Street Running, Bad Track, Rough Rails, and an ALCo RS27 on the Minnesota Commercial
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2021
- The Minnesota Commercial Railroad operates on some unique, and interesting industrial trackage. One industry even has some street running, as seen in this video. Street running is a very rare thing these days, and hard to come by in active service.
We start off seeing the train bringing a loaded car across University Ave as it heads to 'Clay' / WestRock. Power today is MNNR 316, the ONLY active RS27 in the world, and one of two in existence. The tracks snake through the street, as they negotiate their way down the line. Years of service have turned the rails into a rough ride; making it bad track and a rough ride for the crew. We can see that there used to be many other customers along this route, but clay is the only active one at this point. This is one of the more unique switching operations in the Twin Cities, and seeing this switched is rare!
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The new way at a ''no train horn'' sign is to horn 😉🚂 Great video!
All that way for one customer. That is awesome customer service.
I had to "LOL" about the "no train horn", but he blew it anyway!🤣🤣 its a federal law, they have to !! Great overhead video!!
I can’t believe the cool old stuff you can find!
Love those drone shots!
Plus it's nice to see the RS27 again
Thank you. This brought back memories of when I was a kid. My father worked for a trucking company and the terminal was where Pelham Blvd crosses I-94. I recall being amazed at seeing the train coming right at us in the middle of the street. In those days that area was full of heavy industry and trucking companies with train movements everyday.
Great stuff, especially the quad-copter video! I did notice a "No Train Horn" sign next to a crossing where the engineer was definitely using one. LOL
As the engineer in this video, I'll tell you why. That crossing has such bad visibility from the road that it makes more than enough sense to make a little noise there. Too many idiots.
@@BNSF9187 Agreed 100%! I'm a crew member on the Minnesota Transpiration Museum's "Osceola & St. Croix Valley" passenger trains and there are several pedestrian crossings in a state park along the line. Technically I guess that whistling isn't required for these crossings, but our engineers do anyway.
@@edwardstd52 I myself volunteered at the OSCV for 5 years before I went to work at MNNR. Many good memories.
@@BNSF9187 Nice! An engineer who is still with BNSF just signed up and one of his just-retired co-workers is there as well. Good group...
I just moved from Minnesota in May and I remember and been at 90% of the places in your videos it is like being home for a visit
Reminds me of 19th Street in Erie, Pa back in 1980s and 90s of NS DAYS
Outstanding video! 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you! 👍 It was so neat to see, and I hope to shoot this again when there is snow on the ground.
Awesome Video!!! Thanks for posting!!
nice... street running in minnesota in the winter has to be a bear... even loaded cars can walk right off of snow covered rails
Definitely puts the Minnesota Commercial on my list!
That RS3L IS GORGEOUS
Super awesome video, thanks so much for sharing! Cheers from France
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great video and catch! There's a decent stretch of street running down here in Alabama on the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway in downtown Gadsden. Always a treat to see them operating on it.
This is so cool! Great catches
This is one awesome video... its got everything, old ALCo, street running, drone video... very well put together.. my guess is that is an x-GB&W unit, especially based on the road #316.. thankyou... David... 😜
Nice video!
Wow, nice video!! I like all the street running footage, I noticed the conductor had to get down and flag a couple of crossings.
Great vídeo and the drone shorts take the video to the next level. I do some railfaning in the twin cities when I can and in the past always wanted photos of MC switching this area. Are there any other customers in this area. I see another line on the block south of this one ,is it in use?
Greetings from St. Petersburg, colleague😀
Minnesota Commercial needs to set up a Christmas Passenger Train for Holiday runs through the city and surrounding covered areas.
Now that would be a neat sight, and wonderful for PR! Thank you for the comment, and watching.
Great video. I wonder if they will ever put 318 back in service?
Mate! You sniffed the old girl out again…cheers!
Do you know if that customer receives anything other than single-car shipments of kaolin?
I don't think that they receive anything else outside of that these days. Thank you for watching!
Just look at that track wow time for replacing.
why is there always a wagon on the train when there not moving anything?
So cool…
Great Video Street Is Gone