Tracks Ahead II Program Schedule
Episode 201
-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.
-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 160 mph.
-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.
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