209 - M&NB Railroad - Early Railroad Films B&W Color Part 1 - by Lee Paris - Greg Smith Collection

The video is from early films provided by 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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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
Lee Paris was the photographer who took the films.
Lee used Minnesota and Eastern as his handle for the films.
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