|
Season 7
(High Definition &
5.1 Surround Sound)
DVD Disk 1
Program
#701 Ohio Central
Railroad
Tracks Ahead
goes into the hills of eastern Ohio to visit a ten line railroad; ride a
historic Japanese steam train that has been lovingly restored; visit a
man who has realized his childhood dream, and meet a dentist who has
taken his passion for trains into the back yard.
Program
#702 Maine Narrow Gauge
Head
to Maine for a memorable experience for the entire family with a
visit to the “Two Footers;”
head to Arizona and explore a remote river canyon; meet a
man who has made a living from preserving railroading history, and
discover that model railroading is alive and well in the center of
Tokyo.
Program
#703 Japan’s Meitetsu
Railroad
Visit a steam operation and museum in Nagoya, the fourth
largest city in Japan; experience the “up north” feeling as
Tracks Ahead
visits Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, meet a group of modelers who have
built an impressive layout beneath a shopping center, and visit Idaho to
see the reincarnation of the “Railroad on Stilts.”
Program
#704 Young Guns of Steam
Meet some of the people who are preserving the steam
technology that helped shape the nation; visit a garden layout in
Scottsdale which has a whimsical theme; meet a young railroad artist
with a talent for realism, and visit the Windy City – Chicago, for a
little holiday magic.
DVD Extra - Argentina Rail Trip (Expanded), Music Video, How to
Move a Locomotive
DVD Disk 2
Program
#705 Palo Verde &
Western Railroad
Check the progress of an amazing garden railroad display
in the sunny state of Arizona; visit an S gauge layout in the Bay Area
that recreates some of the industry of New York state; explore the
recreation of a major toy train display of the late 1950’s, and visit a
steam tourist line in Delaware.
Program
#706 Japan’s Bullet
Trains
Take a ride on the world’s first high speed rail line,
home to the famous Japanese bullet trains; visit an interpretive park in
eastern Michigan that holds a steamy surprise; visit a man who has
collected toy trains from the Louis Marx company, and see a re-creation
of the 1949 Lionel showroom layout.
Program
#707 The Dakota Southern
Railroad
Talk with a man whose hard work has resurrected a short
line railroad in South Dakota; visit an astounding 15 inch gauge
railroad on a game preserve in the Midwest; visit Kyoto, Japan, and look
in on a steam museum and train ride; and head to the Smoky Mountains for
a visit to a new public layout.
Program
#708 Railroads in
Patagonia
Travel to Argentina for a rail adventure through the vast
expanses of Patagonia; visit with a man who has taken his vocation and
used it to literally take railroading to new heights; look in on the
last car float operation in the country, and head just south of Tokyo to
ride some unusual railcars.
Program
#709 Panama Canal
Railway
Tracks Ahead visits the Panama Canal Railway that serves
as a bridge between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; meet a man who was
in the middle of each major crisis of the railroad industry; visit
Zanesville, Ohio, for a look at a club layout; and head to the Garden
State, where a tourist and freight railroad keeps history alive.
DVD Disk 3
Program
#710 Los Angeles
Rail Transit
See how a modern rail transit system thrives in Los
Angeles; visit a garden railroad on a quiet street in San Mateo,
California; relive the exciting moment when the transcontinental
railroad was completed; and ride a spectacular dinner train in the
shadow of the Cascade Mountains.
Program
#711 Railtown 1897
Look
in on the old Sierra Railroad shops in the gold country of California;
visit a high rail S gauge layout that is the culmination of a thirty
year dream; drop in on the family farm in southwestern Wisconsin and
explore the history of an almost forgotten narrow gauge line in Iowa.
Program
#712 EnterTrainment
Junction
Venture into America’s heartland for an impressive public
garden railroad display; ride several unique rail lines to explore the
lush Japanese countryside; look in on a re-creation of a 1960’s railroad
in southern California and visit with the heir apparent to noted
railroad artist, Howard Fogg.
Program
#713 Strasburg
Railroading
Visit Strasburg, Pennsylvania, where trains are a major
attraction; visit an operational layout that has recreated the Cajon
Pass area; see what roller coasters and trains have in common and look
in on one of the largest railroad museums in the country.
Program
#714 St Kitts Scenic
Railway
Visit a Caribbean sugar cane line that has found a new,
more glamorous life; ride a spectacular three stage rail line in the
Minami Alps outside of Tokyo; visit one of the largest Z gauge layouts
around and look in on a museum that operates one of the last great steam
locomotives in the United States.
|
