The video is from early films provided by TCMRM Member Greg Smith..
The films were taken by Lee Paris beginning in the 1940s in:
the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, Chicago and New York City.
The list of trains and topics in the video is below.
The films were taken are in Black and White and early Color (probably Kodachrome A).
They've been edited and some additional footage and music from the period has been added.
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If you and your family would like to see beautiful models of trains like these operate - Please Visit the Twin City Model Railroad Museum
Open every Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday
The Regular Museum hours are
Friday 10 AM - 3 PM
Saturday 10AM - 5 PM
Sunday 12 PM - 5 PM
Monday 10 AM - 3 PM
NIGHT TRAINS
Night Trains will run in 2024:
Saturday - February 24
Other Dates this Summer will be announced
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Other Special Events - Circus Trains, Military Trains (Memorial Day), Spooky Trains (Halloween) and Holiday Trains are run at different times during the year.
Please check the website for details
www.tcmrm.org/
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The Museum is located on Transfer Road (Cleveland Ave) near University Avenue next to the old Amtrak Station.
The address is 668 Transfer Road - Suite 8
St. Paul Minnesota 55114
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Trains on these Layouts are in the video
O Scale Two Rail
American Flyer S Gauge
HO Scale
Lionel Three Rail
Marx Toy Three Rail
N Scale
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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, scales and sizes - including:
O Scale - the internationally renowned O Scale layout - 1/48th
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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The trains and topics shown in the video include:
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul
Great Northern 4-6-0 steam locomotive with a passenger train heading North from the depot at Minneapolis Junction
Milwaukee Road 4-6-2 steam locomotive with a passenger train heading westbound towards Minneapolis
The trains has just crossed the Short line Bridge over the Mississippi River
Milwaukee Road F-7 4-6-4 Baltic type steam locomotive with the Hiawatha - heads towards St Paul Union Depot
The photographer was standing at the East end of the Shortline Bridge
Chicago & Northwestern E-6A / E-6A with "The 400" passenger train heading into St Paul towards St Paul Union Depot
Great Northern 2-8-2 - O-8 class steam locomotive with a freight train west of Minneapolis
It is a cold late autumn day
The St Paul skyline from Dayton's Bluff looking across the Mississppi River towards Holman Field and downtown
Milwaukee Road F-7 4-6-4 Baltic type steam locomotive with the Hiawatha - heads towards Chicago
Milwaukee Road 0-8-0 switch engine coming out of the St Paul yard towards the downtown
Chicago
New York Central streamlined 4-6-4 J Class Hudson locomotive with an eastbound passenger train leaves Dearborn station
Michigan Avenue in Chicago looking towards the Wrigley building and then South along the Lakefront
The lakefront and the Navy Pier downtown Chicago looking across Lake Michigan
New York City
Times square in the 1940s at night
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Thanks go to Greg Smith for providing the film and
Lee Paris - the photographer who took the films.
Lee used Minnesota and Eastern as his handle for the films.
Thanks also go to the musical artists for use of their work
Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra
Bert Kaempfert and his Singers and Orchestra
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