From: Joe.Russ@mixcom.mixcom.com (Joe.Russ)
Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
Subject: partial "Tracks Ahead" programing schedule
Date: 8 Sep 92 17:53:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.


Listed below is the program schedule for the first seven episodes of
"Tracks Ahead," produced by WMVS/WMVT in Milwaukee, Wis. I will post
the final six when I compile the full information on them from the
show's press kit. To answer the question someone had earlier, the
final two episodes are being assembled now and will be sent to other
stations via satellite either next week or the week after. If your
local PBS station would like to carry "Tracks Ahead," have them
contact Tom Dvorak, Program Operations Manager (network coordinator),
WMVS/WMVT-Milwaukee, (414)278-1442. Hope this answers all of your
questions. 
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 Episode 201 (November 14 in Milwaukee, Wis.)
 -Prototype: Lake Superior & Ishpemming Railroad ore operations.
 -Model: The S scale American Flyer layout of Ron Schlicht of
Greenfield, Wis.
 -Personality: Country music singer Box Car Willie
 -Special: The Swiss Transport Museum in Lucern, Switzerland.
 -Rail Minute: Alexander Mitchell
 
 Episode 202
 -Prototype: Krupp Mak locomotive factory in Kiel, Germany with a look
at the construction of DE-1024 locomotives and a visit with chief
designer/director Herr Tretow.
 -Model: The HO scale Underground Railroad in Sacramento, Calif.
 -Personality: Sue Martin, director of public relations for Amtrak,
discusses the expansion of and benefits of Amtrak service.
 -Special: Bill Volheim and Art Zirul discuss the construction of the
1949 Lionel showroom layout.
 -Rail Minute: Edward H. Harriman of the Union Pacific.
 
 Episode 203
 -Prototype: The East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad in Orbisonia,
Penn.
 -Model: The HO scale Timber River Railroad of John H. Tews of Sussex,
Wis.
 -Personality: A profile on Chris Knapton of Chicago's Metro Rail.
 -Special: A tour of the Marklin Museum-Factory in Gopingen, Germany.
 -Rail Minute: Casey Jones
 
 Episode 204
 -Prototype: A look at the history and operation of the SP's and
AT&SF's Tehachapi Loop in Calif.
 -Model: Dick Cassler's HO B&O model railroad.
 -Personality: Amtrak Conductor Richard Misunas on the road's
Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha service.
 -Special: A tour of the Lehmann Company's plant in Nurbergy, Germany.
 -Rail Minute: Model manufacturer Gordon Varney
 
 Episode 205
 -Prototype: Deutsche Bundasbahn's Inter City Express (ICE) which
connects the major cities in Germany and sustains speeds of 160 mph.
 -Model: Chuck Brasher's standard gauge collection of Lionel, Ives,
and others. 
 -Personality: Bruce Moffat, author of the book about Chicago's
freight tunnels titled, "40 Feet Below."
 -Special: A historical look at the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima,
Ohio.
 -Rail Minute: James J. Hill of the Great Northern.
 
 Episode 206
 -Prototype: A look at the Mt. Washington Cog Railway in New
Hampshire.
 -Model: The Winski's G scale garden layout in Milwaukee, Wis.
 -Personality: The story of a physicist  turned railroader on the Alba
line in the Eastern Swiss province of Graubundigen.
 -Special: The PE's Red Car  trolleys at the Orange Empire Railway
Museum in Perris, Calif.
 -Rail Minute: John W. Barriger, III of the Monon Railroad.
 
 Episode 207
 -Prototype: The Red Cars of the San Diego light rail system.
 -Model: A garden railroad in the San Diego area.
 -Personality:  A man from Milwaukee who constructed a front end of a
North Shore car along with the station platform and facade in his
basement.
 -Special: Railroad museum in Duluth, Minn. which has a tank
locomotive, a 4-8-8-4, and an extensive collection of railroad china.
 -Rail Minute: Unknown
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 BTW, this is the order in which the programs will appear, so once you
find out when the series will air in your area, all you have to do is
plug in the dates.
 Joe R.
 WISE Div., NMRA
 For railfan news in the Milwaukee area see the Hobby Zone on the Safe
Harbor BBS at (414)548-8140.
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