Trains Unlimited
Season 1
TV-G
Follows the history, mechanics, and operations of trains around the world.
Where to Watch Season 1
28 Episodes
- Stokin' the Fire: What Makes Trains GoE2
Stokin' the Fire: What Makes Trains GoRails as an alternative to sea or overland travel Early locomotives lead in to the 4-4-0 "American" type locomotive Land grants for railroad building started with the Illinois Central. Transcontinental railroad builders passed each other by 100 miles. Congress forced them to meet. Saftey inventions Diesel-electric locomotives Advanced and super steam locomotives Streamlining Advertising, inc. the C. & O. Chessie the Kitten The Diesel Revolution The photographic work of O. Winston Link - Built for SpeedE5
Built for SpeedVarious means of locomotion, including animal inventions that helped steam trains run faster famous fast steam trains streamlining turned to to bring back passengers during the Depression. High speed electric trains. MagLev trains AMTRAK high speed trains for (what was then considered to be) the future. - Railway MarvelsE8
Railway MarvelsThe episode covered, stone arch bridges, some are still in service and outlasted iron bridges. The one arch Carrolton Viaduct (1829) is the oldest in the U.S., and the 8 arch Thomas Viaduct (1835) just west of Baltimore is the next oldest. The Rockville Bridge over the Susquehanna 1902 replaced earlier wooden (1849) and iron (1879) bridges. Tunkhannock Viaduct/Nicholson Bridge 2,300 feet length, 240 feet above the community of Nicholson, PA., built in 1915 was given as the ultimate example. - Wabash Cannonball
E9Wabash CannonballImmortalized by ballad, the Wabash railroad bridged America's East and West Coasts, and became railroad slang for the Midwest's fastest trains. But its history of luxurious passenger and fast freight trains is rife with tales of financial ruin and constant rebuilding. Take a seat on the Cannonball and ride the rough rails of its legend. - Great Train Disasters
E11Great Train DisastersEarly causes of train accidents. Accidents covered: Andover, MA., Jan. 6, 1853, Boston and Maine, broke a wheel. Franklin Pierce in route to inauguration reported as one of three fatalities. It was his 12 year old son. The Pennsylvania immigrant train Norwalk, CT. N.Y.N.H. & H. went through open drawbridge. Oliver Wendell Holmes erroneously reported dead, but 30 other doctors from an A.M.A. convention in N.Y.C. were among the 43 who perished. 1857 Camp Hill, Pa. church children on way to picnic, rear ended by another train.
