the past and present. They range from terminal operations and branchline operators to railroads using stretches of former Class One railroad lines.

The railroads to be featured in the upcoming video are Cloquet Terminal, Dakota Rail, Duluth & Northeastern; Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg; Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific, Koppers Coke, Minnesota Central, Minnesota Commercial, Minnesota Northern, Minnesota Prairie Line, Minnesota Southern, Minnesota Transfer, Minnesota Valley; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern, Minneapolis Eastern, North Star Steel, Northern Lines Railway, Northern Plains, Otter Tail Valley, Progressive Rail, St. Croix Valley, St. Paul Union Depot, Twin Cities & Western, United States Steel Duluth Works and some grain elevator operations. The DVD video will be about 90 minutes long.

[C&NW - CGW] CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN - CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN: The first part of the video will follow the Chicago & North Western from Chicago through Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota via photos, postcards, video & film. The video will have around 350 depot images, steam & diesel locomotives, freight cars, cabooses, passenger trains/cars, servicing facilities, mainline scenes and memorabilia.

The last part of the video will take a look at the Chicago Great Western in Minnesota and Iowa though photos and film.

The DVD video will be about 90 minutes long. The accompanying CD-ROM will have a variety of C&NW and CGW photos on it along with historical documents.

[C&NW - CGW] THE BURLINGTON ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: The trip along Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's line down the Mississippi River starts at the Great Northern depot in Minneapolis, viewing the early Zephyrs up to the last ones. After some transfer freights on the way to St. Paul, it is down the river with views out the front window of an F-unit, finally arriving at Prairie du Chien. Along the way are film and photos of CB&Q steam-powered railfan excursions. The video concludes with some scenes outside the Mississippi River Valley.

The DVD video will be about 60 minutes long. The accompanying CD-ROM will have a variety of Burlington photos on it, along with historical documents.



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All the videos are on DVD (NTSC format, PAL not available). May have problems in some old DVD players.

Some of the Photo/Video/Film Video DVD's have a CD-ROM that has photos used in the video. It is self-starting and is like looking at a book on a computer (PC & Mac).

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