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- Subject: Program Schedule for "Tracks Ahead" on PBS
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:16:20 GMT
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- For those of you who may have missed it the first time, here is the
- entire program schedule for the second series of "Tracks Ahead,"
- produced by WMVS/WMVT in Milwaukee, Wis. As I understand it, many PBS
- stations are now starting to air it. Check local listings for time and
- day. If your local PBS station would like to carry "Tracks Ahead,"
- have them contact Tom Dvorak, Program Operations Manager (network
- coordinator), WMVS/WMVT-Milwaukee, (414)278-1442. A nation-wide
- listing of PBS stations which will air "Tracks Ahead" appears in the
- November and December issues of Model Railroader magazine.
- ============================================================
- Episode 201 (November 14 on Channel 10 in Milwaukee, Wis.)
- -Prototype: Lake Superior & Ishpemming Railroad ore operations.
- -Model: The S scale American Flyer layout of Ron Schlicht of
- Greenfield, Wis.
- -Personality: Country music singer Box Car Willie
- -Special: The Swiss Transport Museum in Lucern, Switzerland.
- -Rail Minute: Alexander Mitchell
-
- Episode 202
- -Prototype: Krupp Mak locomotive factory in Kiel, Germany with a look
- at the construction of DE-1024 locomotives and a visit with chief
- designer/director Herr Tretow.
- -Model: The HO scale Underground Railroad in Sacramento, Calif.
- -Personality: Sue Martin, director of public relations for Amtrak,
- discusses the expansion of and benefits of Amtrak service.
- -Special: Bill Volheim and Art Zirul discuss the construction of the
- 1949 Lionel showroom layout.
- -Rail Minute: Edward H. Harriman of the Union Pacific.
-
- Episode 203
- -Prototype: The East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Orbisonia,
- Penn.
- -Model: The HO scale ore-hauling Timber River Railroad of John H.
- Tews of Sussex, Wis. which was the cover story in the November issue
- of Model Railroader magazine.
- -Personality: A profile on Chris Knapton of Chicago's Metro Rail.
- -Special: A tour of the Marklin Museum-Factory in Gopingen, Germany.
- -Rail Minute: Casey Jones
-
- Episode 204
- -Prototype: A look at the history and operation of the SP's and
- AT&SF's Tehachapi Loop in Calif.
- -Model: Dick Cassler's HO B&O model railroad.
- -Personality: Amtrak Conductor Richard Misunas on the road's
- Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha service.
- -Special: A tour of the Lehmann Company's model plant in Nurbergy,
- Germany.
- -Rail Minute: Model manufacturer Gordon Varney
-
- Episode 205
- -Prototype: Deutsche Bundasbahn's Inter City Express (ICE) which
- connects the major cities in Germany and sustains speeds of 160mph.
- -Model: Chuck Brasher's standard gauge collection of Lionel, Ives,
- and others.
- -Personality: Bruce Moffat, author of the book about Chicago's
- freight tunnels titled, "40 Feet Below."
- -Special: A historical look at the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima,
- Ohio.
- -Rail Minute: James J. Hill of the Great Northern.
-
- Episode 206
- -Prototype: A look at the Mt. Washington Cog Railway in New
- Hampshire.
- -Model: The Winski's G scale garden layout in Milwaukee, Wis.
- -Personality: The story of a physicist turned railroader on the Alba
- line in the Eastern Swiss province of Graubundigen.
- -Special: The PE's Red Car trolleys at the Orange Empire Railway
- Museum in Perris, Calif.
- -Rail Minute: John W. Barriger, III of the Monon Railroad.
-
- Episode 207
- -Prototype: The Red Cars of the San Diego light rail system.
- -Model: Larry Rose's garden railroad in the San Diego area.
- -Personality: Bob Beck from Franklin, Wis. who constructed a front
- end of a North Shore car along with a station platform and facade in
- his basement.
- -Special: The Lake Superior Museum of Transportation in Duluth, Minn.
- which has a tank locomotive, a 4-8-8-4, and an extensive collection of
- railroad china.
- -Rail Minute: Cornelius Vanderbilt of the NYC.
-
- Episode 208
- -Prototype: Cass Scenic Railraily in Cass, West Virginia.
- -Model: The Lionel collection of PGA Golfer Ed Dougherty.
- -Personality: A profile of Midwest railfan photographer Gregg Mross.
- -Special: McCormick Railroad Park in Scottsdale, Ariz.
- -Rail Minute: Patrick McGinnis of the New Haven.
-
- Episode 209
- -Prototype: Shops and routes of San Francisco's light rail system.
- -Model: Pasadena Model Railroad Club's large HO layout.
- -Personality: Engineer Steve Lee of the UP's steam program.
- -Special: The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.
- -Rail Minute: Model manufacturer Mantua
-
- Episode 210:
- -Prototype: UP's Harriman Dispatch Center in Omaha, Neb.
- -Model: An Herb Lindsay's O gauge Hi-rail layout in Moore, South
- Carolina.
- -Personality: Railroad artist Howard Fogg.
- -Special: The Midland Railway Center in Ripley, England.
- -Rail Minute: David H. Moffat of the Moffat Road (later the D&RGW).
-
- Episode 211
- -Prototype: Jungfraujech Express (cog railway) in Interlaken,
- Switzerland.
- -Model: The San Diego Model Railroad Museum which features HO, N, and
- O gauge layouts and equipment.
- -Personality: Artist Griff Teller who created the Pennsylvania
- Railroad calenders in the '30s and '40s.
- -Special: The 15" gauge Riverside & Great Northern in Wisconsin
- Dells, Wis.
- -Rail Minute: Operation Lifesaver.
-
- Episode 212
- -Prototype: Amtrak's maintenance facility in Beech Grove, Ind.
- -Model: Profile of the late John Allen and his HO scale Gorre &
- Daphetid.
- -Special: The copper hauling Copper Basin Railroad in north central
- Arizona.
- -2nd Special: The Istanbul Orient Express in Europe.
- -Rail Minute: Charles Crocker of the Big Four and the
- Transcontinental Railroad.
-
- Episode 213 (the last of the series)
- -Prototype: The Grand Canyon Railroad out of Williams, Ariz.
- -Model: Lorell Joiner's O scale Great Southern Railroad in Texas.
- -Personality: Railroad photographer O. Winston Link who took night
- photos of the N&W during its last days of steam.
- -Special: Trainland in Colfax, Iowa. A Lionel model railroad with
- over 20 operating trains at one time.
- -Rail Minute: Electric railway tycoon Samuel Insull of the North
- Shore and other roads.
- ============================================================
- BTW, this is the order in which the programs will appear, so once you
- find out when the series will air in your area, all you have to do is
- plug in the dates.
- Also, if you like the program, please be sure to contact your local
- PBS station with your comments and consider joining their "Friends"
- group to help support such programming.
-
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