97 - Twin City Model Railroad Museum - Diesel and Turbine Trains by Paul Gruetzman 2022 Part 1

This video is a compilation of some of Paul Gruetzman’s videos.
Paul is a long time member of the Twin City Model Railroad Museum and is an expert modeler.
In 2022, Paul videoed a number of his and others’ Diesel and Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive models pulling trains on the famous O Scale Layout at the Museum.
The List of Trains is shown below.
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Visit the Museum
The Museum is on Transfer Road (Cleveland Ave.) near University Avenue.
It is next to the old Amtrak Station.
The current address is
668 Transfer Road - Suite 8
St. Paul Minnesota 55114
www.tcmrm.org/
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The museum is currently operating Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Friday each week.
Saturday 10AM - 5 PM
Sunday 12 PM - 5 PM
Monday 10 AM - 3 PM
Friday 10 AM - 3PM
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Trains shown in this video include:
CRIP - Chicago Rock Island & Pacific - The Rock Island - passenger train - with EMD TA type 1200 horsepower locomotive - departs the Minneapolis Depot
CB&Q - Chicago Burlington & Quincy - The Burlington Route - passenger train with EMD
E-8A / E-8A locomotives at Minneapolis
CB&Q - passenger train with Crossing the Stone Arch Bridge
The real Stone Arch Bridge was built by James J Hill across the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls for the Great Northern Railway in 1880. The bridge carried trains for nearly 100 years and it still stands today, but now has a bike / pedestrian path.
NP - Northern Pacific Railway with EMD F-3 ABBA set and Freight crosses the Minneapolis
Western Ry Bridge
NP - Northern Pacific Railway Freight with EMD F-3 ABBA Freight runs along the Mississippi River
CMSPP - Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific - The Milwaukee Road GP-40 locomotive with a freight train crosses over the Northern Pacific freight train
NP - Northern Pacific Railway Passenger train with EMD F-3 ABA set crosses Minneapolis Bridge No.9
NP - Northern Pacific Railway Passenger train in Minnesota
Soo Line EMD GP-7 with Freight at Mpls
Soo Line GP-7 Freight crosses the Minneapolis Western Ry Bridge
Denver Rio Grande & Western Alco PA-1 / PB-1 with a Passenger train
GB&W - Green Bay and Western - Alco Century C-425 / C-425 with a Freight
B&O E-7A / E-7B with a passenger train
CMSPP - Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific - The Milwaukee Road E-7A / E-7B with Passenger train runs along the Mississippi River
UP RR - Union Pacific Railroad - EMD E-8A/ E-8A with Passenger train
UP RR - Union Pacific Railroad - Veranda type 4500 HP Gas Turbine Electric Locomotive with freight train
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The Twin City Model Railroad Museum has many of different types of trains, buildings and other models - of all sizes.
There are many different model gauges and scales including:
O Scale - the internationally renowned O Scale layout.
G - Garden - about 1/24th
Standard Gauge -1/32nd
O Scale - 1/48th - Lionel Trains
LEGO Gauge - approx. 1/55th
S Scale - 1/64th - American Flyer Trains
OO Scale 1/72nd
HO Scale - 1/87th
N Scale 1/ 160th
Z scale - 1/22th.
Toy trains are also represented from different manufacturers including:
Lionel,
American Flyer,
Märklin
Marx
Hornby
and others
The Children's Area has many different layouts for the girls and boys to operate as well as work tables where they can create and build models and run wooden trains. There is a LEGO Work Area and Thomas the Tank Trains to run as well.
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Paul Gruetzman has a CZcams Channel - Grandpa Choo Choo
/ @grandpachoochoo5301

[@ewoodrailway]

Looks great

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Thanks!