Tracks Ahead

Tracks Ahead goes into the hills of eastern Ohio to visit a ten line railroad and meet a dentist who has taken his passion for trains into the back yard.

Head to Maine for a memorable experience for the entire family with a visit to the “Two Footers” and discover that model railroading is alive and well in the center of Tokyo.

Visit a steam operation and museum in Nagoya, the fourth largest city in Japan, and visit Idaho to see the reincarnation of the “Railroad on Stilts.

Meet some of the people who are preserving the steam technology that helped shape the nation and visit the Windy City – Chicago, for a little holiday magic.

Check the progress of an amazing garden railroad display in the sunny state of Arizona and visit a steam tourist line in Delaware.

Take a ride on the world’s first high speed rail line, home to the famous Japanese bullet trains, and see a re-creation of the 1949 Lionel showroom layout.

Talk with a man whose hard work has resurrected a short line railroad in South Dakota and head to the Smoky Mountains for a visit to a new public layout.

Travel to Argentina for a rail adventure through the vast expanses of Patagonia and head just south of Tokyo to ride some unusual railcars.

Tracks Ahead visits the Panama Canal Railway that serves as a bridge between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

See how a modern rail transit system thrives in Los Angeles and ride a spectacular dinner train in the shadow of the Cascade Mountains.

Look in on the old Sierra Railroad shops in the gold country of California and explore the history of an almost forgotten narrow gauge line in Iowa.

Visit Strasburg, Pennsylvania, where trains are a major attraction and look in on one of the largest railroad museums in the country.

Visit a Caribbean sugar cane line that has found a new, more glamorous life and look in on a museum that operates one of the last great steam locomotives in the United States.