Great American scenic railroads
(DVD Set)

Catch an unforgettable glimpse into America's storied past as you ride the rails on these rolling museums of steam and steel. Focus on the history and mechanics of the engines themselves and a bit of local history. DISC 1: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: The Canadian Rockies have never been captured so beautifully as you ride through the vistas of Lake Louise and Banff on VIA's famous Canadian. DONNER SUMMIT: The treacherous and beautiful 8,000 foot summit of Donner's peak stands watch over Donner's Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains -- one of the most difficult climbs in American railroading. DISC 2: THE SURFLINE: A whistle-stop tour of spectacular scenic stretches of sun-drenched Southern California coast that begins in Los Angeles and winds its way down to San Diego. CALIFORNIA WESTERN: Redwood forests, the Pacific coastline, the Sierra Nevada Range and the infamous Donner's Pass -- a once-in-a-lifetime whistle stop tour of the California Western Railroad. DISC 3: THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: The 200 hard miles of track cross Oregon's valleys, rivers and creeks, and then climbs three summits ? the toughest grades on any of Union Pacific's routes. MT. RAINIER: The logging railroads are re-lived in the forested Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. DISC 4: GREAT MISSISSIPPI: The Soo Line, Burlington Northern, Chicago & Western, Minnesota & Eastern, and Dakota storm their way through the upper Mississippi Valley. SHENANDOAH - Visit Virginia's fabled Shenandoah Valley in diesel-powered work horses that still punch a clock for the Winchester & Western Railroad. DISC 5: DURANGO & SILVERTON: Chasms and curves, crevasses, gorges and perilous passes. Take a thrill ride on one of the most spectacular train lines in the country. CUMBRES & TOLTEC: Climb aboard Mikado Steam Locomotive No. 488 for a historic ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad over the dramatic landscape of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. DISC 6: RIO GRANDE: Cool trains, passenger trains, freight trains and winter ski trains -- one of the most remarkable journeys in the U.S. on the Denver Rio Grande Western. UNION PACIFIC: Climb aboard Locomotive No. 3967, a coal-burning Challenger equipped with "elephant ear" smoke deflectors, on its 40th Anniversary Steam Excursion run from Denver to Laramie, Wyoming.

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