Minnesota's Railroads Vol 5 Northern Lines, Cloquet Terminal & North Shore Scenic DVD
★★★★★★★★★★4.5 of 5 (2)
Minnesota's Railroads, Volume 5 continues C. Vision's tour of railroads operating in the Land of 10,000 Lakes! In this production, we visit 3 unique railroads. First is the newly formed Northern Lines Railway. This railroad operates over ex-BNSF rails in the St. Cloud area. An awesome site is the East Job that uses a Northern Lines painted caboose and crosses the Mississippi River Bridge near downtown. We also follow their ex-Belt Railway of Chicago GP-10's on the West Job to St. Joseph and a run on the Cold Spring Spur.
Another fabulous shortline is the Cloquet Terminal in Cloquet. Formerly known as the Duluth and Northeastern, this shortline uses aging SW-1 locomotives and an SW-1000 as they tend to freight car movement for the Sappi Paper Mill, Specialty Minerals and USG's ceiling tile plant. They also interchange traffic with the BNSF.
Then we show you a special treat compliments of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The LSRM operates the Northshore Scenic Railroad from Duluth to Two Harbors. In this segment, we document a special train that was put together for an annual "Railfan Weekend" excursion. The train includes restored Great Northern NW-5 number 192 and a restored GN wood caboose! You will also see LSRM's Duluth Missabe & Iron Range SD-18 and Soo Line GP-30 in action!
Minnesota's Railroads, Volume 5 is truly unique. It's a video you will enjoy adding to your collection!
Copyright 2007, C. Vision Productions
Running time 109 minutes.
Color, HiFi Stereo Sound and Professional Quality!
DVD includes narration on/off option
Another fabulous shortline is the Cloquet Terminal in Cloquet. Formerly known as the Duluth and Northeastern, this shortline uses aging SW-1 locomotives and an SW-1000 as they tend to freight car movement for the Sappi Paper Mill, Specialty Minerals and USG's ceiling tile plant. They also interchange traffic with the BNSF.
Then we show you a special treat compliments of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The LSRM operates the Northshore Scenic Railroad from Duluth to Two Harbors. In this segment, we document a special train that was put together for an annual "Railfan Weekend" excursion. The train includes restored Great Northern NW-5 number 192 and a restored GN wood caboose! You will also see LSRM's Duluth Missabe & Iron Range SD-18 and Soo Line GP-30 in action!
Minnesota's Railroads, Volume 5 is truly unique. It's a video you will enjoy adding to your collection!
Copyright 2007, C. Vision Productions
Running time 109 minutes.
Color, HiFi Stereo Sound and Professional Quality!
DVD includes narration on/off option
Customer Reviews
- 4 of 5
I bought this dvd in the hope that it may show lots of short line action and switching. This DVD did not disappoint! The section on the Northern Lines Railway just cries out to be modelled! It shows a wealth of footage showing all kinds of shots and action that you don't get to see in the mainstream model press.
There is enough inspiration and insightful detail here to ensure that you can build a 'true to prototype' modern short line model railroad.
If short line action and switching is your bag, you can not fail to appreciate this DVD
There is enough inspiration and insightful detail here to ensure that you can build a 'true to prototype' modern short line model railroad.
If short line action and switching is your bag, you can not fail to appreciate this DVD
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Narration can be turned off.
Would kids enjoy this? Maybe.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Good value.
Recommend? Definitely.
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- 5 of 5
Short line rail operations are vital to the vast network of railroad operations in the US and Canada. Here is another excellent video presentation by C-Vision that shows the great work of shortlines. An important part of the operations is the local switching duties, and there is plenty in this video, along with trains operating over their lines from point to point. There is some very interesting movements in yard operations of a pulp mill with a mere 2 miles of lines, but very busy as logs are moved around. Watch as trains are switched at the BNSF yard to the Cloquet yard, logs are loaded and unloaded, cars are moved about, etc... Then it's off to Duluth to view the operations of scenic tour trains.
All makes for a very interesting video that I found to very very good. The narration is limited, with plenty of the natural sounds of the operating trains. An excellent video for an excellent value.
All makes for a very interesting video that I found to very very good. The narration is limited, with plenty of the natural sounds of the operating trains. An excellent video for an excellent value.
Additional comments:
Narration: Just enough.
Would kids enjoy this? Yes.
Image quality: Excellent!
Value: Excellent value!
Recommend? "Must Have"!
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