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Tracks Ahead (1990) | Couchpile

Season 8

14 Episodes

2011

E01

Harz Brocken Railway

11/17/2011·25m

The historic Harz Mountain Railway reopens after the fall of the Berlin Wall; narrow gauge line; steelmaker who has a passion for railroading.

E02

Greeley Freight Station Museum

11/24/2011·25m

Model railroad and museum in Colorado; club keeps the memory of Pennsylvania railroads alive; steam technology; one of the most scenic rail routes in the U.S.

E03

ChiTown Union Station

12/6/2011·25m

One of the largest two rail o gauge layouts in the U.S.

E04

Saxony Narrow Gauge Railroads

12/13/2011·25m

Narrow gauge steam line in Germany; Lionel club layout in Levittown, N.Y.; combination freight and passenger railroad in Pennsylvania; a seven and a half inch gauge steam line.

E05

Flying Yankee

1/23/2012·25m

A piece of the New Haven, Conn., line preserved in N gauge; four layouts under one roof; Vermont bed and breakfast with a special feature.

E06

Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad

11/5/2011·25m

Modern freight line with roots in the past; large public layout in northern Georgia; logging museum in Wisconsin; photographer plies his trade at night.

E07

MolliBahn

11/12/2011·25m

Riding through the countryside and streets of northern Germany; O gauge club in New York; riding into the Kentucky hills; a concert on top of Colorado's La Veta Pass.

E08

FairPlex Garden Railroad

11/19/2011·25m

Southern California railway historical society, one of the oldest garden railroads in the U.S.; Sunset Valley Oregon System; toy and train museum in Vermont's Quechee Gorge Village; New York's Finger Lakes region.

E09

Arkansas & Missouri Railroad

2/20/2012·25m

A train collector; restored steam engine; a piece of resurrected history in Nevada.

E10

Adobe Mt. Desert Railroad Park

2/27/2012·25m

One of the largest model railroad clubs in the U.S.; a mountaintop layout; Idaho rail line up the Payette River; 7.5 inch gauge railroad operation.

E11

Western Pacific Museum

3/5/2012·25m

A museum dedicated to the Western Pacific Railroad; G gauge layout; European collection and layout; New England tourist destination that started as a sled dog ranch.

E12

California Zephyr

1/7/2012·25m

The route of the California Zephyr; the Henry Ford Museum and railroad in Michigan; riding through the scenic lakes region of New Hampshire.

E13

Trans-Siberian Golden Eagle

1/14/2012·25m

The longest rail line on the planet; an Arizona man pays tribute to New York; Cincinnati museum.

E14

Trans-Siberian Golden Eagle, Part 2

3/1/2012·25m

Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia; the golden eagle, a Russian luxury train launched in 2007.

Season 7

14 Episodes

2008

E01

Ohio Central Railroad

11/1/2008·25m

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.

E02

Maine Narrow Gauge

11/8/2008·25m

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.

E03

Japan's Meitetsu Railroad

11/22/2008·25m

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.

E04

Young Guns of Steam

11/29/2008·25m

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.

E05

Palo Verde & Western Railroad

3/21/2009·25m

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.

E06

Japan's Bullet Trains

12/20/2008·25m

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.

E07

The Dakota Southern Railroad

12/27/2008·25m

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.

E08

Railroads in Patagonia

1/3/2009·25m

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.

E09

Panama Canal Railway

1/10/2009·25m

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.

E10

Los Angeles Rail Transit

1/17/2009·25m

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.

E11

Railtown 1897

1/24/2009·25m

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.

E12

EnterTrainment Junction

1/31/2009·25m

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.

E13

Strasburg Railroading

2/7/2009·25m

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.

E14

St. Kitts Scenic Railway

2/14/2009·25m

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.