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I was heading West on Minnesota Highway 212 when I saw the 261 out for an excursion trip. I stopped at the nearest crossing and shot this video as my camera battery died:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdE3KJvtOM

Here's some spectacular video of Union Pacific's Big Boy, the world's largest steam locomotive as it highballs through Minnesota:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weUzhScDNps&t=115s

Here's rail fanning from a different sort: The Hobo! It's a long movie but captivating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYMpBYJLmNA

We took the kids on the MTM Pumpkin Train yesterday and I shot some great video including a Cab Ride!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1LbLqFwdpA

Visited the Northern Lights Railroad Museum last week and shot some great video of their well detailed HO layout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYoKmQCV_A&t=132s

Took the short tour and made a video of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCZSIB2PsUw

Here's a full length movie of the classic TV Show, Petticoat Junction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7eQPm5e-lE

Enjoy!

The Quad Cities Society of Model Engineers run their layout like a real railroad complete with Dispatcher and two-way radios! Shot a Cab Ride Video of this layout. Our Camera Train was given priority to Highball through the layout! Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0mYRC6mv2M

Shot this video while on vacation last week. It's long, but a great ride:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znmfgwQ_dU

Canadian Pacific is running their Holiday Train again this year through the Upper Midwest to promote local Food Shelves. Country singer Kira Isabella will be putting on a free concert out of a boxcar again. For more information and when the Holiday Train rolls through your town, visit their web site...

If you live near or are going to be in the area of the Twin Cities, Minnesota, over the Holidays, you will need to see the Night Trains run by the Twin City Model Railroad Museum. THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME because the museum has lost their lease and currently don't have a new building to move in to...

We had a cab ride on a SW1 Switcher for Halloween!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zer6da_Zwa0

You've got to see the place to believe it! The owner was nice enough to allow me to shoot this incredible video which includes Cab Rides through some of the layout's Main Lines. The web site with all the information on visiting the place is in the video's description. I hope you enjoy the virtual ri...

Here's some cool video of the Holiday Train arriving at St. Paul's Union Depot in front of 20,000 people!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSBSINS ... vkvmQ&hd=1

If you grew up in the Twin Cities, MN, area during the 1960's, you would have been watching a locally produced kids show called, "Lunch With Casey." It was about the best local kids TV show on the air in those days. Here is a classic video clip from the show for all who missed it: https://...