Cleveland RTA (OH), Schulz HO Gauge layout (WI), Warther Carver (OH), Kughn Collection
Why We Like Trains, Devine Garden layout (CA), Indianapolis Children's Museum (IN), Green Collection (WI)
Norther Railcar Wheelshop (WI), Kelly N Gauge layout (WI), Railroader's Mem. Museum (PA), Artist Gil Reid
Amtrak Chicago (IL), Nelson S Gauge layout (WI), Circus Trains, Wendell Murphy (WI)
Schwab O Gauge layout (WI), Roadside America (PA), California State RR Museum (CA), Artist Russ Porter
Chicago El (IL), Horwath HO Gauge layout (WI), Roaring Camp & Big Trees RR (CA), Jim Scribbins
Moffat Tunnel (CO), Ozaukee Live Steam RR (WI), Train Collector's Museum (PA), Bob Baker
Ward Kimball, Lorbecki HO Gauge layout (WI), Trolleyville (OH), Milwaukee Road Profile
Wm. K. Walthers Mfg. (WI), Train Barn O Gauge layout (MI), Scenic Rail Dinner Train (WI), Don Heimberger
Santa Fe Piggyback (IL), Milwaukee Model RR Club (WI), North Freedom Museum (WI), Chicago Northwestern Profile
Lionel Corporation (MI), Cuyahoga Valley RR Club (OH), Milwaukee Zoo Train (WI), Railroad Artillery
TMER&L Profile (WI), Stan Roy O Gauge layout (IL), Pennsylvania RR Museum, Fallen Flags
Minnesota Commercial RR (MN), MR&T HO Gauge layout (WI), MSI Chicago Oringinal layout (IL), T&M Publications
LS&I Railroad (MI), Schlicht Flyer layout (WI), A. Mitchell, Swiss Transport Mus. (Swiss), Boxcar Willie
Krupp Mak (Ger), Diorama Studios, E. Harriman, Underground RR (CA), Amtrak (Sue Martin)
Marklin (Ger), Tews HO Gauge layout (WI), Casey Jones, East Broadtop RR (PA), Metra (Chris Knapton)
Tehachapi Loop (CA), Cassler HO Gauge layout (PA), G.Varney, LGB (Ger), Richard Misunas (WI)
High speed ICE Trains (Ger), Brasher Collection, J.Hill, Lima Locomotive (OH), Author Bruce Moffat
Mt. Washington Cog Rwy (NH), Winski G Gauge layout (WI), J. Barringer, Orange Empire RR Mus (CA), Rbh (Swiss)
San Diego Trolleys (CA), Rose G Gauge layout (CA), C. Vanderbilt, Lake Superior Transport Mus. (MI), Bob Beck
McCormick RR Park (AZ), Dougherty Lionel Collection, P. McGinnis, Cass Scenic Rwy (WV), Greg Mross Photos
BART (CA), Pasadena Model RR Club (CA), Mantua, Seashore Trolley Museum (ME), UP Steam Heritage (WY)
UP Harriman Dispatch (NE), Lindsey O Gauge layout (SC), D. Moffat, Midland RR Centre (UK), Artist Howard Fogg
Jungfrau RR (Swiss), San Diego Model RR Club (CA), Op. Lifesaver, Sandley Railroad (WI), Artist Grif Teller
Amtrak Beech Grove Fac. (IN), John Allen Retro, C. Crocker, Orient Expr. (Swiss), Copper Basin RR (AZ)
Grand Canyon Rwy (AZ), Joiner O Gauge layout (TX), S. Insull, Trainland USA (IA), O.Winston Link Photo
Intermodal Railroading, Thompson HO Gauge layout (WI), Napa Valley Wine Train (CA), Artist Herschel Scott
Wisconsin Central RR (WI), Orlando modular layouts (FL), Hawaiian Tourist Railroads (HI), Artist Larry Fisher
Dunham Studio RR Designs, Miller G Gauge layout (CA), Boone & Scenic Valley RR (IA), Artist Ted Rose
Railroading in Chile, Frost Flyer S Gauge layout (CA), Great smokey Mt. Rwy (NC), Photographer John Corns
Amtrak Chef (CA/MI), Bogs Gn3 Gauge layout (TX), Cumbres & Toltec RR (CO), Dallas Medical Cntr. layout (TX)
Alaskan RR (AK), Marx Trains reborn (IL), Baltimore RR Museum (MD), Photographer Don Wood
ARA Technical Center (CO), Webb G Gauge layout (CA), Manitou & Pikes Peak RR (CO), Photographer Doug Jones
Railroading in Paraguay, MicroTrains (OR), The Milwaukee Road 261 (WV), Rail hostesses on the Southern RR
Renssalaer Model RR Club (NY), The Lincoln Train (IL), New Hope & Ivyland RR (PA), The Electroliner (WI)
Apalachicola Northern RR (FL), Bob Board Flyer S Guage layout (PA), McKinney Trolleys (TX), Railroad Advertising
Iowa Traction RR (IA), Hanna 15" Gauge layout (TX), Flagler Museum (FL), Nicholson Bridge (PA)
RDCs in Brazil, Columbia Gorge Model RR Club (OR), New Orleans Trolleys (LA), Photographer John Gruber
Morrison & Knudson (ID), Nicholas Muff, Georgetown Loop RR (CO), Artist Angela Trotta Thomas
Rail Safari deluxe (South Africa), Nicastro HO Gauge Layout (TX), Yosemite Mt. RR (CA), John Coker (NM)
Pittsburgh Light Rail (PA), Sellios HO Gauge Layout (MA), White Pass & Yukon Railroad (AK), William Middleton (VA)
Jerry Brechsnyder (WI/CA/MO), McClelland HO Gauge Layout (OH), Conn. Trolley Museum (CT), Railway Mail (IL/VA)
Union Tank Car Co. (IN), Stewart N Gauge Layout (MD), Black Hills Central RR (SD), Mike Kotowski
Pioneer Zephyr (WI/IL), Titman S Gauge Layout (PA), Little Trains of Wales (Wales, UK), The Caboose (WI)
Rhine Region Tour (Germany), Parker HO Gauge Layout (CA), Steamtown Nat. Hist. Site (PA), Ralston Cast Iron Trains (HI)
RDC Rail Tour (BC, Canada), Spangler HO Gauge Layout (UT), Nevada RR Museum (NV), Birtcher Bn3 Gauge Layout (CA)
Huff & Puff Ind. (IL), Placher HO Gauge Layout (WI), LA Toy Train Museum (LA), John Gummo & Astor Trains (PA)
Cascade Tunnel (WA/WI), Cold Water Canyon G Gauge Layout (CA), Choo Choo Barn (PA), Rail Speeders (CA)
UP Bailey Yard (NE), Piccirillo O Gauge Trolleys (NJ), Railtown 1897 Hist. Site (CA), Dick Hafer Cartoons (MD)
Tracks Laying & Maintenance (IL/WI), Wilson HO Gauge Layout (FL), Durango & Silverton RR (CO), Charlie Amos Art
Canadian Forest Products (BC, Canada), Clarke On3 Gauge Layout (TX), Old Kentucky Dinner Train (KY), Maine Coast RR (ME)
John I Beggs (WI), Brown On3 Gauge Layout (CA), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Germany), Dornfeld Models (WI)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train; New Zealand's Taieri Gorge; Lionel train layout; New York's Hellgate Bridge.
A ride through Mexico's Copper Canyon; old logging railroad beneath Mt. Rainier; photographer Ted Benson.
Exploring Southern Australia along the Indian Pacific Railroad; artist John Bromley; collection of steam-powered trains.
Freight hauling technology; Doyle McCormack's locomotive; Tennessee Valley railroad; vintage toy trains.
Northlandz model railroad; author Henry Kisor travels the Rocky Mountains; HO layout; steam trains in Texas.
The Ghan travels through central Australia; street cars; Kentucky Railroad Museum; diesel locomotive; garden railroading.
Joshua Lionel Cowan; toy trains; theme park features steam railroad; model railroad club.
Exploring western and central Cuba; riding the Maine Central Railroad, now called the Conway Scenic Railway.
The cable cars of San Francisco; Homer Henry's passion for railroading; steam trains of the Heber City Railroad.
Riding by rail through the north and south islands of New Zealand; the Omaha Zoo.
Union Station in Washington, D.C.; modeler Howard Zane; Indiana's commuter rail situation; Australia's Great South Pacific Orient Express.
Orange juice; revenue generating unit train; Australian wine tour; model railroad; trolley cars.
Australia's Puffing Billy steam locomotive; the North Carolina Transportation Museum; Union Station in St. Louis.
Look at the history of one of the most beautiful diesel locomotives ever built, 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. Spencer Christian again hosts this 13-part series on railroading.
Experience the birth of the Wisconsin & Southern, a new railroad built on a part of the old Milwaukee Road. Combine theater with a fine meal on the rails, visit a man who has combined his interest in model railroading with computer control, and visit an award winning railroad artist David Tutwiler.
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, meet an award winning California photographer, and visit the Utah Belt Railroad in a basement in Missouri.
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.
Tracks Ahead 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.
Tracks Ahead rides 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.
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.
Tracks Ahead visits 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.
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.
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.
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, and experience a delightful meal as you view Seattle’s Lake Washington.
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.
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 and who carries his artwork into his passion for trains.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tracks Ahead goes into eastern Germany to ride a historic mountain line that wasn’t reopened until after the Cold War. Visit a man who has realized his childhood dream, ride a narrow gauge line at a place where the geese wear pants, and meet a steel making man who also has a passion for railroading. Spencer Christian again hosts this 13-part series on railroading.
Head to Colorado to check out a huge model railroad and museum, look in on a club whose mission is keeping the memory of Pennsylvania railroads alive, take a look at steam technology that powers more than trains, and ride one of the most scenic rail routes in the United States.
Visit one of the largest two rail o gauge layouts in the country. Step back to 1882, when the Denver, South Park and Rio Grande railroad was still under construction, visit the railroad that originally took the industrial age millionares to their summer mansions, and Tracks Ahead explores how some rail travelers go in style.
Tracks Ahead visits the German state of Saxony to see narrow gauge steam lines. See a large Lionel club layout in Levittown, New York, visit a combination freight and passenger railroad in Pennsylvania, and visit a 7 ½ inch gauge steam line in Pennsylvania.
See the East Coast version of the “Train that Changed America,” look at a slice of the New Haven line that’s been preserved in N gauge, look at four layouts under one roof in the shadow of the Golden Gate, and visit a bed and breakfast in Vermont that has a very special feature.
Tracks Ahead goes to Ohio to take a close look at a modern freight line that has it’s roots in the past. Visit a large public layout in northern Georgia, ride the rails to visit a logging museum in Wisconsin, and visit with a photographer who plies his trade late at night.
Ride the route of royalty through the countryside and streets of northern Germany, visit a great O gauge club in New York, ride into the Kentucky hills, and stop for a concert on top of Colorado’s LaVeta pass.
Visit a southern California railway historical society, as well as one of the oldest garden railroads in the country, enter the magic world of the Sunset Valley Oregon Railroad, visit a toy and train museum in Vermont’s scenic Quechee Gorge Village, and ride through New York’s Finger Lakes region.
Tracks Ahead goes to Arkansas, Home Of Wal-Mart, Tyson Chicken, and a combination freight passenger railroad. Meet a train collector whose displays only enhance his operating layouts, go to Kansas and ride behind a restored steam engine, and visit a piece of resurrected history in Nevada.
Visit one of the largest model railroad clubs in the country where you’ll find a gauge for everyone. Visit a mountain top in the Peach State where a husband and wife have built a dream layout, ride an Idaho rail line up the scenic gorge of the Payette River, and look in at a huge 7 and a half inch gauge railroad operation.
Go into the Sierra Nevada mountains to visit a museum dedicated to the Western Pacific Railroad, see a G gauge layout that is especially adapted to the harsh Arizona climate, visit a great European collection and layout, and visit a New England tourist destination which started life as a sled dog ranch.
Ride the route of the California Zephyr, look at a layout that uses some very special equipment in its operations, go to Dearborn, Michigan to visit The Henry Ford museum and railroad, and ride through the scenic lakes region of New Hampshire.
Take a ride on the longest rail line on the planet (short version), visit an Arizona man who has built a tribute to his native New York, go to Cincinnati and visit a museum that is a testament to a childhood dream, and meet a man who never met a model train gauge he didn’t like.
The longest rail line on the planet (long version)
The Season 9 premiere features an historic rail line on the Northern California coast; a garden layout in the Denver area; a Missouri tourist line; and the spot where the final spike in the transcontinental rail line was driven in.
A tourist line in eastern Pennsylvania; a layout honoring one of the longest rail lines in the country; a collector who specializes in repurposing industrial rail parts; and the Colorado Rail Museum.
The Old Patagonian Express in Argentina; the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Va.; and the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad. Also: a man whose layout ideas come from his own railroad history.
Steam trains in Iowa; an N-scale layout in northern Indiana; a Philadelphia-area arboretum's garden railroad; and a Virginia "railwalk" that honors the history of trains and the region.
A Saxon-inspired layout; a garden railroad in northern Kentucky; and a mountain railroad in Japan. Also: a Wisconsin rail artist.
An Ohio rail-themed park with a large indoor train display; rail features in rural Wisconsin; and a privately owned O-gauge track. Also: preserving Pennsylvania's steam heritage.
An Indiana arboretum that embraces rail history; the Columbia Star dinner train; a layout in Iowa that's a link to the owner's past; and a train that makes Hollywood magic come to life.
An F-gauge layout in the Pacific Northwest that showcases the beauty of a Colorado narrow gauge; a Pennsylvania murder-mystery train; an Illinois garden layout; and an East Coast tourist line.
How a horticultural conservatory plans, constructs and runs its trains. Also: a Christmas-themed layout; a toy museum; and a New England steam line.
A German-themed LGB layout; a military-themed layout in Colorado; the unique Galloping Goose rail car; and an Ohio rail club.
The Golden Eagle in Russia; an Indianapolis "HO" gauge; an interactive Cincinnati layout that brings New York's Coney Island to life; and the historic coal-powered, narrow-gauge line of the Tweetsie Railroad.
The Iowa Interstate Railroad; an Arizona garden railroad; and the Iowa Slim Princess.
The Season 9 finale features six layouts created by a pair of California twins; a Seattle Sn3 layout; the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay; and a train that treks through the original oil fields of the U.S.
