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Railroads tracks across America

Thirty-six rail industry, War Department, and film industry-produced short films chronicle the development of the railroad industry in the U.S. from the first transcontinental line to modern diesel engines.

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Corporate Authors: Mill Creek Entertainment, United States. War Department, Dan Dalton Productions (film production company.)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [Golden Valley, MN] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2011]
Subjects:
Railroads > United States > History.
United States > History > 1865-1921.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890.
Documentary films.
Historical films.
Short films.
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Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. Wheels of progress
  • A great railroad at work
  • Desert empire
  • The big train
  • New horizons
  • Troop train
  • The passenger train
  • This is my railroad
  • At this moment
  • Big trains rolling
  • Mainline USA
  • Beef rings the bell
  • Safe roads
  • 3rd Ave El
  • Operation fast freight
  • The modern coal burning steam locomotive
  • Flight of the century
  • Disc 2. The steam locomotive
  • Railroads and westward expansion: 1845-1865
  • The nickel plate story
  • End of an era
  • The California Zephyr
  • Return of the General
  • The freight train
  • Railroad man
  • The railroad story
  • Son of the pioneer
  • Rolling the freight
  • Snow on the run
  • The power behind the nation
  • Clear track ahead!
  • A railroad at work
  • Last of the giants
  • Progress on the rails
  • Wheels of steel
  • Opening a new frontier.

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