From: Joe.Russ@mixcom.mixcom.com (Joe.Russ)
Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad,rec.railroad
Subject: Program Schedule for "Tracks Ahead" on PBS
Date: 29 Dec 92 19:16:20 GMT
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.


  For those of you who may have missed it the first time, here is the
entire program schedule for the second series of "Tracks Ahead,"
produced by WMVS/WMVT in Milwaukee, Wis. As I understand it, many PBS
stations are now starting to air it. Check local listings for time and
day.  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. A nation-wide
listing of PBS stations which will air "Tracks Ahead" appears in the
November and December issues of Model Railroader magazine.
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 Episode 201 (November 14 on Channel 10 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 ore-hauling Timber River Railroad of John H.
Tews of Sussex, Wis. which was the cover story in the November issue
of Model Railroader magazine.
 -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 model 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 160mph.
 -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: Larry Rose's garden railroad in the San Diego area.
 -Personality:  Bob Beck from Franklin, Wis. who constructed a front
end of a North Shore car along with a station platform and facade in
his basement.
 -Special: The Lake Superior Museum of Transportation in Duluth, Minn.
which has a tank locomotive, a 4-8-8-4, and an extensive collection of
railroad china.
 -Rail Minute: Cornelius Vanderbilt of the NYC.
 
 Episode 208
 -Prototype: Cass Scenic Railraily in Cass, West Virginia.
 -Model: The Lionel collection of PGA Golfer Ed Dougherty.
 -Personality: A profile of Midwest railfan photographer Gregg Mross.
 -Special: McCormick Railroad Park in Scottsdale, Ariz. 
 -Rail Minute: Patrick McGinnis of the New Haven.
 
 Episode 209
 -Prototype: Shops and routes of San Francisco's light rail system.
 -Model: Pasadena Model Railroad Club's large HO layout.
 -Personality: Engineer Steve Lee of the UP's steam program.
 -Special: The Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. 
 -Rail Minute: Model manufacturer Mantua
 
 Episode 210:
 -Prototype: UP's Harriman Dispatch Center in Omaha, Neb.
 -Model: An Herb Lindsay's O gauge Hi-rail layout in Moore, South
Carolina.
 -Personality: Railroad artist Howard Fogg.
 -Special: The Midland Railway Center in Ripley, England.
 -Rail Minute: David H. Moffat of the Moffat Road (later the D&RGW).
 
 Episode 211
 -Prototype: Jungfraujech Express (cog railway) in Interlaken,
Switzerland.
 -Model: The San Diego Model Railroad Museum which features HO, N, and
O gauge layouts and equipment.
 -Personality: Artist Griff Teller who created the Pennsylvania
Railroad calenders in the '30s and '40s.
 -Special: The 15" gauge Riverside & Great Northern in Wisconsin
Dells, Wis.
 -Rail Minute: Operation Lifesaver.
 
 Episode 212
 -Prototype: Amtrak's maintenance facility in Beech Grove, Ind.
 -Model: Profile of the late John Allen and his HO scale Gorre &
Daphetid.
 -Special: The copper hauling Copper Basin Railroad in north central
Arizona.
 -2nd Special: The Istanbul Orient Express in Europe.
 -Rail Minute: Charles Crocker of the Big Four and the
Transcontinental Railroad.
 
 Episode 213 (the last of the series)
 -Prototype: The Grand Canyon Railroad out of Williams, Ariz.
 -Model: Lorell Joiner's O scale Great Southern Railroad in Texas.
 -Personality: Railroad photographer O. Winston Link who took night
photos of the N&W during its last days of steam.
 -Special: Trainland in Colfax, Iowa. A Lionel model railroad with
over 20 operating trains at one time.
 -Rail Minute: Electric railway tycoon Samuel Insull of the North
Shore and other roads. 
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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.
 Also, if you like the program, please be sure to contact your local
PBS station with your comments and consider joining their "Friends"
group to help support such programming.
 
-- 
Joe.Russ@mixcom.com
WISE Div., NMRA
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