| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 376 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Host, Matt Bown. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on History in 2008. |
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Contains all 8 episodes from the first season. |
| Summary |
Experience some of the highest, fastest, longest, and strongest railroad engines and train lines, and ride aboard amazing special trains that carry everything from coal to circus performers to refrigerated produce. Feel the force of railroads in history, including the demolition of Penn Station and the first train robbers. But, railroading is about more than machines, cargo, and challenging terrain. Explores the human blood, sweat, and tears that keep the industry moving as he takes on some of its toughest jobs: stoker, engineer, server, and bathroom cleaner. |
| Contents |
Disc one: Coal train -- Freight train -- High speed train -- Ice cold express. |
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Disc two: Steam train -- Overnight traveler -- Circus train -- Transcontinental. |
| Note |
Special features: Additional scenes. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Railroad trains.
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Locomotives.
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Coal -- Transportation.
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Circus trains.
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Railroads -- History.
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Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)
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Train robberies -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television series.
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| Added Author |
Epstein, Ben.
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Bown, Matt.
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Tiger Aspect Productions.
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History (Television network)
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
Extreme trains (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1422936651 |
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9781422936658 |
| Standard No. |
733961153941 |
| Music No. |
AAAE153940 A&E Television Networks |
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