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How the Railroad Rebuilt the Heartland (S1, E6) | America: The Story of Us | Full Episode
The Transcontinental Railroad unites the nation and transforms the Heartland. Native American civilizations decline as farmers settle the continent.
The Gilded Age Titans Who Transformed Transportation (S2, E9) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
Railroads built America into a world power, making legendary figures out of entrepreneurial men. Meet the robber barons, engineers, and inventors who made transportation history in the "Gilded Age". See more in Season 2, Episode 9, "Great Railroad Visionaries."
The Railroad That Transformed the Civil War (S1, E5) | America: The Story of Us | Full Episode
The Civil War rages. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of technology; railroads, supply lines and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. See more in Season 1, Episode 5, "Civil War/Heartland."
Protecting America’s Trains from Outlaws to Today (S2, E8) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
Ride shotgun along with the folks who protect trains, passengers, and cargo of American railways. From the gunfighters in the mid-19th century, the Civil War's Pinkerton Detective Agency, to today's special agents with federal authority. See more in Season 2, Episode 8, "Railroad Police."
Inside the Train’s Last Car: The Forgotten Caboose (S2, E5) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
For over 150 years, a caboose followed at the end of almost every freight train. See more in Season 2, Episode 5, "Trains: The Caboose."
From Steam to Speed: The Evolution of the Locomotive (S2, E3) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
For the early engineer, the locomotive boasted an open seat, a few control arms, and an insatiable appetite for coal. Today, it's the cockpit of a computerized high-speed missile. From the Industrial Revolution's Rocket to the SD-90 to pull trains into the 21st century. Season 2, Episode 3, "The Locomotive."
Underground Trains That Changed America’s Cities Forever (S2, E2) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
Meet the long-distance train's city-slicker cousin as we explore trains that travel underfoot and underground. See Manhattan ripped apart by subway builders. Season 2, Episode 2, "Trains Unlimited: Urban Trains."
Modern Marvels: Freight Trains are the Life Blood of the Economy (S12, E36) | Full Episode
They are the life blood of the American Economy, transporting 1.8 billion tons of freight each year. See more in Season 12, Episode 36, "Freight Trains."
Modern Marvels: The Railroads That Tamed the Wild West (S2, E9) | Full Episode
In one of the greatest building achievements in history, East and West were joined by a thin ribbon of steel and wood. But would the railroad conquer the wild, open country? See more in Season 2, Episode 9, "The Railroads That Tamed the West."
Trains Unlimited: Steam-Powered Inventions Transform America (S1, E7) | Full Episode
Though steam-powered trains were a significant invention, they couldn't move without railroads. See more in Season 1, Episode 7, "Railway Marvels."
The Golden Age of Steam | Trains Unlimited (S1, E6) | Full Episode
Until the diesel age, trains were powered by steam, and we'll trace the steam train's 160-year history. See more in Season 1, Episode 6, "Steam Trains."
The Evolution of American Railroads | Trains Unlimited (S1, E1) | Full Episode
It back to basics in our series on railroad history as we look at the technological and sociological implications of the train, focusing on America's ingenuity from 1825 to today. See more in Season 1, Episode 1, "Stokin' The Fire: What Makes Trains Go."
The Rise and Fall of NYC’s Original Penn Station (S2, E4) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
At the turn of the century, the richest, most powerful rail company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, built the largest monument a corporation ever built to itself. See more in Season 2, Episode 4, "Trains Unlimited: Pennsylvania Station: Manhattan Gateway."
How the Circus Train Made America Stop and Stare (S2, E7) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
Before movies and TV, the circus train's shrill whistle was topped by the jubilant cries of children as it pulled into town with a cargo of exotic animals, performers, and sideshows. See more in Season 2, Episode 7, "The Circus Train."
Meet the Engineers Behind Modern Super Trains (S2, E10) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
A profile of the "captains of the tracks", the men and women who pilot some of the most powerful machines ever built. We'll talk to locomotive engineers about the railroad's romantic past. See more in Season 2, Episode 10, "Trains Unlimited."
The Mighty Giants of Railroading (S2, E12) | Trains Unlimited | Full Episode
Weighing over 600 tons, carrying over 28 tons of coal and over 25,000 gallons of water, giant steam locomotives pulled mile-long trains and did the work of three regular steam engines. In Season 2, Episode 12, "Trains Unlimited."