Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Railroads tracks across America Tracks across America Dan Dalton Productions. - Golden Valley, MN Mill Creek Entertainment 2011 - 2 videodiscs (12 hr., 36 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

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 -- 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. Disc 1. Disc 2.

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.



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10440589 Mill Creek Entertainment


1860-1921


Railroads--History.--United States


United States--History--1865-1921.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
United States.
West United States.



TF23 / .R323 2011

385.0973 Rai 35