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Railroads

Published by : Mill Creek Entertainment (Golden Valley, MN) Physical details: 2 videodiscs (12 hr., 36 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:683904509604. Year: 2011
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Videos/Films 385.0973 Rai (Browse shelf) Available 112921

Full screen (1.33:1).

Title from container.

"36 documentary collection"--Container

"A timeless journey riding the rails"--Container

Documentary film.

Exclusive featurette: America's railroad : the glory years.

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.

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.

Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, all regions.

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