The Trains at Old Threshers 2007 - Mt Pleasant, IA | Trains in the Heartland Vol 17
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2022
- Original DVD Release: 2007
Welcome to a look back at one of the most exciting Midwest events of the year - the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant, Iowa! The annual 5-day event, featuring numerous things to see and do, is also a very special place for train lovers of all ages - and you get to see all of the great trains & trolleys that operated during the 2007 Reunion in this video. The Midwest Central Railroad is home to narrow-gauge steam trains of all shapes and sizes. You'll get to see all three of the railroad's operable steam locomotives in action: 2-6-0 Mogul "Maria" #6, three truck Shay #9, and 0-4-0 tank engine #16. Many different trackside shots are featured, along with rides aboard the train on two different days. You'll even see some special freight trains being operated with engines 9 and 16, and a train robbery at the north station. Also at Old Threshers are historic standard-gauge trolleys operated by the Midwest Electric Railway. We'll see the trolleys as they take people through the campgrounds, and also take a ride on many cars to several stations on this interesting electric line.
"Trains in the Heartland" was my first series of train videos that I made between 2005 and 2013, and were originally released on DVD only (some later HD titles I also burned to Blu-ray). Trains in the Heartland was a compilation series featuring all the trains I filmed in that time period. Once I got an hour or so of video, I'd make a new DVD. As a result, this series covered a wide assortment of trains from all over Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois. While many DVD's were built up of footage from a number of different places, some titles were based around one specific theme or event. The Old Threshers videos were one of these, and became some of my favorite videos to produce each year. I've filmed the trains and trolleys at Old Threshers every year since 2005, and nine of these years were featured in my Trains in the Heartland series, in volumes 4, 11, 17, 23, 31, 38, 48, 52, and 58. After 2013, I decided to drop the "Trains in the Heartland" name to focus more on specifically themed train videos and projects. The Old Threshers videos from 2014 onward were titled "The Trains at Old Threshers" that continues today. Over time, I'm going to upload each of these older "Trains in the Heartland" installments to RUclips, so all of you can watch & enjoy my original video productions online, anytime!
NOTE: You may notice that this video is lower quality than my other widescreen videos - this is because I was still filming with my older Sony DCR-TRV460 camcorder, that recorded footage on Digital8 tapes. Although its default setting was to record video in Standard Screen (4:3 aspect ratio), there was also an option for Widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio), and I was experimenting with that at the time. One major drawback of using this recording setting was the camera's "SteadyShot" feature was disabled, so the video came out a little more jerky than normal 4:3 video. And of course, the camera couldn't film in HD, so having a 16:9 picture size for standard quality video was kind of unnecessary. As a result, I later decided to revert to filming in standard screen the rest of the time I used this camera, which would end up being another 5 years!
I hope you enjoyed this look back at the 2007 Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. Don't forget to check out my current series "The Trains at Old Threshers" documenting all of the Old Threshers Reunions from 2014 onward! See all my train videos by subscribing to my RUclips channel:
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I could watch these videos 24/7👍
Great video as always- I wish I could make it back out there but due to health reasons I can’t but that just makes my memories worth even more-we loved the show- from Hamilton Ohio 👍
I wish I was around for the old reunions, as a volunteer it’s sad to see both railways in a recession. The trolley guys used to have all their equipment running, but as of typing this, 4 cars are down for repairs of varying severity, and they had to convert the flatcar motor to a passenger car by adding benches, and over at the railroad we only had 1 operating steam engine this year, and something broke on it on the 4th day leaving only diesels.
We have been to a lot of great shows over the past 50 years and Old Threshers is the Grand Daddy of them all 👍- Jim Sefton from Hamilton Ohio
Hopefully that little tank engine number 16 will return to service in the future if there are plans for restoration I find it interesting that some of the crossing gate signals had the older style Wishbone type crossing gates
When 9 pulls out the passenger cars I'm standing behind the engineer!! Man I was young n needed a haircut
Nice video!
Hey, just wondering if you got any footage from this year's Midwest Haunted Rail? We had a lot of cool things happen
Good times being a conductor back then !
I remember those days well. We worked a lot of hours. Although I have to admit that your dad's probably got me and you both beat in hours.
@@bennickell8477 oh for sure! Hope your doing well well buddy I heard about your ol man sorry for your loss bud
@adventureswithryan5499 I appreciate it. He loved volunteering too. Hopefully I'll be able to work some hours this year. Hope you are doing well.
love the wig wag. was a fan of them when i was a kid.
When will you release the 2021 haunted rails
Will you do 2022?
THEY HAD A TEARDROP BELL?!? 38:50
Yes they did! This signal was removed after the 2011 Reunion, when East Thresher Road was closed to thru traffic.
@@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions Do they still have the teardrop bell in storage?
No criticism for great videos. However having watched multiple years, you have a special affinity for filming in car 1945 and no other cars. 1945 is, in my opinion, the most boring trolley at Mt. Pleasant.