Tracks Ahead Episode Rating Graph

Images of the Past; Paul Scoles Layout; oil Creek-Titusville RR; National Railroad Museum

Iowa Interstate RR; Eagle Mountain Garden RR; Classic Trax: Iowa Slim Princess

Tom Miller F Gauge; Snorek Garden RR; Classic Trax: Wilmington and Western RR; Murder Mystery

QJ Steam; Ashby N Layout; Morris Arboretum; Goode Railwalk

Take a trip to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to see the all new, Great Train Story. Go back in time for a visit to one day in 1938 West Virginia, ride both a historic steam train and a riverboat in Connecticut, and experience a delightful meal as you view Seattle’s Lake Washington.

Classic Trax: La Trochita - (Argentina); Downton O Gauge; Oregon Coast Scenic RR; O. Winston Link Museum

Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern; Bill Kachel Layout-HO Gauge; Colorado Railroad Museum; Dennis Lavender: Scrapper & AF Layout

Classic Trax: Golden Eagle (Russia); Munn, HO Gauge; Tweetsie Railroad; Coney Island

LGB Friends (Germany); Calahan O/Military; Cinder Sniffers 7 1/2" Gauge; Galloping Goose

Gaslight Layout; Domes.; Jann Layout O Gauge; Classic Trax: White Mt. Central RR; Kruger St. Toy & Train Museum

Taltree Arboretum Rwy; Mickey Bear Creek O Gauge; Filmore & Western RR; Columbia Star Dinner Train

EnterTRAINment Junction; Classic Trax: Misty Mt. RR; Williams Grove Steam; Lamms Garden RR's

Saxon Taura Holiday Park (Germany); B&P Bluegrass Layout G Gauge; Classic Trax: Hakone Tozen RR; Steve Krueger, Artist

Cleveland RTA (OH), Schulz HO Gauge layout (WI), Warther Carver (OH), Kughn Collection

Tehachapi Loop (CA), Cassler HO Gauge layout (PA), G.Varney, LGB (Ger), Richard Misunas (WI)

High speed ICE Trains (Ger), Brasher Collection, J.Hill, Lima Locomotive (OH), Author Bruce Moffat

Look at the history of one of the most beautiful diesel locomotives ever built, go into the hills of West Virginia on a three line railroad, ride a historic steam train that has been lovingly restored, and meet a man who recreates Hollywood magic every day. Spencer Christian again hosts this 13-part series on railroading.

Experience the birth of the Wisconsin & Southern, a new railroad built on a part of the old Milwaukee Road. Combine theater with a fine meal on the rails, visit a man who has combined his interest in model railroading with computer control, and visit an award winning railroad artist David Tutwiler.

See how a revolution in model railroad control is allowing multiple train operation on the same track, experience the “up north” feeling visiting an outdoor railroad in the woods of Northern Michigan, meet an award winning California photographer, and visit the Utah Belt Railroad in a basement in Missouri.

Experience the beauty of the Irish countryside on a steam trip through the Suir Valley, go to Iowa to see how a couple has turned their front yard into a wonderful garden railroad display, visit the Hesston Steam Museum in Indiana, and talk with Shirley Burman, the expert on the role that women have played in railroading.

Tracks Ahead takes a look at the history of amusement park trains, which are still in use today. Travel to California, and find an operating steam railroad that brings back the look and feel of a hundred years ago, take a nostalgic trip back to the days when Lionel catalogues were Christmas wish lists, and go the Montana state fair.

Tracks Ahead rides the White Creek Railroad, located on one hundred acres in western Michigan. Visit a railroad themed Arizona B&B, see what a retired NASA engineer does for relaxation, and visit an exhibit that is billed as the most comprehensive display of toy trains in America.

Take a look at a number of historic and opulent old railroad hotels near the Grand Canyon, discover the sights of Pennsylvania come to life in miniature, take a five minute railroad trip between Tacoma and the Stampede Pass, and head to eastern Oregon where a dedicated group of volunteers is preserving the steam heritage of the gold fields.

Tracks Ahead visits several fantastic holiday-themed layouts in Cincinnati. See how to own a museum quality model railroad, ride along on a holiday excursion as the Grand Canyon Railroad brings the Polar Express to life, and visit a garden railroad whose owner has moved tons of rock.

Experience one of the last steam logging railroads in the world, located in a deep mountain valley in Romania. Tracks Ahead visits one of the oldest zoos west of the Mississippi, meets a Lionel collector who is as interested in the stories of the people behind the items, and visit a trolley museum in southeastern Wisconsin.

Tracks Ahead visits Hamburg, Germany to see the largest HO layout in the world. Visit an O gauge layout which models the three areas of the Grand Canyon state, visit with a man who is a living repository for the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and head into the hills of Colorado for a most unusual tourist attraction.