TRACKS AHEAD
America’s favourite PBS Series about the Exciting World of Trains. Get ready to experience the world of real railroads, model trains, train travel, and railroad specialties in a fantastic series that has captured the hearts and audiences worldwide!
Running Time for each series (1-5) is 6˝ hours, Series 6 is 7 hours.
TRA 001 SERIES 1 $30.00 (+ $4.00 P&H)
TRA 004 SERIES 4 $30.00 (+ $4.00 P&H)
TRA 005 SERIES 5 $30.00 (+ $4.00 P&H)
TRA 006 SERIES 6 $41.00 (+ $7.00 P&H)
Season 6 is on a three disk set, with added features, and 5.1 surround sound audio
Disc 1
Program #601, Alco PA1 - Go into the hills of West Virginia on a three line railroad, ride a historic steam train that has been lovingly restored, and meet a man who recreates Hollywood magic every day.
Program #602, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad - Experience the birth of the Wisconsin & Southern. Visit a man who has combined his interest in model railroading with computer control.
Program #603, Digital Command Control - See how a revolution in model railroad control is allowing multiple train operation on the same track, experience the ‘up north’ feeling visiting an outdoor railroad in the woods of Northern Michigan, and visit the Utah Belt Railroad in a basement in Missouri.
Program #604, Ireland Steam Tour - Experience the beauty of the Irish countryside on a steam trip through the Suir Valley, go to Iowa to see how a couple has turned their front yard into a wonderful garden railroad display, visit the Hesston Steam Museum in Indiana, and talk with Shirley Burman, the expert on the role that women have played in railroading.
DVD Extra - China Rail Trip, Music Video
Disc 2
Program #605, Amusement Park Trains - Takes a look at the history of amusement park trains, which are still in use today. Travel to California, and find an operating steam railroad that brings back the look and feel of a hundred years ago, take a nostalgic trip back to the days when Lionel catalogues were Christmas wish lists, and go the Montana state fair.
Program #606, The White Creek Railroad - Ride the White Creek Railroad, located on one hundred acres in western Michigan. Visit a railroad themed Arizona B&B, see what a retired NASA engineer does for relaxation, and visit an exhibit that is billed as the most comprehensive display of toy trains in America.
Program #607, Grand Canyon Hotels - Take a look at a number of historic and opulent old railroad hotels near the Grand Canyon, discover the sights of Pennsylvania come to life in miniature, take a five minute railroad trip between Tacoma and the Stampede Pass, and head to eastern Oregon where a dedicated group of volunteers is preserving the steam heritage of the gold fields.
Program #608, Holiday in Cincinnati - Visit several fantastic holiday-themed layouts in Cincinnati. See how to own a museum quality model railroad, ride along on a holiday excursion as the Grand Canyon Railroad brings the Polar Express to life, and visit a garden railroad whose owner has moved tons of rock.
Program #609, Carpathian Logging Railroad - Experience one of the last steam logging railroads in the world, located in a deep mountain valley in Romania. Tracks Ahead visits one of the oldest zoos west of the Mississippi, meets a Lionel collector who is as interested in the stories of the people behind the items, and visit a trolley museum in southeastern Wisconsin
Disc 3
Program #610, Miniature Wonderland - Tracks Ahead visits Hamburg, Germany, to see the largest HO layout in the world. Visit an O gauge layout which models the three areas of the Grand Canyon state, visit with a man who is a living repository for the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and head into the hills of Colorado for a most unusual tourist attraction.
Program #611, The Great Train Story - Take a trip to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry to see the all new, Great Train Story. Go back in time for a visit to one day in 1938 West Virginia, ride both a historic steam train and a riverboat in Connecticut.
Program #612, Rügen Island Railway - Join the Tracks Ahead crew as they explore the Rügenish Kleinbahn on an island in the Baltic Sea. Ride a restored portion of the old Sacramento Northern Railroad in central California, visit with a Colorado artist whose passions for photography and painting are carried over into his layout, and visit one of the largest home model railroad layouts around.
Program #613, Empire Builder - Tracks Ahead talks with a man whose passion for model trains and the outdoors, has allowed him to combine both into a successful business. Look in on a garden railroad which has continued to discover gold, experience some of the last, scheduled steam railroad operations in the world, and visit Malcolm Furlow, a man who is artist, cowboy, and designer with a passion for trains.
Program #614, G Gauge in Mesa - Visit an award winning chef whose passion for garden railroading has resulted in a football field of trains. Go into the Carpathian Mountains in western Romania to rediscover a narrow gauge line that is undergoing a rebirth, visit with an artist and modeler whose books have become a model railroader mainstay, visit a Florida company that can build the display of your dreams.