Railroads - Tracks Across America - Documentary collection - excerpt

A Timeless Journey Riding the Rails!

NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD FROM MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT

This comprehensive documentary collection is composed of 36 fascinating features chronicling the development of the railroad industry from the first transcontinental line, freight and Pullman cars, to modern diesel engines. See the people and machines that built the Tracks Across America which is sure to please train enthusiasts old and new.

Including in-depth features chronicling:
Steam Trains
Passenger Trains
Freight Trains
The Nickel Plate Railroad
And much much more!

All Aboard for a Coast-to-Coast Rail Adventure!

Ride along with this nostalgic collection that takes you to a romantic place where steam rises from the dense population centers in the East to the snow-peaked mountains of the West. Go back to the days when trains brought loved ones home to small towns where the American railroad network is still a vital part of their transportation system today. Indeed, it moves more goods than the rest of the world's rails combined. Discover this and other fun facts about an industry that shaped American culture and its economy.

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• locomotives
• rails
• tracks

[HoosierLine]

And I noticed something else...they show 8 railroads but say 7 plus Amtrak??? Did anyone check the docs before making the vid?? ( -:

[HoosierLine]

Wait a minute.....this video was done before the BN / SF merger....so how come Santa Fe wasn't mention as one of the class 1 railroads???? So shouldn't it been 8 instead of 7???

Just speculating on my part ( -: