228 - M&NB Railroad - Early Railroad Films B&W Color Part 3 - by Lee Paris - Greg Smith Collection

The video is a compilation of film and video from several people including: Greg Smith (from his collection - Lee Paris photographer), Aaron Isaccs and Paul Gruetzman (see list below) The films were taken in the 1940s and 1950s in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, as well as Greater Minnesota and Wisconsin. The list of trains and topics in the video is below. They films were taken are in Black and White and early Color. They’ve been edited and some additional footage and music from the period has been added. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Trains The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha is shown at the Minneapolis Milwaukee Depot with an F-7 Baltic 4-6-4 Steam Loco in the lead The engineer checks the running gear and the departs with the train The Hiawatha is shown in South Minneapolis heading out across the Shortline Bridge over the Mississippi River A PCC Streetcar is shown stopping on 3
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