video is a compilation of videos of O Scale Trains when the Museum was located at Bandana Square.
Paul Gruetzman took the videos and prepared a DVD which he sold through his company – Second Avenue Shops.
Paul is an expert modeler, craftsman and longtime member of the museum.
To see the beautifully detailed model trains – Please visit the museum
The List of Trains in the video is shown below.
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Visit the Museum
The Museum is on Transfer Road (Cleveland Ave.) near University Avenue.
It is next to the old Amtrak Station.
The current address is
668 Transfer Road – Suite 8
St. Paul Minnesota 55114
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The museum is currently operating Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Friday each week.
Saturday 10AM – 5 PM
Sunday 12 PM – 5 PM
Monday 10 AM – 3 PM
Friday 10 AM – 3PM
Special Trains operate on certain Saturdays and other days throughout the year –
These Special Events include:
Night Trains
Circus Trains
Military Trains
Spooky Trains ( Halloween )
Holiday Trains with Night Trains also run November through the end of February.
Please check website for details and make reservation as space is limited.
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The Trains in the Video
Great Northern 4-8-4 – Class S2 – Northern Type Steam Locomotive pulling the Oriental Limited passenger train out of the Minneapolis Depot and across the Stone Arch Bridge over the Mississippi River
Great Northern 4-8-2 – Class P2 – Mountain Type Steam Locomotive pulling a passenger train into the depot
The photographer was then riding in the cab of a locomotive on a freight train as it met The Chicago Burlington & Quincy Twin Cities Zephyr with E-7A/ E-7A Diesel Locomotives
The photographer’s train was then passed by a Union Pacific RR – 4-8-8-4 – Big Boy Class 4884-1 – Articulated Steam Locomotive with a freight train
Streetcars from the Twin City Rapid Transit company are then shown.
First a standard streetcar built by the Twin City Rapid Transit shops goes by and then a more modern PCC Car travels across the 3rd Avenue Bridge to East Minneapolis
Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 – Class S3 Northern Type Steam Locomotive pulls a passenger train across a bridge
Chicago & Northwestern E-7A / E-7A Diesel Locomotives with the Twin Cities 400 passenger train pulls out of the Minneapolis Depot
A Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 Electric Locomotive pull a passenger train
Great Northern – GP-9 / GP-9 Diesel Locomotives with a transfer run crosses a bridge over the Mississippi River
Northern Pacific – 2-8-8-4 Class Z5 Yellowstone Type Steam Locomotive pulls a long freight around a curve
When this locomotive was built – it was the largest in the world at the time
Please notice how the front set of drivers swings over to the side to allow the steam locomotive to negotiate the curve
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe – The Santa Fe – E-6A / E-6B Diesel Locomotives with a passenger train enters the depot
Great Northern F-7A / F-7B Diesel Locomotives with a passenger train pulls out of the depot
Two track workers on a hand car move down a siding as a Northern Pacific RS-1 Diesel Locomotive – goes by with a transfer run
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific – The Rock Island RS-1 Diesel Locomotive passes with refrigerator cars
Northern Pacific F-7A / RS-1 / DL-701 / DL-701 Diesel Locomotive are shown pushing a rotary snow plow
Chicago Great Western RR – TR- 2A/ TR-2B Cow and Calf set of switch engines goes past as they switch the yard near the Main Engine Terminal
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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 and scales including:
O Scale – the internationally renowned O Scale layout
G – Garden – about 1/24th
Standard Gauge -1/32nd
O Scale – 1/48th – Lionel Trains
LEGO Scale – 1/55th
S Scale – 1/64th – American Flyer Trains
OO Scale 1/72nd
HO Scale – 1/87th
N Scale 1/ 160th
Z scale – 1/220th
Toy trains are also represented from different manufacturers including:
Lionel,
American Flyer,
Märklin
Marx
Hornby
and others
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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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