Prairie Works

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista) & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out.

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.

This narrated video first features the Missabe in the mining areas, mainline scenes of steam and diesel trains and sights inside Proctor Yard. On the hill down to Duluth, there is film, video and photographs of trains on the 2.2% grade, along with a cab ride down to the docks.

Next are the ore docks and then onto the line along Lake Superior to Two Harbors. A visit to Two Harbors is followed by a look at Missabe depots and passenger trains. Numerous railfan trains with steam and diesel are relived through film and photographs.

The video finishes with Missabe diesel power on the EJ&E, Union RR and Birmingham Southern; preserved steam locomotives and memorabilia items.

The film, video, photographs, slides and postcards are mostly from private collections that have not been seen before. There is over a half an hour of 8 mm film, about 11 minutes of video shot in 1980 and 543 images.

Prairie Works, DVD video, 74 minutes, color.

A number of these depots still exist and these are indicated by a date. The depots are grouped by state.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out.

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.

In some instances, there is the original depot and its replacement pictured. A number of these depots still exist and these are indicated by a date. The depots are grouped by state.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs and Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.

This DVD includes interior views and an extensive section on Hamm's Beer, with the beers and breweries grouped by state, province and country. The 792 images come from postcards and photographs, and includes memorabilia items, such as bar displays, lamps, serving trays, advertising materials, playing cards, promotional glasses, coasters, bottles and cans.

The video concludes with a look at home brewing.

Prairie Works, DVD, 90 minutes.

While passenger depots and steam locomotive roundhouses have largely disappeared, there are still many reminders of that golden era scattered across the country.

The book takes a look at 554 depots, freight houses, roundhouses, significant bridges and other railroad structures that still stand in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington. These structures were observed in the 2006-2009 time period.

Also on the CD is information on how to find these structures, including quite a few with GPS coordinates. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs (WIN 2000/XP/Vista) & Macs and is self-starting. The images and information can be printed out.

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.

These images span the period from the late 1800s to the present and cover Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan and Erie, and the ports of Duluth, Superior, Ashland, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Taconite Harbor, Port Arthur and Marquette, and lower lake ports of Escanaba, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Chicago, Gary, Burns Harbor, Frankfort, Port Huron, Detroit, Toledo, Lorain, Cleveland, Ashtabula, Conneaut and Erie. The Soo Locks are also visited.

The video contains 327 images, some video & film, narration, table of contents and has a running time of 51 minutes. The video is on DVD and the photographs are on a self-starting CD-R that is like looking through a book (PC or Mac).

Prairie Works, 51 min., color and B&W.

In some instances, there is the original depot and its replacement. A number of these depots still exist and these are indicated by a date. The depots are grouped by state.

The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs & Macs and is self-starting. The images can be printed out.

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.

The video spans the period from the late 1800s to the 1970s and tours the Vermilion, Mesabi and Cuyuna Ranges in Minnesota, the Gogebic and Menominee Ranges in Wisconsin/Michigan, the Marquette Range and Copper Country in Michigan and the Michipicoten and Atikokan Ranges in Ontario.

Also shown are beneficiation plants, draglines, loading shovels, mining railroads and underground mining scenes (including a video trip down into one).

The video contains 566 images, six minutes of video, two minutes of 8 MM film, comprehensive narration on the mines, table of contents and is 52 minutes long.

The video is on DVD and the original photographs (with statistics on each mine) are on a self-starting CD-ROM that is like looking through a book (PC or Mac).

Prairie Works, 52 min., B&W and Color photographs and illustrations.

The rail trip starts in Winnipeg, Manitoba and heads north to Churchill on Hudson Bay. The area is extremely remote country, with the northern part becoming treeless. The depots shown include Dauphin, Portage La Prairie, The Pas, Cantyre, Thompson, Thicket Portage, Cormorant and Churchill.

At Flin Flon, the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. is visited and at Thompson, the International Nickel mine and smelter are shown. In the Port of Churchill, the elevators, docks and foreign ships are featured. Maps show the locations.

The album has 83 photographs. The presentation is like looking through a book on a computer. The CD-ROM works in PCs and Macs and is self-starting. The CD also has a brochure on the line and it's attractions. photographs can be printed out.

Prairie Works, Photo CD-ROM Book.