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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