Great American Railroad Journeys

Great American Railroad Journeys

Sedalia to Kansas City, Missouri (2x3)


Air date: Jan 25, 2017

Following in the footsteps of European settlers, Michael Portillo rolls westwards across the United States. With true frontier spirit, he discovers the hidden pleasures of 19th-century railroad workers in Sedalia, known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of the West, and discovers the birthplace of ragtime and its most famous composer, Scott Joplin. Aboard a horse-drawn wagon in Independence, Michael confronts the brutal hardships faced by early pioneers on the wagon trail and discovers a living history museum town where the clock stopped in 1855. He ends this leg in the rail hub of Kansas City, Missouri, where freight trains can be a mile long.

  • Premiered: Feb 2016
  • Episodes: 75
  • Followers: 6
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Saturday at 20