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I was heading West on Minnesota State Highway 212 when I noticed the 261 out for an excursion. With a nearly dead battery in my camera I shot a brief video of it's passing:
The 261
Before the movie Unstoppable, or Runaway Train, there was Runaway! A suspenseful made for TV movie about a ski train that lost it's brakes going down a mountain. Transferred from old VHS and Beta video tapes this movie is in it's original uncut version.
Enjoy!
If you were a kid growing up in the Twin Cities area during the 1960's, you'd be treated to a locally produced TV show called: Lunch With Casey. It was one of the best local TV shows ever produced in the area, and I found a video clip of one of my favorite memories of that show--take a look:
In the remote little town of Currie, MN (Pop. 233) in the Southwestern part of the State lies a neat Railroad Museum and Park. I shot some video while visiting there:
Enjoy!
Located in Northwestern Wisconsin, is the Lumberjack Steam Train with runs an American Prairie style steam locomotive 2-6-2 built by Balwin in 1916. The train takes you on a short trip up to an historic logging town where there is a park and small petting zoo.
Well this is my first "Rail Fan" forum board. I'm really new to this. As a kid I used to chase trains because I grew up only 1/2 mile from SOO Line's Shoreham switching yards in N.E. Minneapolis, MN. Back in those days, my dad and I would go for walks around the switch yard and watch them put...
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