Producer: Pentrex
Locations: Upper Mississippi River Valley
Timeframe: 1992
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Railroading along the Mississippi River hosts a wide variety of trains. Soo Line, Burlington Northern, Canadian National, Chicago Central, Chicago and Northwestern, plus more.
A Route Map displays some points of interest for this show. Winona, Minnesota, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Marquette, Dubuque, Sabula and Clinton Iowa. Also at Savannah, Illinois.
A single DVD. Standard 4×3 aspect ratio. Live environmental audio. High quality by Pentrex.
Menu choice of Play or Previews. On-screen graphics. A map. David Drui narration. A generous Preview section.
To the Trains… 👉
A proper route map explains the various lines serving the area. Makes a difference versus so many mapless shows in the marketplace.
Soo Line travels on ex: Milwaukee Road along the frozen Mississippi River. It is -2 degrees on this January day at Marquette, Iowa.
Burlington Northern 2970/2761/1522/2119 all are on Train 146. This move appears at the ex: CB&Q East Dubuque depot. Plenty of whitefaced repaints in this show.
Chicago Central train from Chicago at Dubuque. Nine locomotives led by CC 1550 (GP38).
BN 2857 (GP30) is Eastbound as it crosses the Soo Line trackage at the diamonds in Savannah Illinois.
Soo Line 2401 (GP9) is switching at busy hotspot of Clinton, Iowa.
SOO 738/ 742 are hauling Train 430 as it runs across CNW on a Kansas City to St. Paul, Minnesota freight.
Canadian National Train 341. Powered by Grand Trunk 5933/5934 at North LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Shown on the BN track just before it hits Grand Crossing over Soo Line and enters the BN yard.
CN 5029/ 5013 zebras. Train 340 ease their departure out of the yard at Lacrosse.
Amtrak #8 is the tardy Empire Builder. This caused from bad weather. Seen at Donehower, Minnesota. Four hours behind schedule. It meets a Soo Line freight led by engine 787 to St. Paul, which waits in a siding.
Chicago and NorthWestern at Winona. Engines 6857/6871 back into the yard.
CNW backs into the yard at Winona, MN. as the caboose wheels clear snow off the rails.
Winter Along the Mississippi
A stunning variety of mainly Midwestern railroads shortly before the maga mergers took place. Also, there are plenty of cabooses still in service. This is an action packed show.
The usual professional quality production from Pentrex. Excellent videography. Balanced soundtrack of live audio and informative narration.
The snow covered scenes add an extra layer to the scenes. One may be reaching for a blanket!
This is a fascinating tour of the Winter railroading in the Upper Mississippi River Valley area. Quite an enjoyable program.
Rating: 5 Stars
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