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| Tracks Ahead Series IV - DVD
Tracks Ahead is an award winning, critically acclaimed series that has aired on Public Television since 1990. Hosted by Spencer Christian, its magazine-style format and unique topics appeal to audiences of all ages and interests.
Series IV features: a ride on the Rail Safari deluxe in South Africa; an old logging railroad in the high Sierra's north of Yosemite; an exciting Houston layout that is lighted for night; artist John Coker; a ride on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad in Skagway, Alaska; the workings of mass transit in Pittsburgh; Boston modeler George Sellios and his amazing HO layout; a man who has chronicled early 20th century trolley cars in word and picture; the Connecticut Trolley Museum; Railway Post offices; a military man who started a Lionel Railroad Club in each town he was stationed in; an Ohio model railroad; a look at the evolution of tank cars; a ride on the movie railroad of the Black Hills; a visit with Mike Kotowski, a California railroad artist with an eye for detail; an N gauge layout in the nation's capitol; a ride on England's narrow gauge lines on the "The Little Trains of Wales;" the multimillion dollar restoration of the Pioneer Zephyr, the nations first streamlined diesel electric train; a look at the life and times of the caboose; an S scale modeler whose layout has a complete fictional historical perspective;
a train tour through Germany to see the castles of the Middle Rhine region; the Pennsylvania National Historic Site at Steamtown; a model of Northern Pacific territory in 1950's Montana; a talk with a Hawaiian businessman whose passion is cast iron trains; and a look at vintage diesels.
A look at the interior of British Columbia on vintage rail diesel cars; a steam locomotive you can rent and operate for a day in Ely, Nevada; a vineyard in Napa, California which has a special place for large gauge trains; a model railroad in Utah; a visit to Huff & Puff Industries, which builds exquisite custom model railroads for both the garden and the home; the Louisiana Toy Train Museum, which showcases a collection of imported large gauge live steam locomotives; a family model railroad; collecting rail motor cars; the history and operation of the Cascade Tunnel; an animated spectacle at the Choo Choo Barn in Pennsylvania; a couple in California who has turned their entire front yard into a garden railroad; a look at how track is maintained and serviced; a traction layout; a California State Historic Park that is best known for its role in movies such as "Back to the Future; " railroad cartoonist Dick Hafer; a look at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard, the largest rail freight yard in the world; a visit to the Durango & Silverton Railroad in southwester Colorado; Engineer and artist Charlie Amos; an incredible Florida model railroad that fills a garage; the Canadian Forest Products on Vancouver Island; the sights and taste of My Old Kentucky Dinner Train; a ride along the Maine shore on a tourist line; a model logging railroad; the historic "Floating Railroad" of Wuppertal, Germany; a master model maker of structures; a beautiful model timber railroad; and look in on the man who founded the Milwaukee light rail system. Color, 6 hours.
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