Trains Along The Upper Mississippi Volume 2 (1999)

Tracing the eastern banks of the upper Mississippi River is BNSFs St Croix Subdivision a mostly doubletracked route providing access for a nonstop parade of traffic from La Crosse Wisconsin to MinneapolisSt Paul Minnesota Pentrex takes you across the entire sub in the late 1990s filming throughout the seasons to bring you a unique perspective on this important busy line Starting at the Grand Crossing diamond in La Crosse where BNSF crosses Canadian Pacific trackage we follow intermodal coal grain taconite manifest and other trains along the shores of the Mississippi Bald Eagles are seen circling overhead boats ply the waters and train whistles echo off the surrounding bluffs