It's non-stop action across 5 states and 6 railroads. 3 Class One railroads and 3 interesting shortlines. Lines include ex-BN, ex-Soo and ex-CNW tracks. Heavy action, lots of variety!

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About this show: In Volume 2 of this best-selling series Pentrex takes you to South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin for more of the Best in Midwest!

We visit several shortlines including the Minnesota Central, Dakota Southern, and Nebkota. Pentrex captured Nebkota's beautiful A-B-A set of F-units just days before it was sold to Canadian Pacific for use on executive trains.

Class I railroads create an abundance of action in the Midwest. Union Pacific is one of the busiest on its ex-Chicago & North Western mainline through Iowa. Burlington Northern Santa Fe is not far behind on its transcontinental mainline between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Pacific makes an appearance on its former Soo Line trackage with a variety of power from "Red Barn" SD40-2Fs to newly delivered AC4400s.

From jointed rail to ribbon rail, the Midwest offers a great variety of shortline and mainline action!

Volume 1 and 3 are also available, at Pentrex.com and here on YouTube!

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0:00 Welcome to the Prairie, Again
1:16 Nebkota Railway (ex-CNW Cowboy Line)
21:47 Dakota Southern (Ex-MILW)
31:23 Minnesota Central (ex-M&StL)
44:52 BNSF Mendota Sub (Ex-BN)
49:35 BNSF St. Croix Sub
54:14 BNSF Staples Sub
1:07:47 Canadian Pacific's Paynesville Sub
1:23:05 UP's Boone Sub

Thumbnail images:
UP/BNSF by Tylver Silvest via a CC BY 2.0 license
Nebkota By Pentrex
Canadian Pacific by Russell Sekeet via a CC BY SA 4 license
Dakota Southern by Insomniac187 via a CC BY SA 4.0 license
NENE by BrianMFCA who graciously put the photo in the Public Domain
E&E by Runner1928 via a CC BY SA 4.0 license