Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this video, videographer Dan Hadley takes us on a winter tour of the Upper Mississippi River Valley to view train action on the Burlington Northern, Soo Line, Chicago & North Western, Green Bay & Western, and Chicago Central & Pacific. We'll see trains in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, as we explore the scenic winter wonderland between Winona, Minnesota and Clinton, Iowa. Classic EMD locomotives power most trains seen in this show, with Alco RS-11, C420, and C424 units making appearances on the Green Bay & Western. SD40 and SD40-2 workhorses dominate the rails of Burlington Northern, Soo Line, and Chicago & North Western, with a good variety of GP38s, GP39s, and SD60s also seen throughout the video. Canadian National haulage rights trains are spotted several times along Burlington Northern’s Aurora Subdivision, with CN and GTW locomotives handling these movements. Mr. Hadley visits Winona, Grand Crossing (La Crosse), Dubuque, East Cabin (East Dubuque), Savanna, and Clinton, as well as many other interesting locations on his quest to produce this program. We’ll see the Soo Line crossing the Mississippi River at La Crescent, Minnesota and Sabula, Iowa, with the CNW’s Mississippi River bridge in Clinton, Iowa also featured. These scenes were captured in January of 1993, with re-editing completed at the C. Vision Productions studios in December of 2022. This footage was used in the Pentrex release “Winter Along The Upper Mississippi”, which is still available for purchase.
Copyright 1993, 2022, Dan Hadley and C. Vision Productions
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In this video, videographer Dan Hadley takes us on a winter tour of the Upper Mississippi River Valley to view train action on the Burlington Northern, Soo Line, Chicago & North Western, Green Bay & Western, and Chicago Central & Pacific. We'll see trains in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, as we explore the scenic winter wonderland between Winona, Minnesota and Clinton, Iowa. Classic EMD locomotives power most trains seen in this show, with Alco RS-11, C420, and C424 units making appearances on the Green Bay & Western. SD40 and SD40-2 workhorses dominate the rails of Burlington Northern, Soo Line, and Chicago & North Western, with a good variety of GP38s, GP39s, and SD60s also seen throughout the video. Canadian National haulage rights trains are spotted several times along Burlington Northern’s Aurora Subdivision, with CN and GTW locomotives handling these movements. Mr. Hadley visits Winona, Grand Crossing (La Crosse), Dubuque, East Cabin (East Dubuque), Savanna, and Clinton, as well as many other interesting locations on his quest to produce this program. We’ll see the Soo Line crossing the Mississippi River at La Crescent, Minnesota and Sabula, Iowa, with the CNW’s Mississippi River bridge in Clinton, Iowa also featured. These scenes were captured in January of 1993, with re-editing completed at the C. Vision Productions studios in December of 2022. This footage was used in the Pentrex release “Winter Along The Upper Mississippi”, which is still available for purchase.
Copyright 1993, 2022, Dan Hadley and C. Vision Productions
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Burlington Northern’s Hi Line in Montana: Autumn on Marias Pass
youtu.be/uDo1PvSrVGk
Montana Rail Link SD45 Renaissance Vol. 1, The East End - FULL VIDEO (2016)
youtu.be/reRpteUo1D0
Wyoming Coal Trains - FULL VIDEO (1995)
youtu.be/cwM8KsMh0u8
A Tribute to the Soo Line - FULL VIDEO (2000)
youtu.be/aA3rCBiVVJw
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Vol. 1, The East End: SD40-2 Marathon - FULL VIDEO (2012)
youtu.be/JiPJ58X3IdA
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad: The Original IC&E Video - FULL VIDEO (2005)
youtu.be/hqdyT049aUA
Chicago and North Western’s Western Division, The Cowboy Lines - FULL VIDEO (1993)
youtu.be/2lE5koWVbT8
Wisconsin & Southern (WSOR) Prairie Subdivision: Home of the Wigwags and SD20s!
youtu.be/jPEeHpB5-VI
