Catch an unforgettable glimpse into America's storied past as you ride the rails on these rolling museums of steam and steel.
DVD 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. 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.
DVD 2: 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. 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 workhorses that still punch a clock for the
Winchester & Western Railroad.
DVD 3: Durango and 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 and 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. 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.
