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Section: Tracks Ahead

Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Fillmore & Western Railway

Black-and-orange painted locomotive moving on a city street.

This PBS Tracks Ahead segment visits the Fillmore & Western Railway, home of the “movie trains”, located in Fillmore, Calif. The operating collection of railroad equipment and various sites have been featured in numerous cinematic presentations. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Morris Arboretum garden railway

A garden-scale streamlined diesel locomotive leads a train beside a scale storybook architecture structure.

Visit the University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum garden railway in this segment from the PBS series Tracks Ahead. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – The O. Winston Link Museum

Museum display with image of photographer

This PBS Tracks Ahead segment visits The O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Va., which maintains a collection of the nighttime railroad photographs captured by the late O. Winston Link. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – C&O in N scale

Jeff Ashby next to a track layout.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Visit Jeff Ashby’s Chesapeake & Ohio N scale layout in this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead — available on MR Video Plus before it hits the airwaves! […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Bear Creek Railroad

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment from the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jerry Mickey’s Bear Creek Railroad, a basement-filling O scale (three-rail) layout. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – C&NW Christie Division

HO scale layout set in Wisconsin during the mid-1950s.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page In this segment of the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead, you’ll visit Jim Munns’ Chicago & North Western Ry. HO scale layout set in Wisconsin during the mid-1950s. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia, maintains multiple layouts (O & HO scale) and vintage toys that you can see in this PBS Tracks Ahead video on MR Video Plus. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Western Maryland Ry. O gauge tribute

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page This Tracks Ahead segment visits a retired CSX engineer’s O gauge layout and extensive collection of prototype signaling equipment. More details about David Downton’s three-rail layout appear in the May 2014 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Layouts on a large scale

Man riding atop a scale 4-8-8-4 live steam locomotive.

Tom Miller’s live steam ride-on railroad, F (1:20.3) scale display, and S (1:64) scale layout are all highlighted in this segment of the hit PBS series Tracks Ahead. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Pelican Bay Railway

Model train riding alongside a mountain range.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul B. Scoles was an inspired modeler with remarkable talents. This video showcases his freelance Sn3 (narrow gauge) layout set in coastal northern California in 1895. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Pennsylvania Railroad

Bill Kachel's HO scale depiction of the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad running under catenary between New York City and Pittsburgh.

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page This Tracks Ahead layout visit highlights Bill Kachel’s HO scale depiction of the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad running under catenary between New York City and Pittsburgh. […]

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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Cinder Sniffers

Children look on as a man works on a ride-on steam locomotive on an elevated platform.

Take a tour of a live steam outdoor railroad club located in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area. The railroad accommodates a wide variety of trains fueled by coal, oil, propane, gasoline, and batteries. […]

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