TRACKS AHEAD SERIES 1  Ref: D382f
	Season 1 DVD DISK 1 Program #101 Cleveland RTA The history and present operations of the Cleveland Rapid Transit system are featured. Rather than operating outside residential areas, this system runs through upscale urban areas and is an integral part of the Cleveland area transportation system. Enjoy an HO gauge layout which models the Chicago and Northwestern railroad in the 1950's, and visit with an amazing wood carver, David Warther, whose talents created remarkable railroad models. Finally, visit with the former owner of the Lionel Corporation, Richard Kughn,, and see his collection. Spencer Christian hosts. Program #102 Indianapolis Children's Museum Tracks Ahead talks with toy collector Ed Green about his love of tinplate trains. Also featured is a visit to a premier train collection at the Indianapolis Children's Museum and a visit to a radio controlled live steam garden railroad in California. Included is a photo essay on America's continuing love of trains and railroading. Program #103 Northern Railcar Wheelshop A visit to the Northern Railcar wheelshop to investigate how maintenance on railroad car wheels and trucks is performed is the initial segment. Visit with Gil Reid, a Wisconsin based railroad artist as he works in his studio. Tracks Ahead visits the Horseshoe Curve and the Railroader's Museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania and visit an N gauge layout that models the famous Tehachapi loop, Program #104 Amtrak Chicago Tracks Ahead visits the Amtrak Midwest repair facility in Chicago, Illinois and then visits with railroad photographer Wendell Murphy. We visit an exemplary American Flyer layout and take a look at circus trains, featuring footage of the loading and unloading techniques so common in our recent past. Program #105 California State Railroad Museum Tracks Ahead visits an O gauge traction layout belonging to Bob Schwab and talks with railroad artist Rus Porter at his home in a converted Chicago, Joliet and Elgin private coach. Also featured is a visit to the California State Railroad Museum, in Sacramento, CA. The program concludes with a look at an historic Pennsylvania landmark, Roadside America Program #106 Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad in California kicks off this program as we visit a tourist railroad operating Heisler and Shay geared steam locomotives. Also featured is the Chicago Elevated System as we examine the history of the famous "El" and look at the present day operations. We talk with Jim Scribbins, railroad author, and visit a turn of the century HO gauge layout. DVD Disk 2 Program #107 Moffat Tunnel Tracks Ahead visits the Denver and Rio Grande's Moffat Tunnel, just west of Denver, as we explore railroading past and present through the Rockies. We'll visit the Train Collector's Association Museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, talk with railroad author Bob Baker, and visit a model live steam club operation in Wisconsin. Program #108 Ward Kimball Tracks Ahead visits with renown railroad collector and former Walt Disney animator, Ward Kimball. We'll experience a model railroad set in logging country, visit an operating interurban museum at Trolleyville, USA, and examine a profile on the Milwaukee Road. Program #109 Wm. K. Walthers Enjoy the experience of a premier railroad dining experience on Scenic Rail Dining. Then it's off to visit a Lionel layout at The Train Barn, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We visit with railroading publisher Don Heimberger, and complete the program with a visit to the William K. Walthers manufacturing company. Program #110 Santa Fe Piggyback Tracks Ahead explores the Chicago and Northwestern intermodal yards, as well as the Santa Fe Piggyback operations in Chicago. We'll take a look at an operating railroad museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin and visit with the Milwaukee Model Railroad club, one of the oldest railroad clubs in America. Program #111 Lionel Trains We visit the Lionel factory to see how toy trains are made, and visit with David Myers, railroad historian, as he talks about the role of railroads as applied to artillery pieces. Tracks Ahead also visits the Cuyahoga Valley Model Railroad club, in Cleveland Ohio, which is built adjacent to the heavily traveled ConRail corridor, and takes a close look at the Milwaukee Zoo Train, a 15 inch gauge live steam railroad circling the Milwaukee Zoo. Program #112 Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum We visit with Stan Roy, who can operate twenty-seven trains at the same time on his Lionel layout. and talk with railroad historian J. David Ingles as he discusses Fallen Flag railroads. Tracks Ahead looks at an historical profile of the Milwaukee Electric Railroad and Light operation and visits the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum. Program #113 Minnesota Commercial Railroad Tracks Ahead visits the O gauge layout at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and visits an operating session on the old Kalmbach layout, the Milwaukee, Racine and Troy Railroad. Also featured is a profile on the Minneapolis Commercial Railroad. A talk with authors and publishers Tom McComas and James Touhy concludes the program.