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Section: Tracks Ahead

Tracks Ahead

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Commuter train models and passenger figures on a garden layout

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Someone operating their basement layout

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – A Swiss-style LGB Garden Railway

A red Swiss narrow gauge train.

From the PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll enjoy a visit to an expansive German garden railway modeling the steep grades of various railroads in the Swiss Alps. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Images of the Past

A model train going down the tracks.

Custom layout builders Dan and Armando Vargas highlight several of their model railroad and racetrack re-creations in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Rekindled Toy Train Memories

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page This PBS Tracks Ahead segment covers Paul Jann’s basement-filling O scale (3-rail) toy train layout.   […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Williams Grove Steam Engine Association

Steam locomotive approaching along tree line

In this PBS Tracks Ahead segment, watch a number of vintage steam-powered locomotives and machines come to life on this working railroad ranch. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Cedar Creek Central Railroad

Garden scale steam locomotive moving fast in an outdoor layout.

Visit the N, HO, and large scale layouts built and operated by the Cedar Creek Central Railroad Club in this PBS Tracks Ahead segment. […]

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Tracks Ahead

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – The DB Railroad of Germany

Garden scale, German-style steam locomotive passes behind a stationary U.S. Marines truck.

This PBS Tracks Ahead segment covers Gordon Calahan’s large scale rendition of a German railroad operating during WWII. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Tweetsie Railroad

Steam locomotive.

In this PBS Tracks Ahead segment on Model Railroader Video Plus, discover the family-friendly Tweetsie Railroad theme park in North Carolina. […]

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