Tracks Ahead

  • Premiered: Feb 2002
  • Episodes: 68
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 5
5x1
Ringling Circus Train
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 24, 2002
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train; New Zealand's Taieri Gorge; Lionel train layout; New York's Hellgate Bridge.
5x2
South Orient Express Copper Canyon
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Air date
Mar 03, 2002
A ride through Mexico's Copper Canyon; old logging railroad beneath Mt. Rainier; photographer Ted Benson.
5x3
The Indian Pacific RR
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Air date
Mar 10, 2002
Exploring Southern Australia along the Indian Pacific Railroad; artist John Bromley; collection of steam-powered trains.
5x4
Road Railers
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Air date
Mar 17, 2002
Freight hauling technology; Doyle McCormack's locomotive; Tennessee Valley railroad; vintage toy trains.
5x5
Northlandz
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Air date
Mar 24, 2002
Northlandz model railroad; author Henry Kisor travels the Rocky Mountains; HO layout; steam trains in Texas.
5x6
The Ghan Experience
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Air date
Mar 31, 2002
The Ghan travels through central Australia; street cars; Kentucky Railroad Museum; diesel locomotive; garden railroading.
5x7
Joshua Lionel Cowan
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Air date
Apr 07, 2002
Joshua Lionel Cowan; toy trains; theme park features steam railroad; model railroad club.
5x8
Trains Of Cuba
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Air date
Apr 14, 2002
Exploring western and central Cuba; riding the Maine Central Railroad, now called the Conway Scenic Railway.
5x9
San Francisco Cable Cars
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Air date
Apr 21, 2002
The cable cars of San Francisco; Homer Henry's passion for railroading; steam trains of the Heber City Railroad.
5x10
New Zealand Railroads
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Air date
Apr 28, 2002
Riding by rail through the north and south islands of New Zealand; the Omaha Zoo.
5x11
Union Station
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Air date
May 05, 2002
Union Station in Washington, D.C.; modeler Howard Zane; Indiana's commuter rail situation; Australia's Great South Pacific Orient Express.
5x12
The Juice Train
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Air date
May 12, 2002
Orange juice; revenue generating unit train; Australian wine tour; model railroad; trolley cars.
5x13 Season finale
Puffing Billy
Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 2002
Australia's Puffing Billy steam locomotive; the North Carolina Transportation Museum; Union Station in St. Louis.

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